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18 Oct 2008 04:52 pm
The Gr8 Db8 II
Rob Horning responds to Louis Menand's text messaging rant:
[Texting] grants us the gift of impersonality, which is not the same as
anonymity—it’s instead a heightened performativity; the posture of a
writer toward a public. It requires us to assume a certain
self-centeredness, to be sure, but it also respects the audience as
well, in that it doesn’t demand their immediate attention. So I think
Menand is totally wrong when he claims that “delay is the only
disrespect.” The whole point of texting is that delay is your
prerogative. You are not required to hold this radiation-emitting
device to your ear waiting for a response.
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