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.
When they say the sky’s the limit to me that’s really true – MICHAEL JACKSON.
I’m nobody, nobody is perfect, and therefore I’m perfect.
I have drama, and I have memories. That’s life: Live it, love it, learn from it.
I’m actually not funny, I’m just mean and people think I’m joking.
When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
I speak less because I know there are very few who likes to listen.
I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened. -Theodore Roosevelt
I’m always trying hard to improve my selfies.
Keep spreading rumors about me, you’re making me famous
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
Behind every deleted facebook & whatsapp account there is an untold story in my life..
I am not saying I am the best. I only know that I am doing my best to be the best.
Be a sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it.
I am who I am your approval isn’t needed.
The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.
Be yourself; because an original is worth more than a copy.
Always look on the bright side of life. –Monty Python
Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon.
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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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