Texting vs. Talking - which do you prefer? (1 Viewer)

[lakerstan]

My wife absolutely HATES talking on the phone, but I often find myself spending more time correcting auto-correct than if I were to just call her up. What is the consensus here? I always considered myself someone who stays reasonably up to date with technology, but at some point it seems like time savings has to be a consideration. Or maybe I am just getting old.

Don't take offense but maybe you need a new wife...If she doesn't have time or desire to actually talk with her husband what is the use of having her around.

Oh - she LOVES to talk - just not on the phone. After 25 years, we're kind of attached. She doesn't even like ordering a pizza over the phone.

 

[Tom Servo]

If I didn't have a work cell phone I wouldn't have one at all. The cell phone my employer gave me is a 2001-vintage flip phone. Supervisors will text me on their fancy-pants phones while I hunt and peck on the near rotary-dial phone for my response.

Texting can burn in hell for all I care.

 

[NCCommish]

We have created an entire generation of kids/adults who CANNOT talk on the phone. They walk around all day with a phone in their pocket/hands, yet appear to be deathly afraid to use it as one. My high school son will send multiple texts over the course of an hour in an often vain attempt to make arrangements with a pal/pals to do something... rather than call.

And get off my lawn!

They think they are talking......My son will be head down typing away and I say..... what are you doing? He replies talking with a girl.. Which I reply no you aren't you are typing words, give her a call...nope. My daughter recently was texting with a guy that she found out liked her at school. They text back and forth for two weeks, got into some kind of dispute and it ended....I find out a few days later she literally never met or was introduced face to face. This is how our society has chosen to move forward to the next generation...pathetic..

Not disagreeing with your observation, nor with your sentiment (I agree 100% that it's turning kids into anti-social non-speaking text zombies)...but which generation got laid more on average between the age of 16 and 21? Yours or the current one? I'd bet the current one...so there must be something to it. It seems to me that this wave of "connectedness" has made it really easy for kids to hook up and do what kids want to do. I sure wish we had this kind of stuff when I was a kid so I wouldn't be sitting around with my buddies trying to figure out where the parties were that weekend...instead we'd just look on Facebook.

Doubtful. Most surveys say sex has declined amongst teens from a high water mark of when I was in school. But they are doing better at using contraception apparently.

 

[butcher boy]

Texting. You cant randomly send somebody this just talking.

Cuidado se me escapo mi serpiente!!!
¿¡¡¡mira como me saco mi serpiente!!!!?
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[cstu]

I like texting. You can communicate when you have time and don't have to catch the person at a perfect time. Talking is better though if you really need to discuss something in detail

This.

If it's to ask a simple question or let someone know something, text. Anything more involved, call.

Nothing worse that back and forth texting trying to figure something out that would take a one minute phone call.

 

[cstu]

We have created an entire generation of kids/adults who CANNOT talk on the phone. They walk around all day with a phone in their pocket/hands, yet appear to be deathly afraid to use it as one. My high school son will send multiple texts over the course of an hour in an often vain attempt to make arrangements with a pal/pals to do something... rather than call.

And get off my lawn!

They think they are talking......My son will be head down typing away and I say..... what are you doing? He replies talking with a girl.. Which I reply no you aren't you are typing words, give her a call...nope. My daughter recently was texting with a guy that she found out liked her at school. They text back and forth for two weeks, got into some kind of dispute and it ended....I find out a few days later she literally never met or was introduced face to face. This is how our society has chosen to move forward to the next generation...pathetic..

Not disagreeing with your observation, nor with your sentiment (I agree 100% that it's turning kids into anti-social non-speaking text zombies)...but which generation got laid more on average between the age of 16 and 21? Yours or the current one? I'd bet the current one...so there must be something to it. It seems to me that this wave of "connectedness" has made it really easy for kids to hook up and do what kids want to do. I sure wish we had this kind of stuff when I was a kid so I wouldn't be sitting around with my buddies trying to figure out where the parties were that weekend...instead we'd just look on Facebook.

Doubtful. Most surveys say sex has declined amongst teens from a high water mark of when I was in school. But they are doing better at using contraception apparently.

