We used to communicate face-to-face by writing letters or picking up a big, bulky telephone. Nowadays, billions of people have access to a tiny keyboard, mobile data, and the ability to type whatever they want and hit “send,” without properly thinking it through.
Text messaging has opened up a world of instant miscommunication, chaos, drama and comedy gold. For every “I trust this email finds you well” is an unhinged text that somehow got lost in translation, was written without context or common sense, and never expected to find its way into the public domain.
Thanks to the nifty screenshot function, the internet has blessed us with unlimited opportunities to read other people’s once-private text messages in all their hilarious glory. We has compiled a list of some of the best ones for you to scroll through while your notifications are muted. Don’t forget to upvote your favorites.
#1 Gramp’s Nickname:
#2 The Life And Time’s Of Chris Crockpot
#3 Grandpa’s Great Lunch
There are more mobile phone subscriptions (8.31 billion) than there are people on the planet (8.02 billion), and 65% of them use text messaging. That’s around 5.4 billion individuals typing, hitting send and dropping decent, polite, rude, chaotic or completely unhinged communication bombs all around the world. And the war of words is only expected to heat up.
“Globally, the number of people who send and receive text messages is predicted to surpass 6 billion by 2027,” reveals the SlickText site.
Not too surprisingly, Gen Z is the generation leading the pack. The site notes that many are glued to their texts and group chats, with 48% checking their text messages more than 10 times per day.
#4 Dad’s Answer
#5 Funny Text Of The Day
#6 The Wizard’s Visit
According to SlickText, 80% of people surveyed said text was the number one thing they use their phones for. 1 in 3 people said they check their texts within one minute of receiving them, and over half text back within 2 minutes.
An analysis by Subtext, a text messaging and conversational marketing platform, found similar results. The company went through performance data from more than 10 billion text messages sent to 28 million subscribers across eight different industries.
“SMS open rates average 98%, with 95% of messages opened within three minutes, far faster than email or social,” the report reveals.
#7 Don’t Know The Origin Or The Whole Story
#8 Dad’s Appreciation Of Art
#9 Intertwined Feet
According to SellCell, a whopping 25 billion text messages are sent globally every single day. That’s 1 billion per hour, 17 million per minute, or 289,000 per second. It’s no wonder that there’s so much chaos, drama and comedy being screenshot and posted online.
While text messaging is fast and convenient, it can’t compare to face-to-face human interaction. And that’s why we see so much miscommunication happening over screens. Text messages cannot accurately convey tone, emotion, facial expressions, gestures, body language, eye contact, oral speech, or other conversational cues.
#10 A Touching Good Night
#11 Some Very Insistent Pushes
#12 …rew
“All too often, relationships go sour due to miscommunication via email and text messages,” warns Scribendi. “To keep this from happening, simply avoid using these mediums to have important conversations. Instead, request the kind of communication you prefer, whether that’s face-to-face or over the phone.”
The site adds that when people communicate primarily via text, they’re much less likely to have meaningful conversations.
#13 A Classic Mistake
#14 The Dangers Of Technology
#15 Intense Milk Drama
Text messaging has introduced us to a whole new way to deal with conflict: “Fexting,” or fighting over text. And sometimes, we don’t even realize that we’re in the thick of it…
“In an in-person conversation, many cues can tell you that a conversation is heading in the wrong direction. However, that may be harder to discern via text,” explains VeryWell Mind. “One way to recognize you’re entering argument mode is by noticing your emotions. If you start to feel angry, hurt, or upset, you may be in an argumentative space. Experiencing physical signs of anxiety can also indicate that the disagreement is more than minor.”
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#16 Dad’s Genius
#17 The New War
#18 A Cry For Help
The site adds that a straightforward way to know that you have moved into an argument via text is “if you find your responses getting longer, where you feel the need to explain yourself and your position in depth.”
That’s because texting is typically a brief form of communication. When you start typing a thesis to back up your argument, you may be heading for disaster.
