"Most Likely to Succeed" Runner-Up. Former intel nerd. Co-wrote a book. Bourbon enthusiast. Black and white movies. Expensive taste in watches. Isaiah 6:8.
🚨 Got denied a US visa today.
Reason: “Not enough ties to home country.”
I built a Series A company from scratch, employ 100+ people, have backing from top VCs and investors, and serve millions of Indian families through our brand.
Apparently, that’s not enough ties.
Anyway, founders are used to hearing “no.”
Will reapply after some time.
If you’ve been through this and eventually got approved, would love to hear your suggestions.
🚨FIRST MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
Rockwell’s Gas and Mercantile is no longer just a meme, it’s real. All of it. The first location is coming to Whitleyville, TN where its founders, C.Jay Engel and Ryan Green have recently moved their families. We hope to have the funds raised and the renovations and installations completed by late spring of 2027.
Americans have noticed the complete degradation of the American gas station and country convenience store. You see it. We see it. We all talk about it. Owned by foreigners, drenched in lotto and vape signs, filled with slop foods, and generally off-putting.
We don’t have to live like this. You know how gas stations used to look. You can picture the old country store. You remember seeing images of the vintage roadside diner. Rockwell’s is bringing all this back. We are partnering with locals and friends to stock our store and our diner with great products. And it’s going to be a blast.
Just weeks ago, we went under contract on an old community schoolhouse, built in the 1940s. It is the perfect location and has the perfect historical significance for a project like this. We are seeking to completely restore it, gut the parts that have decayed, and renew it into something that will attract folks from all over the area. Already, we have contracted with architects, gas station consultants, kitchen consultants, and builders to start the process of bringing forth this great vision.
Because we want to do this right, our calculated costs are in the $1.3 million range. We have filed the necessary paperwork for a full investment raise, which we will activate very shortly—and we anticipate filling it fast, due to the excitement around the project.
We’ll be launching a full website and merch store soon for those that want to participate and support the project from afar. We’ll soon be announcing brand collaborations with American heritage brands that you can support as well. Please DM us with questions. Suggestions. Partnership ideas.
We can’t let the doomers gaslight us: decline is not inevitable. We can rebuild. American owned, and proud of it, Rockwell’s will stand as a symbol of American restoration.
As a Black kid whose parents moved me out of the hood as a teenager (13) I can personally attest to how living around white people doesn’t make you more safe or more enlightened. Never been called a nigger monkey by a crip.
There is a grief hierarchy in this country and everyone can see it.
When certain victims die, the nation is told to kneel, paint murals, and never forget the name.
When others die, the families who want to march are warned they’ll be branded racists and “white nationalists” for the crime of mourning out loud.
Same loss. Same dead American. Different permission to grieve.
That instinct, the flinch before you speak, the second-guess before you post the victim’s name, was installed on purpose. A movement that controls who you’re allowed to mourn controls what you’re allowed to say.
Grief is not racism. Wanting justice for a murdered American is not nationalism. And refusing to be shamed out of saying so is the whole fight.
@ImMeme0 Karmelo Anthony did what he had to do to get away from
a racist-ass
violent-ass
harassing-ass
assaulting-ass
cocky-ass white boy
who thought he could assault a Black child
FAFO
Tell your rabid little children to stop putting their hands on Black children