Am I the only one who hates this? Please tell me I am not the only person who feels awkward about that little thing on facebook chat that lets me know when the other person is typing. It's like the awkward silence of the cyber-world. I don't have a little bubble above my head that says "Danae is thinking..." when I'm trying to respond to someone in a REAL conversation.
And of course it gets worse when you start typing something, and suddenly they are too! So you both stop and now neither of you are typing. You are sitting there wanting to say "Oh no, you go first," but if you start typing to say that, inevitably they will too. It's a vicious cycle.
What says "I care about this conversation" more so than typing one letter in the chat box so it will appear that you are typing... when really you are just trying to buy time so you can think of something to say? I beseech you, do not lie to me! You have all done this.
Lastly, there are those who will let you sit there for 10 minutes while they are typing... waiting for some big story or long piece of news and finally, when they feel they've wasted enough of your time, they say "ya."
Yeah. I am SO typing right now...
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