Holy crap the times have evolved.
We all know that Designated Drivers for people who are too drunk to drive, but I just heard that Designated Texters are now a thing.
And that article is two years old!
I mean, driving distracted like that is wrong and texting while driving causes accidents. But are we so attached to texting that we can’t just, you know, wait?
Alcohol physically impairs the ability to drive. But texting does not do that. It’s just the flakiness of not being able to prioritize safety over immediate communication.
Designated Selfie-ers can’t be far behind?
Ugh.
I’m old.
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Whoa! :O
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Lol….wow.! I’m getting old too.!!
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And you’re what? 24?
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hahahaha…..I wish.! Nope…way older than that 🙂 I remember pagers.!
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Whoa. Welcome sister
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Why thank you 🙂
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Yep, I’m designated texter for a couple of my friends. It’s ermmmm entertaining
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Ugh, youth
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I’ll be 50 in April… LOL yep youth
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Wow everybody is doing it
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Well if you think it over, it makes sense. If you have that glorious smart phone and find yourself 4 down and tempted to send texts of risque photos or sloppy drunk declarations of “I love you’s” then it’s nice to have someone designated to receive and delete.
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This is ridiculous, lol. Hadn’t even heard of it until I read this!
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And you’re young too, right?
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Correct! This is news to me
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Thanks for being my connection to today’s youth, blog friend ; )
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Had to laugh at those last lines about the selfie takers & getting old. 😉
Enjoyed the post!
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Thanks
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Hey Sadie… where are you located? I think it’s do cool that blogs can be read from anywhere in the country/world
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Texas 🙂
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I pass my phone to my 9 year old and get her to text for me.
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Yikes. So depressing.
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On the positive side it is creating employment opportunities…… I reckon the Kardashians alone could hire a veritable army of designated selfie/texting people. LOL.
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Good point
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That people can’t be without their phones/texts/internets for a car journey (in the same way that a beer free night seems to be too much for some) is utterly perplexing. And why I like to ride my bike far far away from people (and the internet – well, until later..)
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Perplexing. Good way to put it
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I’ve been a “DT” before, but I don’t make a habit of it! …and you know how old I am! 😉
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I had to look up past comments, but yes I do know how old you are
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I’m almost as old as my phone (it’s only a phone…. and flash light!!) 🙂
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Thanks for the post. You got it right – can’t we just hold off a little bit?
I’m old enough now that I seem to be going to more “celebrations of life” than births or weddings. I’d rather not go to the funerals of my friends who are hyper-connected or drink-needing, so I’ve offered to be one of those designated drivers. Sorry to be a downer with your light post – the last “celebration” I went to was just so recent and unnecessary.
Hey, how’s this – let’s all just turn them off for a bit and enjoy each others’ company!?
Vincent
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I’m with that.
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And sorry for your recent loss.
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