Buzz·Posted on Mar 24, 2015An Open Letter To Anyone Who Starts Group TextsYou're going to hell.by Kirsten KingBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail So you like to start group texts. View this photo on Instagram That's great. Technology is cool. View this photo on Instagram What a great way to stay in touch with all of your friends, right? View this photo on Instagram WRONG. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Why would you EVER do this to people you care about? View this photo on Instagram Don't you know you're literally taking people hostage? View this photo on Instagram You might think it's fun when you talk to one person in the group text about something that's only applicable to the two of you! View this photo on Instagram BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT FUN. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Or maybe you're the worst kind of person and you create group texts with people WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER. View this photo on Instagram You are literally ruining lives (and by "lives" I mean phone battery lives). View this photo on Instagram Every minuscule detail of everyone's day finds its way into that group text. View this photo on Instagram PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, EMILY. WE CAN'T CATCH UP. View this photo on Instagram When someone can't make it out Friday, don't drunk-text updates to the group. View this photo on Instagram We should only use our group text in times of need — like when you find Joey Fatone on OkCupid. View this photo on Instagram Or to keep each other humble. View this photo on Instagram No one wants to wake up to this horror. View this photo on Instagram But there IS a light at the end of the tunnel.* View this photo on Instagram In conclusion, please don't do this. View this photo on Instagram Or we will be forced to leave group texts forever. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF