so i met a psychic

[Dark Jaguar]

Same here. I really don't understand the point of text messaging and still don't. I was getting them from people for a while (I always called them back instead of bothering to send them phone mail) until I found out that I actually get charged for RECEIVING them. That was the end of that experiment. I mean, you can TALK to people directly, in real time, with your own voice, because it's the future! Why would you waste your time with text in that scenario? I've heard excuses like "well when I'm in class/a funeral/a theater I don't want to be rude". Guess what? If you're trying to avoid paying attention to things you're supposed to be paying attention to anyway, it's still rude! You just found a way to do it "without getting caught", which is nonsense because everyone still sees you doing it, and when you break out your phone mid-conversation to respond to someone's text with your own text, it's actually very annoying. Top it all off with those idiots who think text is so important they should do it while actually driving, an activity that pretty much requires uninterrupted vision, and well, there ya go, it's a collision of dumb.

I'm still waiting for the next amazing innovation, mobile phone telegraphing!