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Over 14K text messages in one month?! (http://www.switched.com/2009/01/13/teenager-sends-over-14-000-text-messages-in-one-month/)

For anyone who tries to deny that texting can be addictive, just take a look at 13-year-old Reina Hardesty. Last month, she sent 14,528 text messages, a number that her father couldn't believe at first.

When Greg Hardesty got his daughter's 440-page long phone bill, he saw the number and thought, as he put it, "That's insane, that's impossible." Using a calculator, he realized that it means Reina was sending 484 messages a day, which comes out to one every two minutes if she's awake for an average of 16 hours. The monthly average for kids ages 13 to 17 is 1,742 messages, according to a Nielsen survey.

idk, my bff jill

I hate 13 year old girls.

I also hate texting.

haha

I blame god.

I text very rarely maybe at most 30 a month. I really don't like it and would prefer a good old fashioned phone call.

Perhaps they were Sexting?

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I have 27 texts on my cell phone, total, since I bought it early last year.

Perhaps they were Sexting?

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People aren't really bored enough to have sex through text message yet are they?

I hit about 7000 texts last month. However, ever text, instant message and email I get and receive counts.

How about the fact that they've changed the name of Mountain Dew to "Mtn Dew".

What the heck?

How about the fact that they've changed the name of Mountain Dew to "Mtn Dew".

What the heck?

Makes me want to drink it even less.

People aren't really bored enough to have sex through text message yet are they?

I've heard it to happen

I've heard it to happen

Every day I lose just a little more faith in humanity.

So what do you think about the text messaging and the current generation of teenagers?

So what do you think about the text messaging and the current generation of teenagers?

I think teenagers need to talk to each other by voice instead of little messages with 15 letters covering a half hour conversation.

Perhaps they were Sexting?

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I'm sure it's a lot easier to get up to 14k when ever text is little more than "O yeah", "Hrdr!", "is it in yt?", "OMG ur HUEG" and things along those lines.
How about the fact that they've changed the name of Mountain Dew to "Mtn Dew".

What the heck?

Mt Dew makes far more sense.

People aren't really bored enough to have sex through text message yet are they?

Read: CNN

6 minors, half men, half girls, got charged with counts of child pornography; the girls for taking/sending, the men for having.

Completely unrelated:

http://www.kptv.com/education/18471978/detail.html#-

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Completely unrelated:

http://www.kptv.com/education/18471978/detail.html#-

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A buddy of mine had a bunny suicide calendar when I was in Iraq.

Completely related:

http://www.wpxi.com/news/18469160/detail.html#-

If you're trying to watch the video to see if pictures of them are featured, alas, they are not.

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I meant fully clothed, you perv!

Over 14K text messages in one month?! (http://www.switched.com/2009/01/13/teenager-sends-over-14-000-text-messages-in-one-month/)
IT'S OVER NINE THOOUSAAAAAAND!

Also - how in god's name would you have time for that shit?

Completely related:

http://www.wpxi.com/news/18469160/detail.html#-

If you're trying to watch the video to see if pictures of them are featured, alas, they are not.

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I meant fully clothed, you perv!

"Taking nude pictures of yourself, nothing good can come out of it," said Seranko.
I disagree, Capt. Seranko.

IT'S OVER NINE THOOUSAAAAAAND!

win

I disagree, Capt. Seranko.

We've all had that one night when we've been drunk off of our asses and took advantage of ourselves. To deny us the pleasure of it is to refuse all that makes up human.

:tongue:

So what do you think about the text messaging
It's great.
and the current generation of teenagers?
90s children are a bunch of fucking failures.

We've all had that one night when we've been drunk off of our asses and took advantage of ourselves. To deny us the pleasure of it is to refuse all that makes up human.

:tongue:

I molested myself last night. I said no, but I knew I wanted it.

It's great.

