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.
I have born to be true, not to be perfect.
Keep spreading rumors about me, you’re making me famous
I’m a direct descendant from awesomeness.
I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.
I’m tired with this day, I need a new one.
Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass..it’s about learning to dance in the rain!
Don’t follow me because I don’t even know where I’m going.
You are who you are when nobody’s watching. -Stephen Fry
Don’t study me, you won’t graduate.
Be yourself; because an original is worth more than a copy.
You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
The biggest challenge in life is being yourself..In a world trying to make you like everyone else.
Even when I change my mind, it still doesn’t work any better.
My life my rules love me or reject me, I don’t care.
Behind every deleted facebook & whatsapp account there is an untold story in my life..
I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.
I choose to make the rest of my life, the best of my life. -Lucy Hay
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.Search, browse, read, and share.
If you find yourself responding to something on Social Media, then pause, ask yourself "who am I talking to?". Then close the window and do something else.
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