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.
Be yourself; because an original is worth more than a copy.
I wouldn’t describe myself as a master of anything.
God is really creative, I mean… just look at me.
Behind every deleted facebook & whatsapp account there is an untold story in my life..
Be good and shall always see good in everything and everyone and even in yourself.
A rose can never be sunflower. All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.
I’m a direct descendant from awesomeness.
I’m not weird, I’m just cooler than you.
Live life, Laugh Loud, Love forever.
I respect those who respect me and forget those who forget me. Simple as that.
Smile is nothing like “I’m just happy”
You have two hands, one to help yourself, the second to help others.
If I had to describe my personality, I’d say good looking.
I’m nobody, nobody is perfect, and therefore I’m perfect.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
Don’t live life in the past lane. – Samantha Ettus
I am not trying to give an image of a fairytale, perfect, everything else, I am just being myself.
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
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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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