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#SKOL has taken years off my life but i live it till I die. #Cubs #Blackhawks

[Rickety Cricket @H3rrcules]

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[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

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.

[Chris Meloni @Chris_Meloni]

I wud but im not an underage girl

[Sam @SamMufc7]

No way 😂

[Rickety Cricket @H3rrcules]

@Cubs Is that a threat

[Rickety Cricket @H3rrcules]

@Cubs Truly pathetic

[KENNY BEECHAM @KOT4Q]

Every one of these type of notifications hit so hard.
Stacey King made watching bad Bulls seasons more enjoyable with his commentary. Truly was the one person you could count on every game
Im sick to my stomach.
RIP Stacey King

[Michael Ritter @MikeSteveRitter]

The most insane Cardinals jersey I’ve ever seen in the wild. I am in awe.

[Eastern Bloc Visuals @eastblocvisuals]

You're an East German border guard Harry

[Rickety Cricket @H3rrcules]

@BengalYouTube My guess would be the Jags

[Rickety Cricket @H3rrcules]

@dicemon095_ Are you at the game??

[Adam Schwager @schwagerTV]

The Arizona Coyotes basically died because it’s impossible to get fans to drive 40+ minutes a night for a 41-game season the way fans will suck up driving for 8 NFL games.

Somewhat different situation, but moving this far — even within the market — is very risky

[Tom Pelissero @TomPelissero]

The Vikings agreed to terms with Seahawks assistant GM Nolan Teasley as their general manager, sources tell NFL Network.

Fresh off a Super Bowl win, Teasley — regarded as one of the NFL’s top young executives — now will try to bring a Lombardi Trophy to Minnesota.

[Rickety Cricket @H3rrcules]

@ShamsCharania They hired Pete Crow-Armstrong???

[Patrick Comiskey @Comiskey22]

On this day 13 years ago, Brent Seabrook got rid of the Red Wings.

[Rickety Cricket @H3rrcules]

@JeffPassan Sounds like the franchise tag in football

[Rickety Cricket @H3rrcules]

@BengalYouTube A lot going on in that team name

[Rickety Cricket @H3rrcules]

@Cubs Realistically how do we fix this

[bryan 🇧🇷🌉 #KaydaFC @bryarea]

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