Texts have killed the spoken word

(The Signal 2.8)

Kudos to text messages for giving us another reason to have even less interpersonal interaction than we already do. Sometimes it can be a bit overwhelming to have to look up a friend’s number in your phone (or even worse try to remember their speed dial number) and then, on top of that, carry on a spoken conversation. Don’t feel bad, it’s not just you. This is a shared burden of all who live in the technology age. Luckily we have the aid of texting, pardon the cool-kid lingo, to lighten our load. With this life-saving feature, we have only to push the buttons without the added pressure of actually speaking to a real, live person. Social interaction is overrated as it is. With text messages we can alleviate stressful cell-situations as we move even closer to the utopia of exclusively written interaction, the way God intended it as modeled by the Bible – longest text message ever. Hey, if it’s good enough for Him, it’s good enough for me.


Supplemental Material
In the olden days, hand-written letters were the only reasonable form of communication and took weeks to arrive at their destination. Because of this, people would spend a great amount of time sorting out their thoughts and perfecting their wording since this would be their only contact with that person for a long time. Today, technology allows us instant communication with anyone in the world, so we are less inclined to spend time pouring over what we are going to say since we can clarify or provide further information at a moment's notice, if necessary. Despite the great advantages offered by this technology, it seems to have enabled our generation to disregard the need to communicate clearly with organized thoughts. This is most evident in argument and debate. The next time you happen upon two people arguing, see if they are presenting their sides with supporting evidence or just going back and forth to see who can out talk the other and then you will understand this point. People today seem more interested in language quantity than quality. This is like sitting in a restaurant for hours and just watching other people eat. In the end you are still hungry and angry for the time you've wasted. Don't settle for the smell of good food when the taste is so much more satisfying.