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[CRGreathouse]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

to the effect that the average American teenager now sends 80 text messages PER DAY.

I don't buy it. I couldn't accept that as true for the mean teenager, which is much less representative than the median teenager.

Of course it strikes me that there are experts on this thread...

[bsquared]

Originally Posted by CRGreathouse

I don't buy it. I couldn't accept that as true for the mean teenager, which is much less representative than the median teenager.

Of course it strikes me that there are experts on this thread...

Perhaps the mean is skewed somewhat by these guys, although, granted, they are not teenagers.

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Fear not - That falls under the "dissipation" heading.

Not a heady distillation?

[johnmcauley]

If you consider texts as any form of short message communication, twitter (god forbid), facebook, club penguin (an online game), bebo (the most popular one in Ireland), then 80 a day could well be a conservative estimate.

[CRGreathouse]

Originally Posted by johnmcauley

If you consider texts as any form of short message communication, twitter (god forbid), facebook, club penguin (an online game), bebo (the most popular one in Ireland), then 80 a day could well be a conservative estimate.

I'll grant that easily.