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.
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
When I’m good I’m best, when I’m bad I’m worst.
When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.
I’m nobody, nobody is perfect, and therefore I’m perfect.
I take responsibility for what I say, but I am not responsible for what you do not understand.
The biggest challenge in life is being yourself..In a world trying to make you like everyone else.
Be yourself; because an original is worth more than a copy.
I’m just human, I have weakness, I make mistakes and I experience sadness; But I learn from all these things to make me a better person.
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass..it’s about learning to dance in the rain!
A rose can never be sunflower. All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.
Sometimes you succeed and other times you learn.
Even some of the greatest people in life started out as nothing.
I’m a direct descendant from awesomeness.
I take a lot of pride in being myself. I’m comfortable with who I am.
I don’t have an attitude, I’m just really good!
The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.
I don’t care what you think about me. I NEVER THINK ABOUT YOU.
I’m not weird, I’m just cooler than you.
Stay true to yourself because there are very few people who will always be true to you.
I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.
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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.
If you find yourself responding to something on Social Media, then pause, ask yourself "who am I talking to?". Then close the window and do something else.
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