This might have something to do with it:

73% of teen girls who are having sex also give BJ's.

10% of teen girls who are not having sex give BJ's.

 

[[icon]]

I like talking in person, but loathe it on the phone. Hate it. Not sure I've even approached 50 minutes in a month.

This is where I'm at.

2000 texts. 75 mins talk.

 

[Fat Nick]

I like talking in person, but loathe it on the phone. Hate it. Not sure I've even approached 50 minutes in a month.

This is where I'm at.

2000 texts. 75 mins talk.

I'm at 70 minutes. I had a whopping 14 minutes during the last billing period. Ironically, I know that 60 of my 70 is when a buddy called me after he just got laid off. I'd bet that half of the 14 last month was calling in take-out orders.

I average about 300 texts/month. When I had my cell phone stores, I had 2 or 3 thousand per month. My Sister-in-law sets the bar with a month with 18,000 texts (sent+received).

Now my data usage is over 5 GB/month...god bless grandfathered unlimited data.

 

[Copeman]

I didn't know we had a bunch of teen girls in here, with all their texting and all.

 

[17seconds]

I do almost no personal conversation on the phone. Texting is far superior.

Work is a different story. Usually texting is inadequate.

 

[NCCommish]

I didn't know we had a bunch of teen girls in here, with all their texting and all.

Don't get them started on Candy Crush.

 

[17seconds]

I didn't know we had a bunch of teen girls in here, with all their texting and all.

Texting is a far more masculine activity than talking. Minimum communication to get a point across.

Remember when you were forced to talk to your girlfriend or wife on the phone for even the simplest thing? Glad those days are gone.

 

[NCCommish]

I didn't know we had a bunch of teen girls in here, with all their texting and all.

Texting is a far more masculine activity than talking. Minimum communication to get a point across.

Remember when you were forced to talk to your girlfriend or wife on the phone for even the simplest thing? Glad those days are gone.

No I don't actually.

 

[Mister Martie]

We all know it's the real men who gab on their cellphones.

 

[NCCommish]

We all know it's the real men who gab on their cellphones.

Don't text, don't really gab. Most of my minutes are from being onsite somewhere and needing to talk to tech support or sales support or whatever. Very little on the personal side. Longest chats that aren't specifically to a manufacturer are probably with the company owner. Although we do occasionally go to text for insulting each other. Calls with my wife are very short "remember to pick up" something type calls. She doesn't really like to text and I broke her a long time ago of calling me just to see how my day is going.

 

[[icon]]

Texting is a far more masculine activity than talking. Minimum communication to get a point across.

We all know it's the real men who gab on their cellphones.

One thing that inflates text numbers for a lot of people are group texts. I'm on several sports teams, bbq group, a few social circles... all of which use group texts to organize activities/events. If you have 15 people on a group text , it's not hard to rack up 50-75 texts (sent+received) while only technically sending 1 or 2 messages. That said, it's by far the easiest way to organize social groups.

No if you're some married/socially-inept shlub who's life consists of work > bar > Home > Bed > work and you only have 2-3 buddies you generally communicate with... yeah I could see how some of these numbers could seem like a lot of texts.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Texting is a far more masculine activity than talking. Minimum communication to get a point across.

We all know it's the real men who gab on their cellphones.

One thing that inflates text numbers for a lot of people are group texts. I'm on several sports teams, bbq group, a few social circles... all of which use group texts to organize activities/events. If you have 15 people on a group text , it's not hard to rack up 50-75 texts (sent+received) while only technically sending 1 or 2 messages. That said, it's by far the easiest way to organize social groups.

No if you're some married/socially-inept shlub who's life consists of work > bar > Home > Bed > work and you only have 2-3 buddies you generally communicate with... yeah I could see how some of these numbers could seem like a lot of texts.

I hate when people group text me. It usually starts with one dude texting 20 of us saying, "Anyone want to grab a beer tomorrow?" Then I respond "No." Then I have to hear my phone blow up with the other 19 people planning their outing and discussing the meeting times.

