Hi. Hellooooo. Hey! Texting is serious business now. And how you phrase and punctuate can make all the difference in a ping-crazy world
Merry Christmas. That was the world’s first text message, sent by software architect Neil Papworth in 1992. Short, sweet, to the point. Now? We’re wading through five-part voice notes from our friend and are communicating via White Lotus memes on the College Squad group chat.
Cryptic one-liners like “We need to talk” just make us overthink. Add a little context, please? (ADOBE STOCK)
Some folks take five business days to reply. Why open a message and leave it on read, then? (SHUTTERSTOCK)There’s no worse reply than a ‘K.’ We deserve more. (ADOBE STOCK)