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I love when people comment on the color of a text message. It makes it real easy to know who to block, because they worry about entirely the wrong things.

Invictus0 3y ago
There's no one to block, you just won't be included when the groupchat is setup. Big problem for teens.
- ryandvm 3y ago
  I dunno. Sounds like being left out of those groups is a net positive.
  - rootusrootus 3y ago
    Yeah it kinda makes me want to get my kids Android phones.
- toast0 3y ago
  Personally, I'm happy to be left out of those, groupchat via MMS is awful. But then I'm not a teen, and when I was a teen, I was happy to be left out of a lot of things too.
  - filoleg 3y ago
    > I'm happy to be left out of those, groupchat via MMS is awful So are most people who prefer iMessage over MMS (aka “green bubbles”), which is kind of the point.
- sonicanatidae 3y ago
  That may be the difference. I'm far removed from my teenage years.
jmull 3y ago
If you socially exclude someone because they care about the color of text message bubbles, don't you care at least as much as they do? More, probably, because if they just mention it and you block them, that's disproportionate.
- filoleg 3y ago
  > If you socially exclude someone because they care about the color of text message bubbles, don't you care at least as much as they do? The grandparent comment is talking about excluding people for wasting their time going on rants about message bubble colors, not about excluding those with a “wrong” message bubble color. And no, caring about not having to waste time on listening to someone who cares entirely too much about message bubble colors doesn’t mean that you care as much as they do about it.
- hospitalJail 3y ago
  I hate racists and hating racists doesnt make me a bad person. I hate people who judge others based on $1000 dollar Veblen goods. Also I make more money than them, so I'm very aware that the person who cares about bubbles is being exploited by Apple's psychology and marketing department. So... maybe I don't hate them, maybe we should feel sorry for them. Or maybe we need to hate them because its a deterrent against corporations exploiting insecurities.
  - jmull 3y ago
    First, just an aside: you don't have to hate anyone. It doesn't make you a bad person to hate others, but you could be living better, that's for sure. The thing is, it usually mainly impacts the hater, making them unhappy and angry. But your analogy doesn't fit here... the issue with blue and green bubbles is the social pressure to have the "better" bubble color, to show you're part of the "better" group. That is, the negative social pressure comes from the threat of social exclusion via lower social standing. But the previous poster is also threatening social exclusion, but a more complete exclusion, and based on nearly the same thing. So it would be more like showing your objection to racism by expressing racist ideas or taking racist actions. Doesn't make sense, of course. That's my point.

Invictus0 3y ago

There's no one to block, you just won't be included when the groupchat is setup. Big problem for teens.

ryandvm 3y ago
I dunno. Sounds like being left out of those groups is a net positive.
- rootusrootus 3y ago
  Yeah it kinda makes me want to get my kids Android phones.
toast0 3y ago
Personally, I'm happy to be left out of those, groupchat via MMS is awful. But then I'm not a teen, and when I was a teen, I was happy to be left out of a lot of things too.
- filoleg 3y ago
  > I'm happy to be left out of those, groupchat via MMS is awful So are most people who prefer iMessage over MMS (aka “green bubbles”), which is kind of the point.
sonicanatidae 3y ago
That may be the difference. I'm far removed from my teenage years.

jmull 3y ago

If you socially exclude someone because they care about the color of text message bubbles, don't you care at least as much as they do? More, probably, because if they just mention it and you block them, that's disproportionate.

filoleg 3y ago
> If you socially exclude someone because they care about the color of text message bubbles, don't you care at least as much as they do? The grandparent comment is talking about excluding people for wasting their time going on rants about message bubble colors, not about excluding those with a “wrong” message bubble color. And no, caring about not having to waste time on listening to someone who cares entirely too much about message bubble colors doesn’t mean that you care as much as they do about it.
hospitalJail 3y ago
I hate racists and hating racists doesnt make me a bad person. I hate people who judge others based on $1000 dollar Veblen goods. Also I make more money than them, so I'm very aware that the person who cares about bubbles is being exploited by Apple's psychology and marketing department. So... maybe I don't hate them, maybe we should feel sorry for them. Or maybe we need to hate them because its a deterrent against corporations exploiting insecurities.
- jmull 3y ago
  First, just an aside: you don't have to hate anyone. It doesn't make you a bad person to hate others, but you could be living better, that's for sure. The thing is, it usually mainly impacts the hater, making them unhappy and angry. But your analogy doesn't fit here... the issue with blue and green bubbles is the social pressure to have the "better" bubble color, to show you're part of the "better" group. That is, the negative social pressure comes from the threat of social exclusion via lower social standing. But the previous poster is also threatening social exclusion, but a more complete exclusion, and based on nearly the same thing. So it would be more like showing your objection to racism by expressing racist ideas or taking racist actions. Doesn't make sense, of course. That's my point.