| With the prevalence of texting today there are a | | | | guns" to "pball guns" |
| few dos and don’t that everyone should | | | | 3) Don’t text while inebriated. No good can |
| abide by. Texting is still relatively new so the | | | | ever come of drunk texting. If you are a |
| unspoken rules of texting are still being written | | | | notorious drunk texter, before you go out tell |
| and changed. With the advent of newer and | | | | your friends to stop you from texting if you get |
| newer technology the language of texting | | | | too drunk. Friends don’t let friends drunk text, |
| continues to evolve. Here are few tips to keep | | | | like they say. |
| yourself in the clear while texting. | | | | 4) Don’t overuse smiley icons. Unless you |
| 1) Don’t write one word texts. Not all of us | | | | are a 12 year old girl, the use of smiley icons |
| have unlimited texting so when you send a one | | | | should be used sparingly ‘lest people think you |
| word text like “hi” or “OK” you | | | | critically insane or a weirdo. |
| might as well just not send anything at all because | | | | 5) One word texts are bad but so are lengthy, |
| you are costing us a text for unimportant | | | | paragraph-long stories that could be boiled down |
| information. | | | | into a few sentences. A lot of phones will cut off |
| 2) Don’t use obscure text language. | | | | texts that are too long so don’t waste the |
| “LOL” or “BRB” are OK, but the | | | | time typing out a novel-length message to your |
| more obscure texting terms that few people | | | | friend when it is likely going to be cut off halfway |
| know or use like “NALOPKT” or | | | | through. |
| “TLK2UL8R” are better left out. | | | | 6) Be careful about sarcasm when texting. |
| Remember that if someone doesn’t know | | | | Sarcasm does not always come across well in |
| your text acronym than it is going to be even | | | | text form so be careful when sending that |
| more effort to explain it to them than it would | | | | sarcastic text to a friend or especially a new |
| have been to have just typed it out like normal. | | | | acquaintance who might not know your sense of |
| Context is also important, if you are talking about | | | | humor yet. Play it safe and only use sarcasm with |
| going to play paintball with your friend it is | | | | your close friends to ensure that your joke |
| acceptable to shorten something like "paint ball | | | | doesn’t get taken the wrong way. |