Then I considered and quickly gave up on defining texting abbreviations or acronyms. There are too many; they keep evolving--imagine ending with LOL, which even I know is laughing out loud, when you really mean lots of love; those that haven’t changed are more familiar to you than to me since I don’t text; and I already at least referenced texting shortcuts in an earlier blog post on why I don’t tweet (Tweet?). The shortcuts are the same, aren’t they?
Anyway, that kind of left me with a problem. Problem? I thought. Why not illustrate problems, problems related to texting?
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| I have to lead with the worst problem: texting when driving. You know that, don’t you? And you would never do that. (Multiple websites) |
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| But texting when walking can also be tricky. (Multiple websites) |
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| It’s easy to walk into things--poles, curbs, people or, in this case, a sidewalk grating. (Multiple websites) |
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| At least one city in China has reduced the texting-while-walking problem by setting aside walking lanes for cellphone users. (Multiple websites) |
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| If you absolutely must text when walking, the best solution is to enlist a helper or hire a professional seeing-eye person. (english.cri.cn/11354/2013/05/14/53s764859.htm) |
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| Excessing texting can cause thumb or hand pain. You might try special gloves or exercising, for example, with Thumbell, which was unveiled in 2013 by O2, a mobile phone service provider and device company in the U.K. (news.o2.co.uk/2013/07/29/fitfor4g/) |
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| Worse than hand or thumb pain, you can damage your spine or your head can fall off from leaning over so much to text. OK, this is nonsense, but it’s a neat diagram, isn’t it? (Multiple websites, check: www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/11/death-by-texting-spine-problems-text-neck-madness/383132/) |
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