Moore uses her own personal life story to help explain to the readers about how technology was killing her personal relationships. She talks about how her boyfriend was addicted to using text messages for communication. She states that he would never call her and would always resort to sending her text messages instead. At first, the texting seemed normal and Moore didn't see any signs of a problem. She describes the underlying feeling of wanting to hear his voice and needing to talk to him on the phone. The author uses irony to great effect in this article. In fact, her entire argument is extremely ironic. Something that was created to bring us closer together, is actually having the opposite effect. Moore uses several examples of irony throughout the article to help illustrate her points to the reader. The first glaring example occurs early in the article when Moore states that "The final mess of a message inquired whether our relationship was over because of my 'lack of communication.'" She uses quotations to illustrate the irony of the idea that her boyfriend was upset with her because of her lack of communication, when in her mind, he was the one who was not communicating effectively. In another example, Moore states, "the same gadgets that allow you to be in touch all the time sometimes mask the fact that you never really touched at all." This statement shows that Moore feels that the entire idea of texting is extremely ironic. Later in the article Moore states, "that didn't stop him from firing off messages accusing me of not communicating. Me. The girl who likes to hear or see the person she's talking to." At this point, Moore's relationship is crumbling because of a "lack of communication," and Moore finds it incredibly ironic, as evidenced by her sarcastic statement at the end of the above quote. Moore recognizes that texting is becoming more and more common and more of an epidemic as time passes. It is starting to become t