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    "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
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    Image of Jeremy Jeremy
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    I...don't think I've ever sent x's to a male friend via text. I'm far more likely to lick the camera and send them a shot of my taste buds.

    I blame Twitter for holding us back. As a result of the character limitations, people are forced to use abbreviations. More smartphones + more keyboards + more-accomodating eVenues = better English! #metrotextuals
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    Image of blazedom blazedom
    11/03/09

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    I get so annoyed when I get texts like that. We are not 13! It does not take any time or effort to type up full words! Words that I don't have to decrypt!
    /rant #metrotextuals
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    Image of lilyHaze lilyHaze
    11/03/09

    @blazedom: So I'm not the only person in the world that writes almost full sentences and proper capitalization out in texting (and IM)? I have unlimited texting, so character limitations isn't an issue. #metrotextuals
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    Image of CollegeCamel CollegeCamel
    11/03/09

    @lilyHaze: I even use proper punctuation...oh yeah. I'm cool. #metrotextuals
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    Image of Kakapo Kakapo
    11/04/09

    @CollegeCamel: I've been known to go back and edit the damned things. Please call my doctor if anyone sees me pulling out a style manual while composing a text. #metrotextuals
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    Image of o-line o-line
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    Maybe they all really enjoy the British band The xx.

    Or, maybe xx is text for fistbumps. #metrotextuals
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    Image of Scout Scout
    11/03/09

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    I have a feeling that all (most) posts here in this thread will look as though Hortense had a field day with "disemvowling" #metrotextuals
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    Image of hydrogen_jukebox hydrogen_jukebox
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    I still type texts in full sentences, with correct grammar, punctuation and spelling. I did even when I had a phone without a qwerty keyboard. Yes, it takes me forever sometimes, but no one ever texts back, "LOL wut??!? xx0o"

    Or whatever the kids say these days. #metrotextuals
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    Image of soykatrina soykatrina
    11/03/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: Me too. The only time I have ever used "text speak" in a text message is when making fun of it. Also, I hate when people respond with LOL. I find it to be disingenuous. I prefer a nice hahahahah response. Of course the amount of ha's corresponds with the level of hilarity. #metrotextuals
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    Image of Elaken Elaken
    11/03/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: Right there with you. With my new phone it is literally three times as more difficult to text properly and I still do it. Heck, even looking at my drunken texts they are 100 percent correct. Well, as correct as my spotty knowledge of punctuation can make them. #metrotextuals
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    11/03/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: I thought I was the only one to do this. I feel kind of silly typing everything out and putting in punctuation, but it's like I'm compelled to. #metrotextuals
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    Image of hydrogen_jukebox hydrogen_jukebox
    11/03/09

    @soykatrina: I do exactly this! I never, ever use LOL. Though I have been known to say "brb" in real life - but I'm only being facetious. #metrotextuals
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    Image of AthertonMerriweather AthertonMerriweather
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    I hate texting. I used to hate talking on the phone, but now I hate them both. I may have to revert to carrier pigeon. #metrotextuals
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    11/03/09

    @AthertonMerriweather: Smoke signals are always an alternative. #metrotextuals
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    Image of sweet_communist sweet_communist
    11/03/09

    @token_illiterate_commenter: I prefer semaphore. #metrotextuals
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    Image of Newsgirl Newsgirl
    11/03/09

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    lol wtf. idk. wut about oo? hugz r nice 2! #metrotextuals
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    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    this is a very, very British thing to do, for men and women. I have questioned my friends to no end to figure out "x" sign-off etiquette. It no longer means actual kisses but instead stands for friendship-- though a few of my manly man friends say they wouldn't be caught dead sending it to other manly men. #metrotextuals
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    11/03/09

    @ficticious: I've noticed this with the Brits. It's not a youth thing, either. My boss gets emails from British men and women in their 40s and 50s that are signed with x's. It's usually with an initial, like "Jx." #metrotextuals
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    Image of PaigeTurner PaigeTurner
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    over at verizon we prefer metatextuality. #metrotextuals
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    Image of thoughtthinker thoughtthinker
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    wuts da pt uv typin like dis wen iphones hav ez 2 use keybordz dat let u typ full wrds ?

    LoL techNOlogY?! #metrotextuals
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    Image of Anna N. Anna N.
    11/03/09

    @thoughtthinker: Yeah good point -- but not everybody has an iPhone. I guess pretty soon lolspeak will be over, and if I want to make fun of texting I'll have to just use the wrong word, like I do on my iPhone. Example: "See you insidious" for "see you inside." #metrotextuals
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    11/03/09

    @Anna N.: My father hasn't yet figured out 1- when is an appropriate time to text and 2- how to avoid unfortunate autocomplete text.

    So 1- he texts me while driving to tell me where he is, even though he's like, hundreds of miles away, and there is no reason that I should know where he is 2- whenever he passes through a near-ish town called "Hayward," he texts "Gay warf." As in "Gay warf now!" #metrotextuals
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    Image of Anna N. Anna N.
    11/03/09

    @morninggloria: Sounds kind of like Star Trek slashfic to me. #metrotextuals
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    Image of thoughtthinker thoughtthinker
    11/03/09

    @Anna N.: I wish I were cool enough for an iPhone. I have a mostly broken LG Chocolate phone which was cool for three seconds a year before I got one. I end up asking my friends to say hello to "Asian" instead of "Brian." And that I'm "sacred" that I'm doing nothing with my life.
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    Image of Uncommon Whore Uncommon Whore
    11/03/09

    @thoughtthinker: Oh shiv, citag. I have it when that happens. #metrotextuals
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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    Wait, are you saying all of these straight dudes don't want to make out with me?!?

    Suck it, T-Mobile, that's why I use AT&T.
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    Image of GreyCat GreyCat
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    wELl, I pERsOnAllY NeeD a stUdY to tElL Me wHy pEoPLe tYpe LIkE tHiS. #metrotextuals
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    Image of Rooo sez BISH PLZ Rooo sez BISH PLZ
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    U R GEENYUSS ANNA

    That is all. #metrotextuals
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