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Sunday, February 05, 2006
There is an art to being a textmate. Not a lot of people know this, but to be a good textmate, one does not only need a working cellphone and a large amount of load - It requires a whole heck of a lot more. And i know this because just like all of you, i have encoutered textmates who have made me fall asleep or have made me reply lies such as "aral p ko eh" or "2log nko.." and of course ang walang palyang "la nko lowd eh"...
The "unlimited promo" have made people not care whether their replies have sense or not, and that's unfair to people who do not avail of that promo (like me-because of personal reasons) because to them every load counts, thus, every text has substance. I mean, how would you feel if you told a textmate a story so carefully edited and all he replies is "ahhhhh" or "heheheh"????? I doubt that you'd ever tell another story. It's also annoying when you're the one that asks all the questions and all they do is answer. That's all they do, ANSWER. They don't even have the decency to ask back. I mean c'mon, all it takes is 2 letters and a punctuation mark: "kw?". How hard is that??!!! What ever happened to carrying on the conversation?! I tell ya, if those people and i talked personally the way we text, there'd be A LOT of awkward silences.. And that's never good, especially if you're trying to get to know each other. Texting should be a "give and take" thing. Not a "one way" thing. Nothing would ever come out of texting if you you don't give a damn about what you say or what your textmate said. You might as well stay away from your cellphone and use your load only for emergencies.
It's not even about the punctuation marks or the correct spelling and grammar anymore, it's really about substance. I am not looking for a Shakespeare when i text, nor am i looking for an Einstein, i'm just looking for normal human beings who can carry on a conversation and who makes the load i spend on him/ her worth it.....
Foxy
5:52 PM