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’t handle me at my worst, then you don’t deserve me at my best!
I’ve learned so much from my mistakes, I think I’ll make some more!
You can’t handle me even if I came with instructions.
Sometimes people are beautiful not in looks, JUST in the way they are.
Don’t wait for the perfect moment take the moment and make it perfect.
Follow your heart not your mind.
Say what you feel. It’s not being rude, it’s called being real.
I’m nobody’s second option. Better you either CHOOSE me, or you lose me.
Only do what your heart tells you. -Princess Diana
Don’t live life in the past lane. – Samantha Ettus
I am unique. I am special. I am me.
Even when I change my mind, it still doesn’t work any better.
Be a sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it.
Keep smiling..one day life will get tired of upsetting you.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
I don’t describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.
I’m tired with this day, I need a new one.
Running away from your problems is a race you’ll never win.
Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Stay true to yourself because there are very few people who will always be true to 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.
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