90s children are a bunch of fucking failures.
They can't possible be worse than children of the 80's. I wish all the people of my generation had one throat and I had my hands about it.

90s children are a bunch of fucking failures.


The heart-breaking truth. *sighs* Just wondering, but are teenagers the same in Europe?

idk, my bff jill

:D I was going to say that!

idk, my bff jill

omg u mad me lol

They can't possible be worse than children of the 80's. I wish all the people of my generation had one throat and I had my hands about it.
I dunno, at least 80s children grew up with the music of the mid-late 1990s and very early 2000s, which was markedly better than the utter shite that's come out in the last couple of years.
The heart-breaking truth. *sighs* Just wondering, but are teenagers the same in Europe?
Not knowing many American teenagers, or teenagers in continental Europe, I can honestly say "probably".

I dunno, at least 80s children grew up with the music of the mid-late 1990s and very early 2000s, which was markedly better than the utter shite that's come out in the last couple of years..
Oh yeah, Britney Spears, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Kidrock, the Backstreet Boys, the Spice Girls, Staind, N-fucking-Sync. We had a whole lot of goddamned class and taste, didn't we? These days, a lot of people have successfully repressed their memories of 90's music, and they've created this sort of nostalgic wonderland of Grunge, etc. But I remember, oh yes, I remember.
(The use of "we" doesn't necessarily mean you, Yootopia, were born in the 80's. I was, so I'm using we in that sense; the sense of self-loathing).

Oh yeah, Britney Spears, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Kidrock, the Backstreet Boys, the Spice Girls, Staind, N-fucking-Sync. We had a whole lot of goddamned class and taste, didn't we?
At least none of those bands had the pretense of having any kind of talent or decorum (except with the painful exception of Staind). They were good at what they did - being commercial.
These days, a lot of people have successfully repressed their memories of 90's music, and they've created this sort of nostalgic wonderland of Grunge, etc. But I remember, oh yes, I remember.
Also featured - Beats International, the best stuff Massive Attack made, the quality Sugarbabes stuff, the end of No Doubt, Portishead, Prodigy, a whole ton of decent dance music and the least talentless period of the Stereophonics.

What the hell has the last 4 or so years given us other than a revival of Synth-pop (eugh), shitty shoegaze pish, emo and generic crap like The Strokes and The Killers?

Are we really going to start the whole "this generation is so much worse than mine! Why, back in my day..." thing before most of us have even hit 30?


I mean, really?

Yes.

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Are we really going to start the whole "this generation is so much worse than mine! Why, back in my day..." thing before most of us have even hit 30?

I mean, really?
It's 4am and I can't sleep, why not?

It's 4am and I can't sleep, why not?

Fair enough, I suppose.

*hands you your cane*

Fair enough, I suppose.

*hands you your cane*

*swings cane at Sarkhaan*

Now get off my lawn!

Fair enough, I suppose.

*hands you your cane*
*sigh*

The correct response would've been "the answer's in the question, you berk".

At least none of those bands had the pretense of having any kind of talent or decorum (except with the painful exception of Staind). They were good at what they did - being commercial.
If your only criteria is being good at "being commercial," than you should have no complaint about contemporary music either. The fact is, they were terrible at what they should have been doing, "making music," and they dominated the radio.
What the hell has the last 4 or so years given us other than a revival of Synth-pop (eugh), shitty shoegaze pish, emo and generic crap like The Strokes and The Killers?
The guy behind Iron & Wine coming into his own, Casey Dienel/White Hinterland, Scarling finding a decent producer, Metallica returning to their roots, This Is My Fist!, etc.
And that is limiting myself to "started since 2005," there are a lot of bands (like Flogging Molly, Lamb of God, Murder By Death or Nonpoint) still producing quality.

People aren't really bored enough to have sex through text message yet are they?

Oh yes they are...