“Texting is generally a quick back-and-forth exchange, and when arguing, it can get even faster. It may be tempting not to read all of a person’s reply before you respond again, and the more upset you get, the harder it may be to express yourself clearly or to clearly understand the person you’re fighting with,” warns VeryWell Mind.
#19 The Summoning Of Hector
#20 Oh Boy
#21 Mom’s Linguistic Breakthrough
While experts generally don’t encourage “fexting,” there are some instances where it can be useful. For example, if you need written evidence or documentation of something. “If you are having a problem with harassment at work with a coworker or superior, written evidence of mistreatment can make your case much stronger,” explains the VeryWell Mind site.
However, it adds that it’s not always necessary to engage. You can simply screenshot the texts, file them safely away and produce them when needed.
#22 A Successful Recruitment
#23 Dad’s Great Answer
#24 Voice To Text Gone Wrong
Sometimes, the biggest “fexts” arise from miscommunication. One study of 2,000 adults found that a third have fallen out with someone after misreading text messages. The same survey found that one in five have wrongly assumed someone was in a mood with them, because they got the tone of a message completely wrong.
Additionally, four in 10 said they can spend ‘hours’ puzzling over someone’s wording or tone in a text, wasting precious time trying to figure out if they are actually annoyed or only joking.
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#25 Plz Plug It Back In
#26 A Strange New Creature
#27 The Wonder Of AI
#28 When This Guy Was Probably Too High To Be Texting
#29 Jerry’s Big Idea
#30 Funny-Text-Messages
#31 My French Girlfriend Forgets Words In English Sometimes
#32 A Historic Day In Pizza History
#33 Great Timing
#34 Not Like That
#35 The Boss’s Brand New Employee
#36 A Fair Point
#37 Funny-Text-Messages
#38 How Do I Have Friends
#39 When Emily Got A Hold Of Her Mom’s Phone
#40 Wholesome
#41 Texting Bae
#42 The Evolution Of Language
#43 Have You Ever Ate A Date?
#44 Grandpa’s Big News
#45 When Mom Realized That Not Every App On Her Phone Is Google
#46 When This Person Sent Some Very Provocative Texts
#47 A Technically Correct Answer
#48 Important Work Conversations
#49 A Very Serious Conversation
#50 The Scariest Text To Recieve
#51 The Ol’ Rope-A-Dope
#52 When This Person Couldn’t Believe Their Bean Fortune
#53 My Mother, Everyone!
#54 Good Apology
#55 New Guy At Company Accidently Sent These Text To His Manager
#56 Mom’s Worldly Knowledge
#57 Mom’s Realization
#58 A Bilingual Exchange
#59 Mom’s Rage
#60 [picture] My Sister Thought It Would Be Funny To Text Me Knock-Knock Jokes During My Unit Exam Today
#61 A Questionable Bank Statement
#62 Dad’s Technology Prowess
#63 When Sierra Was Having A Real Nostalgia Attack
#64 Grandpa’s New Phone
#65 Froggy No!!
#66 Sir, We’ve Got Him
#67 The Time Pecan Pie Was Life
#68 Tremble In Fear
#69 An Offensive Emoji
#70 Oof
#71 A Technological Breakthrough
#72 “I Didn’t Mean To Send That”
#73 I’m Bringing Chili
#74 Spreading The Story
#75 A Beautiful Love Story
#76 A Wrong Number Text To Remember
#77 I Think We Should See Other People
#78 Absolute Asset
#79 Yikes
#80 Oops
#81 Mom’s Hp Loss
#82 A Meme We Didn’t Need To See
#83 This I Condone
#84 Why She Dont Play
#85 Christ
#86 I Called A Customer To Deliver Pizza To His Apartment, He Saved My Number And Proceeded To Text Me This
#87 The Ol’ Michael Prank
#88 When Grandma Gave Up And Just Bog
#89 I Don’t Even Know Where To Show This, I Js Thought It Was Funny
#90 A Most Mysterious Text
