Messting

Text messages that could mess up your life.

“The combination of bad behavior and text messaging is a growing epidemic,” declared Christopher Lochhead for CBS, “So much so, it’s time for a new word to describe the problem”:

Welcome to the era of “messting.” Messting is the act of combining bad behavior and dumb messages to make a mess out of your life.

Lochhead suggested those fearful of messting keep the following checklist in mind before hitting send:

1. Love is temporary, text messages last forever.

2. How will I feel if this message is printed on the cover of a newspaper?

3. What will happen if this message gets forwarded to 100 people?

4. There is no such thing as a confidential communication (everybody tells at least one person).

5. Will the naked photo of myself I’m about to send hurt my ability to get a job?