> Is that a satire/humour site?
Hehe, no, not in general, just that part of that article was. Yes, it's funny the large green banner at that site is very close to the color of SMS bubbles in those texts on iPhones.
Perhaps that article is a parody within a parody on a non-parody website? :-)
Anyway, here's a snippet from the rest of article if anyone clicks the following link:
techtelegraph.co.uk
I don't always post the entire articles on longer ones since I don't want to put them in this thread, it's to let the reader decide whether to click if they're interested in the rest of it. Our old friend ~Moonray used to post many articles here and I got that idea from him.
I also thought it was pretty well-written, since I've experienced my own disdain at the green text bubbles when I get them from the few people I know that don't use iPhones. There are many features in the Messages app on iPhones that either don't work or work badly when translated to SMS and people like to express themselves when texting.
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Blue vs. green is all fun and games — until it turns to bullying
Social media is rife with iPhone users expressing their disdain for green bubbles. Some go as far as saying they won’t date, befriend, nor associate themselves with anyone whose texts turn green.
“Them green bubbles are a turn off,” @BeardedKing21 said on Twitter, adding a vomit emoji.
“I can’t even bring myself to text someone with green bubbles,” @StankBastard tweeted.
“Upgraded both my parents to iPhones cause I’m tired of seeing those green bubbles,” @Lefty_Layup said.
You may just dismiss this as Twitter folly, but the green bubble hatred has become so widespread, many outlets have covered the phenomenon. The Wall Street Journal published a story about how green-bubble trouble has been plaguing schools in an article titled, “Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble,” hinting that peer pressure and bullying is partially to blame for the fact that a whopping 87% of teens own an iPhone.
As Android Authority pointed out, Cosmopolitan ran a story with the following headline: “Bad News: Bachelor Nation’s Mike Johnson is an Android guy.”
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