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@iGetBuckets002
“If if if” … doesn’t exist
I’ve never ordered food delivery. I go out and get my food. Like a man. This is a good one, stay with me. 📖 I know. Convenience. Timing. Stress. Blah. Blah. Blah. You’re just going to food delivered? Have someone bring it for you. With some napkins. Maybe a little wet napkin. No hunt. No effort. No work. Maybe your future wife takes your order. You don’t know. Because you didn’t leave the house. Think about it. Your life is passing by, in the guise of convenience. Remember to slow down. Smell the roses. Experience things. It’s not about leaving your house. It’s about going out into the world. Interact with people. Laugh. Talk to strangers. Form opinions. Make conclusions. Think. Live. My plans changed tonight. What did I do? I went and got food by myself. I could have gotten it delivered. I just worked out. I just went on a bike ride. I just worked all day. I haven’t sat down all day. I’m a little hungover still. Still, I got dressed. And I went out. Since then? I ran into an old fling who’s now dating a friend of mine. That’s always interesting. Saw a little girl, maybe 5, facing away from her family, eyes glued to a video on her iPhone. Scary. Saw a guy who my boys and I got into an altercation with 2 years ago over a game of pool. Now it’s just a head nod from the typically vocal guy. You can imagine how that altercation ended for him… Saw the new generation of “hood” dudes in my area. At the usual spot, smoking weed. High schoolers. Used to be me, just never smoked or drank. Started drinking in college. Socially only. Smoking I don’t really do. Never tried a cig. I’ll take a gummy here and there. Never did blow. When you grow up on the other side of drugs. You rarely use them. I’m sure the executives at McDonald’s eat their own burgers everyday… I used to be one of those guys though. Now I’m crossing over into the “OG” title. I know all of their older siblings. My roots are deep in this town. When I see these kids out? They come to me for advice. Happened last night. “Yo you’re [MOAC] right?” “You know my older brother ______?!” I’m used to it. I seem to get asked for advice all the time. Just yesterday a friend of mine called me to ask if he should quit his job and do XYZ? My brother the day before. My parents, constantly. People on X. I welcome it, and do my absolute best to help. That is, until it’s ignored. I don’t give the same advice twice… Five 20-something aged kids came, just pulled up to shoot a music video. It’s like chill stoner rap music. Think Wiz Khalifa mixed with Childish Gambino voice. To my left, 1 bench away is some Mexican dude. AirPods in. On his phone. By himself. Normal looking guy, well dressed. This is why AirPods are no-go for me. Go out in the real world like we used to. Leave the tech. You’re closing yourself off from the world. You might as well be home. Me? I’ll still somehow get in a conversation with this dude. I always do. I’m that type of guy who can talk to, and will talk to. Anyone. Everyone in my life always found it strange. What’s he doing here? Going through a breakup? Waiting for someone? BREAKING THE 4TH WALL. Do you understand what you are reading right now? You forgot my whole point. I didn’t forget. If you made it this far down this tweet you probably can’t even remember what I started talking about. Let me break it down. I was literally saying I don’t get food delivered to myself because I think you should go out into the real world. So I went and did what I said. And you just went down a few streams of thought with me. None of these thoughts would’ve happened if I stayed in comfort. Don’t die in comfort. Live a life worth living. Here’s another 2 dots connecting in real time. Fact that you forgot what you were reading is because you started reading a story. Started with advice, then a story. Words are power. Stories shape the world. Let me go see what else I can get into tonight. Sincerely, @mindofachaser ✍🏼
