There's no such thing as being a bad texter
Summary
A straphanger drops a spicy take: there's no such thing as being a bad texter. They just don't want to respond. Kareem immediately disagrees, calling out the whole "bad texter" identity as pure BS. He's got receipts. When a so-called bad texter gets a crush? Suddenly they're the best texter in the world. When they need something from you? Lightning-fast responses. The conversation spirals into texting etiquette, with Kareem defending memes as a love language while his debate partner admits they ghost anyone who sends one. Things get weirdly specific when Kareem throws out a bonus take: the horniest move on social media is doing a location check-in on Instagram notes. "That's pretty much saying I'm available and I'm ready to get texted." A perfectly chaotic dissection of modern dating communication.
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So, what's your take? There's no such thing as being a bad texter. They just don't want to respond.
100% disagree.
I knew you would. No, you didn't know I would.
I knew it. I knew it. Do you identify as a bad texter? Yeah.
Are you—are you covered your ass right now? Some would say that I'm a bad.
Hey, look, same. I've done it, too. I'm going to get flamed by my friends. You know, it takes a bullshitter to recognize. And it is. And it's—it's weird. People go around thinking that being a bad texter is like a pathology, but it's not. It's—it's a copout. And let me tell you why. The sort of highly convenient uh self-identification of bad texter is conditional. When a bad texter gets a crush, best texter in the world. True.
When a bad texter needs something from you? Cook.
Best texter in the world. And it's amazing when a bad texter needs something from you and they have to go review your guys' dry ass text thread and they realize they haven't been responding. You get one of two texts. You get, "Oh, haha, didn't see this"—lie. Lie number two is weird. I drafted something and didn't hit send. Those are not. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Here's the deal. Some people are bad at texting just in the same way that some people are bad at basketball or driving.
The problem is the standards to be a good texter are so high. Do you think?
Yes. Especially when it comes to dating, you need to answer immediately. You need to—inging respond to the bad meme. Sorry, I—I've just gotten lost on the meme thing. If somebody sends me a meme, it's over. You're not getting it if you send me a meme. What?
No. See, you're a bad texter. Very bad texter. Meme is a love language.
Really?
Oh my God.
Oh, that's sweet. This is reminding me of just like a bonus take that I wanted to put on here. The horniest thing that you can do is do a location check-in on Instagram notes. Wait, in that little bubble?
Yeah. In LA, in Miami, in New York.
That is—yeah, that's—that's pretty much saying I'm a— That's—
And I'm ready to get texted. Oh, let's go.