Forget “Sexting” — What About “Drunk Texting”?

Do You Know a Secret Sexter?

“Sexting” is a fairly recent phenomena  introduced across the world in the last 5 years, becoming more prevalent and criminally offensive in the last yearor two.

If not familiar with the term “sexting,” Wikipedia defines it as “a portmanteau of sex and texting.” It also states that it is “the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically, primarily between cell phones.”

By the way, WTF does “portmanteau” mean? Seriously, this is a Wikipedia definition. Really. Come on.

Anywho, seeing that CBS News website sites at least 20% of teens admitting to participating in this act, I concur that it is a major problem. I believe it will often invite pedophiles, just like the Internet.

People are also doing “hard time” for these offenses if caught. You know, “goin’ to the big house” or “goin’ up the river” or “goin’ to the clink,” to put it in terms you folks can understand.

But in all seriousness I ask you, my friends, couldn’t “drunk texting” be just as dangerous, if not far worse?

Drunk Texting = Oh Sh*t

Remember the good ol’ days before texting when we would just drunk dial ex-boyfriends or acquaintances we hadn’t seen for a long time while being wasted and nostalgic?

Well, now, with drunk texting, you don’t just hang up the phone or have a stupid, inebriated conversation with someone who could care less if you were even still alive. Oh, no. These intoxicated messages we send with such earnestness or angst or ambiguity could quite possible live on in the receiver’s cell phone FOREVER!

The Messagees can continually read these drunken half-phrases, forward them to their entire call list and even play them aloud with a ridiculous, Steven Hawking-sounding robotic voice. Yes, honest, you can do this with the seeing impaired option on most cell phones, much to the hysteria of others.

It’s Hard Living With the Law

I wonder, why is this not punishable by law like some sexting offenders are? Maybe if we (I mean people NOT including me) were subject to fines and jail time also for this deeply embarrassing debacle, maybe we (again, not ME), would smarten up a bit!

Maybe cell phone companies could invent an application that would allow us to select a roster of people who we could block from calling or texting for at least 12 hours when knowing we’re going out to get soused.

Who’s with me?

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