Why is it that so many of my favorite television shows, thriving like no others online in forums and other Internet avenues, are always given the axe? First it was Buffy and Angel, then Firefly. Next up was Veronica Mars, and now one of television’s most well-crafted dramas, Jericho. This also seems to go for my preferred political candidates, so popular in the online “cloud” yet so obscure outside of it.

From the popularity of Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul, to an audience for the now-cancelled CBS show Jericho, online phenomenon rarely transfers from the world of bits and bytes into the world of atoms. Because of this, being an Internet citizen can be disorienting and downright disappointing when it comes time to step away from the monitor and back into the “real world.”

When I discover my friends and family have never heard of Ron Paul or Jericho or countless other Internet fads that are destined to disappear into obscurity, I can only sigh and look forward to a time when this new online generation can start to gain some serious clout and make a dent in the mainstream media and ultimately the reality in which we all live.

Until then, I’ll just have to live with the fact that what happens on the ‘net stays on the ‘net.

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