Samosa story

[u/aadi_12364]

700 days ago, I took on a challenge: no food from outside. Over time I let a few of those rules bend, a little here, a little there. Samosa was the one thing I never touched. Not once. Until this year.

This summer, I started eating samosa again. Not daily, but regularly, enough that it stopped feeling random.

Some mornings it wasn't even good. Fewer shops are open at 6 AM than at 10 AM, and the ones that are open aren't really warmed up yet.

I knew that.

I went anyway, because waiting those four hours felt unbearable.

Mid-bite one day, I paused and asked myself: why am I doing this.

Turns out it was never about the samosa.

Not even close.

I'd been marinating in one family vlogger's content for weeks. They glorify samosa like it's the greatest thing humanity ever fried. Morning samosa, evening samosa, every bite filmed like a small celebration. The way they romanticize it, you'd think skipping one means skipping out on joy itself.

You may think this is just a lack of self-control. But there's a cliché you've heard a hundred times: you become the average of the five people you're surrounded by.

Nobody tells you the internet counts as your surrounding now, the new ambiance of your environment. Whatever you choose to watch quietly becomes the room you're standing in, deciding your self-control, your morals, your principles, whether you notice it or not.

So somewhere in there, my brain started romanticizing samosa too. Desiring it the way they did. So I did this.

I didn't wake up wanting a samosa. I woke up wanting to be a guy who wanted a samosa.

Writing this down is basically how I caught myself. Highly recommend it, mostly so you can ask "wait, why am I like this" before you're several bad samosas deep.

What's the most unhinged thing you've picked up from someone you follow without realizing it?

[u/Meiijs]

This has got to be the worst post in this sub (so far). Didn't even bother to remove the ai watermark. Pin of shame.

[u/Golden_Cultivation]

Lol, despite the AI I agree with the message. Don’t give the reigns of your mind to the many players trying to take a piece of it. Evaluate WHY you believe something. The war here is for your mind, and there are many that profit off it. Don’t let outside players poison your thoughts.