A collection of tweets generously prepared and shared by Julia Evans for her Twitter memes challenge. While looking through them, I was struck by just how vacuous they are, yet in the context of Twitter's pages and apps, they seem to form the illusion of something more. Okay, not a lot more, but enough to keep us tap-tap tapping.
So, here is a random selection in all their inane glory. They have been partially sanitised, but there are still some words and ideas that could offend, so it's probably safer to say:
Warning - may contain strong language!
You have 20 friends.
Say what you feel. It’s not being rude, it’s called being real.
There are two ways of spreading light to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Behind every deleted facebook & whatsapp account there is an untold story in my life..
I’m too busy working on my own grass to notice if yours is greener.
I’ve learned so much from my mistakes, I think I’ll make some more!
I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.
I take a lot of pride in being myself. I’m comfortable with who I am.
I’m not perfect but I am limited edition.
Beauty only gets ATTENTION, personality captures the HEART.
My daily routine: Get up, Be brilliant, Go back to bed, Repeat.
Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon.
God is really creative, I mean… just look at me.
I want to be your favorite hello and your hardest goodbye.
I am In Love With Myself, With My Heart.
It’s not your job to like me. It’s mine.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
I have not failed..my success just postponed for some time.
If you can dream it you can do it. -Walt Disney
Even some of the greatest people in life started out as nothing.
WARNING: I have an attitude and I know how to use it!
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Some links and thoughts to fill this otherwise empty space.
textfiles.com: the dark ages, long before the TwitBooks. indieweb: a sort of D-Flip-Flop of HN. ledgerofharms: bunch of killjoys telling us how bad the web is. betterinternet: the cheery ages. kids@google: to be fair, Rumpelstiltskin & the Pied Piper were probably worse. Fear Of Missing Out: one reason to be hooked.Search, browse, read, and share.
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