Know a guy.
Dude this gold :))
Laughed quite a bit. This guy should be a writer he has a great way with words and stories. Reminded me of a Japanese Chuck Palahnuick
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I was always the guy with the truck. For a couple years I was the guy with the minivan with no back seats in lieu of a truck, but now I'm back to being the guy with the truck amongst my circles. I didn't know how much I liked being that guy until I wasn't.
Non-toxic Masculinity
I miss work for trade...
You just took care of a guy and when the time came, he took care of you.
"Today you... Tomorrow me..."
You just took care of a guy and when the time came, he took care of you.
I mean, thats just how it still is in my village. It does not seem to be a particularly endangered way of living and rather the norm in rural areas.
This is the way
I saw this tweet back when it was on 2.1M
If the guys that frequently move furniture describe you are "strong for your size", that is a powerful compliment.
This is 0% shitpost and 100% wholesome.
This was surprisingly funny and surprisingly positive for something to do with Americans.
it's hard to remember that the average person is a human just like yourself
Most of us are just regular, friendly people who are glad to help out if needed. There are pockets of shit people who thrive on hate, but that's true for any country.
The American lower-working class economy is predominantly favor and goodwill-based, yes. Pain in the ass sometimes but also more fun imo. Community is important to keep alive.
This is a wild concept for other cultures. Like, in Germany people will help you move. Your friends that is. Maybe a coworker or neighbour - if you even know any neighbour at all. That is all but a given here as well. But some random guy? Nah...
Oh and you absolutely have to rent a truck. I don't know a single truck person. There is no such thing as having a truck, unless you nees it for business. Long story short: I just paid a company over >2k to move just one town over
This can absolutely also happen in a place like Germany. Yes, no one really has a truck for personal use (or rather a box truck), but you know a guy who knows a guy that has a truck for his business and doesn't need it on the weekend, et voila. Maybe it's not that extreme, but especially for 'poorer' working class people, helping out is still essential even in Germany.
Not just American. It's poor people's economy everywhere. American working class has more in common with working class in every other nation than American wealth class. The real division in the world is class division, everything else is distraction.
This exactly. There's an inversion when having money is more convenient than having contacts and doing small favors, and that inversion turns people into lonely cunts.
Incredibly wealthy people also run their society based on favors and unspoken fees. The difference is, one of them could, under unusual but not impossible circumstances, help a friend and a guy move a fridge and share a beer. But nobody who's not part of the incredible-wealth society can participate in its favors. And we all pay the fees.
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That was the ancient economy, before money even existed. You gave stuff to people. Bread, pots, meat, build a cabin. They gave stuff back that you needed, roughtly about the same value, but never exactly the value. Everybody has to be a little in debt to anyone else. If you gave back exactly what it's worth, it means you don't want to deal with that person anymore.
No matter where you come from , once you can say "I know a guy" you're an American.
I may not know a guy, but I know a guy who knows a guy
It's amazing how many different species of Knowaguy there are. I recently was introduced to a friend's "Bridge Guy" - a dealer in surplus bridges who will cut you a suspiciously good deal if you seem cool. Not the most immediately useful, but like... Could be damned handy to have in my back pocket should the right circumstances arise.
Be careful acquiring bridges from a guy. I've heard that can go horribly sweet awry and quickly.
You got a guy guy? Nice
It still counts!
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I have a friend with a ute, though he recently moved cities (and scrapped his (very old) ute).. Guess I need to be on the lookout.
Absolute poetry.
Reads like Burkowski
It has a deep seeded rhythm indeed
This makes me so happy 🥹
This could have been lifted from a Neal Stephenson book.
God ! Yes !
Wholesome.
My friend is a ring leader for these types of guys. He knows like 15 guys with a truck and at least another 30 with arms. He’s able to get a lot of projects done around the neighborhood.
I am "the guy" at my kids' schools. I love it. When they need a last minute volunteer for something, they know how to reach me.
Clay pigeon signal hits the night sky
PULL!
IIRC, Japan_Nobunaga is a slop account.
Some of the anti-immigrant sentiments smell strongly of a CHUD larping as a Japanese man.
It reads that way, but it's a cute story 🤷
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This reads like folksy pandering of the highest order.
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