steven

don’t take me seriously

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

I needed to move a sofa.

I mentioned this to an American. He said, "You know anybody with a truck?"

I did not know anybody with a truck.

He looked at me with real concern. Not pity. Concern. The way you look at a man who has told you he does not have a name.

"You gotta know somebody with a truck."

I asked how one acquires such a person.

He said, "You just do."

This is the third time I have received that answer in this country. It is the answer to everything here. You just do. There is no process. There is only the eventual fact of having.

He said, "Ask Kevin."

I do not know a Kevin. He said Kevin like I should. He said it the way you say a shared uncle.

I met Kevin four days later. Kevin owns a truck. Kevin does not own a truck for himself. Nobody owns a truck for themselves. Kevin owns a truck for a fifteen mile radius.

Inside I said: THIS MAN HAS TAKEN A VOW. HE DID NOT ANNOUNCE IT. HE SIMPLY PURCHASED A BED AND ACCEPTED THE CONSEQUENCES.

Kevin arrived on Saturday. He brought the truck. He also brought a second man.

I had not asked for a second man.

The second man's name is Tony. Tony came because Kevin came. Tony did not know me. Tony did not ask what we were moving. Tony brought gloves.

They moved the sofa in eleven minutes.

I offered them money. Both of them laughed at the same time, which felt rehearsed and was not.

I asked what I owed them.

Kevin said, "Buy the pizza."

That is the price. That is the entire economy. The truck costs one pizza and the pizza is not negotiable and the pizza is also not expensive and everyone knows what size.

Inside I said: THE FEE IS FIXED ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION AND WAS SET BY NO ONE.

We ate on the floor because the sofa was against the wall and none of us wanted to be the first to sit on it.

Tony told me his daughter plays soccer. I asked if she is good. He said, "She's aggressive."

I still think about that.

Three weeks later, Kevin texted me.

"You free Sunday? Helping Tony move a fridge."

He did not ask if I wanted to. He informed me of a fridge.

Inside I said: I HAVE BEEN CALLED UP. I DID NOT ENLIST. THE PAPERS WERE FILED ON MY BEHALF.

I went. I moved the fridge. I have no truck. I contributed only arms.

Afterward, a man I had never met asked me if I knew anybody with a truck.

I said, "Yeah, I got a guy."

I have a guy.

I am somebody's guy now, too. Tony has told two people about me.

He describes me as "the guy who's strong for his size."

I have never been prouder of a sentence in my life.

[mere du cloth @evilclothmother]

whenever i go too long without having sex i start to have really dark thoughts like “i wish i was in a relationship so that i could have sex with someone i love consistently”

[nia✧⋆˖⊹ @caprisania]

Instead maintain the slightly flirty sexual tension friendship it lasts longer than whatever the fuck comes after it

[Geoff Keighley @geoffkeighley]

Hats off to doctoral student and podcaster Zhong Shu in Beijing, China, who did this fascinating and smart interview with Christopher Nolan about THE ODYSSEY yesterday, originally posted to Bilibili.

A great listen/watch.

[dev 2 @devy_nation]

she asked if ive seen the odyssey and I told her I odyssey them titties

[Ari🪷 @arikoyarii]

it is absolutely essential to have friends you can have extremely insane pervert conversations with. this is kind of what makes life worth living

[Girth Brooks @crackawdajuice]

Printing so much fudge in the work bathroom that i had to take pto

[jameswhite @JamesCageWhite]

What ? I'm mermaid 😂

[Max0r @realMax0r]

my toxic autistic trait is that I can’t lie about probabilities no matter what so I always introduce doubt for no reason into extremely basic directions or statements

[trans m1das @transm1das]

This is my favourite scene forever 🤩🎬

[zoë rose bryant @zoerosebryant]

walking out of a morning movie with your whole day still ahead of you

[AJ @AJ151O]

Matt Damon is nuts man

[Barto @bartonovopolis]

This scene makes me emotional every time. Rosemary Harris is so good and it's just a beautiful portrayal of the guilt one always feels when receiving money from working class parents. I miss class consciousness in my Spider-Man media!

[eternal classic @eternalclassic_]

currently going through my chinese arc

[kendall @filmbitten]

the concept of elliot page getting a better written role in a nolan movie because he transitioned to the gender nolan writes better roles for is actually killing me

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

[groft @toomguy127]

#backrooms