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Women complain that instead of calling to ask them out, or even make plans for a date, men simply text, “Heading downtown. Where r u?” as they walk to the subway. That may be deliberate. “There is no longer any reason to answer the phone when a woman calls you or return her call when she leaves you a message,” insists one dating pro at World of Seduction. “What should you do? Text message, of course.” Text messages, he argues, deflect unnecessary personal involvement and keep women on edge.

I can’t say I understand anything going on in the linked-to article from today’s QOTD. I suspect that it is not much better than gibberish.

Today’s quote, however, reminded me of a particularly hilarious (and prescient) section in Infinite Jest on video phones. Either you know what I’m talking about or you don’t.