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.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
Behind every successful woman is herself.
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
I was born intelligent, but education ruined me.
The most important thing a girl wears is her confidence.
I don’t have an attitude, I’m just really good!
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Running away from your problems is a race you’ll never win.
Follow your heart not your mind.
Your attitude can hurt me but mine can kill you
You are who you are when nobody’s watching. -Stephen Fry
Keep smiling..one day life will get tired of upsetting you.
I’m a girl..Don’t touch my hair, face, phone, or boyfriend.
My daily routine: Get up, Be brilliant, Go back to bed, Repeat.
Love yourself first, because that’s who you’ll be spending the rest of your life with.
Don’t live life in the past lane. – Samantha Ettus
Admit it. Life would be so boring without me!
You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.
Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.
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.Search, browse, read, and share.
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