{"id":638281,"date":"2010-01-22T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5454148"},"modified":"2010-01-22T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T23:00:00","slug":"beyond-sexting-the-spectrum-of-shameful-text-messaging-humor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/638281","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Sexting: The Spectrum of Shameful Text Messaging [Humor]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all the talk of sexting, you&#8217;d think it was the only kind of text out there. Not so! There&#8217;s plenty of other ways to message, most of which come with just as much regret:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_becksting.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/><\/p>\n<h2>Becksting:<\/h2>\n<p>Texting after one too many fine imported lagers<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_sectsting.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/><\/p>\n<h2>Sectsting:<\/h2>\n<p>Blasts to give your cult to-the-minute updates on Xenu&#8217;s ETA<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_flexting.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/><\/p>\n<h2>Flexting:<\/h2>\n<p>A picture message that doubles as an Admit One to the gun show<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_anorexting_01.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/><\/p>\n<h2>Anorexting:<\/h2>\n<p>Updating your friends on calorie counts and Weight Watchers points<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_hexting.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/><\/p>\n<h2>Hexting:<\/h2>\n<p>Sending bad juju via SMS<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_trexting.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/><\/p>\n<h2>T. Rexting:<\/h2>\n<p>Sending out obscure lyrics from 70s glam-rock bands<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_dexting.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/><\/p>\n<h2>Dexting:<\/h2>\n<p>Sharing your Dexter fan fiction, 160 characters at a time<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_treksting_01.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/><\/p>\n<h2>Treksting:<\/h2>\n<p>Spending an hour creating the perfect ASCII Vulcan salute<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=01e5a44dbc04e4b336e2d42abe3bd761&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=01e5a44dbc04e4b336e2d42abe3bd761&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=1jcsPozEcX0:-jJH2feo_6k:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=1jcsPozEcX0:-jJH2feo_6k:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=1jcsPozEcX0:-jJH2feo_6k:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=1jcsPozEcX0:-jJH2feo_6k:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=1jcsPozEcX0:-jJH2feo_6k:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=1jcsPozEcX0:-jJH2feo_6k:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/1jcsPozEcX0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all the talk of sexting, you&#8217;d think it was the only kind of text out there. Not so! There&#8217;s plenty of other ways to message, most of which come with just as much regret: Becksting: Texting after one too many fine imported lagers Sectsting: Blasts to give your cult to-the-minute updates on Xenu&#8217;s ETA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2G2R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}