bubble jumping
The act of responding to a text (within a text conversation) in an asymmetrical fashion, often a result of individuals texting each other who compose messages at different relative speeds.
Alludes to the 'bubbles' in the user interfaces of most popular messaging apps.
Alludes to the 'bubbles' in the user interfaces of most popular messaging apps.
1.
Person A: picture of waves at beach
Person B: “Nice Waves”
Person A: jumped bubble“8-10 feet is a little out of my league still”
Person B: neutral reply to jumped bubble “Ya Baby”
Person A: “but I’m going to Mexico next week and basically gonna surf all week!”
Person A: “So maybe I’ll be ready for those bad boys soon”
Person B: place saving while the 3 dots shows person B is on to the next text bubble “ I know what you mean”
Person B: desperate attempt to disambiguate “ Not about Mexico. About league dissonance”
2.
"I was trying to casually chat about surfing, but we just kept bubble jumping and I got bored."
"well, only boring people get bored, you know?"
Person A: picture of waves at beach
Person B: “Nice Waves”
Person A: jumped bubble“8-10 feet is a little out of my league still”
Person B: neutral reply to jumped bubble “Ya Baby”
Person A: “but I’m going to Mexico next week and basically gonna surf all week!”
Person A: “So maybe I’ll be ready for those bad boys soon”
Person B: place saving while the 3 dots shows person B is on to the next text bubble “ I know what you mean”
Person B: desperate attempt to disambiguate “ Not about Mexico. About league dissonance”
2.
"I was trying to casually chat about surfing, but we just kept bubble jumping and I got bored."
"well, only boring people get bored, you know?"