I SAY

People have smart phones, but i don't think it makes them smarter. With the advent of social media and the ability to have any piece of information on a screen in an instant, I find it ironic that people have lost the ability to speak properly or type properly. Now, let me be clear, I have a smart phone too. So, I don't want you thinking that i'm raining judgement down on anyone from so twisted sense of a moral high ground. No. I have a smartphone. It has both a Facebook and a Twitter app. I do the whole social media thing, so I am a victim of this too. I just think it's a sad irony that a society that spends a huge amount of its time typing or reading things, will use abbreviated terms outside of the realm of the text message. I have heard people say "Lol", either pronouncing it a word or spelling it. But they don't this ironically, they mean to "laugh out loud" but instead find it easier to just say "lol". Hell, I say it. But, I am using it as a joke.
          But what affect does this have on people? So what that people use texting language in their own speech? Who cares? Well, I do. Texting originally was plagued with a character limit and therefore required abbreviation to make room for other characters. But now technology has moved further and we can now send full paragraphs of text to someone from a device that fits in our pockets. So it boggles my mind why we still write "u" when we mean to write "you" or that most people either don't know the difference between "your" and you're" ( some will avoid getting wrong by getting both wrong and writing "yur", which is then context sensitive.). Character limitations may not soley be the one to blame. No. The, albeit relative,  fast paced lifestyle that we face today has some part to play. I'll admit that i find it faster to type "u" instead of "you". But because we are typing a message with the aim of getting out there as fast as possible not only do we limit our spelling ability, but we hinder our vocabularies as well. It is far easier to type "this blog sucks" than to type " I am not amused by the opinions put forth by this blog". I know no one really talks like the latter and is modern technology to blame? Maybe. I'm just saying that maybe we should be more sophisticated in our text messaging because it's not enough to just say what you want quickly but it is just as important to use the right words, regardless of how long it takes to type.