chris raymos

I paint mini's and yell at conservative bullshit. Welcome to the thunderdome

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Philadelphia, two cheesesteak shops face each other across forty feet of road.

Pat's King of Steaks. Geno's Steaks. They have been staring at each other since 1966.

I assumed this was a duel.

At Pat's, a sign above the window read: ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS. A code of engagement.

Whiz wit. Whiz witout. Provolone wit.

"Wit" means with onions. You say it fast or they send you to the back of the line. This was not a sandwich window. This was an oral examination, conducted at midnight, in the rain.

I stepped to the glass. My mouth dried up and I could not tell you why a sandwich counter frightened me more than anything I have faced in forty years.

"One... whiz... wit."

The man — Tony — did not look up. Hands already moving.

"Whiz wit. Next."

Assessed, weighed, and graduated in under two seconds. My university took four years to accomplish less.

The bread cracked. The steak drowned in Whiz and soft onions. I tried to eat with composure. The Whiz prevented this. It found my collar, my wrists, and the last corner of my dignity I thought was waterproof.

Then I looked across the street.

Geno's. Neon blazing. Orange and green and white, lit up like a fortress that refuses to sleep. A different army, fighting the same war, open twenty-four hours.

I went.

The man at Geno's window — Frank — saw my collar before I opened my mouth.

"You just came from over there."

"...I carry the evidence on my shirt."

"How was it."

I had walked into enemy territory wearing the stain of his rival. In my country this would end in apology or blood. Here, Frank waited.

"...It was an honorable sandwich."

Frank laughed. Not mean. The laugh of a man who has heard this exact confession every single night for thirty years and still finds it a little bit funny.

"Get a whiz wit. Then you tell me."

I ate two cheesesteaks in fourteen minutes. Both extraordinary. Both different in ways I lack the English and the stomach to investigate further.

I sat on the curb between them. Midnight. Grease on both sleeves. No verdict.

Pat Olivieri started selling steak on a roll from a hot dog cart in 1930. Joey Vento opened Geno's in 1966 with six dollars in his pocket, directly across the street from a legend.

In my country, that is called a death wish.

In Philadelphia, they call it Tuesday.

Sixty years. Same corner. Same sandwich. Both open around the clock. Neither has closed. Neither has moved. Neither has won.

In my land, two sword schools on the same road means one must fall.

In Philadelphia, it means the sandwich never sleeps.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

He was ready for his turn. 😂

[SOLOFÚTBOLMEMES⚽ @SoloFutbolMemes]

Resumen de Argentina en el mundial

[chris raymos @masteraries4589]

@sakebu_cheese_ We have so many different kinds of ramen in stores this or pork are my go to

[chris raymos @masteraries4589]

@learning_yohei All the people I've met from Japan were sweet curious and excited lol.

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@jeofroyBezos @strawhats The crime is a crime the existence of the person doing it isn't their actions are

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@ApexSeeker_ For me it will always be gohan

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@ASvanevik Most of us are already rooting for Norway lol Haaland is dope

[𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 @MarcoGrandFleet]

Garp every time he sees Luffy:

[chris raymos @masteraries4589]

@igorsushko The vets looked terrible once the younger guys got on they looked alot better but they will be back

[CAMPEONES DEL MUSLO (kfc ESPAÑÑÑÑAAA) @KFC_ES]

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[Cowboy Hat Caterpie Please 🤠 @MikeNerdlaw]

I knew it was Team Rocket on the Empire State Building.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

The full report, spoken aloud.

[Out of Context Human Race @NoContextHumans]

His father paid for the best seat

[Akash @AkashSr27517223]

😭

[Rino🚀 @RinoTheBouncer]

This is more and more relevant today, and we must push harder for this, for all media🚀

[Not Today Eric @NotTodayEric]

Ok hear me out.