Texting Making Today's Youth All Thumbs
from the opposable dept
There's been a lot of talk about how the rise of text messaging is affecting people and how they communicate. We've seen reports about texting's impact on families (verdict: not clear), on the English language (verdict: it's safe), and on students' grammar (it's okay too). But one more area texting is having an impact: young people aren't using their index fingers as much. Apparently because younger people are using their thumbs to text all the time, it's become the digit of choice for activities like ringing doorbells. So will index fingers go the way of the appendix and become some extraneous appendage unneeded by modern man? I just tried typing this post with only my thumbs, and based on that, I think they, and their six other friends, are safe for some time yet.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Hot off the press !
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I can barely squeak out 1 text per day, let alone per minute. I don't text much. See no reason for it on a cellphone. Phone. Hmmm.
Any uses for the pinky finger? I can't find any other than to hit the Enter key on my keyboard.
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Seriously?
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Unless a horrible accident
Mine have 8 other friends.
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You win this round, you magnificent bastard1
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count it out if its too complicated... 2 thumbs + 2 index fingers + 6 "other friends" (aka remaining 6 fingers) = 10
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Obviously missed to point...
The six is referring to the fact that the thumbs were omitted as they were already part of the discussion. The index fingers were main point, and there by leaving the middle, ring and pinky of each hand. By my count that is six, unless you have a freakish hands with extra digits...
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Obviously missed the point...
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index finger
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as long as there are guns
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Hmmm
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What Voice Recognition
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You clearly don't have a mini hand held keyboard yet. :P (I dread the day...)
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medical problems
Seriously I think texting will be a thing of the past as pain overcomes the urge to text. Soon there will be medical warnings on cellphones along with pictures of damaged thumbs and thick glasses.
You'll be able to buy patches to put over your cellphone keys and you'll be able to get hypnosis to reduce the text urge.
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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-text1409jan14,0,5867250.story
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