 

[[icon]]

I hate when people group text me. It usually starts with one dude texting 20 of us saying, "Anyone want to grab a beer tomorrow?" Then I respond "No." Then I have to hear my phone blow up with the other 19 people planning their outing and discussing the meeting times.

very valid point.. it's definitely an imperfect system as it stands now.

Impending advancements in Group Texting:

• Ability to mute/opt out of text strings.

• Ability to name/sort text strings (rather than just relying on list of names)

• Ability to pin/favorite certain text strings

• Overall improvement of organizing your SMS/MMS communications.

• Improved ability to create/utilize "contact groups"

There are messaging apps that do this, but these changes need to be built into the OEM messaging system to really work properly.

 

[glock]

Mostly text, I have certain family/friends who are the only people I talk to on the phone.

Voicemails are absolutely terrible.

What if the voicemail simply says "hey timmay party tonight at my house six o'clock"

How is that any different than a text....You get a text you have to read it, you get a voicemail you have to listen to it.......

The difference is that I have dial up voicemail, wait for prompt, then enter the passcode, wait for some ##### to tell me how many messages I have, then say "first message.....". If I'm lucky, the message starts with the point so I can delete fast, but that's rare. If it was somebody that would just get to the point, they'd have texted.

Not on MY phone...

 

[glock]

Texting is a far more masculine activity than talking. Minimum communication to get a point across.

We all know it's the real men who gab on their cellphones.

One thing that inflates text numbers for a lot of people are group texts. I'm on several sports teams, bbq group, a few social circles... all of which use group texts to organize activities/events. If you have 15 people on a group text , it's not hard to rack up 50-75 texts (sent+received) while only technically sending 1 or 2 messages. That said, it's by far the easiest way to organize social groups.

No if you're some married/socially-inept shlub who's life consists of work > bar > Home > Bed > work and you only have 2-3 buddies you generally communicate with... yeah I could see how some of these numbers could seem like a lot of texts.

I hate when people group text me. It usually starts with one dude texting 20 of us saying, "Anyone want to grab a beer tomorrow?" Then I respond "No." Then I have to hear my phone blow up with the other 19 people planning their outing and discussing the meeting times.

 

[BroadwayG]

If there was a 110% text option I would choose that.

 

[CurlyNight]

I'm all for texting. Best invention ever! I don't like talking much. With a text, you aren't required to answer right away. If you're not in the mood to respond, you do so later. On the phone, you are stuck. My family are a bunch of talkers. They hate that I cannot stand the phone. My mom especially as she can talk non stop for over an hour easy. God bless whoever invented this for it has saved my sanity!

I can see the phone being important for emergencies and such. I've got everyone trained that if they do call, it's because I need to know something quick.

 

[lakerstan]

I wonder if the results are skewed since the target demographic for this poll is a bunch of guys who communicate via message boards.

 

[TakiToki]

I wonder if the results are skewed since the target demographic for this poll is a bunch of guys who communicate via message boards.

That's a good point. This demographic skews old and disproportionately talks on the phone.

 

[Billy Bats]

I'm all for texting. Best invention ever! I don't like talking much. With a text, you aren't required to answer right away. If you're not in the mood to respond, you do so later. On the phone, you are stuck. My family are a bunch of talkers. They hate that I cannot stand the phone. My mom especially as she can talk non stop for over an hour easy. God bless whoever invented this for it has saved my sanity!

I can see the phone being important for emergencies and such. I've got everyone trained that if they do call, it's because I need to know something quick.

Same here. I call momma bats once, maybe twice a week to say hi and see how she is, and 40 minutes later I've been saying uh huh, oh yea?, and I know sporadically for 38 of those minutes. Not talking on the phone also saves the gossip bull#### and getting sucked into the middle of other people's rumors and stories. Text is the only way.

 

[Ditka Butkus]

I hate the term texting ......Maybe if it had a different name I would warm up to it. Spelling? no.... Writing? maybe...

