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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

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    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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    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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    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    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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    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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    11/03/09

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

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    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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    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 lolabee lolabee
    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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    Image of The Queen of No The Queen of No
    10/22/09

    In reply to Teacher Says Her Life Was "Ruined" By Student's Sex Accusation
    I haven't been in high school in 8 years and texting was not happening back then, so maybe I'm a but out of the loop. But it just seems SO FUCKING INAPPROPRIATE to be texting with a student! ANY student, barring a few exceptions. It's just really surprising how normal she acts that is. It's interesting. #nicolehowell
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    Image of LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman
    10/22/09

    @The Queen of No: When I was teaching high school choir, my advanced group spent a lot of time each December doing carol gigs--going around the community singing at people's homes and local businesses. I was always there with them, but they had to provide their own transportation to get there. So they all had my cell phone number so they could call me if they were late, or stranded somewhere without a ride and needed another kid or parent to pick them up. They'd also text me to ask what time we were meeting, etc.

    They all understood that having my cell number was a privelege, and that any misconduct with it would get them in serious hot water with me. So it wasn't a problem.

    I have a couple of FORMER students, who are now adults, as friends on Facebook, to keep up with their lives, as well, but they are students I had when teaching in England (I'm now back in California), where the teacher-student relationship is a little bit different. It's fun to see what they're up to. #nicolehowell
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    Image of Brawlita Brawlita
    10/22/09

    In reply to Teacher Says Her Life Was "Ruined" By Student's Sex Accusation
    When I was in high school a new English teacher was hired. Mrs. Smith was small, short, blonde, perky and cute. She was also a former cheerleader. The boys in the school just drooled over her, and mentioned how "hot" she was in the hallways. She was probably in her early 20s at that time and it didn't matter to them that she was all married and stuff. I can see the story above happening, easily... of course when I was in HS the technology wasn't there yet. What I am wondering is why teachers give their cell phone numbers to students? #nicolehowell
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    10/22/09

    @Brawlita: I mean, we had a hot young blonde teacher when I was in school; the boys used to drop their pens in case she'd bend over to pick them up. But she was horrified at even the mere suggestion of impropriety. The girls and I couldn't even work up the guts to ask her in a non-specific, girly way about her wedding plans, until the day we graduated (she got engaged our last year)! But it sounds like this woman positively encouraged the flirtation, even if she didn't have sex with the student. That's totally unacceptable. #nicolehowell
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    Image of tiredfairy tiredfairy
    10/22/09

    @Brawlita: Did she give it out, or was it in the directory? All of my teachers in HS had to have their numbers in a public directory unless they requested not to. So the students could easily get at it. Not sure that's the case here. Plus, I think some teachers just don't think this sort of thing will happen. #nicolehowell
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