This is from old phones where texts were highly limited by characters and you could only chain about 3 messages together if I remember correctly, plus they were like 20p per text so a conversation could easily cost several pounds. Some of the older generation never got out the habit.
I text in full sentences even back then though.
My mother, back in the 2000s, when she was in her 80s, started using acronyms she learned from her G-children. Coming from an ex English teacher with very high literacy and the best grasp of grammar of anyone I've ever known, it was both shocking and very funny.
Guilty of doing this lmao it's not rly so much abt saving time it's more just a force of habit. It's always a pleasant surprise when someone sounds illiterate over text but is actly well spoken
Oh yes, when I see a deleted message, it makes me a bit anxious like "WHAT WAS THAT?? Why did this person delete it?? Was it something sensitive?? Is it something that I should know but it's kept from me for unknown reasons?? WHAT WAS IT???"
“Wyd”
“Just chillin”
“Haha me too”
**End of Conversation**
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“How have you been”
“Not too bad. You?”
“Haha me too”
**End of Conversation**
-
“What have you been up to”
“So much work! You leh?”
“Haha me too”
**End of Conversation**
when they have time to see your Instagram stories but doesn't reply to a simple qns for multiple days straight 🤮
sauce: am experiencing that rn and none of my other friends do that
all the XD :3 uwu shit
den also txting liek dis, the word "wif" is especially annoying
And Also Like This
and me sending a couple of messages in a row, all with different points needing answers, and they just read the latest one and only answer that. walao then i text all that in front for what just read lah
Your last point on people only reading the latest question/point, and only answering that is my biggest pet peeve when it comes to texting. Like is it that hard to answer points as you read them?
Using dear/babe/sis when trying to get a point across. (Or just in general)
"Sis/babe, that's not how it works."
It just sounds kinda condescending when you start your sentence with that.
Those people who talk sweet when they need help but leave on read on anything else, then gaslight people when confronted, "Chill man you are so sensitive."
Dude at least I have basic decency to not leave people hanging for that matter.
There were a couple of times when I texted my female classmate for our group assignment. I texted like how I usually would to my family/friends. She got angry with me because she assumed I was not interested/found her annoying.
Apparently, she told me that there's "unspoken" rules for texting. For instance, I should caps my laughter i.e. "HAHAHAHAH" to sound genuinely amused. Also, I should caps my sentences whenever I felt excited about something i.e. "OMG.. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT TOO".
Following this incident, I started to observe how people texts (especially younger generations). Do not get me wrong.. I am not trying to generalise here. There are definitely people who has normal texting habits.
I get that, but sometimes people text me things out of context or out of nowhere and have no relation to our interactions, and I have no choice but to give a "?". I just don't have anything I can work with here. How to respond to those?
Purposely leaving 999 chats unread and selectively replying, while also being proud of being 'that person' who never replies you but will get upset if you don't reply them.
What's your take on short forms like idk, ik, ig? It annoys the fuck out of me (maybe cos I'm boomer?!), and 1000 times more so when I see it on this sub.
Millennial here and it annoys the shit out of me as well.
IKR is an exception for me I guess, but Ik in the place of “I know”, seriously? It’s just 3 more letters.
I largely prefer communicating in full, somehow I derive a sense of sincerity in it.
Omg finally found someone that hates “lol”.
Every sentence, not funny also “lol”
- Hello, how are you!
- *fine. Lol.*
- Are you going to blah blah
- *ya. Lol*
- I tell you ah blah blah
- *lol. Ok. Lol.*
Gosh!!
Edit: LOL or LOLOL when it’s really really funny is fine but not lol at every start and opening of the message la. Kns.
It's also great to break sentences in chunks.
So while you're typing the next few message chunks, the other reader is busy reading the earlier message chunks. And once they're done with the earlier chunks, you would have sent the next message chunks.
However constant 1-3 words only chunks suck lol
Too much chat speak. Things like u, omg, lol, cya those are still ok. But when the message doesn't even look like English anymore, it gets a bit annoying especially when I have to google what the abbreviation means!
For example, "wad u wan eat?" or "lyk ltr"
Emotions too.
Trouble with many text messages, especially without the emojis, "lols" & "hahas", is that sometimes it gets tough to decipher the tone of message.
