Woman Cooks for Neighbors, Somehow Offends People on the Internet

You know what one of the best parts of being alive is? Being a part of a community. For all that society today wants us to be hyper-individualist robots, doing nice things for those we know feels a thousand times better than being a shut in, most of the time. 

For many, this isn't just logical — it's a natural human instinct. Unfortunately, though, there are a lot of people out there who are so internet poisoned that they refuse to believe in it. Social media had proved this to us repeatedly over the years, but rarely has it been as insane as the reaction to an innocent series of tweets by @Chinchillazllla. The Twitter user explained earlier this week how some college students had moved next door, and they seemed to be living off of takeout. She thought it would be a nice idea to bring them a homecooked meal, and she documented the process.

 

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    Font - i bless the rains down in castame... @Chinchillazllla several guys moved in next door, students I guess. and I've gotten two confused doordash drivers for them in the last week, and their trash can was completely overflowing with pizza boxes. i don't think they cook. i am feeling such a strange motherly urge to feed these boys
    via Chinchillazllla
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    Font - i bless the rains down in ... Replying to @Chinchillazllla They're incredibly quiet which is a real surprise. I dunno if they're renting or what but I would like them to stick around. Maybe I will make a big pot of chili this weekend when it gets cooler. i bless the rains down in ... my only complaint is they already have Christmas lights up. but nobody's perfect
    via Chinchillazllla
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    Food - i bless the rains down in cast... the hubbard squash had a rind an inch thick and I literally had to use a machete to get into it so I just melon balled it, lol
    via Chinchillazllla
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    Font - i bless the rains down in cast... · 4d they are not answering the door 37 144 15.8K i bless the rains down in cast... . 4d is ok, I try again tomorrow 55 54 113 i bless the rains down in cast... · 3d no update yet, sorry to everyone who wants one. they're all at school or work or wherever they go in the daytime. 19 62 20K i bless the rains down in cast... 3d : they're still not home, it's going in the freezer 24 13.7K 6,023 ● i bless the rains down in cast... · 3d maybe they saw the tweet
    via Chillazllla

    While she experienced a couple of roadbumps with the delivery process, @Chinchillazllla vowed to keep on trying.

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    Many people were not impressed.

    Organism - That one dude @Zychonic Replying to @Chinchillazllla Imagine just minding your business and some neighbour starts to cook an entire meal for you out of sheer pity Time to reflect on some life choices
    via Zychonic

    What seemed like a classic, like-baiting feelgood story quickly snowballed into complete madness, for the strangest of reasons.

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    Font - bran@lgebrah . 4d Replying to @Chinchillazllla idk how i would feel if a stranger came to my house with a meal i didn't ask for.... esp a group of college boys mj @LATENIGHTBLAZED. 3d people with this take got me confused have you never had neighbors bring you food especially when you first move in???? like that's the prime time to bring your neighbors food.. that's like how people meet their neighbors i thought
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    Food - @jolcujoh Cute concept but I would never eat food from a stranger i bless the rains down in castamere.... 4d I'm gonna do it twitter.com/Chinchillazlll... Show this thread Thak
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    Food - ladie @LadieLabrys. 1d for the love of god, stop babying men. this is why they learn to take advantage of their wives. give them a cookbook and fuck off. encouraging women to cater to men like housewives. i bless the rains down in c... · 4d I'm gonna do it twitter.com/ Chinchillazlll... Show this thread
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    But wait, it gets worse!

    Font - I am one of the most neighborly people out there, but if some random WP who sometimes got my dash orders decided it was time to cook me the saddest little ground beef and vegetable dish because of assumptions made without a conversation had...I'd refuse to answer the door too. 6:05 PM 11/16/22 Twitter Web App 24 Retweets 2 Quote Tweets 133 Likes 27 (PLEASE rt pinned) An Enby Name.... 13h Replying to @EnbyNo ... Like yeah, it's neighborly to cook for your neighbors, but not before finding
    via EnbyNo

    You heard it here first, folks: cooking nice food for people is a d*ck move.

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    World - (PLEASE rt pinned) An Enby Name.... 13h It doesn't matter that food was prepared for a group of people who ultimately ended up refusing because talking to your neighbors is so unheard of in circles with sh t online boundaries towards people. The intent was good, right? No. It was presumptive and stereotypical WP sh t. 17 6 63 (PLEASE rt pinned) An Enby Name.... 13h "I offered the kind of help *I* would have wanted and if they don't like that, that's too bad!" This is that do something th
    via EnbyNo
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    Font - (PLEASE rt pinned) An Enby Name.... 13h I've done food exchanges with my neighbors. I've had plates offered to me from holiday meals. I've let my neighbors "borrow" a cup of sugar and use my kitchen appliances to cook meals. This sh t is still not OK without getting consent. 1 17 6 1 70 (PLEASE rt pinned) An Enby Name.... 13h "I'm convinced they don't know how to cook" Did you ask them? Maybe their kitchen appliances are messed up? Maybe they don't have the energy to cook? Maybe it's easi
    via EnbyNo
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    Not everybody was mad.

    Font - froggysorrin @froggysorrin - 3d Replying to @Chinchillazilla i feel like the people who are saying stuff like "it's out of pity" and the boys need to "reflect on their life choices" don't understand that if they ARE college students they probably just left their parents home where their PARENTS cooked for them.
    via froggysorrin

    In case your faith in humanity needed restoring, many Twitter users wholeheartedly supported the gesture.

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    Food - meg "slippin" bitchell @MeganBitchell If you think it's weird to make your neighbors a meal when they first move in, you need to log off for a very long time and learn how to be a member of your community i bless the rains down in castamere I'm gonna do it Show this thread • 4d
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    Food - Foxy @sovaskitten 3d ● Cooking for your neighbours is really common in African cultures idk why people are mad at this i bless the rains down in c... · 4d I'm gonna do it twitter.com/ Chinchillazlll... Show this thread
    via sovaskitten
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    Despite the insane backlash, the story had a (kind of) happy ending.

    Font - i bless the rains down in castame... @Chinchillazllla Delivered the chili. They seemed happy and said they had just been about to order food. They also asked permission to come over and nail the fence back up.
    via Chinchillazllla

    After a couple of days, the chili was gratefully received by the neighbors, who offered to mend a fence to return the favor. It's almost like it was a kind gesture that didn't need to be pathologized. 
     

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