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.
Story of my life: Searching for perfection, but it’s always avoiding me.
Keep spreading rumors about me, you’re making me famous
Only do what your heart tells you. -Princess Diana
The biggest challenge in life is being yourself..In a world trying to make you like everyone else.
I don’t care what you think about me. I NEVER THINK ABOUT YOU.
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass..it’s about learning to dance in the rain!
Behind every deleted facebook & whatsapp account there is an untold story in my life..
Don’t study me, you won’t graduate.
My daily routine: Get up, Be brilliant, Go back to bed, Repeat.
I wouldn’t describe myself as a master of anything.
I’m tired with this day, I need a new one.
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
We are all authors of our life. Unfortunately, we write them in pen so we can’t erase our mistakes.
I’m not lazy, just relaxed because I am rebooting.
Life is too short. Don’t waste it reading my Facebook profile.
I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.
If time is money I am running out of time.
Life is better when you’re smiling.
I could be so skinny, If I didn’t have my taste buds.
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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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