Sep 22 2008Text Messaging Lowers Your IQ 10 Points
In a recent New York Times article, technology trend forecaster Aul Saffo claims that texting actually makes a person dumber.
The act of texting automatically removes 10 I.Q. points. "The truth of the matter is there are hobbies that are incompatible. You don't want to do mushroom-hunting and bird-watching at the same time, and it is the same with texting and other activities. We have all seen people walk into parking meters or walk into traffic and seem startled by oncoming cars."
whatev, dats a fkng li.
Text messaging lowers your IQ by 10 points [textually]
Thanks to Silver Sided, who swears texting-sex is the wave of the future.
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Reader Comments
1. Crowley - September 22, 2008 11:31 AM
first ballin
2. jules - September 22, 2008 11:36 AM
my husband can't stop texting his girlfriend, they're both dumb as rocks.
* desperately wants crazy post-divorce threesome with Superfish guy & Geekology guy. and if you're one and the same, then i just expect you to have 2 d!cks :O
3. Thumperchica - September 22, 2008 11:42 AM
idk what bg dl iz
*OW* jst ran in2 prkng mtr. WTF!!!!
4. the sysop - September 22, 2008 11:50 AM
omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg :P
You would, however, want to do magic-mushroom-eating and bird-watching at the same time.
Ask me http://www.howtolosegirls.com ( and gain back 10 )
5. Gingersnapz - September 22, 2008 11:56 AM
Could it be that you're just not as observant when you're staring at something in your hand? It has nothing to do with texting. You could be reading a book (which is considered a "smart" thing) and you'd probably still run into stuff.
6. Not That Guy - September 22, 2008 12:00 PM
I don't know, I am staring at something in my hand right now, and I feel pretty observant....
7. DigitalT - September 22, 2008 12:10 PM
IDK, pew pew!
8. Meaty_Urologist - September 22, 2008 12:18 PM
That's true. My girlfriend has an I.Q. ten points lower than mine and she walks into parking meters all the time.
9. provato - September 22, 2008 12:18 PM
provided that you have an IQ....
10. Momboelitist - September 22, 2008 12:36 PM
@6, I'm staring into your hand as well and I don't see much.
At least nick has bacon.
11. barney - September 22, 2008 12:59 PM
i dont think that texting makes a persons IQ "shrink", but the usage of OMG, WTF, ROFLMAO, and shit like that does, UNLESS USED IN A SARCASTIC MANNER, that is..
TRUE STORY:
I was in the mall when I (a young female) was checking out a hot piece of (young female) A from across the store.. Her "boss" who was practically still in diapers asks her a serious question and the dumb (hot) bitch responds "Like, OMG, IDK!"
ZOMGWTF!?! is up with dat!?
12. David - September 22, 2008 1:47 PM
Snake? Snake?! SNNAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!
13. Mooboy - September 22, 2008 1:57 PM
Its more like why the f*** are you trying to walk around and text at the same time. I especially hate it when people do that when driving. Talking on the phone is bad enough.
14. Jumpin_J - September 22, 2008 2:19 PM
OMG! WTF! SYFPH! PTYBMHG-PLYGLO!!! (don't know what that last one means, but trust me, it's mean!!!)
15. SmokingGirl - September 22, 2008 2:41 PM
This does not surprise me...
16. butterbee - September 22, 2008 2:48 PM
@5 - EXACTLY
Writing for the New York Times makes you clinically retarded.
17. Jayfournines - September 22, 2008 3:23 PM
omfg liek fr rlz?!!11!
....'scuse me, now I gotta go smack myself in the face for typing that -__-
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18. bryan - September 22, 2008 3:27 PM
i text all day everyday. my IQ is 126. is that bad?
19. Turd Ferguson - September 22, 2008 4:31 PM
@18
Seeing as how the national average is 301,467 I'd say yeah, that IS bad.
20. Heat - September 22, 2008 5:43 PM
Yeah, unfortunately "technology trend forecaster" ranks just slightly higher than "horoscope writer" in terms of required qualifications. This guy has zero credibility. I dislike texters intensely, but the studies I've heard about don't indicate that texting has any real affect on education (much less, intelligence).
I'm also puzzled by the photo. Is this supposed to show that taxi drivers are psychopaths itching to mow down pedestrians in the cross walk?
(geekologie writer, you know I heart you long time)
21. Silver Sided - September 23, 2008 3:09 AM
Its tru i tel u!! Im in 2 minus figrs....NARF!!!!!
22. louis vuitton - September 27, 2009 11:54 PM
I especially hate it when people do that when driving. Talking on the phone is bad enough.