BBM.

Let’s take a look for a second at how far we’ve come with technology. In middle school you were cool if your phone had a color screen or a camera. Then, with the advent of main stream smart phones such as the Sidekick, that just didn’t cut it. Now, with phones like the iPhone and Blackberry it’s become so hard to keep up with it all.

I’ve never really been a big fan of using the phone as… a phone. I always preferred texting/using aim. Regular texting was just fine for me. I always checked my phone every once in a while and that system worked fine.
Of course, there were times when i wished i could see if someone read my text, was typing back, or was ignoring my text. But, at the same time, I didn’t want to know. This is the same dilemma people go through when asked the question, “do you want to know when you’re going to die.”

Yes, on one hand it would be nice to know when my death will come so that i can plan accordingly. Death is a big event to plan for. I’d have to buy the perfect outfit, be at the right place, and be surrounded by the right people. Lets face it, who wouldn’t want to die in an armani suite at the four seasons with a bunch of celebs?

Then again, isn’t that scary? Having a ticking death-bomb constantly in the back of your head? Do you mark off your calendar? Do you send out an email? Do you let the housekeeper know you’ll no longer need her after XX/XX/XX? It’s a lot of stress to handle.

Anyways, back to texting. Everyone wished that they could know these things about texting. Then, BBM came along and opened Pandora’s texting box. BBM can be SO EVIL sometimes.

Take for example the totally transparent mind-games people play with BBM. You know, the one where someone reads your BBM and doesn’t respond, or reads it and types for 20 minutes, or reads it and responds a year later. What about that kid who blatantly ignores your bbm (hey buddy, that icon with the clock means your ignoring). Like, what are you trying to prove? that your busy? that your doing something? that your oh so important? you clearly have your phone and take it everywhere with you. the only time i honestly believe that someone cant answer their phone for four hours is if they are dead. Like, at school you obviously have your phone I SEE YOU CHECK IT. All that does is make a 5 second conversation take four hours because if you took 20 minutes to answer my bbm obviously im going to make you wait to answer…. helloooo?

Okay. I’m done.

Now, you cant lie when you don’t answer a question on BBM. There are icons that mean everything. You can’t say “oh i never got your bbm…” they can see that!
You know, there are people who must have missed the “grammar” lesson because a lot of them don’t know what “?” symbol means. It’s a question. a question, my friend, requires an answer. If you read a question and don’t answer. you’re a d. Like, what are you doing? (That’s a question, see? so was that.) If you really want to stop talking to someone answer with a short and semi-rude answer.

But this opens another door. It’s called the “The other person needs to have sent the last bbm complex.” Yall know who you are. People will literally not answer a question or not respond because they can’t be the person who says the last thing? (i don’t have this problem so idk if i have it correctly). get a life boo.

Another thing about bbm: Identity theft. Not only is this a problem that the guy on TV who works at a fish and chips restaurant goes through, but many people who have blackberrys are also victims of this. Yes, anyone can just change their names on bbm and pretend to be someone else. It’s happened to me. It’s not fun.

And last but not least, the proverbial bbm bitch-slap: deleting someone off bbm. Yes, this is the biggest insult one can possibly experience within the realm of bbm. You KNOW someone is pissed when you can no longer find them on your contacts. When you can no longer bbm someone and have to resort to text or, dare i say, a PHONE CALL (everyone gasp at once) shit has hit the fan. People don’t take this lightly, i’ve literally sat with people who were venting to me about some DBag and had to seriously consider whether they should delete the person off bbm or not.

PS. Don’t laugh at me for knowing my pin by heart. loveya.