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[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 52 points 11 months ago (2 children)

T9 gang represent!

We could send the whole fucking paragraphs from our pockets.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For real though. Modern kids don't know jack about real texting until they can write a veritable essay blind without errors.

[–] SnugZebras@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Swipe to text says jello.

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Swipe does not allow you for blind typing. Well, you can try, but the amount of errors will be a lot larger.

[–] mondo_brondo@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Yeah I think that was why it says “jello” and not “hello”

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

This is on point lol. The amount of weird words I get that nobody ever even uses. I'm currently using Gboard which has gotten a lot worse since the feature was implemented. Actual Swype tanked in output quality dinner time ago (Example of odd results lol). Swiftkey never worked well with my thumb movement techniques. I miss when Swype was new.

[–] anguo@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I used to do that while riding my bicycle.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Props for mad skill

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

The first SMS message was sent in 1992.

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They didn’t have blue bubbles back then so it doesn’t count /s

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

WhY aRe YoUr TeXtS GrEeN? Do YoU nOt HaVe An IpHoNe?

No. I don't. I'm one of the many, many people who don't have iPhones.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeap, I got my first GSM phone in the summer of 1993. Been texting ever since.

[–] MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

When it was $0.10 to send and receive messages

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah but I didn't get my first cell phone until 2003 cause all these young kids I hung out with at work wouldn't stop bothering me about it lol. "We want to text you!" Brats.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Back then that translated directly to “we want to cost you money” because you’d need the unlimited plans for text messages if you sent more than like, what, 20 a month? 50? I don’t recall but it wasn’t a lot compared to today where that’s the primary means of communication for the vast majority of people, so we have multiple platforms to do it and lol charging per text.

Oh and unlimited didn’t include web browsing, that was separate. And only if you had a compatible phone.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

Iirc, it was like $0.10/message? So yeah, the brats were costing me money lol. And I was definitely on a T9 flip phone, none of this internet nonsense.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 points 11 months ago

Sounds like a good time to me. Up your game my old dude :-).

[+] full_on_rapist@sh.itjust.works -16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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[–] ElJefe@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

No u

[+] metallic_substance@lemmy.world -33 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

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[–] Audrey0nne@leminal.space 74 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Can we not with this? Whether or not this is a verifiable event is irrelevant to the entertainment value it possesses unless you are the type of person who has to witness every event in order to extract some value therein, in which case look away from the screen and touch some grass.

[–] jve@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’m confused. What is it that you’re complaining about?

Do you think this shouldn’t have been posted? Are there comments on this post that I can’t see?

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would bet real money that this exchange never happened

That's the comment he's replying to. It is possible you can't see it

[–] jackoneill@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Do you know why this happens? I don’t see that comment you quoted, I only see the reply to it as a root level comment. I’ve been noticing this all over the place, where a top level comment is clearly replying to something I cannot see.

[–] divineslayer@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would also like to know. I see this happen on every other post and can’t understand it.

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apparently lemmy 0.19 has some federation issues. I know .world hasn't migrated yet, but maybe their instance has.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

The user is posting from lemmy.world so maybe it’s an 0.18–>0.19 thing

[–] tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I have noticed this same issue for a while now. Just checked my user block list and the true top level commenter, metallic_substance, is not on my list…i dont actually have that many users on my block list, so i didnt think that was ever the issue. But, not knowing WTF most of the comments are about is really annoying.

[–] jackoneill@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I haven’t blocked anyone yet so it’s definitely not that but it’s like every thread send to be missing comments without even telling me it’s missing comments so I have to deduce it from the missing context. It’s infuriating. It’s making this platform very irritating to use

[–] mondo_brondo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you using a specific app? On iphone, I see this behavior on the Memmy app, but not on Voyager.

[–] tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That’s a good point. I’m using Memmy on iOS, but havent tried anything else. I’ve been meaning to try something else cause there’s a few other things on Memmy that bug me, so i’ll probly give Voyager a shot. I figured it was an end-client issue, so that must be the common thing, especially if jackoneill confirms Memmy as well. Once he gets back from his Startgate mission, of course.

[–] jackoneill@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah that’s gotta be it, I’m using memmy on iOS as well. Sounds like it’s time to give voyager a try. Thanks!

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Did you block @metallic_substance@lemmy.world? That would do it.

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -1 points 11 months ago

It’s not funny at all. We could text in the 90’s. What supposed to be funny about it?

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

c/nothingeverhappens

[–] kewko@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

The fact that this is not a link and there's no standard way of making it a link is honestly a big problem for us

[–] CoolGirl586@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Don't care. Funni.

[–] ARk@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago

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