Balloon Boy, Defony style

There is a division amongst the members of society. That division is not between black and white or mutant and human, but between those who use twitter and those who do not. This has never been clearer to me than in the aftermath of the events surrounding balloon boy. This is my story
I was actually in my new media class watching live on the internet as the balloon flew over the river and through the woods of Colorado. The MSNBC feed was actually 6 seconds faster than the CNN feed, but I don’t understand all the symbolism inherent in that. I watched as the police officers approached the vessel, War of the Worlds style, only to find no child at all. I then watched as tens of thousands of people tweeted about the incident. Seven of the top ten trending topics were about the story, I followed #saveballoonboy as comments ranged from the wife swap discovery to disgust that we as a country would care about this in a time of war and health care drama.
Then class ended and I went to work. I brought up balloon boy at a down moment during work and nobody knew what I was talking about. Eight hours later I went home and asked my roommate what he knew and he said he didn’t know the story, just the resolution.
The point of my story is to illustrate that twitter isn’t a real thing yet. Twitter is for journalism nerds and people who want to appear trendy. Normal people don’t tweet. My dad will never get home from work, put his feet up and check his twitter account. I’ve tried various times to explain the glory of love and the glory of twitter to my roommates, but they just don’t understand. I think twitter is cool and a transcending idea, that separates the tweets from the tweetnots, but for now twitter just isn’t in the popular stage.