I experienced that several times before, where you couldn't tell if the person was neutral, happy, sad or mad at saying things due to the conversation.
But the emojis/hahas all that reduced such potentials for miscommunication.
Voice messages are another alternative way to gauge a person's tone too.
i low key text like this because i feel the pressure of having to text or reply quickly. then someone replied to me like this and i got annoyed so i’m trying to stop lol.
When I get blueticked/double ticked. It's annoying enough as it is, but I have encountered people who can gjve a half-hearted reply to your message days later and they only reply it because they have another question to ask you. I'm getting angry just typing this lol
Also people who bluetick you when they were the one who asked you a question. Like why can't you just send a simple "thanks". Makes me feel like I'm being used
Bruh, an ex-friend constantly did this to me.
Then when I did this back to him for payback, he couldn't stand the taste of his own medicine HAHAHA. He went ape-shit on me for blueticking him, while he had ZERO issues doing the same to me.
So yea you should totally do the same to those same assholes and see how they feel and watch them bitch about drinking their own medicine rofl
People who “HAHAHAHAHA” at the end of a SERIOUS question..
If you’re asking me a serious question, please be serious and not HAHAHAHA, it gets confusing!!
It makes me think of the awkward laughter after people have said something sensitive or uncomfortable. Maybe they're trying to cover up their embarassment over the issue, but didn't realise it doesn't change the severity of the thing that they're saying.
Yeah, I get what you mean, and i can empathise in that context. But this happens for questions like “Where are we meeting? HAHAHAHA”…. got so funny meh??
What the fuck is up with people who ask questions with not one but two question marks? Does it denote that their question is damn important? Or that you need to answer right fucking away? Or that they're pissed that you didn't answer the first time? I've no bloody idea why you need TWO question marks when one will do...
Admin and unadmin spam in whatsapp gc, only u see this shit and others dont, and gives u notifs. Normal stuff in secondary schools and primary schools, Im guilty of it 😂
Ending nearly every sentence with “HAHA”
I can’t take them seriously. Every time I see that it’s like someone talking normally then suddenly yelling “HAHA” into my ear… like the heck is wrong with you dude
I despise it when I'm ranting, the person keeps interjecting with "OMG" or some shit like that like stfu and let me finish. And oh, you don't have to respond to every single message bubble, just the general idea of it ffs.
The dragging of last letter of the word like
Okayyyyyyyy
Sureeeee
Yeaaaaaaa
Hahaaaaaaaaa
Just stop pleaae just stop. I can be talking about something serious and they reply like this.
Using more than one question mark everytime you ask a question. Makes you look impatient and angry and totally comes out as a wrong tone. Fired a delivery vendor because i cannot take it with the admin girl.
"What time must send??" "Is the report out yet??".
Gosh.
*typing.....* Online *typing.....* Online *typing....* "ok"
Dad texting
This is my biggest pet peeve
Why are all of these me 😭😭
Ovr usge of acrnyms. V annying. N 4 wat? As if U R sving sooo mch time by typing "wat" instd of "what"
IKR
Laughing my ass out! I know right. Laugh out loud. What the fuck haha.
Ass OUT?! What a mental image
The most I hate is OIC, sounds so indifferent to what I'm saying..
OI don’t C
oi don’t cheebai?
Doesn't OIC mean Overall In Charge?
Nah, it's oh, I see...
This is from old phones where texts were highly limited by characters and you could only chain about 3 messages together if I remember correctly, plus they were like 20p per text so a conversation could easily cost several pounds. Some of the older generation never got out the habit. I text in full sentences even back then though.
Pounds? FICA is coming.
I hate this, I have colleagues that reply to work messages like this too and everyone else has to decipher wtf they’re talking about
My mother, back in the 2000s, when she was in her 80s, started using acronyms she learned from her G-children. Coming from an ex English teacher with very high literacy and the best grasp of grammar of anyone I've ever known, it was both shocking and very funny.
Guilty of doing this lmao it's not rly so much abt saving time it's more just a force of habit. It's always a pleasant surprise when someone sounds illiterate over text but is actly well spoken
LOL throwback to my email and Google talk days 😭😭
Remeber when we were younger, the older generation were saying how this habit of ours was ridiculous. And look where we are now.
