This morning, while cleaning out my inbox and taking care of other mundane matters, I ran across a news blurb, advertising a contest here in Los Angeles tomorrow. My first thought after reading the article was, “Hmm… I wonder if any deaf contestants will be participating?”
The contest? A battle between participants to see who can text message the fastest. I figure since we deaf have rapidly adapted as “thumb warriors” the past few years, there’s gotta be quite a few who are quick on the draw when it comes to conversations (I’m no slouch myself, but I doubt I have the fastest fingers in the West…).
The catch? U can’t use txt shortcuts, lol. Txt shortcuts not allowed, bec it’s 2 ez to abbrev everything u type. Kind of an interesting rule, imho. FWIW, it’s a cool idea.
So– anyone deaf participating in this? If I didn’t already have things to do tomorrow, I’d take a shot at it. Perhaps if it becomes an annual event, someone can do this next year?
CUL!
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You and I must be sharing brainwaves, David! I saw that same article while scanning MSN news this morning, and was thinking the exact same thing!!!
It would be interesting to follow up and see if any Deafies did in fact compete…and wouldn’t it be a hoot if one of them wins this thing?
By the way, your skill at using text shortcuts far exceeds mine. My 18-year-old goddaughter Muirin just got her new SideKick 3, and has been texting away with me…and I have to spend 15 mins just trying to decipher some of the lingo before I can even respond!
Anyone pls tell me what FWIW stands for?
“For What It’s Worth”?
Yup.
Some deafies, I know, even though use pagers quite often, aren’t able to be “thumb warriors” simply because of their large hands! Have to resort to typing with one finger at a time.
I know for a fact that one of our readers is well-known for his ability to quickly type messages on his Blackberry and without having to look at the little keyboard. He also does this while walking and traversing DC’s busy streets during rush hour - and while looking straight ahead!
Thats hilarious! I don’t think I’d win this contest, but I often get interrupted while typing on the metro with comments about how fast I type- I’m sure other deaf people get it as well.
HAI! thumb txtn fast like is UBER, pagers FTW! LOLOMGZWTFZBBQSAMMICH!
I would like to see a competition where one would be required to text flawlessly while driving through a police-training obstacle course at a minimum speed of 40 mph.
Curious, David…
Did you do a follow-up to find out the results of this contest? WERE there any Deafies involved? Who won, and was the winner determined?
I’m really curious to learn exactly what this contest involved.
Ohhhh well, I suppose I could Google it….
Virginia, I have absolutely no idea. But it might not be a bad idea to follow-up, just out of the curiosity factor alone… :)
For those of you on the east side, so to speak, your contest isn’t til April 21. Perhaps the person Rob knows should try out? Newbie, what about you? You’re in DC, so you definitely qualify for the East Coast competition.