It may be something to do with age (63 in my case)that makes it well 'uncool' or whatever, but the other day I saw a young woman with one small child walking and another in a push chair. The young woman was texting with one hand whilst trying to manouvre the push chair up a hill.
Sandra in Sidney prompted me with the idea that many texters are 'comunicating' obsessively. Maybe it's a kind of desperation, a fear and loathing of; silence, solitude, alone time or.......f**k knows what else.
During my last semester at college I saw young students texting during lessons and even exams.
Bobert's mention of not-so-young obsessive texters is, for reasons I'm not sure of, slightly alarming.
There..... OMG what a grump!!