Being left on read

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

Why is this considered acceptable by so many people? This always baffled me

It's like hearing someone talk to you in person, then you just walk away


Taking it a step further, back when people wrote letters to each other. It's like reading a letter someone sent you, and ignoring it. Never sending one back. Just reading it, then throwing it away

Do people who do this see this the same way? Is it lack of emotional maturity? Lack of empathy? One of the many downfalls of the smartphone social media internet era

And to the "I'm too busy I don't have time to be a decent human and acknowledge communication" independent cool alpha humans, if you have time to read it, then you have time to at least say, at some point, that you can't respond at length. Or say you aren't in the mood. Anything. A simple sentence

I'm not talking texts that don't need to be responded to. I'm talking questions asked, serious statements, just shyt texted that makes sense to be replied to

It doesn't affect me like it used to. But it still confuses me. I wrote a research essay in undergrad Psych on a subject adjacent to this. Maybe I was just raised differently than other people

 

[the artist known az]

Are you asking a question or trying to have a Convo? If it's the former that's pretty rude. If you're having a convo, pick up the phone breh

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

Are you asking a question or trying to have a Convo? If it's the former that's pretty rude. If you're having a convo, pick up the phone breh

Not a text convo. Simple short texts. Like if I were to ask someone "what do you think of this?". And they never respond

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Some people really don't Know how to take a hint

 

[UpNext]

I leave people on read a lot of times. Usually it's because I'm multi-tasking 3-4 different things, glanced at my phone read the message and went and did something else and forgot to look at my phone again. The fact that people can see that you've read their messages is a demonic feature.

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

Some people really don't Know how to take a hint

You immature adults don't know how to communicate. Like 3 year olds. "I'm crying I need food! Take a hint! "

That's how grown men and women like you sound. Talk. Some people need to grow up. Once yall hit 50 years old yall will likely be lonely and miserable. And the people who are in your life will do the same dumb shyt

And you'll wonder why

 

[the artist known az]

Not a text convo. Simple short texts. Like if I were to ask someone "what do you think of this?". And they never respond

Were you already texting them and ask or just ask them out of the blue?

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

I leave people on read a lot of times. Usually it's because I'm multi-tasking 3-4 different things, glanced at my phone read the message and went and did something else and forgot to look at my phone again. The fact that people can see that you've read their messages is a demonic feature.

This I can understand. But the people who know and remember hours after they read the text that they did. Those are the people I'm referring to

bytches text in their group chats like "girl I just left him on read after he asked how school was going for me. He needs to take a hint
"

 

[Paper Boi]

maybe what you said isn't worth replying to

take a hint

 

[NoMorePie]

It's really annoying. I can understand tho if they glance at it and plan on responding later on when they got the time (maybe they're at work, school, etc)

So if they take later on in the day to respond, I get it... But if they just read and don't reply, but they magically pop back up in those same group chats talking about something different hours later, completely ignoring your message.. then got damn lol

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

Were you already texting them and ask or just ask them out of the blue?

This doesn't apply to anything I went through recently. But I'm more so speaking to an ongoing texting convo

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

maybe what you said isn't worth replying to

take a hint

I'm not talking texts that don't need to be responded to. I'm talking questions asked, serious statements, just shyt texted that makes sense to be replied to

 

[RaspberryFitted]

Why would a pimp named slickback care about being left on read

It's like hearing someone talk to you in person, then you just walk away

a socially ept individual wouldn’t do this because there’s a consequence (an insult, confusion, awkwardness) to doing that unannounced

deleting your contact w/o you knowing, while passive, has no direct effect on me

Taking it a step further, back when people wrote letters to each other. It's like reading a letter someone sent you, and ignoring it. Never sending one back. Just reading it, then throwing it away

Not the same. Letters took time to be delivered and depending on the era, the only source of communication.

Do people who do this see this the same way? Is it lack of emotional maturity? Lack of empathy? One of the many downfalls of the smartphone social media internet era

I used to see it from your perspective but the in the age we live in, the importance of digital communication hold no weight

Nudes, FaceTime calls, Phone Calls, Texts.. all completely useless without a physical element backing it

And to the "I'm too busy I don't have time to be a decent human and acknowledge communication" independent cool alpha humans, if you have time to read it, then you have time to at least say, at some point, that you can't respond at length. Or say you aren't in the mood. Anything. A simple sentence

I'm not talking texts that don't need to be responded to. I'm talking questions asked, serious statements, just shyt texted that makes sense to be replied to

If it was important, you would of called or set up a face to face.

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

They should have never even made that “read” feature in the first place

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

Why would a pimp named slickback care about being left on read


a socially ept individual wouldn’t do this because there’s a consequence (an insult, confusion, awkwardness) to doing that unannounced

deleting your contact w/o you knowing, while passive, has no direct effect on me

no it’s not

letters took time to be delivered and depending on the era, the only source of communication.

I used to see it from your perspective but the in the age we live in, the importance of digital communication hold no weight

Nudes, FaceTime calls, Phone Calls, Texts.. all completely useless without a physical element backing it

If it was important, you would of called or set up a face to face.

This is the problem. No one is talking about strictly women. I'm talking about people. Humans. A boss. A little brother. A job recruiter. Anyone

Texting is probably the main form of communication these days. It wasnt always like this. Another example of why technology has failed us. It has breeded terrible character and delusion