ETA: I got it........Fingering.......wait

 

[CurlyNight]

I'm all for texting. Best invention ever! I don't like talking much. With a text, you aren't required to answer right away. If you're not in the mood to respond, you do so later. On the phone, you are stuck. My family are a bunch of talkers. They hate that I cannot stand the phone. My mom especially as she can talk non stop for over an hour easy. God bless whoever invented this for it has saved my sanity!

I can see the phone being important for emergencies and such. I've got everyone trained that if they do call, it's because I need to know something quick.

Same here. I call momma bats once, maybe twice a week to say hi and see how she is, and 40 minutes later I've been saying uh huh, oh yea?, and I know sporadically for 38 of those minutes. Not talking on the phone also saves the gossip bull#### and getting sucked into the middle of other people's rumors and stories. Text is the only way.

Lol! My bro and I would put the phone down for a couple minutes and mom would never know. We were always doing something else or watching tv and would give the occasional uh huh. I don't think she ever noticed we weren't listening!

At least for those who have to be on the phone with such people, the blue tooth frees up your hand. Holding on to the phone back when they were clunkier sucked even switching back and forth!

 

[mquinnjr]

I hate the term texting ......Maybe if it had a different name I would warm up to it. Spelling? no.... Writing? maybe...

ETA: I got it........Fingering.......wait

SMS'ing?

 

[Zow]

Probably text 95% of the time.

Really only ever call family and then it's more just listening to my mom talk about random ####.

 

[mr roboto]

My stats are inflated toward talking because my work phone is my cell. I average about 25 hours a week of talk time. Probably 95% for work (sales and real estate project management).

 

[ShaqAttaq]

I hate people, so texting allows me to not have to talk to them.

i don't even answer my cell phone unless it's convenient and i think that the caller has something that i want/need/should talk about. my outgoing voice message instructs the caller NOT to leave a voice mail message.

 

[chauncey]

Single women, even older ones, are all about the texting. It's hard for my witty personality and charm to come through via text.

That is what emoji are for bro.

 

[mquinnjr]

Felt appropriate to post here, and this is pretty true-to-life: http://themetapicture.com/people-kept-complaining-this-restaurant-sucked-look-what-they-found-out/

 

[butcher boy]

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[The_Man]

I recently realized that I treat talking on my cell phone the way my grandparents treated long distance calls. It should be reserved for crucial conversations, it should last for as little time as possible, and I talk way too loud and can't understand what the other person is saying half the time.

I almost feel like it's rude at this point for somebody to leave a voice mail, because then I have to listen to the whole thing. Just send a text.

 

[roadkill1292]

Felt appropriate to post here, and this is pretty true-to-life: http://themetapicture.com/people-kept-complaining-this-restaurant-sucked-look-what-they-found-out/

JHC, 60% of the customers spend 3 minutes taking pictures of their food and another chunk of time having group photos taken. WTF is that all about? It's just dinner, people, you're not meeting the Pope.

 

[RBM]

Felt appropriate to post here, and this is pretty true-to-life: http://themetapicture.com/people-kept-complaining-this-restaurant-sucked-look-what-they-found-out/

JHC, 60% of the customers spend 3 minutes taking pictures of their food and another chunk of time having group photos taken. WTF is that all about? It's just dinner, people, you're not meeting the Pope.

You want those pics on those Yelp reviews don't you???

 

[Jayrod]

Felt appropriate to post here, and this is pretty true-to-life: http://themetapicture.com/people-kept-complaining-this-restaurant-sucked-look-what-they-found-out/

JHC, 60% of the customers spend 3 minutes taking pictures of their food and another chunk of time having group photos taken. WTF is that all about? It's just dinner, people, you're not meeting the Pope.

It is a really nice restaurant in NYC. More of an experience than a weeknight at the Sizzler.

 

[IC FBGCav]

My wife absolutely HATES talking on the phone, but I often find myself spending more time correcting auto-correct than if I were to just call her up. What is the consensus here? I always considered myself someone who stays reasonably up to date with technology, but at some point it seems like time savings has to be a consideration. Or maybe I am just getting old.

 

[xulf]

If it's just a simple thing: text.

