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Overheard in book store
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Steamy, typo-ridden erotic novel: ‘I could hear her exhaling steam.’ Concerned reader: Why was she exhaling steam? That doesn’t sound very healthy.
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Overheard on a bus
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A humanist, shackled by BSE: I don’t have time to read Proust. I’m searching for my own lost time.
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Overheard while debating picky eating
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Thinks Coke Zero is better: Zero coke people are notoriously very adamant.
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Overheard at the RNC
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J.D. Vance: The Greeks were so advanced because they embraced homosexuality. But then the women ruined everything.
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Overheard at a gas station in Floyd County sitting in an idling truck with the AC turned to 0 degrees on August 2
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Over-it intern: Everyday I listen to my coworker’s homeopathy TikToks aloud.
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Overheard through Instagram
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Obsessed stalker: Tell her I miss her. Intermediary: What about her? Obsessed stalker: Her jokes…her thirst for hot guys…that time she ate frozen pineapple.
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Overheard in dining hall
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Linguist: I can’t tell if he’s gay or South African. If you saw him or talked to him once, you’d get it.
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Overheard in Kwanza Jones Hall
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People-pleaser with a streak of narcissism: If people ask me to do something I am often too flattered to say no.
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Overheard on Murray Dodge Vegan Day
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Voice of reason: Just make shortbread. The people will thank you for being brave.
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Overheard in the CJL
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Just declared SPIA: Athens, the land of my people. Greek: Are you half Greek? Just declared SPIA: No. I just believe in democracy.
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Overheard during the last week of classes
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Upper-class professor: What’s your plan for next year? Upper-class senior: Probably some unserious grad program. Upper-class professor: Well, there are plenty of those. Just make sure it’s paid. Paid grad programs are welfare for the upper class.