Another case of texting while walking with a surprise ending.

Holy! That is FUNNY!

 

I'd need to check my shorts. Lucky sucker didn't get chased.

 

Would have made for a more satisfying clip.

[Someday, someone should explain the point of texting to me, aside from making an oblivious nuisance of yourself to other people and drivers. I still don't get it.]

 

That was on my local news in grand, police chase style coverage this morning. They checked in on the bear's progress every 3 minutes and viewers were treated to stereotypical "Chopper Guy" narration.

 

Ever need to tell someone something while you're in class and are unable to leave and make a call - text.

Ever at a really loud event like a concert and you need to tell your friends where you are - text.

Ever in a movie and need to tell your late friend where you guys are sitting - text.

Ever at a loud party and want to ask your friends, who are likewise at a loud party, where they want to meet up later - text.

Ever on the toilet and need to tell someone something urgent and would rather not have to call them and have the obvious bathroom echo in the background - text.

 

i have had 2 ex-girlfriends that would only communicate via text messaging (mostly with the exception of when we were in the same room)

 

I had one like that myself. It suuuuuuuucked.

Don't get me wrong, either. I much prefer an actual phone conversation over texting since the same 5 minute phone conversation will often take over an hour via text. That said, there are some situations where texting is a very nice and very convenient alternative.

 

Have you ever wanted to ask someone a simple yes or no question without having to dial them up and get into any further conversation?

jmatt listed a few more good reasons.

It has its uses, but its not something I want to be stuck doing.

 

Texting is going to be the end of society! At least many of the texters will get eliminated through their own doing.

 

I love texting just for the typos alone.

 

Autocorrect has caused some hilarity, for sure.

 

I can't watch it....

What happened?

 

Seems the video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Tribune...

 

No, I mean what happened in the video?

 

Texting Man Runs Into Bear (VIDEO)

 

A guy texting on his phone runs into a bear.

 

Hahahaha!

 

Haha!

 

I remember back in the day when we just waited until we saw the person. But I used to walk 100 miles to school each way uphill barefoot in the snow, too.