That is an actual headline on an AFP story appearing on Yahoo news today.

If reading that doesn’t bother you even just a little bit, then I’m afraid we can’t be friends.

Apparently, a 13-year old girl won (I’m not making this up) the US Text Messaging Championship. I really don’t know where to begin with this one. Am I more upset that such an event actually exists or the fact that the grand prize was 25,000 dollars?

The girl says she texts 8000 times a month. 8000. Again I’m faced with a dilemma: Am I more amazed that her thumbs haven’t fallen off or am I more amazed that she can spell her own name.?

There are so many things wrong with this story, I just can’t stand to go into it any further. But needless to say, my faith in humanity: falling.

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