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[StanCravens @StanCravens]

@Sneketoshi Those are excellent! So good, and so much talent and feeling in his work!

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. Summer. It is 95 degrees outside, and I am shivering inside a sandwich shop.

I have discovered how Americans forge strong souls.

Outside, the sun is trying to kill everyone. Inside this small restaurant, it is winter. My breath does not fog, but it is thinking about it. A man near me is eating a cold sandwich while wearing a jacket. In summer. Indoors.

In Japan we would simply turn it down. Americans do not turn it down. And now I understand them better than they understand themselves.

This cold is not an accident. This cold is a gift.

The owner has built, inside his shop, a second season. He invites you in from the brutal heat and hands you the one thing the sun has denied you all day: a reason to be cold. To endure it is to be tempered. You walk in soft and sweating. You walk out sharp and clear, a slightly stronger person than you were.

So I did not complain. I removed my outer layer and offered it to the woman at the next table, who was hugging herself. She said, "Oh, no, I'm fine, thank you." She was not fine. Her lips were blue. But she, too, understood the training. She would not break first. I respected her deeply.

The owner asked if everything was okay.

"It is perfect," I said, through my teeth, which were chattering. "Thank you for the winter."

He said, "...I can turn the AC down if you want?"

I told him no. A man does not ask the mountain to be shorter.

I stayed two hours. I ordered a hot coffee to survive. Then a second one, to hold. By the end I could no longer feel my hands, but my spirit had never been clearer.

So now, on the hottest days, I seek out the coldest rooms. I sit. I shiver. I sharpen.

And when I finally step back out into the summer heat, and it wraps around me like a warm bath, I feel it.

Reborn.

A man who has survived the winter, in August, indoors, for the price of a sandwich.

[Burt Macklin @BurtMaclin_FBI]

Nobunga is an amazing story teller. He takes common American occurrences and tells them from the point of view of a Japanese samurai and it’s hilarious.

[Jim Hayes @RegionalTVCat]

Return engagement.

[mariana Z @mariana057]

I choked on a carrot this afternoon and all I could think was "I bet a donut wouldn't have done this to me."

Stay safe, eat more donuts. Follow me for more life hacks…

[mariana Z @mariana057]

I'm gonna quit my job and travel the world until I run out of money!

I estimate I'll be home again around 10 PM this evening…

[StanCravens @StanCravens]

@MLB That’s truly amazing!

[MLB @MLB]

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[StanCravens @StanCravens]

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[mariana Z @mariana057]

I made a playlist for hiking.

It has music from Peanuts, the Cranberries and Eminem.

I call it my trail mix.

[StanCravens @StanCravens]

@kevin_nealon Is that with Free Shipping?

[mariana Z @mariana057]

If you are ever in fear of being eaten by a bear, just lay on the ground for 5 seconds.

The "5 second rule" for food on the ground will apply and he cannot eat you.

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[StanCravens @StanCravens]

@VinnysCorner1 Albert Pujols!

[StanCravens @StanCravens]

@MrBeast Happy Birthday, Mr. Beast! Knowing you, you’re probably going to do something great for someone else as a way to celebrate it!

[Harrison Ford @HarrisonFordLA]

May the fourth be with you

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Even if it takes me 20 years I'll follow back anybody who reposts this thread

[mariana Z @mariana057]

I did a push-up today.

Well, actually I fell down.

But I had to use my arms to get back up so… you know, close enough.

I need some chocolate.

[Cookie Monster @MeCookieMonster]

Me friends are coming back from their trip to da moon today! Me will have some cookies waiting for you. 💙🍪🌎

[Miss Ally @MissAlly_01]

NASA's Artemis II just released the first photo of the far side

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