Just watch the news for once!

We just got back from a two day, well I guess day-and-a-half camping trip that was ended early by rain.  On our way home we stopped at the main park (maybe the only park) in Heber.  I was changing Elli's diaper on the grass as Michael ran around.  About ten feet from me lay a father whose wife was next to me.  He pulls his phone out and says "wow, I haven't checked Twitter today, I have no idea what's going on in the world".  The wife didn't say anything, she seemed mad that her husband wasn't playing with their kids while she sat there 38 weeks pregnant. 

One thought comes to mine, and it is the title of this post, just watch the news for once!  Or read a newspaper.  New York Times lets you read ten articles a month for free, and I think that may be per device.  In Utah KSL is always free and full of articles.  Why would you need Twitter to know what is going on in the world?  Why would you let the people you follow on twitter determine what you know about the world? 

Okay, okay, so maybe he wants to know what is going on in his world.  I'll admit it, I don't have a Twitter just a Facebook.  I've heard Twitter is worse with little updates about peoples life.  Like this:

Took baby to the park @madeuphusband

Baby cried on swing @madeuphusband

Baby now loves swing @madeuphusband

Baby hates swing again #i'maddinginarandomhashtagtoannoyeveryone

All in the space of ten minutes.  If this is what your world is all about (and you're not @madeuphusband) then you really need to put down the phone and play with your kids, because if you make your huge, pregnant wife stand up on those cankles I will yell at you.

Rant over.