BF2S Forums Texting surpasses 6,000 monthly limit

So the people who don't text are the ones with nobody to text. Gotcha.

aj0404 wrote:

i probably go through 50-100 a day counting both incoming and outgoing messages. 6,000 a month is pretty excessive.
still, there's nothing wrong with texting. for everyone saying "just call them", it's not really worth it when you only have a simple question to ask.

You ask 50-100 quick questions a day?

I have nothing against texting. It is practical and convenient. It is also massively overused in a ridiculous way. 50-100 texts a day is clearly excessive. Some of those texts must be back and forth text conversations and in that case, "just call them".

First nail in the coffin of the art of conversation.

aj0404 wrote:

i probably go through 50-100 a day counting both incoming and outgoing messages. 6,000 a month is pretty excessive.
still, there's nothing wrong with texting. for everyone saying "just call them", it's not really worth it when you only have a simple question to ask.

Do you have 6000 simple questions to ask? You wouldn't call to ask "What's up?" because it's a waste of time. What that other person is doing really isn't that important to you so you wouldn't call, but it's ok to bother them with a text message.

Here's what gets me: If she is so interested in having these little chats with friends, what the fuck is she doing that gives her this time? Absolutely nothing. She could be with said friends, hanging out and what not. If you're sending a message every 5 minutes, consistently, all hours of the waking day, that takes up a shit ton of time and detracts it from everything else.

She's texting so much because she has nothing better to do. It's pathetic.

Mitch wrote:

SEREVENT wrote:

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I've had my phone for a year and a half now, and i've had to top up 4 times (£20). Whats the point of texting, when i can use MSN/email friends for free?

Cause people dont bring there computers with them.
texting rocks and i text a lot but 6000 a month is nothing im sure mad people top that but for some reason someone made a news article about it. I have unlimited texting. She needs to do the same.

iphone = taking pc with you.
for 70 a month AU i get unlimited txting, 350 in calls, 250 mb of net, and 16 gb iphone + insurance.

ceslayer23 wrote:

for uninformed people here, incoming texts count towards the 6,000, so she sends (around) 3,000, not 6,000

edit: which is 100 texts a day, which is not much at all

You have to pay to receive texts? That's just crazy.

*edit* - I don't believe that's true anyway. It doesn't fit in with anything I've read at all. Source?

Defiance wrote:

aj0404 wrote:

i probably go through 50-100 a day counting both incoming and outgoing messages. 6,000 a month is pretty excessive.
still, there's nothing wrong with texting. for everyone saying "just call them", it's not really worth it when you only have a simple question to ask.

Do you have 6000 simple questions to ask? You wouldn't call to ask "What's up?" because it's a waste of time. What that other person is doing really isn't that important to you so you wouldn't call, but it's ok to bother them with a text message.

Here's what gets me: If she is so interested in having these little chats with friends, what the fuck is she doing that gives her this time? Absolutely nothing. She could be with said friends, hanging out and what not. If you're sending a message every 5 minutes, consistently, all hours of the waking day, that takes up a shit ton of time and detracts it from everything else.

She's texting so much because she has nothing better to do. It's pathetic.

Exactly.

Another article about this stupid texting girl wrote:

"If you have nothing to do you usually text more. I guess I just text for the sake of it."

Think you've summed it up nicely.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2008-12-19 13:44:08)

.Sup wrote:

usmarine wrote:

this story doesnt surprise me at all.  when you try and talk to a teen its like speaking to a retard.  they have very little social skills and cant speak for shit.

You were a teen too once...

yes but we had to speak to people using our voices.  and had to interact in person, not over a computer.

.Sup wrote:

usmarine wrote:

.Sup wrote:

You were a teen too once...

yes but we had to speak to people using our voices.  and had to interact in person, not over a computer.

Thats cos you didn't have cell phones

now you are getting my point.  cell phones are good.  matter of fact they are replacing land lines.  but for a lot of people they have taken human interaction away.  and it shows.

.Sup wrote:

Thats cos you didn't have cell phones

yes we did.  but they were as big as a lap top bag.  or you had to use it in the car only.

Locoloki wrote:

Ioan92 wrote:

Texting on a phone = fail

Christ sake, its a fucking PHONE, Its made to talk not write.

Plus typing on a phone is a pain in the ass.

my phone has keyboard on it

My computer has a keyboard on it.

Bertster7 wrote:

ceslayer23 wrote:

for uninformed people here, incoming texts count towards the 6,000, so she sends (around) 3,000, not 6,000

edit: which is 100 texts a day, which is not much at all

You have to pay to receive texts? That's just crazy.

*edit* - I don't believe that's true anyway. It doesn't fit in with anything I've read at all. Source?

I know two of the major cell phone carriers here in the US are like that (AT&T and Verizon) because I have AT&T and my girlfriend has Verizon.  cba to find a link to prove it.

GraphicArtist J wrote:

This is that silly girl:
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/images/780717.jpg
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4795126a6000.html

.Sup wrote:

Her thumbs will fell of sooner or later

They fell off already as I see it

Everyone who doesn't do exactly what I do is gay.

.Sup wrote:

Dauntless wrote:

Everyone who doesn't do exactly what I do is gay.