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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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Anabel Baumfalk
Just because my path is different doesn’t mean I’m lost.
Joaquin Sohr
I’m just human, I have weakness, I make mistakes and I experience sadness; But I learn from all these things to make me a better person.
Christy Steinhour
You are who you are when nobody’s watching. -Stephen Fry
Blanca French
I am In Love With Myself, With My Heart.
Charlette Koval
What others think of me is none of my business.
Meaghan Raske
Enjoy the little things in life. For one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things.
Akilah Middendorf
Say what you feel. It’s not being rude, it’s called being real.
Faustina Fouquet
It’s not your job to like me. It’s mine.
Raymond Wilda
I’ve learned so much from my mistakes, I think I’ll make some more!
Heike Mullendore
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. -Lao Tzu
Olga Linsley
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. -Dalai Lama
Iva Spiece
Life is too short. Don’t waste it reading my Facebook profile.
Tandra Mula
Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Eddie Cadoy
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Rosie Griggs
If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you don’t deserve me at my best!
Jarred Credle
I am just a girl looking for my heart.
Leontine Douyette
I’m actually not funny, I’m just mean and people think I’m joking.
Cristine Turber
A rose can never be sunflower. All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.
Ricki Mccrimmon
Don’t follow me because I don’t even know where I’m going.
Estell Abasta
One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others.

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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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