What's your country's version of the blue/green bubble?
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For those who don't know:
Texts from iPhone to iPhone appear as blue bubbles, while texts from Android users appear as green.
For many in the US who still use SMS to communicate, the blue/green bubble divide is a huge source of social conflict.
What's your version of "If everyone knew this was a thing in my country, they'd think it was silly"?
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For those who don't know:
Texts from iPhone to iPhone appear as blue bubbles, while texts from Android users appear as green.
For many in the US who still use SMS to communicate, the blue/green bubble divide is a huge source of social conflict.
What's your version of "If everyone knew this was a thing in my country, they'd think it was silly"?
Are there people who really view it as a social division? I've never met anyone who seriously thinks that.
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For those who don't know:
Texts from iPhone to iPhone appear as blue bubbles, while texts from Android users appear as green.
For many in the US who still use SMS to communicate, the blue/green bubble divide is a huge source of social conflict.
What's your version of "If everyone knew this was a thing in my country, they'd think it was silly"?
Football (soccer) teams? I guess that's a common one, but people can get really violent about it over here, lol. We're all here enjoying football, something we all love (well, not me, but I'm getting in the mindset of those who do), there's barely any disagreement between us!
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Are there people who really view it as a social division? I've never met anyone who seriously thinks that.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Blue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles: Explained!
The "Blue" vs. "Green" Bubble War is Insane.
::: spoiler Why Apple’s iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble
Grace Fang, 20-years-old, said she too saw such social dynamics among her peers at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. “I’ve had people with Androids apologize that they have Androids and don’t have iMessage,” she said. “I don’t know if it’s Apple propaganda or just like a tribal in-group versus out-group thing going on, but people don’t seem to like green text bubbles that much and seem to have this visceral negative reaction to it.” Ms. Fang added that she finds the hubbub silly and that she prefers to avoid texting all together.
‘I’ve had people with Androids apologize that they have Androids and don’t have iMessage,” said Grace Fang.
Jocelyn Maher, a 24-year-old master’s student in upstate New York, said her friends and younger sister have mocked her for exchanging texts with potential paramours using Android phones. “I was like,
Oh my gosh, his texts are green,’ and my sister literally went,Ew that’s gross,’” Ms. Maher said.She noted that she once successfully persuaded a boyfriend to switch to an iPhone after some gentle badgering. Their relationship didn’t last.
Such interactions have made fertile ground for memes on social media. During the pandemic, Jeremy Cangiano, who just finished up his MBA at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, dealt with his boredom on TikTok, quickly noticing that blue-bubble-green-bubble memes were popular among young people. He tried to cash in on it last year by selling his own merchandise that touted, “Never Date a Green Texter.”
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Are there people who really view it as a social division? I've never met anyone who seriously thinks that.
You probably don't interact with a lot of teens then. It's pretty common in high schools and college campuses. I was told a decade ago that my green bubbles were probably why women stopped texting me after I got their number off okcupid
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Blue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles: Explained!
The "Blue" vs. "Green" Bubble War is Insane.
::: spoiler Why Apple’s iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble
Grace Fang, 20-years-old, said she too saw such social dynamics among her peers at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. “I’ve had people with Androids apologize that they have Androids and don’t have iMessage,” she said. “I don’t know if it’s Apple propaganda or just like a tribal in-group versus out-group thing going on, but people don’t seem to like green text bubbles that much and seem to have this visceral negative reaction to it.” Ms. Fang added that she finds the hubbub silly and that she prefers to avoid texting all together.
‘I’ve had people with Androids apologize that they have Androids and don’t have iMessage,” said Grace Fang.
Jocelyn Maher, a 24-year-old master’s student in upstate New York, said her friends and younger sister have mocked her for exchanging texts with potential paramours using Android phones. “I was like,
Oh my gosh, his texts are green,’ and my sister literally went,Ew that’s gross,’” Ms. Maher said.She noted that she once successfully persuaded a boyfriend to switch to an iPhone after some gentle badgering. Their relationship didn’t last.
Such interactions have made fertile ground for memes on social media. During the pandemic, Jeremy Cangiano, who just finished up his MBA at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, dealt with his boredom on TikTok, quickly noticing that blue-bubble-green-bubble memes were popular among young people. He tried to cash in on it last year by selling his own merchandise that touted, “Never Date a Green Texter.”
:::I mean, you can make a video about anything. That doesn't make it real.
