Comments on: Dangerous Teenage Texting

By: TomZ, a miasma of incandescent plasma

TomZ, a miasma of incandescent plasma — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:08:55 +0000

This reminds me of an old Bill Cosby skit, the “Hey everyone! Come and look at my stupid kid!”

By: Raka

Raka — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:59:14 +0000

@Rich: I agree, pre-teens should not be texting while they are driving.

By: Mike Haubrich

Mike Haubrich — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:29:13 +0000

@pam – well I am sure that my credit card number 4530 2097 2304 2124 is reasonably safe because I have never texted it to a stranger. While driving.

By: Pam ronald

Pam ronald — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:04:00 +0000

And never give them your credit card number

By: fuzzbutt

fuzzbutt — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:57:33 +0000

My sister and I weren’t even allowed to wear those trendy (at the time, among children) necklaces with our names on them. I think this isn’t just kids being stupid, it’s also parents not teaching caution.

By: Rich Wilson

Rich Wilson — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:52:23 +0000

As long as you define ‘child predator’ as ‘marketer’ or ‘phisher’, sure. If you’re talking about dangerous strangers, I’d say “not so much”.

So ya, be suspicious and don’t give out more info than you need to. AND DON’T USE THE EFFING THING WHILE DRIVING!

By: Crazyharp81602

Crazyharp81602 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:30:17 +0000

One time, I remember an elementary school kid calling me a curly haired b**** when I went too close towards him. He was asking me where I lived. But I refused to tell him that for safety reasons and wanted that particular kid to go away and stop bothering me. Of course that was before the time kids were texting such things like that on their iPhones.

By: Etienne

Etienne — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:14:57 +0000

Aaaaah, calls to mind the good ol’ “a/s/l” greeting of olde time chatrooms…

I was young, but I always answered “77/X/Galapagos”. It got a chuckle out of most people, but a few were downright angry that I wouldn’t tell them who and where I was.

By: Timberwoof

Timberwoof — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:14:41 +0000

Plausible and worrisome. Making it worse is this: I have heard of LEOs trolling the internets with messages like those, hoping to catch someone with not-nice intentions.