Foursquare -- Two Takes on yet another cutting edge social networking site (yawn)

Okay, so we have two takes on this Foursquare thing, the latest hip cutting edge, deeply important, vital to your life, social networking site.  Pick your poison below:

NYTimes Version |  The Onion Version

I'm going with the Onion.

What's this to do with how people learn from the media?  Nothing at all.  I just like linking to The Onion whenever possible.