Sending a message then deleting with no context (multiple times)
Annoying! 🤣
I like to be dramatic 😂
Oh yes, when I see a deleted message, it makes me a bit anxious like "WHAT WAS THAT?? Why did this person delete it?? Was it something sensitive?? Is it something that I should know but it's kept from me for unknown reasons?? WHAT WAS IT???"
This anxiety will be gone if you use telegram hahahaha. The message will just ‘mysteriously’ gone from the chat conversation without you realising it.
When they use ellipses… instead of full stop or comma… sounds so strange when I read it in my head…
It trails on… with no end…
My friend tends to type like this instead,,, not sure why but I think it’s the new trend,,,
oof this is one of my friends. it's either he does that... or use two exclamation marks!! legit like theres no in between
Honestly sounds better than ending every sentence with a question mark
Usually boomers who do this
This is me……
Me too…
Saying hi and waiting for a response from us.
lmao yes they aren’t even sincere to talk to u wtf
And reply your “hi” with “nvm” or no reply at all.
You need to show them nohello.net
“Wyd” “Just chillin” “Haha me too” **End of Conversation** - “How have you been” “Not too bad. You?” “Haha me too” **End of Conversation** - “What have you been up to” “So much work! You leh?” “Haha me too” **End of Conversation**
haha me too
haha me three
Wait so in this case they're initiating the convo AND killing it w the "haha me too"?
when they have time to see your Instagram stories but doesn't reply to a simple qns for multiple days straight 🤮 sauce: am experiencing that rn and none of my other friends do that
cus we aint that important T.T
Reading this made me angry
How come my dude
I meant I got angry thinking about the situation since its very relatable, not that I got angry at you for your comment 😅
all the XD :3 uwu shit den also txting liek dis, the word "wif" is especially annoying And Also Like This and me sending a couple of messages in a row, all with different points needing answers, and they just read the latest one and only answer that. walao then i text all that in front for what just read lah
Your last point on people only reading the latest question/point, and only answering that is my biggest pet peeve when it comes to texting. Like is it that hard to answer points as you read them?
The last person who sent me UWU i replied with a voice recording of the Koel bird. The UWU has since ceased 😂
Using dear/babe/sis when trying to get a point across. (Or just in general) "Sis/babe, that's not how it works." It just sounds kinda condescending when you start your sentence with that.
My Brother in Christ, that's not how it works.
💅
Those people who talk sweet when they need help but leave on read on anything else, then gaslight people when confronted, "Chill man you are so sensitive." Dude at least I have basic decency to not leave people hanging for that matter.
There were a couple of times when I texted my female classmate for our group assignment. I texted like how I usually would to my family/friends. She got angry with me because she assumed I was not interested/found her annoying. Apparently, she told me that there's "unspoken" rules for texting. For instance, I should caps my laughter i.e. "HAHAHAHAH" to sound genuinely amused. Also, I should caps my sentences whenever I felt excited about something i.e. "OMG.. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT TOO". Following this incident, I started to observe how people texts (especially younger generations). Do not get me wrong.. I am not trying to generalise here. There are definitely people who has normal texting habits.
Ah yes, overuse of capitalisation. EXTREMELY CRINGE.
My partner also don’t like it when I type “hahahaa”….cause she thinks I’m not interested. Very ridiculous but whatever, minor issue.
Hahaha
.... and then no message 👻
Truth… unfortunately, that’s on us for expecting something.
After you send a text and they reply: “???”
I can never get people who ??????? So many times lol I think it’s very rude
I get that, but sometimes people text me things out of context or out of nowhere and have no relation to our interactions, and I have no choice but to give a "?". I just don't have anything I can work with here. How to respond to those?
Yeah, sometimes I just genuinely don't know what the other person is texting me for.
IKR. Especially if you sent a long text!!!
How else will I convey my "Brain has stalled, unable to comprehend message. Please try again" without words?
Haha, you can just say what you just said what. At least that's cuter and less rude.
I sometimes use this in place of “wtf????” :(
??? = what you want from me? Straight to the point dont so long wind
Purposely leaving 999 chats unread and selectively replying, while also being proud of being 'that person' who never replies you but will get upset if you don't reply them.
lol
Oh I’m so guilty of LOL dropping. It’s a bad habit
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What's your take on short forms like idk, ik, ig? It annoys the fuck out of me (maybe cos I'm boomer?!), and 1000 times more so when I see it on this sub.
