Text Messaging Destroying the Thumbs of America&#39;s Youth says New York Times

Teenagers! They're out there, genuflecting at the altar of the Jonas Brothers and finger-banging in the backs of buses on the way to field trips and doing whatever else teenagers do these days. But did you know that text messaging is completely destroying all hope for their future?

According to a piece in Tuesday's New York Times, text messaging is responsible for a host of modern teenage problems, from anxiety to sleep deprivation to failing grades, but perhaps worst of all—-debilitating hand injuries brought about by excessive texting!




Wait, aren't our opposable thumbs what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom? In that case, could the text messaging/thumb destruction epidemic currently sweeping the nation eventually lead to the complete breakdown of all human society? How long before we just start masturbating in public and slinging our feces all over the place like crazed mongrels?! Is excessive text messaging how Jim Cramer's slow decent into madness got started?!

Texting May Be Taking a Toll on Teenagers [New York Times]