EPTTexting vs Face-to-face communication - Page 5
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Malgrif
Canada1095 Posts
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ApollosAnarchy
Canada9 Posts
On June 21 2011 11:40 Grobyc wrote: Ehhh texting is only supposed to be for communication when you don't have time to see eachother while wanting to talk to eachother. Even then, calling is usually better, but you don't want to be calling multiple times a day, so texting isn't so bad. If you actually prefer texting over face-to-face communication then your relationship is a joke to be honest. Can't agree more, though you should always save big news/serious conversations for a face-to-face conversation. I think you are just a big coward if you hide behind text, and never face a person. | ||
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raja91
Canada28 Posts
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ApollosAnarchy
Canada9 Posts
On June 21 2011 11:50 raja91 wrote: i dont have a car so face to face time for a girl i just met is so hard I am not sure where you live but generally there is a thing called a public transit system. If you really like the girl then you will make a way to see her. | ||
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mangina
United States230 Posts
You look now, there's a girl who died over an imaginary myspace "boyfriend" who was just a couple of girls that didnt like the girl. Does that sound real to you? This is what our life is slowly turning in to. With increase in technology and innovation to our lives, comes many goods and bads. These, being one of the bads. A person back in the older time could have a long distance relationship. He or She has the ability to cheat on the other person and they wouldn't have a clue about it. But the people who have strong values would show self control and respect and wouldnt cheat. I feel values were much stronger back then. You look now, there's a husband who would express domestic abuse and hit their wife just because shes been secretly communicating with an old male friend. Even worse (this is based off a true story), a woman had recently broken up with her husband. Until one day she got an email from an old high school crush. They got back together and married and hit it off really well. But secretly, he was gay. Technology has its goods and bads. It can strength our communication but kill our social skills. At the same time, it can make artificial/unstable relationships. Ultimately, its up to you to make the right means of communication. Humans are designed to adapt. If technology advances, so should we. | ||
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Ruscour
5233 Posts
I think this is the best post I've ever seen on TL. It comes down to a personal thing. My girlfriend likes to talk on the phone whereas I don't, I prefer face-to-face interaction over everything whereas it's not that big of a deal for her. Maybe it's because face-to-face I see her body when on the phone all I hear is yap yap yap. But seriously, even as technology becomes more and more dominant, face-to-face interaction is still crucial. Texting is also a pain in the butt to do. | ||
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ApollosAnarchy
Canada9 Posts
On June 21 2011 12:02 Ruscour wrote: I think this is the best post I've ever seen on TL. It comes down to a personal thing. My girlfriend likes to talk on the phone whereas I don't, I prefer face-to-face interaction over everything whereas it's not that big of a deal for her. Maybe it's because face-to-face I see her body when on the phone all I hear is yap yap yap. But seriously, even as technology becomes more and more dominant, face-to-face interaction is still crucial. Texting is also a pain in the butt to do. I find it sad that everyone thinks that, that was the best post on TL... I need to find a better forum. As for your post it is always nice to have something to look at when the woman is yapping at yah. | ||
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Asdkmoga
United States496 Posts
also for quite a few weeks in summer shes in a College-Prep program and is living in a dorm that doesn't allow me to visit during the week, soooo i can honestly say this relationship would be nowhere without facebook  | ||
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IzieBoy
United States865 Posts
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mYiKane
Canada1772 Posts
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kellymilkies
Singapore1393 Posts
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forgotten0ne
United States951 Posts
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AeroGear
Canada652 Posts
Its such an epic troll  Look at his user name... Then watch Battlestar Galactica! The blond woman in a red dress is Gaius Baltar's Cylon girlfriend in the serie, and she haunts him constantly. | ||
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han_han
United States205 Posts
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fiskrens
Sweden196 Posts
On June 21 2011 11:57 mangina wrote: If you imagined what life was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in old times (where there was no means of communications besides writing letters that took forever to be carried by a messanger) people had to see each other face to face to communicate. Life was very social. You look now, there's a girl who died over an imaginary myspace "boyfriend" who was just a couple of girls that didnt like the girl. Does that sound real to you? This is what our life is slowly turning in to. With increase in technology and innovation to our lives, comes many goods and bads. These, being one of the bads. A person back in the older time could have a long distance relationship. He or She has the ability to cheat on the other person and they wouldn't have a clue about it. But the people who have strong values would show self control and respect and wouldnt cheat. I feel values were much stronger back then. You look now, there's a husband who would express domestic abuse and hit their wife just because shes been secretly communicating with an old male friend. Even worse (this is based off a true story), a woman had recently broken up with her husband. Until one day she got an email from an old high school crush. They got back together and married and hit it off really well. But secretly, he was gay. Technology has its goods and bads. It can strength our communication but kill our social skills. At the same time, it can make artificial/unstable relationships. Ultimately, its up to you to make the right means of communication. Humans are designed to adapt. If technology advances, so should we. Just keep the last part next time and skip the old times yada yada, it's an extremely poor comparison to how communication worked back then. Life was very social, sure, but only talking to a few select people every day and no real option to talk to anyone that didn't live in the same area doesn't sound like it's more social than it is nowadays. The very rare cases we have today where either stupid people or weak minds get tricked by someone behind a screen and commuit suicide can't even be compared to the amount of crimes that existed back then because there was no easy way to reach out for help. The long distance relationship part doesn't make any sense. Pretty much the same can be applied to today so I can't see how you feel values were much stronger back then. | ||
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Asrathiel
Australia377 Posts
My bf lives an hour away, only see him on the weekends, we chat on fb every night (ok almost every night ) which works far better than talking on the phone every night would, we can be doing other stuff too, we can have inane chats about nothing in particular, we can be watching day9 in another window, lol... I just like having that little bit of connection at the end of each day, and it works for us. We also met online... I wonder if people who meet online communicate more online during their relationship that people who meet in other ways? | ||
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SpoR
United States1542 Posts
Texting is fucking terrible for communicating feelings or thoughts or anything other than straight to the point shit. Texting stuff like that also implies that you can't/won't/hesitate to say them in person or with your own voice to the other person. Which is basically signalling a weakness or lack of confidence. Before you text, think if you would call this person to say the text. If it seems worthless or silly don't text. I fucking text too much even though I know this shit. Trust me, texting all the time is the way down washout lane with the ladies. | ||
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DarthXX
Australia998 Posts
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Asrathiel
Australia377 Posts
On June 22 2011 19:55 SpoR wrote: Trust me, texting all the time is the way down washout lane with the ladies. Maybe with some. I hate talking on the phone, if I can't talk to someone irl I'd much rather email, chat or text. I love getting messages, but that could just be me | ||
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matko5
Croatia385 Posts
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