I adore texting. It's succinct, fast, and quiet.
Yes!
I dislike talking on phones immensely.
Also yes!
Hello? Gay now!
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amych - Aug 11, 2008 12:59:13 pm PDT #7399 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Atropa - Aug 11, 2008 1:02:03 pm PDT #7400 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Now that I have a phone with a better keyboard, I like the idea of texting.
javachik - Aug 11, 2008 1:03:55 pm PDT #7401 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Oh yes, Jilli. I forget the whole world doesn't have a phone with a keyboard. If I were still on an older model phone, I wouldn't text as much.
I think my company pays $5 a month for my unlimited texting. Or something like that.
Cass - Aug 11, 2008 1:44:50 pm PDT #7402 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
See!
But I text *everyone* who doesn't grumble about it. If I can communicate with you textually, I will choose that before a phone call any day.
It was just funny that the last person I'd texted at that moment in time was actually juliana.
Daisy Jane - Aug 11, 2008 1:52:49 pm PDT #7403 of 25501
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My texts to juliana tend to consist of "Chartruse!" or "Fernet!" and then some nonsense follows. Would not be the same with a phone call.
javachik - Aug 11, 2008 1:54:47 pm PDT #7404 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Kbug (or maybe Suzi had her phone, I dunno) texted me a picture of an INXS album cover.
Man, I loved The Inkses.
...back to technology: a random survey of my immediate office-mates showed how varying texting plans operate. I had no idear they could be so expensive.
amych - Aug 11, 2008 2:05:06 pm PDT #7405 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I had no idear they could be so expensive.
Yeah, there's been some research out there (you know, out there ::handwave:: on the internet) about how the price structure of US SMS plans has kept the technology from being either as popular or as mainstream as it is in the rest of the world. It's not just that we pay more, but that we pay both coming and going (which isn't the case everywhere) and that it's an extra on all but high-end plans (whereas in more text-heavy places it tends to be included, at least up to a certain level.)
Me, I'm a hopeless addict and get the unlimited plan.
Kevin - Aug 11, 2008 2:14:26 pm PDT #7406 of 25501
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
My £35 ($70) a month iPhone package includes 500 free text message sends. It doesn't cost anything to receive on any UK network. Texting is *very* popular here.
brenda m - Aug 11, 2008 2:24:42 pm PDT #7407 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, I pay like 20 cents per, and to go to the package would be an extra $15 a month. Annoying, seeing as I am paying for an unlimited data plan. But texting is such a cash cow they exempt it. Or at least that's my assumption for why the difference.
Jessica - Aug 11, 2008 2:55:27 pm PDT #7408 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If I could, I'd forego a voice plan entirely and just pay for unlimited texts. I'm sure I'd save money (which I'm sure is why it's not an option).
Yeah, there's been some research out there (you know, out there ::handwave:: on the internet) about how the price structure of US SMS plans has kept the technology from being either as popular or as mainstream as it is in the rest of the world.
The whole US cell phone marketplace is insane. When I went to this giant electronics mart/small city outside of Seoul, all the teeny adorable UNLOCKED phones were making me drool with jealousy.