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.
I choose to be happy..Be happy always..
I want to be your favorite hello and your hardest goodbye.
I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
Living my life in my style.
Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.
I’m not perfect, I make mistakes, I hurt people. But when I say sorry, I really mean it.
Sometimes you succeed and other times you learn.
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
When they say the sky’s the limit to me that’s really true – MICHAEL JACKSON.
Even when I change my mind, it still doesn’t work any better.
Admit it. Life would be so boring without me!
If time is money I am running out of time.
Keep smiling..one day life will get tired of upsetting you.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
Die with memories, not dreams!
I’m too busy working on my own grass to notice if yours is greener.
I am indeed a king, because I know how to rule myself.
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others.
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.Search, browse, read, and share.
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