Hearing that beep and reading a text can elicit a range of emotions. Anger, confusion, happiness, relief, excitement, sadness and sometimes, extreme amusement. Have you ever received a text so hilarious you just had to screenshot and share it? I know I have. With billions of texts sent every day, there’s bound to be an endless supply of side-splitting screenshots. Bored Panda has compiled a list of some of the funniest, as shared by r/me_irl and r/ComedyHeaven. We also took a trip back in time to find out where texting began and how it’s managed to stand the test of time. The 22-year-old software programmer used his computer to send a simple “Merry Christmas” to his colleague’s mobile phone across town, and our lives were never the same again. One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind indeed. Since then, trillions of texts are sent every year. And if it weren’t for Papworth and his team, we might never have been able to enjoy some of the hilarious gems seen here. “The selling of intangible goods is not legal in France and so the auction house has packaged the text message in a digital frame, displaying the code and communication protocol,” the auction house told Reuters at the time. The proceeds of the auction were donated to the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR. Studies show Americans check their phones around 96 times a day. That’s once every ten minutes. And Forbes reported that around 270,000 text messages are sent every second! One research paper explained it like this: “When sending text messages on their mobile phone to friends, children often use a special type of register, which is called textese. This register allows the omission of words and the use of textisms: instances of non-standard written language such as 4ever (forever).” “txtin iz messin, mi headn’me englis, try2rite essays, they all come out txtis. gran not plsed w/letters shes getn, swears i wrote better b4 comin2uni. &she’s african” How many times did you have to read that before it made sense? Your answer might well determine your age. And TBH, IDK but IMO, if it weren’t for the LOLs, our beloved emojis might not be around today… After completing their own research, they found “Not only may textese improve children’s abilities in written language, as has been attested in previous work, it may also enhance their grammar abilities in spoken language.” Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
