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.
Living my life in my style.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. -Dalai Lama
Say what you feel. It’s not being rude, it’s called being real.
Live life, Laugh Loud, Love forever.
Google can’t search me because I am on Facebook
Be yourself; because an original is worth more than a copy.
I don’t have an attitude, I’m just really good!
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
I could be so skinny, If I didn’t have my taste buds.
Make life fun, tomorrow isn’t guaranteed.
Don’t make a permanent decision for your temporary emotion.
A rose can never be sunflower. All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.
Yes I am weird, weird is good. Normal is overrated.
Be a sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it.
Pay attention to your inner voice. Don’t override that voice – it’s who you really are.
One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others.
Giving up is always an option, but it’s never my choice.
Have more than you show and speak less than you know.
I can’t help but notice that ‘awesome’ ends in ‘me.’
The best of me is yet to come.
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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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