Illustration by CГ©cile Dormeau
Conversations, like hammocks, are a lot better to go into than out of. We’ve established plenty of collective social norms for texting—”haha” is standard, “hehe” is weird—but we nevertheless have actuallyn’t identified just how to exit conversations. When we’re wanting to get free from an conversation that is in-person we could gather our things or say we’re tired. We could actually leave the area. When we’re texting, every message simply prolongs the discussion, but silence is rude.
Either it appears like you’re cutting things off abruptly—hey sorry to know regarding the parakeet i’m going to bed now—or you’re stuck wanting to maintain your eyes available while you give smaller and faster hahahahas through to the individual just stops texting you. [Read more...]