--- description: It's all about how you interpret the other person's tone title: Watch Key and Peele Perfectly Capture the Dangers of Misunderstood Texts image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e48c7bc986a4f61/69875f622dce0109579daca0/screen-shot-2014-10-09-at-11-13-06-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Key and Peele Perfectly Capture the Dangers of Misunderstood Texts by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 9, 2014 3:47 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 9, 2014 3:47 PM CUT Texting is, overall, a great thing. It allows us to communicate without actually having to _speak_ to one another, which is a huge blessing. But, as this hilariously spot-on sketch from _Key & Peele_ reminds us, communicating solely through text messages has its pitfalls. Watch as a simple exchange between friends goes totally awry, all because they’re completely misinterpreting each other’s tones. Also, if anyone can let us know where to get a pizza sweatshirt like the one Peele is wearing in this sketch, that would be awesome. Thanks. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3484959/key-and-peele-misunderstood-texts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3484959/key-and-peele-misunderstood-texts/"},"headline":"Watch Key and Peele Perfectly Capture the Dangers of Misunderstood Texts","datePublished":"2014-10-09T15:47:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:41.836Z","description":"It's all about how you interpret the other person's tone","url":"https://time.com/3484959/key-and-peele-misunderstood-texts/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology","texting","Humor"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e48c7bc986a4f61/69875f622dce0109579daca0/screen-shot-2014-10-09-at-11-13-06-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e48c7bc986a4f61/69875f622dce0109579daca0/screen-shot-2014-10-09-at-11-13-06-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-10-09 at 11.13.06 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3484959/key-and-peele-misunderstood-texts/","name":"Watch Key and Peele Perfectly Capture the Dangers of Misunderstood Texts"}}]}] ```