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.
Be yourself; because an original is worth more than a copy.
If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you don’t deserve me at my best!
Behind My Smile is everything you’ll never understand.
Don’t wait for the perfect moment take the moment and make it perfect.
Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon.
Tell me what I can’t and I will show you I can.
I can’t help but notice that ‘awesome’ ends in ‘me.’
Life is too short. Don’t waste it reading my Facebook profile.
I’m not perfect but I am limited edition.
I have born to be true, not to be perfect.
I take responsibility for what I say, but I am not responsible for what you do not understand.
Your attitude can hurt me but mine can kill you
I am so open-minded, my brains will fall out some day.
Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.
Don’t look for miracles. YOU yourself are the miracle. -Henry Miller
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. -Dalai Lama
Behind every successful woman is herself.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
Don’t try to fix me: I’m not broken!
I want to restart my life, do you have the reset code?
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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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