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Every text is different. There are awkward texts from your ex, wrong number texts, and text fails. But there’s a whole new category of texts that are here for our entertainment. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the cursed collection of texts with very threatening auras.

And by threatening, we mean it. According to Urban Dictionary, threatening aura refers to “a place, person or object that makes you feel like you're in danger just by looking at it, sometimes characterized by unsanitary condition.” So imagine if a text message was a hedgehog cake, that’s the cursed spirit we’re talking about.

Thanks to this rapidly growing Twitter page by the same name, “Texts With Threatening Auras,” we have a lot of painfully awkward and horridly amusing texts to look at. Get your salty caramel popcorn ready, and upvote the best ones as you go!

There’s an interesting paradox at the heart of modern communication. We’ve never had more ways to reach each other, and yet people have never been harder to reach. Messenger, Whatsapp, Viber, Email, Twitter, someone said a text message? Also known as SMS, it was originally defined as part of the GSM series of standards in 1985 as a means of sending messages of up to 160 characters, to and from GSM mobile handsets.

Having in mind that text messages are 37 years old, it’s only fair to wonder whether this mode of communication is still relevant. I mean, it looks like a fossil compared with new means of reaching people. But part of why SMS hasn't died yet has to do with its everlasting appeal we may underestimate.

There are a few solid reasons: first, it’s the primary tool for people who don’t have smartphones. More and more people are ditching their smartphones and online presence since messaging apps are distracting from their studies, work or leisure time. Plus, there’s no need to download a proprietary software to communicate with others since it’s already always on your phone, whatever that is.

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Short message texts are also known for being the most effective when there is a need to communicate urgent or critical business information or on the go. Meanwhile, limited characters in SMS texts allow for imparting business information concisely to the end user. And unlike email, you aren’t limited to a smartphone or a computer to receive a text message. This is all because people actually read text messages. In fact, more than 90 percent of people read a text message within the first three minutes of receiving it, according to MobileSQUARED, a mobile research firm.

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The experts say that the enduring appeal of SMS has made it evolve in a way that it represents significant new opportunities for both mobile carriers and businesses. It’s simply because any number can now be equipped to send and receive text messages. According to Wired, that means 200 million existing business landline and toll-free numbers can be text-enabled. “Now, businesses can send and receive text messages from the same numbers that they have used for decades—numbers that their customers know and have programmed into their mobile devices.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They texted twice during work hours. They don't even know if they are being ignored or if the other person is simply busy at work. This is one of those 'nice guys'.

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What’s more, people are very likely to engage with those businesses via text messages since that’s their primary mode of daily communication with other businesses. “Consumers, meanwhile, can bypass calling to text their favorite neighborhood restaurant for reservations or their auto repair shop to see when their car will be ready. That means they can use the mode of communication they vastly prefer to connect with businesses. It means they’re going to be more engaged with those businesses.” And that’s why the good old SMS is not going anywhere, and if anything, it’s here to stay.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oof. That's either very crude homour at the very wrong time, or someone lacking either any bit of empathy or the understanding of English language.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What does it take to get these men to understand that women want to have sex with people they've formed a connection with (as do all sexually inclined healthy adults)? If you aren't prepared to put in the work to form these connections you don't deserve sex.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

" Hey it's me again i need some cash! But seriously don't talk to me"

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The worst kind of "friends" Using you and making you feel less of a person.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shouldn't have replied😂 or just replied "I can't talk to you"

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At first I thought, oh its a joke referencing a previous joke, I can imagine me and a friend of mine making jokes like this, but there wouldn't be an 11 day gap in between the texts....

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why she did you like this. You invited the fuqery in and it thrived.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

... cause everyone knows, if you annoy them enough, they will start to like you. 🤦‍♀️

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"hand itching to unzip pants" - yeah, that's exactly how you convince a girl to hang out 🙄 Guys, please, just don't.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again, how is this threatening? Has that BP author forgotten what list they were composing again? It's just plain rude.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tikfuck challenges are disgusting. Why ffs is this even a thing?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How is this threatening? If it were my friend, I'd find it annoying at max

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