The beloved group chat- a powerful and convenient way to communicate, sure, but there are certain struggles that everyone whose squad lives on the chat lives and dreads. These are the twelve feelings that everyone who's ever been trapped in a group message knows way too well.
1. Trying to make any kind of plans is impossible, since the chat is chaos 24/7.
2. When two individuals are locked in a thrilling conversation but everyone gets pinged.
Is it too much to ask that you make a separate thread? Please?
3. And now that Facebook let's you nickname your friends, who knows who is who any more?
If I want to get Becky H, am I supposed to ping "Beckkkkersss<3" or "Becky With the Good Hair"? And who is "Tazer"? This is like Aim chat all over again.
4. Then there's always that one friend that's constantly creeping but never responds.
5. At any given moment, there are so many unread messages on the chat that you have to wonder if your friends have jobs.
6. ...But then when you seriously need something, you might as well be talking to a brick wall.
7. You have so many in-jokes that it's hard to remember not to bring it into real life.
Laughing like an idiot at your cell phone- not crazy at all, right?
8. When one of your friends adds a stranger, you're sure that they're judging you the whole time.
Then again, the exit is right there if you really want it. Get weird or get out.
9. When you're getting roasted in the chat, it's important to come back with a sick burn as fast as possible.
No, you looked like a crying raccoon last night.
10. When you miss out on plans and everyone's discussing it the next morning, you feel like the biggest nobody on the planet.
The FOMO is so real.