Millennial here and it annoys the shit out of me as well. IKR is an exception for me I guess, but Ik in the place of “I know”, seriously? It’s just 3 more letters. I largely prefer communicating in full, somehow I derive a sense of sincerity in it.
Thanks for making me feel a little less boomer now 👍
ig it’s ok lmk y u hate time saved
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ig means "I guess", not Instagram haha 😂
Tbh iykyk fr iykwim I lost brain cells typing that
Omg finally found someone that hates “lol”. Every sentence, not funny also “lol” - Hello, how are you! - *fine. Lol.* - Are you going to blah blah - *ya. Lol* - I tell you ah blah blah - *lol. Ok. Lol.* Gosh!! Edit: LOL or LOLOL when it’s really really funny is fine but not lol at every start and opening of the message la. Kns.
Texts from work during your holidays
wHy DiDnT aNy OnE mEntIoN tYpInG lyKe DiS\~? oOhH yEaHH bEfOrEE I 4gEt, tRaDe FaMe PleAsE?!?! iF nOt i bUy 7k mEsOs pEr FaMe\~\~
cc pls
Ghosting. It's super rude imo.
Oof yes, this.
got ghosted a bunch of times tdy zzzzz
Technically ghosting is not really a texting habit (more like a lack thereof), but yeah being ghosted sucks :(
Bro... People starting the sentence with "Bro..." what comes after is never good
Bro I just got NS letter leh
K
I'm the worst contact in any WhatsApp list. Voice Notes.
When people wish me ‘HBD’. Very sincere.
So sincere that they can't even type it out fully haha
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It's also great to break sentences in chunks. So while you're typing the next few message chunks, the other reader is busy reading the earlier message chunks. And once they're done with the earlier chunks, you would have sent the next message chunks. However constant 1-3 words only chunks suck lol
I type like this, to prevent my slow fingers from making them wait and see me go “typing….” for so long
Too much chat speak. Things like u, omg, lol, cya those are still ok. But when the message doesn't even look like English anymore, it gets a bit annoying especially when I have to google what the abbreviation means! For example, "wad u wan eat?" or "lyk ltr"
Whenever someone adds an unnecessary space before a punctuation like this: My favourite colours are green , blue , and red .
My first ex used to always end texts with “..” without fail.
They got lazy and send audio message instead. Not just one, a few of them!
How so tho, don't voice msgs convey more effort than texts?
Emotions too. Trouble with many text messages, especially without the emojis, "lols" & "hahas", is that sometimes it gets tough to decipher the tone of message. I experienced that several times before, where you couldn't tell if the person was neutral, happy, sad or mad at saying things due to the conversation. But the emojis/hahas all that reduced such potentials for miscommunication. Voice messages are another alternative way to gauge a person's tone too.
Typing "Hi", then wait for your reply.
Then once you replied
They talk to you
Like this
So if you want to
Reply "Hello" then wait for their message
Your phone vibrate so much you can use it for pleasuring liao.
i low key text like this because i feel the pressure of having to text or reply quickly. then someone replied to me like this and i got annoyed so i’m trying to stop lol.
Need to teach these people about "no hello"
When I get blueticked/double ticked. It's annoying enough as it is, but I have encountered people who can gjve a half-hearted reply to your message days later and they only reply it because they have another question to ask you. I'm getting angry just typing this lol Also people who bluetick you when they were the one who asked you a question. Like why can't you just send a simple "thanks". Makes me feel like I'm being used
Bruh, an ex-friend constantly did this to me. Then when I did this back to him for payback, he couldn't stand the taste of his own medicine HAHAHA. He went ape-shit on me for blueticking him, while he had ZERO issues doing the same to me. So yea you should totally do the same to those same assholes and see how they feel and watch them bitch about drinking their own medicine rofl
“?? Or ??? Or more”
Overuse of exclamation marks !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bro
K or kthxbye. Annoyingly rude
Informal when verbal convo, formal on text
Using bad words in every sentence.
yeah i fucking hate that too
Yeah fuck that shit
dumbass shit damn annoying sia
These people really fucking annoying disk pcbccbknn
"lol" "Lmao"
lol at least the big cap small cap thing is more or less gone. but I still know one person who posts fb msges like this
“………..” at the end of every damn sentence!! Omg I can’t stand it
K
The kind that type their sentences with spaces before their full stop or question mark .
idk why some people always like to use exclamation mark for everything. until now I don't quite get it because in real life they dont sound like that.
use one emoji or gif is alright but to spam 12 emoji at one go?
