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50 Of The Best Conversations People Overheard In L.A. And Decided They Were Too Good Not To Share
Los Angeles is known for a few notables: Hollywood, world-renowned theme parks, and lovely year-round weather. But apparently, the City of Angels has also become famous for the most interesting eavesdropped conversations.
The latter is thanks to the Overheard LA Instagram page. With 1.6 million followers and counting, the account features random chitchats people snooped on and shared online for the world to see.
As you scroll through, you’ll read discussions about suppressing calorie intake, sneaking out on a horrible first date, and regrettable tattoo decisions – all of which best encapsulate what “Lalaland” is all about.
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Maria 1 year ago
It infuriates me to hear/see people so set on gender stereotypes. My 5yo at the time was saying that only girls have long hair and only girls could wear skirts/dresses because everybody in school said that. Her father has long hair. Spent an entire school year trying to make her understand that hair, make up and clothes have nothing to do with gender.
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Wendy Neumeyer 1 year ago
I love Southwest. Their sense of humor has mellowed a bit since the early days, but still great!
ILoveMySon 1 year ago (edited)
I, too, enjoy SW. Unfortunately, so many people are easily "offended" these days, they were possibly forced to mellow.
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Just stopping by 1 year ago
Or they fly southwest for the 2 free checked bags🤷🏽♀️ everyone likes to save some cash if they can😀
lovemy suffolk 1 year ago
Like saving calories! I will totally drink a diet soda while eating a piece of pie a la mode. One must save where they can. 😅
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On the right side of the turf 1 year ago
Suffering from classic main character syndrome I see 🤔
People generally perceive eavesdropping as an intrusion of one’s privacy. It’s something you’ll likely never teach a young child to do at a tender age. However, experts see some benefits to it.
According to psychology professor and TedX speaker Dr. Allison Jane Martingano, eavesdroppers are excellent listeners who can identify emotions just by looking at a person’s eyes.
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Heras buddy 1 year ago
Always wondered why we celebrate the pilgrims. The Spanish were in Florida around 60 years before. And even the English already had a settlement at Jamestown aroud 40 years ahead of them.
char 1 year ago (edited)
The Pilgrims were notable bc they traveled in pursuit of a place they could follow their own religious beliefs (better??) rather than land and fortune, they formed the Mayflower Compact, which set a cool precedent for written political contracts in the US colonies (and we know where that went), and they had much better relationships with Native Americans compared to previous groups of colonists
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Montanavanna 1 year ago
If you see me wearing a mask it is because I am sick and trying not to show and tell my germs. You are welcome.
Jaya 1 year ago
Covid isn't over, the measurements against it are over. Covid is here to stay, and still a big problem for people with certain health conditions. Also, we should normalize wearing a mask when you're ill yourself (like a cold or the flu), to spread it to other people less. Like in certain Asian countries. I can't believe our culture in the West is so selfish and still hasn't adopted mask-wearing when you're ill.
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Rizzo 1 year ago
I am completely against equality. Women have been surpressed for millenia and I think we should grant them more rights then men for a few centuries.
Jaya 1 year ago
Sorry, but what nonsense. Why should a random man have less rights because men in the past had more rights, how did that benefit HIM? He should be punished because they got too many benefits in the past, just because he happens to have the same genitalia as them?
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Dr. Martingano spoke about the Theory of Mind (TOM), which refers to our ability to understand the desires, beliefs, and emotions of others. An experiment she conducted revealed that eavesdroppers may develop better TOM skills because of their innate ability to identify emotions.
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nuberiffic 1 year ago
This isn't just thinking outside the box, she's thinking she's the whole box
David Paterson 1 year ago
One of these days I would love to make a robot suitcase, with inbuilt cameras and voice.
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Gabriele Alfredo Pini 1 year ago
In my town there was a big scandal because a school educator was found on OF. The big question was: who discovered her?
Mad Dragon 1 year ago (edited)
The bigger question is whose business is it what a person does on their own time in their own space?
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sdorph 1 year ago
The question is why was the teacher being paid so poorly that they had to go on OF
Angrykitten 1 year ago
Or the teacher liked doing it and not doing it or if financial need. No one's business. As long as not filming on school property this shouldn't be a scandal. I did read about one teacher getting fired for OF but she had filmed in her classroom after hours. If it was true, hard to tell sometimes, but if it was true I do believe firing is appropriate.