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You probably don't interact with a lot of teens then. It's pretty common in high schools and college campuses. I was told a decade ago that my green bubbles were probably why women stopped texting me after I got their number off okcupid
my green bubbles were probably why women stopped texting me after I got their number off okcupid
Bullet dodged
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Football (soccer) teams? I guess that's a common one, but people can get really violent about it over here, lol. We're all here enjoying football, something we all love (well, not me, but I'm getting in the mindset of those who do), there's barely any disagreement between us!
Rangers v Celtic?
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You probably don't interact with a lot of teens then. It's pretty common in high schools and college campuses. I was told a decade ago that my green bubbles were probably why women stopped texting me after I got their number off okcupid
Oh, honey, that wasn't why...
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Rangers v Celtic?
No, more like "City F.C." v "City United", lol.
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my green bubbles were probably why women stopped texting me after I got their number off okcupid
Bullet dodged
Oh, OKC used to rock a decade ago. Before they started the monitization efforts they had over a thousand questions that you could pre-sort matches based off of their importance to both of you. There wasn't swiping, you just actually looked at profiles. It really rewarded writing good profiles which I happen to do well
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Oh, honey, that wasn't why...
It was, I got laid plenty in college. I meant I would get a woman's number, text her, then she would give 2/3 responses and disappear. It stopped almost entirely when I switched to asking for Snapchat instead
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I mean, you can make a video about anything. That doesn't make it real.
wrote last edited by [email protected]You asked a legitimate question, and I provided three sources describing the phenomenon.
Just because you haven't experienced it personally (or met people who have) doesn't mean it's not real, either.
Plenty of people haven't met a gay or trans person in their life, but that doesn't mean that they don't exist or that issues they face should be dismissed out of hand.
Dismissing the question doesn't add to the conversation. If you don't want to engage with the question, that's fine. Don't comment. Just downvote and move on.
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For those who don't know:
Texts from iPhone to iPhone appear as blue bubbles, while texts from Android users appear as green.
For many in the US who still use SMS to communicate, the blue/green bubble divide is a huge source of social conflict.
What's your version of "If everyone knew this was a thing in my country, they'd think it was silly"?
I am from Germany and what brand of car your are driving is often seen as a statement, often associated with a certain social group.
Although I have observed that this has been constantly diminishing over the years. -
For those who don't know:
Texts from iPhone to iPhone appear as blue bubbles, while texts from Android users appear as green.
For many in the US who still use SMS to communicate, the blue/green bubble divide is a huge source of social conflict.
What's your version of "If everyone knew this was a thing in my country, they'd think it was silly"?
its not really a thing in the us. never been a thing with me or my friends and im pretty sure this is one of those things where it came up but then was blown out of proportion where most everyone never really cared about it.
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For those who don't know:
Texts from iPhone to iPhone appear as blue bubbles, while texts from Android users appear as green.
For many in the US who still use SMS to communicate, the blue/green bubble divide is a huge source of social conflict.
What's your version of "If everyone knew this was a thing in my country, they'd think it was silly"?
Scone / scone.
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I am from Germany and what brand of car your are driving is often seen as a statement, often associated with a certain social group.
Although I have observed that this has been constantly diminishing over the years.wrote last edited by [email protected]German, too. I don't own a car, but is this whole EV vs. combustion still as big a thing as it was 7 years ago? I feel it was a much bigger discussion here due to our car tradition/ obsession than in the US. Elon is a dipshit, and until that was apperent to everyone, EVs were cool due to Tesla
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German, too. I don't own a car, but is this whole EV vs. combustion still as big a thing as it was 7 years ago? I feel it was a much bigger discussion here due to our car tradition/ obsession than in the US. Elon is a dipshit, and until that was apperent to everyone, EVs were cool due to Tesla
Has it ever been?
I mean, outside of some mostly right-wing bubbles that are trying to exaggerate it as some kind of oppression symbol in a cultural war that happens mainly in their heads?Most people I know treat the topic from a rather rational perspective regarding the pros and cons of EVs in their specific situations.
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Scone / scone.
Care to elaborate for non-British/Irish people?
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Has it ever been?
I mean, outside of some mostly right-wing bubbles that are trying to exaggerate it as some kind of oppression symbol in a cultural war that happens mainly in their heads?Most people I know treat the topic from a rather rational perspective regarding the pros and cons of EVs in their specific situations.
Really? I felt it was a major topic back then. Maybe due to the whole Fridays for Future Movement which I followed closely at the time and faced a lot of backslash from conservatives. Online bubbles
