Diwali with ‘nothing to do’ can be a bummer; instead of mindless scrolling, try a movie night based on your and your friends’ texting styles
The Godfather. PIC/INSTAGRAM @theloftcinema; (right) Dersu Uzala
Wondering what to watch during those suddenly free days you get during Diwali break? Give Instagram a miss (for a while!) and try looking for a movie that matches your texting style. The way you frame and send online messages says a lot about your personality, your likes and dislikes, even your preferences for food, recreation, and movies.
Do our selections match your inner cinephile?
Prim and proper texters
They are an object lesson: Structured sentences, standard grammar, and correct punctuation.
500 Days of Summer PIC/INSTAGRAM @filmwor1d and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Ghosters
Now you see them, now you don’t… then you see them again, but do you? It’s contacts who were “last seen” 20 minutes ago but left you on “read” last year.
Arrival. PIC/INSTAGRAM @ssungdo and Inception. PIC/INSTAGRAM @cine.vistaas
Hello-ers
There’s that “Hi”. Or “Hey”. And then nothing… because they’re waiting for you to respond. Say what you want in that first or second text itself, yes?
Ghost in a Shell and Robocop
The hru-er
So casual, it hurts — your brain trying to decipher abbreviations that didn’t exist until 5 minutes ago.
Fast and Furious. PIC/INSTAGRAM@purposelessestr and X-Men. PIC/INSTAGRAM @multiverse.news
Waterfall texters
The rapid-fire ones who send multiple short texts in a row.
Pixels PIC/INSTAGRAM@pixelsmovie and Nerve
Emoji-obsessed texters
It’s all about the symbols, when sometimes a tiny picture is worth about 10 words.
Dry texters
Laconic, one-word type. Getting information or insight is like pulling teeth, one text at a time.
. Citizen Kane
. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Paragraph texters
Full of detail, wasting not even a mm of space (hangover from SMS character count days?)
. Interstellar
. The Seventh Seal
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