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.
No one is perfect that’s why pencils have erasers.
Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.
I’m nobody’s second option. Better you either CHOOSE me, or you lose me.
Be good and shall always see good in everything and everyone and even in yourself.
Be yourself. There is no one better.
I’m tired with this day, I need a new one.
Surround yourself with makeup, not negativity.
If you can dream it you can do it. -Walt Disney
I may not be rich or popular, but look beyond that and see that I am a good person. Isn’t that all that matters?
Admit it. Life would be so boring without me!
I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become. -Carl Jung
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
The best of me is yet to come.
Not everyone likes me but not everyone matters.
Stay true to yourself because there are very few people who will always be true to you.
I respect those who respect me and forget those who forget me. Simple as that.
I don’t have an attitude, I’m just really good!
Tell me what I can’t and I will show you I can.
I have not failed..my success just postponed for some time.
Only do what your heart tells you. -Princess Diana
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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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