Walls of Text

walls of text by tennyson engquist & israel ladipo [[play]]

and that's how you end up with a messageless contact in your phone. [[back to title]] [[open credits]]

you engage in a game of 8-ball (you win, they suck at 8-ball). [[don't talk about the game]] [["damn that was fast"]]

you just got back to your room from a social event. you had a decent conversation with a friend and a new person you met through them. the conversation ended on a good note and you exchanged numbers with them. you don't really know them at all still, but you don't wanna mess this up. [[don't initiate]] [["omg hii !!"]] [["Hey! I enjoyed talking with you today. Looking forward to the next time we meet."]] [[Let's play 8 Ball!]] <img src="https://p.kindpng.com/picc/s/416-4161935_pngcupcake-on-ig-lets-play-8-ball-transparent.png" width="388" height="280" alt="Let's play 8 ball!">

an entire day has passed, and you are back at your room again. you send [[nothing]] [["What did you think of the event?"]]

an entire week has passed with zero interaction with them. [[at this point, what do i even say to them]] [[Let's play 8 Ball!]] <img src="https://p.kindpng.com/picc/s/416-4161935_pngcupcake-on-ig-lets-play-8-ball-transparent.png" width="388" height="280" alt="Let's play 8 ball!">

//Honestly the event itself was kind of stale, I shoulda just scrammed after getting the free food haha// [[nothing]] [["Yeah same"]] [["Same, honestly i should have stayed home to watch netflix]]

//Yeah, it was nice meeting you!// [[nothing]] [[react ❤️]] [["What did you think of the event?"]]

and that marks the end of this person's chapter in your life. the lack of engagement and dry texting has led to an uncomfortable stalemate and a sort-of mutual ghosting. And what the heck are these capital letters at the start of these sentences? [[back to title]]

//HIIII WHATS UP// [[forgot to reply]] [["nothing much hbu"]] [["yo is it just me or was that event actually really stale 💀"]]

//just a gigantic project, other than that basically nothing much// [["ah ic"]] [["oh what kind of project?"]]

//YEAH FR i mean i dont regret going cuz at least i met with you// [[nothing more to say]] [["yeah maybe we should all hang out together"]]

several days pass with no texting between you two and you realized you accidentally ghosted them. [[just ghost them for real, it'd be awkward to reach back days later]] [["HELLO. I AM SORRY. somehow i must have forgotten to reply and left you on read without realizing 💀 mb"]]

oh well. always another fish in the sea! [[back to title]]

//DW it happens to the best of us// what a relief! you feel really good about staying on good terms with them even after that. maybe you'll message them again sometime :) [[back to title]]

//ah ic// and now the conversation stalemates here. but maybe it'll pick back up one day! [[back to title]] [[open credits]]

//its for my class. its a function calculator on java programming language. technically all of the math it can do is correct but the inputs and outputs are basically unusable for humans lol// [["ah ic"]] [["lmao what exactly makes it useless?"]]

of course you see. how are they supposed to make any meaningful response to this bland reply? [[back to title]]

Game by Tennyson Engquist and Israel Ladipo image credits: https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/420210476/Lets-play-8-ball [[back to title]]

//so imagine you have this function 5x. when you use derivative() function you would think that the answer is just 5 right? but nope like who is gonna use something that returns (1 × 0) + (1 × 5)// [["well, if it aint broke dont fix it"]] [["it is what it is ig"]]

you're off to a great start in this conversation! there's only so far you can get over text in it though, but you did get your head start in getting to know something about them. [[back to title]] [[open credits]]

you allowed the conversation to stalemate here, but at least you got to know them a little bit and what they have been up to. [[back to title]] [[open credits]]

//TRUE but this project has tormented me too much for me to implement a simplify() method// [["you seem like you really like cs..."]] [["it is what it is ig"]]

//this weekend maybe!?// you schedule to meet up with them and your mutual friend. new friend acquired! [[back to title]] [[open credits]]

ok, maybe there isn't much more to say. but at least you established a casual tone and lowered the activation energy for texting them again. [[back to title]] [[open credits]]

//oh what are you watching right now?// [[list off some shows that everyone]] [["why dont u come over and find out"]]

this is w rizz! you later get married and have 3 kids. [[back to title]] [[open credits]]

you have identified a common interest with the recipient. congrats! but you still haven't accomplished anything in this texting... [[back to title]] [[open credits]]

//Well my bad for not laying around playing 8-ball all the time// your attempt at friendly banter seems to have backfired, as you weren't able to communicate your tone over text. [[back to title]] [[open credits]]