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.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. -Dalai Lama
I am In Love With Myself, With My Heart.
I don’t like to follow, I like being followed.
Care less, smile more.
I choose to make the rest of my life, the best of my life. -Lucy Hay
Life is too short and pointless to waste it on hating other people.
WARNING: I have an attitude and I know how to use it!
I have drama, and I have memories. That’s life: Live it, love it, learn from it.
If you can dream it you can do it. -Walt Disney
The biggest challenge in life is being yourself..In a world trying to make you like everyone else.
Follow your heart not your mind.
Sometimes I really do not forgive people, I pretend that all is well.
I respect those who respect me and forget those who forget me. Simple as that.
Sometimes you succeed and other times you learn.
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass..it’s about learning to dance in the rain!
Don’t follow me because I don’t even know where I’m going.
When life gets you down do you know what you’ve gotta do? Just Keep Swimming!
Who I am? That’s a secret.
I’m not perfect but I am limited edition.
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating 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.
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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