How Dare You Make Me Look as Stupid as I Am
The Best Man at my wedding is none too happy with the denouement of Balloon Boy Afternoon:
The Daily Show often frames this as an inherent problem with a 24-hour news cycle. My take is, if you have time to fill, why not include a full-throated expression of doubt that it’s even physically possible for a boy to hide in that thing?
Seriously, from the get-go this story never passed the sniff test. Eleven ounces of Mylar holding a forty-pound kid? When I launched my own homemade UFO over ten years ago, my conspirators and I had to cut off four tiny little LED lights that were weighing it down too much.
He also writes about how hysteria pivots into fury. Perhaps the best we can say is, at least it’s quick nowadays.
Comment by Donald Johnson —
October 19, 2009 @ 9:22 pm
I say we invade Colorado and check out every attic, or blow them all up, or both. There may not be any other little boys hiding in them, but it’s the only way to be sure.
Comment by SomeCallMeTim —
October 19, 2009 @ 9:45 pm
Dude, I don’t think you’re supposed to cop to being married if you’re still in this Post thing. It’s like how starlets are always single–you want to give the audience something to hope for. It’s the hope that keeps them coming back.