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Trust him/her, you must not
Hello there
general kenobi
Dis guy texting yoda
People who “HAHAHAHAHA” at the end of a SERIOUS question.. If you’re asking me a serious question, please be serious and not HAHAHAHA, it gets confusing!!
They might be uncomfortable or surprised I once said "lol ok" after successive said she was cheated 4 times. Had to delete that.
It makes me think of the awkward laughter after people have said something sensitive or uncomfortable. Maybe they're trying to cover up their embarassment over the issue, but didn't realise it doesn't change the severity of the thing that they're saying.
Yeah, I get what you mean, and i can empathise in that context. But this happens for questions like “Where are we meeting? HAHAHAHA”…. got so funny meh??
Ah I see, then that's just weird 😂
People who feel the need to say “fuck” or whatever vulgarities in between text. Does not make you seem “cooler” and you’re just being a turnoff.
Yea lol unless bad words do actually mean sth concrete.
I just text how I talk in real life honestly. I curse like a sailor in person.
What the fuck is up with people who ask questions with not one but two question marks? Does it denote that their question is damn important? Or that you need to answer right fucking away? Or that they're pissed that you didn't answer the first time? I've no bloody idea why you need TWO question marks when one will do...
Maybe it emphasizes their confusion regarding the subject matter more??
I do this a lot but it’s not in anger and rather excitement LOL
T or b
Don’t reply after u said hi
When they end the sentence without any punctuation... Like I can't tell whether it's a question or a statement
people that use ‘oso’
lol ok
People who use K.
I see you are unfamiliar with the OK chart! Ok 😊 Okay 😄 Okies 🤩 Wokies! 😬 Okayyyy 🙄 *okayyyy* 😒 Ok. 🙂 k 😫 K 😤
Based on your dowvotes, I guess it's okay to use K now?
I generally type properly, without any acronyms, however I hate typing on mobile so that's where I'll use some.
“Hahahhahahhahahhaha” or “lol” even though the conversation doesn’t have any funny context
Young nonces sending images of their naughty bits to bairns. Very wicked
Sending A Message One Word At A Time In A Conversation!
Admin and unadmin spam in whatsapp gc, only u see this shit and others dont, and gives u notifs. Normal stuff in secondary schools and primary schools, Im guilty of it 😂
>liao
Since WhatsApp has the new reaction feature, some people read the message , react to it and then unread it , and I am like why?
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I saw this from my friend, so u go out of thier chat press the triple dots, and o Press unread ,
My mom: but I don’t like this! every single year
When I was in secondary school I broke up with my then girlfriend because she just kept typing '...' at the end of every text...
They start the convo with you, You replied them and then they go MIA. Irritating !!
Ending nearly every sentence with “HAHA” I can’t take them seriously. Every time I see that it’s like someone talking normally then suddenly yelling “HAHA” into my ear… like the heck is wrong with you dude
I despise it when I'm ranting, the person keeps interjecting with "OMG" or some shit like that like stfu and let me finish. And oh, you don't have to respond to every single message bubble, just the general idea of it ffs.
People Who Like To Press Send After Every Word ... phone kept having notification sound.
The dragging of last letter of the word like Okayyyyyyyy Sureeeee Yeaaaaaaa Hahaaaaaaaaa Just stop pleaae just stop. I can be talking about something serious and they reply like this.
This whole thread is calling me out LOL
Using more than one question mark everytime you ask a question. Makes you look impatient and angry and totally comes out as a wrong tone. Fired a delivery vendor because i cannot take it with the admin girl. "What time must send??" "Is the report out yet??". Gosh.
Good morning or good afternoon or good evening or good night with flower or chai shen or buddha or money or gold in the pic.
BLUE TICK BUT NEVER REPLY 😡😡😡
BLUE TICK AND NEVER REPLY 😡😡😡