Overheard while perusing PopMart.

Clueless: Look at all these little girls you can have.

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Overheard at Labyrinth.

55-year-old man: I think Miranda July is the greatest writer of our generation.

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Overheard in a Berlin Hostel.

Traveler: “What would you recommend I do here”

Receptionist: “Go clubbing, make new friends, and please try to avoid saying ‘I’m just here for the history.’”

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Overheard in a Small World

Friend 1: “I just want to be famous.”

Friend 2: “Don’t you want to learn something useful?”

Friend 1: “I can figure that out later.”

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Overheard in Rocky dorm.

First-year who has left out some critical context: “I have never made a pillow so wet before.”

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Overheard in Scottsdale, AZ.

Man 1: “I’ve been at work all day.”

Man 2: “That’s why you’re a multi-multi-hundred-thousandaire.”

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Overheard in Yeh.

First-year: “Can we just Netflix and chill tonight? And I don’t mean sex. I am tired.”

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Overheard in the former Yugoslavia.

Daughter: “When should we visit Uncle Jack?”

Mother: “He’s dying, so he’s probably free.”

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Overheard in Venice.

54-year-old Father, walking around aimlessly: “Fantastico. Fantastico. Fantastico.”

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Overheard in the office.

Colleague on FaceTime with their child: “You are just so cute and smiling today!”

Me with my back turned from said colleague: “Oh, why, thanks! I try. :)”

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Overheard in an Uber XL.

Girl in the way-back: “I just had this vision that our Uber driver is going to die.”

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Overheard in a Northeast Summer Camp Bunk.

Camper: “Why are you putting socks on before bed?”

Counselor: “My own feet disgust me.”

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Overheard in New York City.

Investment Banking Intern, after spending forty-five hours per week at the office and changing nothing about the world, with $60,000 in their bank account: “I’ll Venmo request you.”

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Overheard in London.

American consumer: “I love buying crap I don’t need.”

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Overheard Walking up the Frist Hill

Walker: “I think that I’m lowkey a Sisyphus kinnie.”

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Overheard en route to American Statesmanship

Reactionary centrist: “The ideal amount of woke is very clearly non-zero.”

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Overheard at Terrace

Terrace Officer: “You look like you run a closed Blockbuster.”

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Overheard in Cafe

Customer: “I can’t have caffeine too late or else I won’t be able to fall asleep.”

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Overheard in Paris

French receptionist: “Bonjour.”

An earnest tourist: “bun-gor.”

French receptionist: *sighs*” What can I do for you today?”

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Overheard at Disneyland.

25-year-old man, standing over somebody’s lost ID: “This is something you would see on the show, ‘What Would You Do’.”

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Overheard at USC.

Blonde: “What school are you from?”

Exchange Student:  “北京University.”

Blonde: “Is that in California?”

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Overheard in San Francisco.

Korean-American Berkeley Student: “I’m descended from farmers so I’m from a farm. I’m a farmer too. It makes sense in Korean.”

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Overheard at the beach.

Girl on a date, playing dumb: “Isn’t rain salty? I thought it was salt water.”

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Overheard on Bleecker.

Teen 1: “Where would the tattoo be?”

Teen 2: “In the tattoo parlor.”

Teen 1: “Like, where on your body?”

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Overheard at Sephora.

16-year old, while stealing, to an associate: “My concealer shade is 34D.”

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