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    When Parents Text: 15 Funniest Picks

    1. Flip Phone

    Click here to view this gallery.

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    When Parents Text was launched on Tumblr in the fall of 2010 by Lauren Kaelin and Sophia Fraioli, then recent college grads.

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    Less than two years later, the website has received a ton of media interest -- Kaelin and Fraioli have published When Parents Text: So Much Said... So Little Understood and are in talks for a TV show.

    The blog obviously resonates with its audience -- and for good reason. "Parental texting is almost always funny," says Fraioli. "We usually laugh the hardest at the complete misunderstandings that tend to take place on our site. Sometimes these misunderstandings are caused by technological fumbles, but more often then not, they highlight a generational and technological divide that exists between parents and their kids. Most of us can relate to our parents just, 'not getting it,' and that tends to be where hilarity ensues."

    SEE ALSO: Damn You Auto Correct Founder Picks 12 Funniest Texts Ever

    We asked the blog's founders to pick their favorite WPT submissions. Take a look through the gallery for Lauren and Sophia's choices. Let us know in the comments if your parents have got the hang of SMS -- or whether you wish they hadn't!

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

     

    29 comments

    • MarcD  •  3 mths ago
      An article about other articles. IF you want to play Follow the Links.
      • jackh 3 mths ago
        It's an article within an article! We need to go deeper!
    • AJ  •  Lubbock, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      How about the 15 funniest pictures of kids trying to type a complete sentence?
      • MattG 3 mths ago
        wat U meen?
      • Rather B Fishing 3 mths ago
        I have seen high school students who start sentences with an i!
      • Quint 3 mths ago
        Is "DUDE" a complete sentence?
    • Justin Cayse  •  3 mths ago
      Worthless, worthless article.
      • Michael 3 mths ago
        But the links were pretty funny!
    • Douglas  •  San Jose, Costa Rica  •  3 mths ago
      I would be willing to be that 99% of all text messages are unnecessary.
      • MattG 3 mths ago
        I would be willing to bet that 99% of yahoo comments are a waste of time...
      • Douglas 3 mths ago
        lol...you are sooooooooooooo right.
      • Michael 3 mths ago
        You both are right.
    • MarkyMark  •  3 mths ago
      Too hard or complicated for yahoo to simply post the 15.
    • Random  •  3 mths ago
      This story is very interesting.....
      I think the CIA or FBI is watching us........
    • American Sheeple  •  3 mths ago
      Most teens text like this " Y U not answrin ur fone." ,"How r u doin ?" , "Umma meat U at da stre 4 8"It is not hard to text correctly.
    • Beau B  •  Brussels, Belgium  •  3 mths ago
      Is this an article or an OMG link?
    • Mack  •  3 mths ago
      Mashable is the most worthless site around.

      Except of course for sites that post purported articles that have nothing except a link to Mashable.
    • david  •  3 mths ago
      In another poll, 14 out of the 15 texts were sent while driving.
    • McLovin  •  3 mths ago
      Not ONE of these were remotely funny. Slow news day, yahoo?
    • NoResolution  •  3 mths ago
      cellphones weren't made for kids in the first place. So who cares what adults text.
    • JL  •  Pelion, South Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      So which link is the 15 funniest texts? I can't find it!.
    • Richard  •  3 mths ago
      This Article Sucks "Big Ones"!
    • JohnP  •  3 mths ago
      I wasted some bandwidth. Not worth spam to keep clicking.
    • BKJ  •  Monticello, Arkansas  •  3 mths ago
      Pretty funny when you actually find them, yahoo.
    • M-S  •  2 mths ago
      Google has made Yahoo unnecessary.
    • Mathilda  •  2 mths ago
      when texts fail, how many times is it the 'auto-fix' or whatever it's called, that "guesses" a completely wrong word from what you're trying to type, and you just didn't catch it before you hit 'send'?
    • A_Nonny_Moose  •  2 mths ago
      OK, this is a story, about a story... about a book.... that you have to buy to read.
      :rolleyes.
    • Henry  •  Richardson, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      I'm offended. I resemble that remark.
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