Rec | ANTI-REC: BEING BAD AT TEXTING

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i am overwhelmed by this back log and do not know where to begin, this surely spans back years and many are spam but some are not. is this just an ADHD thing?

@worldonfire

Mar 14, 2025

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@wakeuplmd

before I got meds this was how it was. My email was MUCH worse at like 6K unread emails lol

Mar 15, 2025

@worldonfire

@WAKEUPLMD oh i do take non-stimulant adhd medication, but my email is still 10k unread. it’s all ephemeral 😶‍🌫️ to me

Mar 15, 2025

@LukeMuntean

I’d have to say that hearting or laughing at texts have saved my life multiple times from crazy numbers. Double tapping and hitting the heart has saved my life. Hopefully this can at least reduce the number by a fourth or so🙏

Mar 14, 2025

@mattshawsome

I just saw today that you can set your messages to auto-delete after 30 days. I'm intrigued.

Mar 14, 2025

@nirad

I am 957. does it go to 4 digits? I guess I’ll find out soon.

Mar 14, 2025

@marxinista

@NIRAD oh my god i thought my having ~40 unread was a lot

Mar 14, 2025

@chloexposed

this scares me

Mar 14, 2025

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text messages are overwhelming

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@jilly

Jan 27, 2025

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Texting like an old person

by which I mean rambling on and on, saying the entirety of what you’ve got to say even if it makes you self conscious to see your own words surrounded by all these pithy messages liberally sprinkled with emojis and abbreviations. I’m not a digital native and I am not pretending to be one I don’t mean the thing where you write a whole greeting and sign off at the end altho that’s cute too

@philipc

Feb 29, 2024

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not ignoring and putting off replying to all those texts

now you’ve waited too long and you’re more anxious than not about drafting up the perfect reply with the perfect reason/explanation for your tardiness