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The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago (edited)
You don’t have to scour individual websites to find names; just put someone’s name into a search engine and you’ll get a lot of results including ones for OF, escort services, pörn sites, etc
Eavesdropping appears to be a natural human trait. In 2007, researchers from the University of Washington discovered that 18-month-old babies engage in “emotional eavesdropping.”
As their brains develop, toddlers learn to listen to and observe emotional reactions from adults. The emotional information they’ve collected shapes their behavior and personality.
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Nikole 1 year ago
I’ve done it before cutting off the guy, but it’s always a sign.
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Hey! 1 year ago
Wow. So I'm not the only one who did that? When I was a teenager, I got into a fight with my BF. At the time, my hair was below my butt and I got it cut to just over my shoulders, just to prove a point. We did not last long after that. I think he loved my hair more than me. LOL.
Margaret H 1 year ago
Incredibly liberating thing to do. I can recommend it - especially if you have really long hair!
Just stopping by 1 year ago
😂😂😂 I haven't done this but I made sure to move 100+ miles away. ✌🏽
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Joshua David 1 year ago
I love the concept of paper straws but i dont like using them which is why i don't ask for one.
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Gen X Feral 1 year ago
Hahahahahahaha! Not even a little. She would probably like 24 hour amnesia
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
Wine and cookies are a horrible combination flavour-wise. Acidic with sugary? Yuck.
Of course, eavesdropping can be used for ill intentions, such as hacking or illegal wiretapping. But does it carry negative consequences? Language science professor John Locke says no.
As he explained in an interview with Quartz, people learn social cues by observing public behavior, even if they accidentally listen to other people’s conversations.
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Lihi Porat 1 year ago
I was actually thinking that last week when I discovered that I dropped one size off and a skirt I had was a bit big for me now 😂
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Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
My vet clinic often calls my female cat a "he". I don't go out of my way to correct them. If they ask me something about her I will respond talking about "she and her", but not in any sort of correctional tone. They're usually pretty apologetic when they realize, but I just shrug and reply "She doesn't care, so I don't worry about it."
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We’d also like to hear from you, readers. Have you ever found yourself in Los Angeles overhearing a juicy conversation between people (or with themselves)? Share them in the comments!
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Joshua David 1 year ago
As a gay man, I've had plenty of these conversations with women. They aren't exempt from saying ignorant and offensive things.
Roxy222uk 1 year ago
Many decades ago, in my youth, I repeated the phrase about a good looking gay guy, because I'd heard someone else say it, and got put right immediately by the woman with me. Her son happened to be gay, but I think she might have done so anyway. I got it straight away and actually thanked goodness that I said it to her so I now knew better. I had thought it was compliment (I was very young).
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Ray Riddiough 1 year ago
A married friend once said I'm Bi-sexual if I can't get it at home I go out and Buy it.
Kaleigh Coutermarsh 1 year ago
I've had conversations very similar to this. Men constantly make women wish they were gay.
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Karl E Paul 1 year ago
I agree 👍🏿...also: Influencers are such a stupid term...it gives the impression they do something of actual importance
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sturmwesen 1 year ago
People in white jeans always scare me a bit if they are not at a doctors office.
Melissa Robinson 1 year ago
I'm 51, have raised a child, and still don't trust myself with white jeans
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
have the babies, give up white jeans! (successfully raised 3/3, still fail at white jeans)
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Mike F 1 year ago
I wouldn't want that job, it just seems like too much work to milk an oat. 😂😂
Angrykitten 1 year ago
Vegan and vegetarian foods are very often more processed then their counterparts.
Lori Gibbs 1 year ago
You're the one doing the processing when you peel it or spit out the seeds.
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Gen X Feral 1 year ago
Oh good granny! This give me the icks something fierce. Encouraging your child to objectify and sexually women is just sick.
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Joshua David 1 year ago (edited)
I'm a non psycho leo but only after getting on Prozac years ago.
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Auntriarch 1 year ago
I read the blocked out word as "buddy" I think there's something wrong with me
Libstak 1 year ago
The vaccine ingredients are also listed.. online if you are not getting the packaging at the point of receiving the vaccine.
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Natalie Kelsey 1 year ago
No but it can definitely mean you don't want their cooties lol
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Mother of Giants 1 year ago
As a cashier at a busy truck stop, I had 702 interactions today. It's exhausting. My battery is drained and I have NO plans to interact with anyone outside my household for the next 2 days
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Giraffy Window 1 year ago
Honestly, depending on the customer's tone, I imagine the cashier would be more likely to commiserate than feel any sort of slight
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Maartje 1 year ago
THIS lolol.. I bought my thanksgiving dinner at Whole Foods. My husband stared at the total and remarked- "Let's pay this quickly and forget it ever happened." Yes, I live in LA
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Missy VanWinkle 1 year ago
Fox "News" -- I'm sorry, but lying your your very name is so many kinds of wrong.
