On the other hand, memes make online messaging chatting closer to real-life than just sending text messages.

另一方面，相比发短信，表情包使网上聊天更接近现实生活。

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Back home, we could stay up into the small hours chatting about nothing and, when we were apart, we would text, email and ring each other dozens of times a day.

回到家，我们会熬夜聊着有的没的直到凌晨，当我们分开的时候，我们会发短信，发电子邮件，一天给对方打十好几次电话。

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When browsing the text messaging menu, the people you've been chatting with appear in a list down the left half of the screen.

当浏览短信菜单，你去过的人聊天出现在了屏幕的左半边名单。

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About 10 million people use online text chatting and 1 million use video chatting in Korea, says Chun Doo Bae, president of CXP, Korea's largest video chat service.

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Also consider limiting other sedentary activities, such as text messaging or chatting on the phone.

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We still see them often, and yes, we continue to parent them, whether it's having Skype discussions, chatting with them via text messages or phone calls.

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