Overheard in a hopeless place

Guy working: I think that I don’t even consider the effect of peer pressure anymore, I mean if someone came in and offered me heroin, I’d just do it. Well maybe not heroin, but coke.
Another tired guy working: (whispering softly) I’d do heroin ...

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Overheard on a date

Male feminist: I’m going to let you finish your sentence in your mind. 

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Overheard in Wilcox at midnight

Stressed student reading Freud: Kids playing. Aw. I miss being a kid. I miss being a future genius instead of a present disappointment.

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Overheard in 185

Drunk TI SWUG on Valentine's Day: I feel like in a past life I was a horse whisperer.

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Overheard on the Street:

Freshman girl 1: What if that car just ran over us right now?
Freshman girl 2: That’d be so Regina George.

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Overheard in Chancellor Green

Pi Phi officer, on rush: If they’re on the fence, let them do Theta.

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Overheard in a Murray Dodge convo on the Epstein files.

Student: Who else fujoshi-ing out over Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.

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Overheard at Terrace

Club Manager: I'm kind of a Wawa ho. I've been to every Wawa in North Jersey.

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Overheard off campus.

Public servant: “I like your multi-drug stuff… it feels like home, with Mexicans abusing things all around me.”

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Overheard outside Studio 34:

Bro among bros: I can’t wear backwards hats. Some people just have the face for it... I just have a long face. I can do cowboy hats, though. I have a cowboy face.

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Overheard over text

Science-skeptic humanist: “No, exactly, I bet his doctorate is in medicine instead of philosophy.”

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Overhead at Roma Soup Station

Fungi enthusiast: Mushroom bisque? Hubba-hubba!

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Overheard behind Spelman, en route to the Wa, after Haydar finished taking a piss

Guy: You can take Haydar out of the third world.
Haydar: BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE THIRD WORLD OUT OF HAYDAR!

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Overheard at Nass meeting

Buoyant senior: As a child, I once tried to waterproof myself with vaseline. I hadn’t realized that I am already waterproof.

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Overheard in MOL 101:

Professor: I don’t know how much you guys who are taking this class for a grade care about cancer--but you old auditors in the back probably do!

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Overheard at Preview

Terrace sophomore: What department are you thinking of majoring in?
Prefrosh from Hell: Econ at first, but it looks like you can go to Wall Street from here with any major, so now I’m not sure.

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Overheard in summer housing

Heartbroken roommate: I just downloaded TikTok to look at a few videos about how to have a friend with benefits.

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Overheard in Terrace

Soulful male: He always asks me for girl advice, and I’m like, just touch ‘em. And then see what she does.
Peers: Uh.
Soulful male: That’s not horrible. That’s just wise.

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Overheard in Corwin men’s room

Guy with newly acquired girlfriend: I feel more productive, you know. More relaxed, getting more work done.
Guy's friend: So getting down to business is good for business?
Guy: Stocks are UP when her pants are DOWN.

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Overheard in PHI 360

Sophomore: Socrates is my homeboy,

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Overheard outside McCosh

USG member: Yeah, well, you know Shawon. He has a vision. He has dreams.
(later) . . . USG is great. Everyone hates it most of the time, but it’s great.

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Overheard in a Holiday Conversation

Wholesome Girl: *whispering* I get really competitive about gingerbread houses.

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Overheard on AIM

Guy #1: Tomorrow is a brand new day.
Guy #2: Who said that originally?
Guy #2: I believe it was a container of bleach.

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Overheard in lecture on syntax

Pensive lecturer: "Sorry about all the violent examples. I just come from a country where the policeman /does/ punch the boy all the time."

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Overheard in Wilcox

Sentimental friend: Did I mention how much I missed you?
Indifferent friend: Really? Oh, good job.

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