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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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January Lattanzio
I choose to be happy..Be happy always..
Bernie Ziraldo
I want to be your favorite hello and your hardest goodbye.
Armandina Euber
I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
Christoper Nalevanko
Living my life in my style.
Elfrieda Bruggeman
Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.
Jaquelyn Mertine
I’m not perfect, I make mistakes, I hurt people. But when I say sorry, I really mean it.
Nia Limke
Sometimes you succeed and other times you learn.
Russ Thrams
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Harriet Hortillosa
When they say the sky’s the limit to me that’s really true – MICHAEL JACKSON.
Flor Trecroci
Even when I change my mind, it still doesn’t work any better.
Maya Dallmeyer
Admit it. Life would be so boring without me!
Lavone Odette
If time is money I am running out of time.
Clint Gouge
Keep smiling..one day life will get tired of upsetting you.
Zandra Canup
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
Vicky Antolak
Die with memories, not dreams!
Veda Willhoite
I’m too busy working on my own grass to notice if yours is greener.
Denny Zapel
I am indeed a king, because I know how to rule myself.
Amos Caselton
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Dorla Goyen
One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others.
Myrl Grosby
Be good and shall always see good in everything and everyone and even in yourself.

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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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