TXTING

It's hard to imagine that once we were speaking in Shakespearean terms with each other; with our families, friends, and colleagues. Now a days we get by by sometimes not even saying a word at all a day, just texting or e-mailing. The language has been lost to make way for easier ways of saying things because we humans are lazy things. Isn't it easier to say one thing instead of three to get your meaning across? Of course it is. It's just how things are. 

Now, it's not much different that texting is making way for the new millennium. It's not necessarily destroying our language in the first place, because I have heard on many occasions people using bigger words than they had ever thought to ever existed in their vocabulary, but then again, I have heard people use "lol" or "rofl" or "ttyl" in conversations with normal people. Texting hides who you are. You can't tell when someone doesn't like your choice in words or if they don't want to speak with you at all. Its almost like living behind a mask. Without facial expression, you can't tell if the person's serious or sarcastic. Annoyed or being funny. It's a deterrent to a conversation you're having with someone. On one occasion, two people I had known had gotten into fights with each other because they couldn't determine if the person was messing with them or not. 

Then again, texting is convenient. You can speak with your friends or parents about something that popped up during the school day, or even during the working day. Instead of going through the whole procedure of talking to the person on the phone and risking someone overhearing your conversation, you can text them instead. No one can really know what you're talking about and most times private conversations are meant to be kept just that. Private. It can be used to have short, quick conversations with people and does not really need a phone call. Like if you're discussing someplace to meet, you can ask "Meeting @ park?" and the person whom you are addressing can respond with a "Yeah". Things like that, in my opinion, do not need to be graced with the procedure of a phone call. 

Some may argue that texting had ruined our culture. Others can say that texting has nourished it and revived it. Whether your opinion may be for or against texting, it will become a part of life. It already has become a part of life. And you can choose whether or not you want to use it. But it will always be there, ready for your fingers and minds to use and latch onto