After All, Why Shouldn't I Keep It? Meme Generator
The parcel arrives with a refund already processed and a note saying "no need to return". It's a coffee machine. You don't drink coffee. It's on the counter now, and it's yours.
The hotel bathrobe is very soft. The sign says it can be purchased for 60. You stand in front of your open suitcase doing very quick maths about how soft is too soft.
You borrowed your brother's hoodie in 2017. He's mentioned it twice since. Each time you've nodded sincerely, worn it home, and felt a quiet sense of ownership grow.
The cashier gave you change for a 20 when you paid with a 10. You're already outside. The bus is coming. Morally, you are halfway back to the till. Physically, you are on the bus.
Why it caught on: in The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Ian Holm's Bilbo turns the Ring over in his hand when Gandalf asks him to leave it, and the friendly little reasoning in his voice is how every one of us talks ourselves into keeping things.
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