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 enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Life is too short and pointless to waste it on hating other people.
The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.
Have more than you show and speak less than you know.
I have not failed..my success just postponed for some time.
I want to restart my life, do you have the reset code?
Running away from your problems is a race you’ll never win.
I hate studying for exams, is there any facebook application for that?
I take a lot of pride in being myself. I’m comfortable with who I am.
I’m not lazy. Someone just stole my motivation
Don’t make a permanent decision for your temporary emotion.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. -Dalai Lama
Dip me in chocolate and call me dessert.
Google can’t search me because I am on Facebook
Smile is nothing like “I’m just happy”
I am not afraid..I was born to do this.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
Who I am? That’s a secret.
Keep spreading rumors about me, you’re making me famous
I am In Love With Myself, With My Heart.
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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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