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Mike F 1 year ago
I remember working in a garage ~1974, and the older mechanics (WWII vets) HATED us. I heard "youth is wasted on the young" at least once per week per mechanic. Another was "buy your books and send you to school, what did you do, chew the covers?" It was not a pleasant experience, we couldn't walk away from the situation. When I got my chance to get into a factory, I JUMPED.
badger 1 year ago
Plato was complaining about the youth in 375BC - plus ça change.
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PrettyJoyBird 1 year ago
Geez. Mine was no cold cut meats, no sushi, only tylenol, limit caffeine, oh here is gestational diabetes and a thyroid disorder for life as a bonus! I adore my children so please dont come at me. The list is actually WAYyyyylonger and yet i would happily go thru it all over. Love them unconditionally, would die for them.
Alexandra 1 year ago
You can love your children, yet not like being pregnant. I didn't enjoy it one bit: it was a bit of a nuisance, actually.
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Hey! 1 year ago (edited)
My cousin and his wife were professors at Georgia Tech before they retired and in a conversation he said that when they went to have a drink on Campus the bar had to ID everyone, no exception. My cousins looks older than his age, so at 50 he looked almost 70. That was hilarious. He just went with it; it was the rule and there was nothing to be done about it.
James Peek 1 year ago (edited)
In California USA its the law that EVERYONE, whether your 21-100, must show ID to purchase alcohol.
Colleen Glim 1 year ago (edited)
But you can buy a gun in an hour. F****d up priorities
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Child of the Stars 1 year ago
Because it's literally his job to check IDs. I worked at a tobacco shop and the owner insisted that I check everyone's IDs (apparently, he'd been busted previously for selling tobacco products to minors). It didn't matter if the customer was 90 years old and had been a customer for 25 years. I was to check their IDs. I had more than one regular storm out because of it. The owner just shrugged them off because they almost always came back.
Lihi Porat 1 year ago
There's this Mexican comedy movie from 2018 called "The Simplest Thing is to Complicate Everything" where the main character who's like 18 is trying to get into a club with a stolen ID of a 38yo and she's like "you can't tell, right?" 😆
cadena kuhn 1 year ago
I once I'd a girl looked about 16 decked out in head to toe hello kitty...she was 50!!!
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Child of the Stars 1 year ago
Not necessarily. Maybe she just wanted something to fill her time. My ex-husband's dad retired from teaching at 65, but at 72, he's still subbing because a) it fills his time and b) he absolutely loves teaching.
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Melissa Robinson 1 year ago
I was out of town on business staying at a hotel for a month, I saw a therapy dog and asked the owner if I could possibly pet it. I explained my situation, that I had been in a hotel for about 6 weeks at that point and had not had my own two dogs with me the whole time. I was getting sad and a little depressed being away from my family and my pets. The 5 minutes she gave me got me through the next 3 weeks. Amazing what a little scratch behind the ears can do. For both of us!
Gen X Feral 1 year ago (edited)
Awww 🥰 I could never go the long without my devine being disguised as a cat. I think both of us would stick our heads in an oven
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Yea and go home and your dog is pissed because you been out seeing other dogs. My Cleo would not go near me for about 3 hrs. Even longer if it was more than 1 dog.
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Natalie Kelsey 1 year ago
Colorado 31 is in a shared apartment totally stoned, right?
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Janelle Collard 1 year ago
And then there's the "still living in mom's basement" 31-yr-olds. :)
Manana Man 1 year ago
There's east LA 31, where you have no kids or mortgage, but you know how to cook an egg on the hood of your low rider.
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_physically_insane_(he/they/any) 1 year ago
I forgot the word for ‘breakdancing’ and called it ‘dancing on the floor’
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tori Ohno 1 year ago
I'm proud of myself. I haven't had a Crumbl cookie in a month. And I didn't even need a 12 step program!
