RSS 2.0Tip of the Week: Text Like an Adult
Posted in General on 04/12/2010 04:57 pm by DJ Fuji
New feature I’m starting here on my blog. At the beginning of each week, I’m going to be posting a quick “tip of the week”. It’s going to be a short little “golden nugget” that you can immediately implement into your social repertoire.
Today’s tip is semi-obvious to a lot of people and yet I still see this happening every day:
Stop talking like a little kid lest you be treated like one.
This mainly applies to text-based communication (email/text messaging). I don’t care if your friends say “i kno” or “wat r you doing?” I’ve never heard of a single woman who finds that sexy. Even if the GIRL does it, you shouldn’t. If you want to use an ampersand (&) instead of the word “and”, then that’s fine. If you want to abbreviate long words (‘appt’ = ‘appointment’), or even use an “lol” sometimes, fine. But talking like a texting 13 year-old does nothing for you or your game. It actually hurts things. It makes people not take you seriously.
So to sum up, avoid all uses of abbreviations and formatting that are associated with teengers and kids.
A quick list of words and phrases to avoid (along with their meaning):
- “kno” (know)
- “wat” (what)
- becoz/coz (because)
- rite (write/right)
- Retarded abbreviations that accomplish nothing (l8ter, 2morrow, bout) Note: If you’re a short black guy who is known to say “whachu talkin’ bout, Willis?”, you are officially exempt from this rule)
- AnYthInG wRitTen LiKe ThIs
This gets progressively worse the older you are and/or the more formal the communication. (e.g. A 19 year old girl texting another 19 year old girl like this isn’t as damaging as a 50 year old writing like that on a resume.)
Safest option: Just speak like an adult.
04/12/2010 at 20:11
Haha, love it.
Such a turnoff for me when girls text like this.
04/14/2010 at 09:26
Yeah, for me too! I always tease them hard when they’re writing like that.
04/16/2010 at 23:03
I totally agree with this. Girls texting like it is a slight turn off but guys over 18 should know better. I used to text a tiny bit like this but never anything extreme. Let’s have respect for our language.
04/17/2010 at 15:33
Hey Fuji, can you give some good examples of an “evil clown” type of comedian.
Thanks
04/17/2010 at 15:52
@Frozen: I’ve never really liked that term. But yeah, I’ll make that next Monday’s Tip of the Week: Amusing Yourself
04/17/2010 at 16:33
Yeah I understand… It actually reminds me of Joker from Batman! But the term is perfect for someone who… hmm… puts girls in a juicer and makes juice out of them
04/17/2010 at 17:22
lol. That’s not creepy. AT ALL.
04/19/2010 at 07:25
I agreed Dj Fuji. Lol’s are fine but coz(because)is not.
04/21/2010 at 01:21
Amen to this. If a girl texts me like this, I will tease her for being like a little girl. And if a guy friend of mine texts like it, they get ribbed for texting like a teenage girl.
04/23/2010 at 08:22
Great comment about getting motivated