JediMoses

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@yak_face This set shouldn’t receive a single pre-order. That is an absolutely offensive price.

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@JediDefender So deducting the $20 for the figure, we are talking $60 for a mini-rig??????

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@Noonz @squaresandfare Bold statement!

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@Noonz Absolutely frustrating. Could become the longest stretch b/w titles easily?

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@Noonz I’m not really sure about that. The skubal trade is just the icing on the cake for this season. At this point, seems likely that Yanks stretch between WS titles will match the stretch between 78 and 96 with the ever increasing likelihood of a lockout

[John Hoey @JohnnyHoey]

Cashman is a good deadline dealer. Wonder who these guys are and if this is a sign of flips/bigger moves. 🙏

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@Noonz Absolutely loved it. They really did an amazing job with it.

[Ted @tlschwerz]

Joe Ryan is going to pitch in the All-Star Game for the Minnesota Twins.

RT for a chance to win his autographed @Topps Fire rookie card.

Must be following @tlschwerz and @realmnsportsfan to be eligible.

[Mike Ryan @mikeryan]

Shortly after my dad died, Jason Sudeikis sent me a letter that changed everything for me, which I’m sharing here. I wrote this post for anyone who has lost a parent and finds any part of the Mother’s Day/Father’s Day gauntlet of holidays … fraught https://t.co/jXWOxG4nG8

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

About my Samurai Travels Through America series.

People see a samurai talking about chips and salsa and assume the goal must have been realism, journalism, or persuasion.

For me it was none of those things.

The foundation was comedy.

A lot of Japanese comedy starts with an obviously ridiculous premise and then commits to it completely. You take something absurd and refuse to break character. The audience understands the premise is impossible, and the humor comes from watching the character apply that worldview to ordinary situations.

That was the samurai.

A man from a completely different time trying to understand chain restaurants, diners, parking lots, free refills, and all the small things that modern Americans barely notice anymore.

To a Japanese audience, that setup is immediately recognizable as comedy.

What I did not expect is that many Americans seemed to react less to the joke itself and more to the feeling behind it.

One thing that may be difficult to explain is the role comedy plays in Japan.

Of course we laugh because things are funny.

But comedy is also a way of dealing with everyday life.

Life is difficult. Prices go up. People worry about work, family, money, health, and the future.

So there is a tendency to look for small moments of humor, gratitude, absurdity, or beauty in ordinary life.

People often try to make each other laugh not because life is easy, but because it is difficult.

I think that mindset influenced these posts more than people realize.

I was not trying to expose anyone.

I was not trying to embarrass anyone.

I was not trying to convince anyone of a political position.

I was trying to take ordinary things and look at them from a strange angle.

The surprising part is what happened next.

I expected people to laugh.

Instead, people started talking about their grandparents, their hometown restaurants, childhood memories, road trips, first jobs, favorite diners, and places that no longer exist.

At some point I realized many people were no longer talking about my posts.

They were talking about their own lives.

That was never part of the original plan.

The original joke was simply that a confused samurai had arrived in modern America.

What seems to have happened is that some readers used that outsider's perspective to look again at parts of American life they had stopped noticing.

Whether that was because of nostalgia, affection, pride, or something else, I honestly don't know.

I'm still trying to understand it myself.

The idea itself is actually very old.

Take an impossible character.

Place him in an ordinary situation.

Then see what happens.

That's all it was.

I expected comedy.

I did not expect nostalgia.

I certainly did not expect 150,000 new followers in a week.

But that's what happened.

And thank you all for enjoying it.

I'll keep the samurai wandering around America a little while longer.

Although, after getting carried away and posting nearly 100 times a day, absolutely nothing started going viral anymore. 😂

X is genuinely difficult.

One week: +150,000 followers.

The next week: 5,000 impressions and double-digit likes.

Incredible technology. Nobody understands how it works.

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@Noonz Should have just told FIFA to pound sand

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

The Seahawks and Knicks both winning titles within a 6-month span is perhaps the most Minnesota sports thing in the history of Minnesota sports

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@Noonz Agreed that it could have been shorter. Absolutely agree it was fun. Surreal at points. The character name bit was pretty funny.

[Dan Zehr @MrZehr]

Here’s my review of The Mandalorian and Grogu. It’s an honest look at what the movie is, what it isn’t, and why sometimes it’s ok to just celebrate seeing spectacle on the big screen.

https://t.co/q0mDugwRhf

[Bryan Young @swankmotron]

There are a lot of reviewers missing the point about #TheMandalorianAndGrogu, but talking it over with my son showed me The Way. I wrote about it for @slashfilm https://t.co/anvbJ6mpip

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@yak_face I’m bummed out too. Waiting in the queue for four hours and leaving empty handed was tough. It’s also tough seeing the scalpers on discord etc

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@Noonz FIFA is the worst and this WC has jumped the shark. The monetization is over the line.

[Alex Núñez @Noonz]

Loews Orpheum was my main childhood movie theater. I saw so many things there…

cc: @37Moses

[Bill Hunt @BillHuntBits]

Whether you're a STAR WARS fan or just a model builder, this new X-wing deep dive is outstanding. @ILMVFX
https://t.co/nnm1qOWnhT

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@yak_face @JediDefender While the concern over rapidly rising prices for SW toys is justified, I’m aghast at overseas prices. BS peg warmers for $50-$60US. In UAE, the FX OWK saber is over $500. The Baylen Skoll is 650. Bonkers

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@Noonz 100%. This could be amazing

[JediMoses @JediMoses]

@Noonz

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Glen Powell and Michael B. Jordan are rumored to be in talks to star in Joseph Kosinski’s ‘MIAMI VICE’ remake.

In theaters on August 6, 2027

(Source: https://t.co/1bFbt6OfQK)