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Tradewinds, offshore

[Wheat @__WHITness__]

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[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Georgia I entered a Chick-fil-A drive-thru line of forty cars.

I turned off my engine. I prepared to wait the way my ancestors waited out a siege.

Six minutes later I was holding chicken.

I do not know what happened to the other thirty-nine cars. The line moved like water that had somewhere to be.

A young woman walked between the cars taking orders on a small tablet, on foot, in the sun, smiling like the sun was her idea.

I said thank you.

She said, "My pleasure."

I did not think about it then. I should have.

At the window I thanked the young man for the food.

"My pleasure."

I thanked him for the sauce.

"My pleasure."

I thanked him for thanking me—

"My pleasure."

I want to be clear about what was happening.

This was a duel.

In Japan I trained in courtesy for forty years. Bowing angles. Seasonal greetings. The correct depth of apology for seventeen distinct situations.

I was a white belt in that drive-thru.

I escalated. I used my most formal English. I thanked him on behalf of my entire family line.

He said, "My pleasure," and gave me extra sauce.

Extra sauce. Unprovoked. A counterattack.

I returned the next day to reclaim my honor.

It was Sunday. The restaurant was closed.

All of them were closed. In the entire country. They close every Sunday, and they have closed every Sunday since the beginning, because the founder made a promise, and the promise did not expire when he did.

I stood in the empty parking lot and understood I had lost twice.

Once to a teenager with sauce.

Once to a man I will never meet, who kept his word so long it became a building.

In my country we say a samurai's word is his life.

I had never seen a restaurant say it back.

I returned Monday. I ordered. And this time I said it first, before she could.

"My pleasure."

She smiled and said, "It sure is."

America, I surrender.

It was my pleasure.

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

THE GREATEST COMMERCIAL OF ALL TIME.

Marshawn: “Just hand [the beer] to me and I'll run it over to him”

Man: “Nah, I'll toss it to him”

Beast Mode: “JUST HAND IT TO ME. No need to throw it. We're so close. I could run it over, it's just right here

[Michael Harris II〽️ @MoneyyyMikeee]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿☕️

[Alex Berenson @AlexBerenson]

Cannot make this up, either.

@nytimes opinion has had four recent pieces about fatherhood and masculinity, with six authors:

Three women
A trans "man"
Two childless men

Not one father. The cultural elite contempt for dads runs so deep we don't even get to speak for ourselves.

[Kabuto King @KabutoKing_]

Please do this @Pokemon
This would be the best selling video game of all-time!

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

Happy New Year beautiful people

We appreciate the hell out of you. We feel it’s the right time to share some stories.

Be a friend; tell a friend..

🗣MINI DOCU SERIES COMING

[Wheat @__WHITness__]

My friend lost our college buddies fantasy league and he has to make a podcast each month between the end of the season and the beginning of the next (30 mins min, 4 guest shows, league winner picks show name). Any tips for him? @BarstoolBigCat @PFTCommenter @PardonMyTake

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

LeBron James records entering Year 23:

1st in PTS
1st in MP
1st in All-Star selections
1st in All-NBA selections
1st in First-Team All-NBA selections
1st in seasons played (soon)
1st in 30-point games
1st in 20-point games
1st in 10-point games
1st in playoff PTS
1st in playoff W
1st in playoff MP
1st in playoff GP
1st in playoff FGM
1st in playoff STL
1st in playoff FTM
1st in playoff DREB
1st in Finals triple-doubles

Only player with 50K combined PTS
Only player with 40K PTS
Only player with 10K REB & 10K AST
Only player with 8K playoff PTS
Only player with 7K playoff PTS
Only player with 6K playoff PTS
Only player with 25 PPG in 20 seasons
Only player with a 40-PT game vs. every team
Only player to win FMVP with 3 franchises
Only player to avg. a triple-double in Finals
Only player to lead both teams in PTS, REB, AST, STL, BLK in a playoff series

Youngest No. 1 overall pick
Youngest to win ROY
Youngest to score 40 PTS in a game
Youngest to score 30 PTS in a game
Youngest to average 30 PPG
Youngest to average 25 PPG
Youngest to average 20 PPG
Youngest to earn All-NBA
Youngest to earn All-NBA First Team
Youngest to hit every milestone 1K-40K PTS
Oldest to average 30 PPG
Oldest to average 25 PPG
Oldest to average 20 PPG
Oldest to score 40 PTS in a game
Oldest to record a 30-point triple-double
Oldest to earn All-NBA

[Wheat @__WHITness__]

I believe in Connelly Early with my whole heart tonight - go get em Midlothian, VA legend #GoSahx

[StatMuse @statmuse]

Aroldis Chapman last 17 games:

15.0 IP
0.00 ERA
24 SO
17 SV

Unstoppable.

[Red Sox @RedSox]

Who's cutting onions in here?

[The Pettiest Laker Fan 🤫 @ThePettiestLA]

Call me Unc but this really was the greatest era

[Section 10 Podcast @Section10Pod]

Sox 1975 broadcast is awesome and it’s ONLY on NESN! 📺

[MLB @MLB]

Wilyer Abreu did something that hasn't been done since 1958 🤯

h/t @SlangsOnSports

[Jackie Bradley Jr. @JackieBradleyJr]

@DALLASBRADEN209 I’ve seen one eerily similar 😁

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

CELTICS BREAK NBA RECORD FOR MOST THREES IN A SEASON 🚨 https://t.co/bOsjSZDwIW

[Boston Strong @BostonStrong_34]

HAPPY OPENING DAY RED SOX NATION!