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Kitty 🥀 1 year ago
I’m in the afternoon of the first day of my Whole 30 protein cleanse thing. I’m only planning on doing it for 2 weeks instead of a month. But man, I already hate it. I didn’t have any carbs or sugar this morning, so I barely have it in me to stand up, even with 2 huge glasses of unsweetened iced coffee in me. Unsweetened coffee. Whyyyyyyyy
Gen X Feral 1 year ago (edited)
You're gonna make yourself sick. Don't get me wrong my diet is far from perfect, but going so extreme so fast can really mess you up. You really should try to ease into it by weaning yourself slowly
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Luisa 1 year ago
When i don't know how to say i point to the menu. Ive done it in Paris, because i didn t want to ofend nobody Mama.
Kristal 1 year ago
Same, and I ask how to pronounce it correctly so I can make a genuine effort next time
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Mike F 1 year ago
Is it the same when you are in the tool section of Menards? Asking for a friend.
Ariom Dahl 1 year ago
Yep, learning the difference between 'want' and 'need' is essential ... but difficult.
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Connie Martin 1 year ago
"Love that for you..." Suitable for many occasions. I'll be using that
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Dragon mama 1 year ago
I learned this as a tick to help remember names when I meet people. (repeat name out load and make an association) Has never worked for me except to make me think things like "I know that girl I think. She likes cheese a lot, right?"
TheElderNom 1 year ago
Repeating first name and last name is marginally helpful for me. Like it ups the chance of remembering one name from 5% to 10%.
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Gen X Feral 1 year ago
Oh no honey, abandon ship. Alcohol has too many calories to waste em on that ahole.
lovemy suffolk 1 year ago
Good for you! Seriously. Drinking alcohol is a slippery slope. And what's cute in your 20' is just sad in your 50's.
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Jaya 1 year ago
If you have the money to afford it and you enjoy it, why not? I spent money on luxuries like chocolate.
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Julie S 1 year ago
I agree I've been a cashier and would never say something like this
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Anesor Ducasse 1 year ago
This small talk interactions seem soooo artificial, embarrassing and hypocritical... Only an american could allow to be adressed at the counter in such a familiarity.
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Libstak 1 year ago
If you are using your therapy time for someone else's issues, then just pay for their therapy ffs, same diff.
AKA AKA 1 year ago
im pretty sure sometimes you can get them for free depending on the circumstances
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HangryHangryHippo 1 year ago
Depending on from where this person was traveling from, didn't have roaming. More often than not, in those cases you depend on wifi so texting in this context could mean from any messaging platform like Whatsapp.
Andy Frobig 1 year ago
T-Mobile, baby! I got coverage everywhere but Cuba
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winterwidow87 1 year ago
This probably beats me forgetting to put my hand over my mouth while yawning because i was too used to do it with a mask on...
Icomefromthelanddownunder 1 year ago
I still tried to cover my mouth when I sneezed with a mask on 😂
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Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I had to google seitan. I didn't know they made a thing that was literally just gluten, but then I wouldn't since I can't eat it.
ENSJ 1 year ago
Seitan is better tasting than Tofu and less easy to f**k up while preparing it. Sucks that you can't eat it.
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Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I wonder how many things I kept secret just because I forgot or I didn't socialise...
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Auntriarch 1 year ago
We got a Christmas card from one of Mr Auntriarch's aunties saying "congratulations on the birth of your son". Obviously one of the cousins had mentioned Henry without the information that he was a greyhound
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Robin DJW 1 year ago
I hope the world is still fit to live in when you get there.
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Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
"practically the same thing" No, Karen, it's not - or only in the way that "I love animals" leads to an extended discussion about burger or chicken recipes.
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Roxy222uk 1 year ago
Oops! Never, ever, bad mouth someone's ex because they could always get back together again and then it will be awkward for ever more. In the case it was only a presumption he was an ex, but the rule would have saved them. If they've split up just stick to asking them how they feel.
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Feathered Dinosaur 1 year ago
I mean apart from the deadline virus thing lockdown has been quite relaxing. Maybe we could do it again, but... you know... without the deadly virus thing?
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Child of the Stars 1 year ago
"You've" as in "you have already lost." The OP is correct.
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dollh h 1 year ago
Someone tell the writer that weather in LA has NOT been lovely. Heatwaves, huge fires. Not lovely at all.
Susan Robinson 1 year ago
I doubt these are overheard out in the world.. these are ancient jokes and standard dad jokes. Come on BP….
dollh h 1 year ago
Someone tell the writer that weather in LA has NOT been lovely. Heatwaves, huge fires. Not lovely at all.
Susan Robinson 1 year ago
I doubt these are overheard out in the world.. these are ancient jokes and standard dad jokes. Come on BP….
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