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I never got the “I’m bad at texting” excuse especially when everyone is always on their phones these days. Like my brother in Christ just respond to the text, what are you doing
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Anonymous 4d

i have texting anxiety i’m sorryyyy 😩

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Anonymous 4d

some of us have mental illnesses that interfere with our ability to communicate via certain mediums not just in terms of making it a little difficult or stressful either. i’m talking about disruption at the level of actual cognitive biochemistry

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Anonymous 4d

idk i used to think this but then i got a life. even if i’m on my phone for parts of the day it does not mean i want to text while i’m on it. i could really like somebody and text them once or twice a day because i simply don’t feel like texting someone all day. but it just comes down to compatibility i guess

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 4d

not to mention that a ton of people with debilitating mental illnesses go untreated and undiagnosed which is partly attributable to, say, others around them dismissing their setbacks with remarks like “my brother in christ just do [task]” rather than making any effort to understand why they’re having difficulty

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Anonymous 4d

autistic people aren’t allowed to have a hard time with social interaction anymore because of woke 💔

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 4d

All I was asking someone to do is to respond to a text which needed an answer by the end of the day, otherwise it would incur financial consequences from me and a whole group of other people. It was a yes or no answer that I needed. That was it. And now when everyone else has been put out of their way, I can’t call it out? I’m supposed to just sit there and say nothing? Because they’re “bad at texting?”

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 4d

yea but having mental illness isn’t an excuse for being dismissive and avoiding accountability when negatively impacting people

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4d

oh. given all that context i do think it’s totally reasonable to be frustrated with the other person, especially if it’s just a yes/no question and they cost everyone else money. like even if they do have a cognitive issue deserving of patience, anyone would be annoyed in your position

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4d

i got defensive because the original post was just dismissing the idea of people being justifiably “bad at texting” when there absolutely are complex reasons why that might be true for someone without it being their fault. but yeah, situationally, that shit sucks

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Anonymous 4d

well no

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