Texting; The new language of hands and thumbs

Okay, let's start off with this; I have nothing to hold against texting. It's great to use to stay in touch, but it's not the best way. I personally used to text a lot, but I haven't turned my cell on in weeks. I found that texting was devouring my time, and as you get to know me, you'll find that my time is very important to me. That being said, I rarely ever abbreviate words, prefering to use the entire word, with the exception of any form of lol and possibly skipping some capital letters or punctuation, though I always used a period to separate sentences. If anything, online gaming with text communication made me use more of these than texting did. I also prefer email to IMing.

Now then, while I can see how texting is useful for people who need to quickly get a message across and would rather it just get there than have to dial and wait only to have an answering machine pick up, there is still something wrong with it. Texting is missing that sense of actual feeling and personality, which one can hear in a person's voice, and see in the hand written signature of a letter. Using texting it seems like everyone is the same except for a limited amount of mannerisms some people tend to put into their text. This sometimes can even lead to confusion, which might cause a person to respond as they would to person B, but actually respond to person A. This could become quite akward if person B is your lover and person A is your boss.

Finally, there's the patience issue. Some people get very annoyed when someone doesn't reply to their texts, following which, they might text again. This is utterly pointless in my opinion, as what if the person's phone is dead, on silent for some reason, lost, ruined, or simply off like mine is? And what of the radiation caused by cell phones, which could lead (after years of exposure) to disease, mutation, and cancer? Sure, it won't happen in seconds, but over many years it can surely give you cancer at the least. That's why, while I believe it has its uses and positive sides, I believe texting isn't the best way to communicate, if avoidable. Out of electronic communication choices, email would be at the top of my list, where at least it's easiest to type and add your own forms or personality while at least being able to check your spelling and grammar. It's a phone, use it like one.