Do not do it. Just do not. Really.

Nah, I am kidding, even though we all probably prefer to communicate our emotions and thoughts through a one on one conversation with a person, texting eventually becomes inevitable. The need to speak with somebody is already a natural human need. Whenever somebody is not quite physically accessible, one turns into the miracle that is texting with today’s technology, where you can send instantaneous messages across the world. However, there is one important downside to texting, which pretty much involves a bunch of problems. I am talking about the simple fact that texting is not conversing.

No Sound; No Tone

The eloquence of the human voice is a pleasant characteristic. Hearing somebody’s voice might make someone’s day, or it might ruin it all. Not to mention that, depending on the tone of the voice, a different message can be sent. Such thing is not available through texting. People cannot tell what kind of tone you are talking in. They might take something serious for granted, or might take a joke too serious. It eventually causes plenty of confusion; all of it since there is no sound in texting, other than phone chirps.

No Body Language

Simple: you are not talking to a person. You are just reading a person’s thoughts and ideas. There is no dynamic face and body you can relate the text to other than your mental image of that person (which is most likely a static image, unless you have got excellent imaginative skills). Regardless of what is said, there is always some sort of body language involved which helps interpret the message.

“Read” Overthinking

Nothing hurts more than being ditched; unless you are ditched through texting. If you sent an enthusiastic text, expecting a quick, happy reply (or maybe the complete opposite), nothing hurts more than “read” showing right below the message. If you are lucky, whoever you are texting has this feature disabled and you will only see “Delivered” or “Sent,” depending on what sort of canal you use.

Autocorrect

I hate you, autocorrect. Thank you for making my clear and simple “omw” message into an enthusiastic, Disney movie-like adventure that yells “On my way!”

Glitches and More

It is all technology; it is computers and small chips that allow us to communicate to each other through a screen. It is possible that somewhere on its journey the message got stuck, and it was never delivered, or it was heavily delayed. Compatibility had been an issue before, but it is weird to see any sort of strange text glitch today in which not all the message was sent.

Spying

The message travels to its destination. If such message is intercepted, somebody that you know or do not know might read your conversations. It involved a possible violation of privacy that is pretty much undetectable. Therefore, it is risky to share important information.

Evidence

Words come and go. Texts do not. Texts stay there forever. You can look at them anytime for as many times you want. Unless you would not care about this (and you probably do not think about it in the moment), you might want to reconsider the danger texting involves regarding privacy (and become a little paranoid).

There is nothing warmer than a cozy conversation with those you care about. Texting will never be better than conversing for these and many other reasons.