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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!

An unrelated collection of tweets - around 500 million of these are sent each day.

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Rayford Chriscoe
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
Serina Hitzfelder
Behind every successful woman is herself.
Ladawn Ellenbee
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Barbra Mcwherter
I was born intelligent, but education ruined me.
Bonnie Senf
The most important thing a girl wears is her confidence.
Lan Notestine
I don’t have an attitude, I’m just really good!
Tess Zaruba
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Jewel Cashmore
Running away from your problems is a race you’ll never win.
Leighann Mcredmond
Follow your heart not your mind.
Madie Peelle
Your attitude can hurt me but mine can kill you
Royce Tofil
You are who you are when nobody’s watching. -Stephen Fry
Albert Kliment
Keep smiling..one day life will get tired of upsetting you.
Iva Kraszewski
I’m a girl..Don’t touch my hair, face, phone, or boyfriend.
Chas Yearous
My daily routine: Get up, Be brilliant, Go back to bed, Repeat.
Crissy Kintop
Love yourself first, because that’s who you’ll be spending the rest of your life with.
Frederic Pezley
Don’t live life in the past lane. – Samantha Ettus
Joan Korando
Admit it. Life would be so boring without me!
Nerissa Hortin
You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.
Randal Lomack
Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.
Albert Jelome
You were born an original. Don’t die a copy. -John Mason

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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.

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