» What We Talk About When We Talk About Texting
TNY’s Louis Menand on texting and its effects on both language and interpersonal communication.
There is no socially accepted excuse for being without your cell phone. “I didn’t have my phone”: that just does not sound believable. Either you are lying or you are depressed or you have something to hide. If you receive a text, therefore, you are obliged instantaneously to reply to it, if only to confirm that you are not one of those people who can be without a phone.
