Garrett Dailey
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Garrett Dailey
@garrettcdailey
CEO of BaseCo. Recovering former philosopher.

Most men are so starved for tenderness that they will call any feminine presence a blessing, even while it is quietly eating holes through their spirit. they would rather be slowly pecked to death from across the dinner table than face one clean night alone under God and the wind. but a man who still has some sacred violence left in his soul knows the difference between hunger and corrosion. I would rather sleep on the edge of a roof with cold in my teeth and the whole black sky leaning on my ribs than lie beside a woman whose voice keeps needling into my inner world until even my silence no longer belongs to me

ようこそお越しくださいました As an honorary delegate for the City of Austin in the Free State of Texas, I want to extend a warm welcome to our Japanese brothers and sisters and look forward our beautiful future together NeoTex-kyo and Shibu-y’all, here we come 🤠🤝🥷

ようこそお越しくださいました As an honorary delegate for the City of Austin in the Free State of Texas, I want to extend a warm welcome to our Japanese brothers and sisters and look forward our beautiful future together NeoTex-kyo and Shibu-y’all, here we come 🤠🤝🥷

ようこそお越しくださいました As an honorary delegate for the City of Austin in the Free State of Texas, I want to extend a warm welcome to our Japanese brothers and sisters and look forward our beautiful future together NeoTex-kyo and Shibu-y’all, here we come 🤠🤝🥷

ようこそお越しくださいました As an honorary delegate for the City of Austin in the Free State of Texas, I want to extend a warm welcome to our Japanese brothers and sisters and look forward our beautiful future together NeoTex-kyo and Shibu-y’all, here we come 🤠🤝🥷




ようこそお越しくださいました As an honorary delegate for the City of Austin in the Free State of Texas, I want to extend a warm welcome to our Japanese brothers and sisters and look forward our beautiful future together NeoTex-kyo and Shibu-y’all, here we come 🤠🤝🥷



To my American friends, I want to speak from the heart, because this moment truly moved me as a Japanese citizen. When President Trump made that Pearl Harbor joke, it wasn’t just humor to us. It felt like a weight I’d carried my whole life was suddenly lifted. My chest tightened, and honestly, tears came close. For 80 long years, we Japanese have lived under a heavy shadow — the constant expectation to apologize, to reflect, to stay in “guilt mode.” Even though we’re the closest of allies, that old wound never fully healed. We felt bound by the past, by the Constitution America helped write for us, always a little smaller, always needing to prove we were sorry enough. But in that single joke, Trump did something powerful. He turned a painful history into a shared laugh between equals. It was like he was saying: “Hey, it was a long time ago. We’re good. Let’s move forward — as brothers.” No more endless atonement. No more living in the shadow of being the “former enemy.” The curse broke. Japan feels free to stand tall again. Right now, cherry blossoms are blooming beautifully all across Japan. 🌸 This spring, the sakura feels like a perfect symbol — a fresh beginning. Not two nations stuck in old roles, but true equals, proud brothers, shoulder to shoulder, ready to build the future together. To the American people: We don’t want to be subordinates forever. We want to be your real partners — strong, proud, and loyal. The kind of allies who ride or die together. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, America. The strongest alliance in the world is rising again — as equals, as brothers, forever. #PhoenixRising 🇯🇵🤝🇺🇸🌸

















