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40 Hilarious Conversations That People Overheard In New York And Decided They’re Too Good Not To Share (New Pics)
Jesse Margolis, the man behind Overheard LA, started the Instagram account on a whim in 2015, after listening to a stereotypically L.A. conversation at a health food store. It now has 1.6 million followers and numerous spinoffs, including Overheard London and Overheard New York. This time, we'll focus on the latter.
"We're curating user-generated content, but we're also directing it toward millennial themes," Margolis told The New York Times. "The reason the accounts are successful is because we're not just posting some dumb quote — we're focusing on these themes of dating and digital life and food and fitness and Instagram culture and all that stuff. So we definitely do our best."
And that definitely shows. While scrolling through these snippets, you get a feeling that you're not just eavesdropping on a random conversation. Rather, immersing yourself in a unique environment and getting to know the people living there; their wants and desires, insecurities and fears. So continue scrolling and let's take a walk in the streets of NYC.
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The Overheard project has come a long way since its humble beginnings. High follower numbers aside, Margolis is steering the brand in a new direction too. With a printed "newspaper" called The Overheard Post, which has seen features such as the "millennial weather report" and satirical "obituaries".
"We've got these ... accounts now with cities and themes, and we're kind of exploring how that brand manifests itself in different areas," Margolis explained.
"The newspaper idea is our first foray — it's half a marketing stunt. We're essentially going to be doing a newsletter. My idea for our newsletter is it's offline only, and then if you want to actually read it online, you might be able to get it 24 hours later or a week later."
Margolis said the account that started it all, Overheard LA, plays to the more absurd elements of the city, but interestingly enough, it captures the sort of extremes that his team have all seen a little bit living in L.A.
"We're trying to make fun of the bubble and occasionally we can get caught in the bubble ourselves by doing that, and not necessarily showing just how unique and diverse L.A. has become. I wish the whole of L.A. was reflected more in the account."
What he thinks he has learned from his time on the project is "how clearly we are now living in two worlds: the real world, IRL. And this 'Black Mirror' thing."
What makes him laugh about the newspaper is that he's old enough to remember when everyone was offline scrambling to establish a presence on the internet and now the phenomenon has gone full circle and publishers are trying to establish their presence offline.
My grandpa said: "2 years ago, I masked fart by coughing. Now, when I cough, I have to fart really loudly to mask it." And I think, this is hilarious :D
My husband had a coughing fit, mask on in the grocery store and he said people scattered!
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I choked on my water on an airplane recently and thought I was going to be murdered.
Literally me, I’ll cough in a store and just think to myself “I’m so sorry, I’m not sick, just incompetent and I choked on my own spit”
OMG - this! I sneezed at the grocery store & basically cleared the aisle. Yeah, random stranger - lay off the cologne a bit.
Maybe that's what that poor lady who was raped on that train in Pennsylvania should've done-- coughed conspicuously! Maybe *that* would've stimulated the phone-clutching morons around her into some sort of intelligent action, instead of standing around like cattle going "Derrrrp, this'll get me clicks on my Insta". Stupid humans!
Yes...such an absolutely, horrible thing to happen. That poor, poor woman.
Load More Replies... It's hard to be a cannabis smoker too. I need a shirt saying, " It's cannabis, not Covid."
There was once a subway driver here who was probably kicked out by an airline. Every time I sat in the subway, he not only announced the stops, he also explained what there was to see in these places. And in the most f*****g friendly tone in the world! IT IS 6 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING YOU INSANE !! ONE MORE WORD AND I WILL COME IN TO YOU! But that won't go very nicely ... 😈🤬😂
Burn the guy! Burn his crocs! BURN THE KIDS!!! They already have this PLAGUE in them!!! 😈😈
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I can assure you that as a New Yorker, these are very real. They actually chose nice ones 😅 Usually it's a lot more vulgarity
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Anyone who calls a NYer a NYker can't call bullshit.
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Dayum. To care that much about her above all the street sounds????
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Looks like people in New York are obsessed with the word literally
I can assure you that as a New Yorker, these are very real. They actually chose nice ones 😅 Usually it's a lot more vulgarity
Load More Replies... Anyone who calls a NYer a NYker can't call bullshit.
Load More Replies... Dayum. To care that much about her above all the street sounds????
Load More Replies... Looks like people in New York are obsessed with the word literally
