natalie

[the 1975 @velliikudii]

cinephiles with benefits

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[mina @kiranmayeet]

I remember how 8 years ago everyone was like wow black mirror is so crazy thank god it’s not real and now every episode has basically happened already

[chase @cfree94]

got so excited my company sent me a christmas e-card so i clicked it and it said i just failed a company wide phishing test

[han 🪩 @hrrymyfriend]

thank you harry styles https://t.co/JNYxMwmEZQ

[Black Lodge Cult @BlackLCult]

Bobby & Shelly.

[natalie @nathock97]

someone might have spiked the Guinness, Grapefruit Radler w/ a grapefruit vodka shot inside, 2 rum & cokes, and a spiked apple cider that I had last night... just maybe

[draculaura @DRACULAURlTA]

tomato basil soup and grilled cheese please

[erika @yeeeerika]

i said it was my favorite movie i didn't say it was good

[ؘ @harrologist]

as a die hard one direction fan who was actually here for their entire run, unlike most of you morons still whining today, move the fuck on. five kids who were overworked for six years should‘ve actually been selfish in making decisions directly affecting THEIR lives. not yours.

[Buzzing Pop @BuzzingPop]

Louis Tomlinson reveals there are 50-60 unreleased One Direction songs.

[‏ؘ @helllojojo]

we’re like na na na
then we’re like yeah yeah yeah
always like na na na
then we’re like yeah yeah yeah

[g @34rths]

I don't feel particularly proud of myself But I have a job and at least three friends so Girl whatever

[natalie @nathock97]

i'm not even trying to be a taylor hater.. i actually love a few of her albums. i am halfway through her new album and it is honestly the worst thing she has come out with😭😭😭

[AiSh TLG 🦋 @MeeeAisha]

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