Goodbye Gchat, Hello Chaos
A chat client, in my experience, needs to do one thing besides facilitate a text exchange between two or more parties:…
It's Possible There Are Too Many Emojis, But Here Are Some More
Another round of emojis is expected in June to aid us in gradually phasing out unnecessary written and spoken…
Two Dolphins Recorded Chatting in a 'Highly Developed Spoken Language,' Possibly About You?
Russian researchers say they have recorded the first “conversation” between a pair of dolphins. The dolphins, named…
Dear Abby Attributes the Rape of a Questioner to a 'Breakdown in Communication'
Dear Abby, the widely syndicated advice column written by Jeanne Phillips (daughter of original Abby, Pauline Phillips)…
Happy Couple App Is the Sad Future of Dating
Texting/sexting, direct messages, Twitter, Instagram DMs and online dating aren’t enough when it comes to getting to…
Experts: Schedule Marriage Performance Reviews for Everlasting Love
Nothing sucks quite like a performance review. Even when you know you’re doing well, hearing about your weaknesses is…
Austin City Official Behind 'Ladies Talk Too Much' Training Resigns
Austin’s assistant city manager has resigned after widespread controversy over a training he organized for city staff…
How I Lost My 'Invisible Boyfriend' In 6 Days
There's a new app on the market: It's morally questionable, almost entirely useless, and marketed largely towards…
How Often Do You Call Your Folks?
A recent article in The Guardian says that most people in the U.K. call to check in on their mothers about once a week,…
Men Are, Like, Using Uptalk Now? You Know?
Bye bye, vocal fry. All the cool kids in 2013 are ending their sentences with invisible question marks.
Another Day, Another Gender Normative Study About Hetero Couples
When heterosexual couples cooperate well, so a new study suggests, men act like responsive marionettes and women act…
People Will One Day Communicate Solely in Emotive Animal Pictures
If there's one thing that still sucks about living in a technologically-advanced society in the year 2013, it's the…
I Can Lengthen My Words and So Can Youuuuuuu
Sooooo word lengthening is totally a thing now. It used to be that only young people did it in text messages and over…
In Praise of the Text Message
Today is the 20th anniversary of the first text message. Should we be afraid of what's next? No way. Texting doesn't…
Women Speak Drastically Less When They're Surrounded by Dudes. And That's Bad.
Womanhood is full of frustrating hunches, and society is full of people who want to pooh-pooh those hunches. "I'm pretty…
Let's Talk About Sex (So We Can Enjoy It)
Communicating about and during sex is imperative if you don't want to get hurt (or get an STD), but it's also directly…
We're All So Busy Texting That We Forgot How to Talk to Each Other
Remember those good old days when we all used to sit around in the parlor and snipe cleverly to each other's faces?…
Dolphins Have Their Own Catchphrases
A new study has found that dolphins have their own cute little signature whistles that they use to introduce themselves…
Adorable Babies Have Adorable Social Strategies
Babies are pretty fun as it is, but now a new study has found that they might be even more entertaining than we…
Your Phone Is Making You Into a Terrible Person
Anyone who spends any time in public knows that there are any number of ways a cell phone can turn a person into an…