If your only criteria is being good at "being commercial," than you should have no complaint about contemporary music either. The fact is, they were terrible at what they should have been doing, "making music," and they dominated the radio.
Oh please. Bands like the Pussycat Dolls and Black Eyed Peas I can fully understand. People having artistic pretentions as well, like anything from the UK in the last 5 years, is just offensive.

Well...Idk about addictive...But I communicate primarily through text, cause Unlimited Texts is very cheap, whereas minutes cost the old Dollaroos...

Its not surprising really that some 13 year old girl has 14k+ text messages.

My youngest brother (14) gets around 8,000 a month, and there are girls sending him text messages all day every day even while he's at school, in bed, or on a week long trucking vacation with no phone access. I think they send messages in their sleep.

Are we really going to start the whole "this generation is so much worse than mine! Why, back in my day..." thing before most of us have even hit 30?


I mean, really?

Shhh. Don't take away our god-given rights to be pretentious, amnesiac, deluded douchebags.

I only get around 3,000 a month. I reply to around half of them, give or take a few hundred. I send a few on my own, around 200 a month. That would give me a rough total of 4,700 a month. Not counting forwards.

Shhh. Don't take away our god-given rights to be pretentious, amnesiac, deluded douchebags.Why not? :p

I only get around 3,000 a month. I reply to around half of them, give or take a few hundred. I send a few on my own, around 200 a month. That would give me a rough total of 4,700 a month. Not counting forwards.

Holy crap. I've only texted once in the month since I've been back from Iraq.

90s children are a bunch of fucking failures.Man, I'm not even twenty yet. Give me some time before declaring me a failure?

I do a few hundred a month (sent and recieved)...mostly during hockey games to my dad and a few friends so I don't have to actually talk, but can comment on the game.

Holy crap. I've only texted once in the month since I've been back from Iraq.I feel rude if I don't reply to them every once in a while, and the QWERTY keyboard on my phone makes it so much easier.

Shhh. Don't take away our god-given rights to be pretentious, amnesiac, deluded douchebags.
Why trade hitting kids with canes when you can still manage a solid towel-whip?

Oh please. Bands like the Pussycat Dolls and Black Eyed Peas I can fully understand. People having artistic pretentions as well, like anything from the UK in the last 5 years, is just offensive.
Bad music is offensive, what the musician thinks about themselves is only a problem if you're the sort of weirdo that reads star profiles or interviews.

I feel rude if I don't reply to them every once in a while, and the QWERTY keyboard on my phone makes it so much easier.

I've only received four messages in that last month, none of which required a reply, my friends usually call me when they need something. On New Years a buddy sent me a message saying "Happy New Years" or something to that effect, to which I replied "poopsocks lol". The wonders of alcohol.

I text a bit, but only cause I hate talking on the cellphone.

I send hundreds of text messages a day. What of it? My phone bill was only 94 pages long though.

Completely unrelated:

http://www.kptv.com/education/18471978/detail.html#-

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Good Lord, what a stupid thing to get her panties in a twist over. FFS, it's a high school library. She's worried about a cartoon book when there are so many more truly dangerous things she could be protecting her teenager from -- like teaching about the dangers of unprotected sex?

like teaching about the dangers of unprotected sex?
!! Abstinence only education is the only way to protect our kids from AIDs and sexual predators, Katganistan. I am ashamed of you!

Suuuure it is. Because ignorance is so much better than actually knowing the risks and how to better protect yourself....

Suuuure it is. Because ignorance is so much better than actually knowing the risks and how to better protect yourself.... "Katganistan should know better!" :mad:

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Why trade hitting kids with canes when you can still manage a solid towel-whip?Mmmm .... towel whip.
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I had a girl my age claim I had no friends because I didn't see something in excess of 4000 texts a month, which we figured out would be something like 5 every hour of the day. Insane.

wow...that's impressive...in a very sad way.

I'm reminded of my loser brother in law when speaking of excessive textmessaging ... reason being, he owes me a fuckload of $ for not using it.