Comments on: Nonsensical Chicks’ll Text Yer Ear Off

By: asilon

asilon — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Sheffield Hallam’s in Sheffield, England.

What a bitter, twisted and woman-hating article; the Times of India writer is clearly a git.

It was reported in a rather more gender-neutral fashion in the two British papers I looked at: The Guardian (liberal broadsheet) and The Mirror (tabloid).

By: TimT

TimT — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

The fucktard researcher noted that men “alter their strategy” by suddenly exhibiting textual nelliness–presumably they inexplicably begin to brim with atypical personality and affection–when they’re trying to text some hottie into the sack.

0 TWSTY, I <3 U, WLD U MK OUT WTH M3?

u + me 4va!

By: Twisty

Twisty — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Alison, I note that the Guardian article observes that male texting behavior, i.e. “a man is more likely to text than phone his partner when he is out with friends” allows him to type his sweet nothings rather than expose his swearing, sarcastic, no-nonsense self to his beloved.

By: TimT

TimT — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

:`-(

*sniff*

By: asilon

asilon — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Hey, I didn’t say they were perfect, just a bit more sane than the Indian article! I thought that bit about men preferring to text their partner when with other men showed what arses they can be when a group of them get together - the swearing sarcastic persona isn’t necessarily their true self (hopefully). The patriarchy’s still to blame for that too isn’t it?

By: Nia

Nia — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

And reading between lines, what the study seems to suggest is that women tend to be more polite and articulate than men when sending text messages. Something as condensed as “how r u?” takes up 8 characters out of the 14 that makes the average woman’s text message longer; adding a “C U, bye” adds nine. That’s mere politeness!

By: asilon

asilon — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

* not that I think there’s anything wrong with swearing and sarcasm - I love them both - I was just hoping that it’s not the full extent of their personalities.

By: MsKate

MsKate — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I blame it all on the war against boys in school and gender inequities on the SAT. Men are traumatized because girls get better writing and English grades, so they are rendered inexpressive in text messaging too. Damn feminist conspiracy interfering with stereotypical enjoyment of male-dominated electronic telecommunications modes!

I blame the matriarchy.

By: Orange

Orange — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

This post was way too long-winded. Couldn’t you have used shorter words and less of that extraneous thinking?

By: Hattie

Hattie — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Well, the women I text with are mostly terse to the point of being enigmatic. Just shows what mysterious creatures we women are. The men I know, on the other hand, go on and on, oblivious to audience, trying to pound their argument home. Point? You choose your sample and make your huge generalizations, and behold, you have an opinion article.