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.
I am not afraid..I was born to do this.
Always look on the bright side of life. –Monty Python
I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened. -Theodore Roosevelt
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. -Lao Tzu
I don’t describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.
My life my rules love me or reject me, I don’t care.
It’s not about who hurt you, and broke you down, it’s about who was always there to make you smile.
No one is perfect that’s why pencils have erasers.
I may not be rich or popular, but look beyond that and see that I am a good person. Isn’t that all that matters?
Life is better when you’re smiling.
I am In Love With Myself, With My Heart.
Tell me what I can’t and I will show you I can.
I’m a direct descendant from awesomeness.
Life is too short and pointless to waste it on hating other people.
I can’t help but notice that ‘awesome’ ends in ‘me.’
Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.
If time is money I am running out of time.
If I had to describe my personality, I’d say good looking.
Smile is nothing like “I’m just happy”
I’m not perfect but I am limited edition.
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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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