I think about this tweet at least once a week
USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.
Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.
I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."
"They just come with the table, man."
They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.
This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.
I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.
"Did we…?"
"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."
Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.
My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."
Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.
I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.
Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.
I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.
Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.
Me trying to fend off the Sunday scaries when I’m on track to lose in both fantasy leagues before 1 PM
Real
⚠️ Warnung ⚠️
Kaufe dir KEINEN Tesla, wenn du nicht bereit bist, einen zweiten zu kaufen.
Wenn du einen hast, wird deine Frau ihn fahren.
Wenn sie ihn zweimal gefahren ist, wird sie ihn dir wegnehmen.
Du sitzt wieder in deinem alten Verbrenner und fängst an zu rechnen, wo du das Geld für einen zweiten Tesla herbekommen.
Tausende Familien haben das erlebt.
Es ist kein Scherz.
“Yes, there is always someone doing better but there is a lot larger list of people doing worse”
I look back and there were years after graduating college up until around 2022 that I was stuck in this mindset
The mindset of constantly looking for something better and completely ignoring or devaluing all of the things that I have at any given time
It doesn't feel toxic because you can describe this feeling as ambition but it is the most toxic form of ambition and the reason that so many people are depressed and feel like losers
Yes, there is always someone doing better but there is a lot larger list of people doing worse
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“We get influencers to sell bonds”
Great to welcome @jakepaul to the Treasury Department today.
Jake’s path from content creator to entrepreneur and professional boxer is a distinctly American story. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
4 is the only acceptable answer
🚨🏌️🗺️ #DISCUSSION — You can only play golf in ONE of the regions below. Unlimited funds and access to any course you want to play, anytime you want.
Which one are you choosing?
@makethatVJsingh
