Facebook/Twitter...The "Real World"???

Today is my day 23 of my "Lent" from facebook/twitter with 17 more days to go. Can't get too cocky because that is when you get tripped up...seeing the finish line. Someone actually asked me, "how do you know what's going on in the "real world" if you are not on facebook/twitter"? WTHeck? When did facebook and twitter become the "real world"? Granted they are great tools for you to keep in touch with relatives, old friends, and meet new people...but they are hardly the instrument in which I would gauge what to call the "real world". When a person post something on facebook/twitter is not the "real world", but THEIR world. It is how they want you to see what they want you to see. Confusing? Let me help you out. People post those things that they want you to know, period point blank. If they don't want you to know their relationship status, they just won't post it. If they don't want you to know that they have 7 kids with 6 different people, they just won't post it. Only the flattering pictures are posted, the wittiest things are said, and if those are not liked, they can be deleted and start over from scratch. So to think that facebook/twitter are considered the "real world", implies that Snow White, Sponge Bob, and the Easter Bunny are the heroes that children everywhere should look up to...not so much. Please don't think I'm bashing facebook/twitter, they definitely have a fondness in my heart. I just don't think they should be the standard which is held to be considered the "real world"...not my world anyway. Even if you don't agree with what I said, thank you for taking time to see it Jen's way.