For something that needs to be discussed: talk

small talk: talk

 

[roadkill1292]

Felt appropriate to post here, and this is pretty true-to-life: http://themetapicture.com/people-kept-complaining-this-restaurant-sucked-look-what-they-found-out/

JHC, 60% of the customers spend 3 minutes taking pictures of their food and another chunk of time having group photos taken. WTF is that all about? It's just dinner, people, you're not meeting the Pope.

It is a really nice restaurant in NYC. More of an experience than a weeknight at the Sizzler.

It's that "sharing" thing that young people feel compelled to do these days, isn't it?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Lots of old dudes in this forum.

I wish I could be 100% text...it's close though. Also use Voxer or Snapchat more than voice, but that's more for the novelty.

Me vs My Wife this month so far:

Texts

Me: 259

Her: 80

Voice Mins

Me: 5

Her: 60

 

[jwb]

email. Easily my preferred method of communication.

 

[Dan Gladden's Mustache]

Felt appropriate to post here, and this is pretty true-to-life: http://themetapicture.com/people-kept-complaining-this-restaurant-sucked-look-what-they-found-out/

JHC, 60% of the customers spend 3 minutes taking pictures of their food and another chunk of time having group photos taken. WTF is that all about? It's just dinner, people, you're not meeting the Pope.

I don't buy it. Read that a few weeks ago and most of their numbers sound made up.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Felt appropriate to post here, and this is pretty true-to-life: http://themetapicture.com/people-kept-complaining-this-restaurant-sucked-look-what-they-found-out/

JHC, 60% of the customers spend 3 minutes taking pictures of their food and another chunk of time having group photos taken. WTF is that all about? It's just dinner, people, you're not meeting the Pope.

I don't buy it. Read that a few weeks ago and most of their numbers sound made up.

Looks like an Abe blog post to me.

 

[Mr. Ected]

I like texting. You can communicate when you have time and don't have to catch the person at a perfect time. Talking is better though if you really need to discuss something in detail

Like doing this to communicate with parents in the neighborhood. "Can you send XXX home?", "Is so and so available to play?" Makes thinks easier and shorter on both ends!

I pretty much only talk on the phone to make doctor appointments or to call my GF my dinner order when she's in the drive thru line.

Wouldn't you want to send her a text so she got your order exactly right?

 

[Dan Gladden's Mustache]

Felt appropriate to post here, and this is pretty true-to-life: http://themetapicture.com/people-kept-complaining-this-restaurant-sucked-look-what-they-found-out/

JHC, 60% of the customers spend 3 minutes taking pictures of their food and another chunk of time having group photos taken. WTF is that all about? It's just dinner, people, you're not meeting the Pope.

I don't buy it. Read that a few weeks ago and most of their numbers sound made up.

Looks like an Abe blog post to me.

 

[apalmer]

I like texting. You can communicate when you have time and don't have to catch the person at a perfect time. Talking is better though if you really need to discuss something in detail

Like doing this to communicate with parents in the neighborhood. "Can you send XXX home?", "Is so and so available to play?" Makes thinks easier and shorter on both ends!

I pretty much only talk on the phone to make doctor appointments or to call my GF my dinner order when she's in the drive thru line.

Wouldn't you want to send her a text so she got your order exactly right?

With autocorrect, who knows what you'd get?

 

[glumpy]

I like texting. You can communicate when you have time and don't have to catch the person at a perfect time. Talking is better though if you really need to discuss something in detail

Like doing this to communicate with parents in the neighborhood. "Can you send XXX home?", "Is so and so available to play?" Makes thinks easier and shorter on both ends!

I pretty much only talk on the phone to make doctor appointments or to call my GF my dinner order when she's in the drive thru line.

Wouldn't you want to send her a text so she got your order exactly right?

With autocorrect, who knows what you'd get?

Good posting. It's never even close to correct.

 

[Ditka Butkus]

Lots of old dudes in this forum.

I wish I could be 100% text...it's close though. Also use Voxer or Snapchat more than voice, but that's more for the novelty.

Me vs My Wife this month so far:

Texts

Me: 259

Her: 80

Voice Mins

Me: 5

Her: 60

So you and your wife have swapped male/ female roles....