What is the deal with mass text messages on holidays?!?! How much satisfaction can you get out of sending everyone in your address book the same exact message? I've never really had the urge to send out a mass text, but I can imagine you would send one out for 1 of 3 reason.
1. You are a genuinly good person and you want to spread the joy of the holidays with you friends.
2. You secretly desire attention and you want to send all of your friends a message to gain popularity and feel good about yourself by receiving a bunch of return messages usually consisting of "You too! thanks."
3. You are a fat hump.
note: reasons 2 and 3 are not mutually exclusive, which means, if you are 2 then you are also 3 and if you are 3 you are also 2.
For all you FAT HUMPS out there who sent mass texts to everyone in your phone wishing them a Happy Thanksgiving, I just want to say, you are not as clever as you think you are. There is nothing nice about a generic text message, you might as well just say: "Happy thanksgiving, if you were special, I would send you a personalized text, but your not, so go fuck yourself." Here are some examples of the texts I recieved yesterday.
1. Happy Turkeyday! ;)
2. Happy day of thanks :)
3. Hey all! Happy I never want to eat turkey again day!
4. Happy thanksgiving. man! Best wishes!
5. Happy thanksgiving
6. Happy thanksgiving
And my personal favorite:
7. Happy thanksgiving! So grateful that I have a friend like you! -friend x
Lets take a closer look at #7. An unwise texter might read this text and be very overjoyed to recieve such a wonderful compliment. But if you examine it, it is obvious that my friend x sent this out to her entire address book. If she was really so grateful, she would have sent me a personalized text.
Number 4 is also kinda tricky. "Happy thanksgiving. man! Best wishes." The key to this one is to focus on the "man." I'm fairly certain this person sent this text to all the guys in his phone and had a different text for all the ladies. Nice try buddy, but you can't fool me.
What would incline someone to send these mass text. Maybe these people are really nice, but I think they are just attention whores who were bored with their families and wanted some casual text fun. If you are reading this and you fall into the category of "culprit" it doesn't mean that I don't like you anymore, it just means that you are a fat hump, and I'll probably forgive you, unless you send me a generic apology.
~Robbie
Thursday, November 27, 2008
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I'm guilty of this. However, I do it for a reason not listed above. I only have one objective when I do it and that is to keep an open line of communication with those people I know but may not interact with on a regular basis. Some people will appreciate it, some won't care one way or another, but it is a nice thing to do and I see no down side in doing it.
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Great point, Robbie. "Text blasting" is really a waste of msgs for those of us on limited cell plans (mine badly needs an upgrade).
Two biggest issues are: 1) You don't know who the person is unless they're a contact in your phone and 2) you're not saying much except commenting on the obvious.
Better idea is to study the banter tips on the site, then apply to text with women you meet.
-Walter Yu
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