besleybean wrote:

See I'm such a technophobe...I don't even know what that is!
But then, I don't have a smart phone.

Shove over and let me sit beside you, bb. I never heard of whatsapp either. ???
 

MartaSt wrote:

My whole family text, my mother, father, even my grandmother (and she is 80). To be honest she is texting much more than I

God bless your grandma. That is so cool.

For you who use languages that employ accent marks, is it correct to text without them, or does that make the language unreadable?  In English, we have no accent marks (when I wrote passé in that last text, I had to copy and paste the word from my computer dictionary, since my keyboard has no accent capability).  Thanks for any info, I'm just curious.


 

We email each other across the room!

tonnaree wrote:

My husband and I will text each other from different ends of the house.  

And bb said she emails her husband, even in the same house.
It beats hollering and going YOOOOO HOOOOO down the hall and up the stairs.  heh

I'm not really happy about the way smartphones, whatsapp and the whole new technology stuff is taking over, because I really don't like it much (being 28), and I always get frustrated. The choice seems either
a) to join in to keep up, and it's not a choice, it's forced upon you, and I would be doing something I really don't like
or b) to not join in and loose touch with half of the world - friends who forget to include you in their plans because they planned it with whatsapp chats, work arrangements everybody knows about but you, everyday stuff everybody is talking about except me because I just don't have a clue what's popular on whatsapp/facebook/etc
This new technology has a huge impact on my life, and I don't like it at all. I have an oldish "stupidphone" without internet access, no facebook, no twitter, no whatsever is popular right now... and I wish I was 60 and could say: well, I am too old for that you know, but that excuse is hard to make with twenty-something.
I really prefer to phone whenever possible, and that's what I do with my mobile phone. Because phoning is expensive (I'm using prepaid) I will sometimes text, but my phone is just an emergency phone really.
I think Sherlock and John are more up to date than me really.
Is somebody else trying to keep away from all the new technology stuff? I'm really aware it's not a choice anymore, and I really think it does change our way of life, and I'm not sure anymore if most of those things are to our advantage.

ancientsgate wrote:

When everyone in my life stops answering their phones and their email, I suppose I'll have to join the fray.

I feel that's already happening. E-Mail feels old-fashioned already. And to imagine in my youth e-mail (and the internet) was the most exciting thing ever!! I remember how much money we paid just to browse a few minutes in the www. I'd never thought we would use it the way we do now - without care, without much thought.

Liberty wrote:

  I also hate people checking texts when I'm talking to them.   It's not urgent!  .

My friends keep doing that and I think it's so rude! When I tell them, they usually don't even realise they were doing it - or they cannot understand why it is a problem for me at all! Which worries me... that they don't understand why I would feel bad if they continuesly have their smartphones on the table and chat with other people while I'm sitting right there.

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besleybean wrote:

As the vast majority of my family are in England and my son is in Italy, I make no apology for checking my phone.
At home, it,is always at my finger tips.When I'm out it's always in my car, pocket or bag.
At work I usuallykeep it  either in my coat pocket or in my pigeon hole and just check it every now and then.
If I'm awaiting an important call(e.g doctor call back) and I'm in class, I always explain to the teacher that I will need to take the call.

 It's very different if it's family or an important call, I can understand that (I still would make an excuse).
But I don't understand exchanging silly cartoons, games on whatsapp or talking about the evening daily soap with a friend I last saw one hour ago.
 

I always have to laugh when my mum sends me texts. She uses T9 (predictive text) but doesn't change the words. So I sometimes have to retype the words to find the meaning I think it's funny

@besleybean:

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I think my mum doesn't even know that caps lock are possible on a mobile :D
I'm not sure if people who don't spend time on internet platforms/chats know all the communication rules. It's an agreement on interpretation by a certain group. I know that capitals mean shouting in written communication, but I never really understood why it is used and where it comes from and I don't use it myself at all.
 

besleybean wrote:

Oh yes, sorry, I was being a tad amusing!

I got that ;)

Fan girlish? Can't be. Otherwise this whole fourm would be in capslock (at the very least the picture threads). Hehe.

Whisky wrote:

But I don't understand exchanging silly cartoons, games on whatsapp or talking about the evening daily soap with a friend I last saw one hour ago.  

I was trying to get out of the grocery store the other day and had a near-miss with a 20-something guy coming out of the men's room with his face in his phone. All I could think of was, what in the good hell are you doing in there with your phone? What could possibly be being said or sent that couldn't wait until he's back out in his car, or at home?  I dunno, makes me scratch my head.

And speaking of grocery stores, I don't mind the idea of men calling home from the store to check with the wifey about what's on their shopping list, 'cause that happens. But I don't understand the need to shout. HOW MANY BOXES OF CHEERIOS DID YOU WANT ME TO PICK UP? DON'T FORGET THAT COUSIN RICKY IS COMING THIS WEEKEND, AND HE ALWAYS EATS US OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME, SO SHOULD I GET MORE THAN ONE?  Good lord. Give the world a break, guy. She's on the phone, right in your ear, not standing outside where you have to yell at the top of your lungs.