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.
If you can dream it you can do it. -Walt Disney
I’m nobody, nobody is perfect, and therefore I’m perfect.
I am not trying to give an image of a fairytale, perfect, everything else, I am just being myself.
Behind every successful woman is herself.
I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.
Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a gentleman is a matter of choice.
I choose to be happy..Be happy always..
I’ve learned so much from my mistakes, I think I’ll make some more!
I am just a girl looking for my heart.
Your attitude can hurt me but mine can kill you
I am so open-minded, my brains will fall out some day.
Stay true to yourself because there are very few people who will always be true to you.
I could be so skinny, If I didn’t have my taste buds.
Have more than you show and speak less than you know.
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass..it’s about learning to dance in the rain!
Only do what your heart tells you. -Princess Diana
I’m always trying hard to improve my selfies.
Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.
I wish I could donate my body fat to those in need.
I’m actually not funny, I’m just mean and people think I’m joking.
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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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