Nov 1, 2009The real world seriously needs to catch up with the internet.
This last Tuesday, I was sitting in physics reading the chapters in my English book that were due probably a week ago. I hear to my right, the seniors and juniors in my class talking about FML. Now, everyone I know through the internet has known about FML for God knows how long. It's so old that's it's boring. So says Clem.
I personally don't visit FML, MyLifeIsAverage, or texts from last night monthly, let alone weekly, or even daily. The only time I'll actually be at the site is if someone sends me a link to one of the sites to read an entry. Other than that, I don't go there very often.
Back to the group of kids in my physics class. I didn't really hear all the conversation, but I knew that one of them was telling the rest about how he found this new site - FML. I'm hoping that another person in that group knew about it, because it would be scary to me if none of them knew about it. They probably found it hilarious (like I did), but within a week they'll be onto another site.
This got me thinking. How long does it take for a person who isn't connected to the internet (Facebook, MySpace, and the likes don't count) to find out about trends online? Most people know the word "Twitter", but many of them don't know what it is. Just yesterday my dad asked me what Twitter is. If I said, "it's a micro-blogging sorta website where you get to follow people and they follow you," it might have creeped him out.
I wonder when I'll be hearing, "Hey, have you heard of a site called texts from last night?!" in physics. I won't be shocked if it takes them a couple months to catch onto something that has pasted in the e-world.
P.S. - While typing this, I am munching on a muffin from my second batch of pumpkin muffins. This time I took pictures so I can write a little entry about how delicious they are, and that you should make them. Hopefully that will be up later this week. Knowing me, it will take a month.
