John Anderson

Mets, Jets, Islanders, Devils, ND, Philly Eagles. Heavy Metal, PBR & Darts. Devils Advocate. Hater of vocal fry & unnecessary use of the word "literally". I/Me.

[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.

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@RossBarkan Leaders make everyone around them better. Those that can’t, blame.

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@VinnysCorner1 Without recency bias - I would say one of the most important Knicks players of all time - if he stays with them and gets to the NBA hall - he should have his number in the rafters and a bronze statue. Dude is straight blue collar and lifts everyone else up (pay attention alien)

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@MetCastPod NY reporters trying to remain relevant assigned to the MLB beat while the Knicks take over all sports.

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@metsbatflip1 Wait until you live Atlanta and have to listen to their homer announcers that call every Braves out like it’s an epic play. Blackouts suck and VPNs don’t work for MLB.

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@FeelLikePayne These Knicks with a different coach and everyone loved team identity - or are you one of those living in the past trolls?

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@BRappy55 Even without bias - this seems to overlay the exact reasons that led to their demise(s). Youthful culture and still developing experience/maturity. Losing may do so much more for their future development than winning if they are willing to listen.

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@sportstalkmatt Super specific year chosen. Why not 1949, when the NBA was actually created or 1976, when the ABA-NBA merger took place? Don’t care about biased or slanted attempts to deflect relevance from the current season - just curious about the metric selection process.

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@usafss74 Please give an example of fans that do not align with your chosen fandom that are sufferable, and how are they worse than fans of politicians?

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@diandraann Not even mad about this take and I’ve been angry about everyone on “eX” today. Dolan is an Epstein Island type of character.

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@nanoxzednem Odd choice of grammar as well as perceived ownership. Is this a reference to a professional American sports franchise in which you have a vested interested or OnlyFans awards?

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@stoolpresidente So no hate for the Celtics for being the first to allow it?

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@EricSpracklen So “America Only” only means your version of America, or do you believe that ignorance is destructive and cowardly?

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@camiicampb Who deserved it, in your opinion, other than the te that actually earned it?

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@OneBadDude_ Destroying a city in celebration versus destroying a country for ego?

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@KristySellsLV My headstone will read “why can’t Kristen spell her name correctly?”

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@KeenanPeachy Imagine using the word “retaded” while also attacking there for not being intelligent (and also providing zero metrics or data to support the hypothesis). If this is satire, it’s poorly done. If this is real, we really are all fucked.

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@hoosierstweets If you are using “we” language - already lost all credibility.

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@danhurleyuconn What are the other teams excuses for not winning?

[John Anderson @MrMet33]

@SOUTHIE2190 Someone doesn’t know how contradiction works or what it was like when the Red Sox won in 2004.