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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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Maurice Fornes
I have born to be true, not to be perfect.
Glady Ferrence
Keep spreading rumors about me, you’re making me famous
Federico Vaughen
I’m a direct descendant from awesomeness.
Edward Justian
I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.
Mose Swolley
I’m tired with this day, I need a new one.
Dinah Redfox
Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.
Celena Opiola
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass..it’s about learning to dance in the rain!
Carmen Yaun
Don’t follow me because I don’t even know where I’m going.
Reynaldo Harian
You are who you are when nobody’s watching. -Stephen Fry
Rosella Lauro
Don’t study me, you won’t graduate.
Aurore Sandora
Be yourself; because an original is worth more than a copy.
Etha Coar
You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.
Joselyn Llewlyn
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
Priscila Beder
The biggest challenge in life is being yourself..In a world trying to make you like everyone else.
Ashanti Faggins
Even when I change my mind, it still doesn’t work any better.
Elodia Mardis
My life my rules love me or reject me, I don’t care.
Tawanna Morgans
Behind every deleted facebook & whatsapp account there is an untold story in my life..
Clara Raczak
I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.
Temeka Wasinger
I choose to make the rest of my life, the best of my life. -Lucy Hay
Dorian Blubaugh
Keep smiling..one day life will get tired of upsetting you.

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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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