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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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Senaida Emami
Be yourself; because an original is worth more than a copy.
Marth Palmquist
I wouldn’t describe myself as a master of anything.
Helena Bater
God is really creative, I mean… just look at me.
Rusty Wasco
Behind every deleted facebook & whatsapp account there is an untold story in my life..
Nicolette Altier
Be good and shall always see good in everything and everyone and even in yourself.
Hoyt Dratch
A rose can never be sunflower. All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.
Stewart Silverman
I’m a direct descendant from awesomeness.
Fredricka Borgatti
I’m not weird, I’m just cooler than you.
Reinaldo Payes
Live life, Laugh Loud, Love forever.
Ivelisse Libert
I respect those who respect me and forget those who forget me. Simple as that.
Lincoln Khosravi
Smile is nothing like “I’m just happy”
Valrie Chiong
You have two hands, one to help yourself, the second to help others.
Trinity Haynesworth
If I had to describe my personality, I’d say good looking.
Lawrence Borden
I’m nobody, nobody is perfect, and therefore I’m perfect.
Melodie Scieszka
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Bridget Wurdeman
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
Stacee Knall
Don’t live life in the past lane. – Samantha Ettus
Nathaniel Stolt
I am not trying to give an image of a fairytale, perfect, everything else, I am just being myself.
Bernarda Hagert
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Anastasia Birkey
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

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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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