Sami

I'm a funsized artist, who loves to laugh and joke! I love drawing and watching anime, and trying different foods

[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.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

I went to In-N-Out and ordered a cheeseburger. The cashier, a calm young woman named Destiny, asked me a question I did not expect.

"You want that Animal Style?"

I paused.

I did not know what this meant. But a samurai does not admit he does not know. So I answered with weight.

"...Animal Style."

"Cool. So that's mustard-grilled, extra spread, grilled onions, pickles. Yeah?"

I understood now. This was a sacred permission. For one meal, I was being told to put down my manners at the door. To eat the way a beast eats, without shame. I had waited my whole life for someone to give me this order.

"Yes," I said. "I will become the animal."

Destiny did not blink. "...Okay. You want your fries Animal Style too?"

I stopped. Even the potatoes?

"The potatoes also become animals?"

"I mean, they get cheese and sauce and grilled onions, so..."

"Then yes. Let the potatoes abandon their restraint as well."

"...Got it." She was the calmest woman I have ever met. "3x3, 4x4, or just the one?"

I did not know these numbers, but I knew a challenge when I heard one. "How many must I face?"

"It's, like, how many patties you want."

"How many is the most honorable?"

"...Four is a lot."

"Then four. A warrior does not ask for fewer."

She wrote it down without argument. A 4x4, Animal Style, with animal fries. She warned me once, kindly. "That's gonna be huge." I told her I was counting on it.

It arrived. It was a tower. Cheese and sauce ran down my hands the moment I lifted it. There was no clean way to eat it. There was no dignified way. That was the entire point.

I ate it like a beast. Both hands, no honor, grilled onion on my chin, and I have to be honest with you, it was the best thing I have ever put in my mouth.

For thirty years I have kept my manners at every table in the world.

They handed me a burger and told me to be an animal, and I have never felt so free.

So tell me, America.

The whole country knows the secret menu. What else are you hiding in plain sight?

And "Animal Style." Was I eating the animal, or finally becoming one?

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

A photographer's chances ended up creating the most memorable image of his career ❤️

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

“I took my dog to the groomer for the first time, and they sent me this video”

[Ladytron Fan Account @Lady_FanAccount]

"Misery Business" was written by Hayley Williams when she was 17. Years later (in 2020) she revealed that the song was born out of a very real teenage jealousy: she had a strong crush on former guitarist Josh Farro and wrote the vengeful lyrics against his girlfriend at the time. https://t.co/pCUmOTNVxC

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

The attempt to sabotage a photographer’s chances ended up creating the most memorable image of his career.

Everyone at the regional zoo photography competition knew he was the favorite. Year after year, his elephant photographs stood out, and he had earned a reputation for being one of the friendliest people there, always gracious even when others hoped someone else would finally take the top prize.

So when a zoo insider quietly helped a competing friend, they thought they had found the perfect way to stop him. He was assigned the worst elephant viewing slot of the day, a time when the elephants were usually resting and inactive. Since his winning images often showcased their strength, movement, and personality, it seemed like a guaranteed disadvantage. He realized exactly what was happening, but instead of arguing or complaining, he simply picked up his camera and headed in as if nothing had changed.

When he arrived, he found an elephant peacefully resting among a pile of old tires, completely still, with a small butterfly perched on its trunk. Rather than trying to force a dramatic shot, he patiently waited. Moments later, the elephant opened its eyes and awkwardly crossed them to look at the butterfly sitting inches from its face.

The result was one of the funniest and most unexpected wildlife photographs anyone at the event had ever seen. 😂

The image went on to win the competition and quickly spread far beyond it, becoming a reminder that sometimes the obstacle meant to hold you back ends up leading directly to your greatest opportunity.

[Rubi @RubiRubidoooo]

🤣😂 Gloria Core with Sofia Vergara gives the best laughs😂🤣

[CoveredGeekly @CoveredGeekly]

Happy 63rd Birthday to Mike Myers 🎂

[Feel Good Animals 🐾 @FeelGoodAnimals]

0 years of bad luck if you love this friendship 🥰

[Leni @Leni1680234]

Her friend invited her to a birthday party where the invite said, “Furry friends welcome.” So she brought her dog… and just look how excited he was! 🥹

[Frases Barbie @barbie_context]

Amo lo creativa y única que es esta propuesta de matrimonio 🥹

[GOD OF ANIME @blaqkanedian]

Sleek leather

[jamexx ✩ @hrstnvrgrwngp]

the way she invented depression

[Shane | MAIRUMA SEASON 4 | IRUMAFIA 2027 @mxinxr_]

this is still so fucking funny

[사숙해༄ @Amateraas]

얼굴 붉히는 이타치 실존한다

[Shane | MAIRUMA SEASON 4 | IRUMAFIA 2027 @mxinxr_]

allocer’s deep voice🙂‍↕️

[faby jurídico modern family @fabyollaverass]

eles realmente são só gatinhos que cresceram demais

[Shane | MAIRUMA SEASON 4 | IRUMAFIA 2027 @mxinxr_]

SO FUCKING CUTEEEEEE