Carpe Diem

I have often used this iconic expression without worrying much about its origin until last night, the expression stems out from a broken translation of a japanese game called "Zero Wing". I find it very cute, the etymology of this expression. To put things in context the scene goes on like this (from wikipedia) -- 

This is funny and cute and is a classic tragedy which became one of the most interesting internet memos. (Source -- wikipedia)

Some 5 minutes ago, my mom finally asked me "What is twitter?" thanks to Shashi Tharoor, Lalit Modi and the conventional media that most of the non internet savvy Indian moms are intrigued by twitter. They for once are feeling backward while TV news keep mentioning twitter and probably for the first time understanding virtue of internet. Twitter has now hit mainstream in India and with conventional media advertising for it, it has proved as the chosen platform for conversations. This is what users do to an idea, they take it to a totally different level and twitter must be enjoying what users are doing with the platform. 

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