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When you live in a city, sometimes it's impossible to hide your ears from private conversations. A fittingly named Instagram account called Overheard New York joins Overheard L.A., documenting some of the funniest small talk examples to be said in the streets.

"It started out as an accident," the anonymous creator of the two accounts told VOGUE. He was sitting at Erewhon, a cult L.A. health market, when he couldn't avoid a "long and absurd conversation with loads of random funny questions between two girls" (it included vegan bistros, tanning, egg freezing, and pit bulls, all at the same time). After he posted the exchange on his personal Instagram page, it quickly became a hit among his contacts. Fast forward by a few similar posts and a screenwriter friend suggested he should create an individual account, dedicated to cataloging the eccentricities and stupid questions of L.A.'s population.

Eventually, the creator started taking conversation starter submissions via e-mail and direct messages. "We get about 100 submissions a day." After West Coast comedy account became viral, he started thinking about New York City. "I think people who follow the L.A. page see 10 percent of themselves, but it feels more like a fantasy land, whereas I think New York feels more real. I think it’s a little harsher; it has a little bit more of an attitude. I think you would read those posts and think they’re funny and relatable."

Scroll down to check out the funny questions and quotes, upvote your favorites and let us know if you think they represent the locals appropriately! And if you live in either of these cities, start conversations with care, because you might end up with this bunch!

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I lost my faith in pigeons when I was three on the day a pigeon launched a missile attack on my ice cream right before a big lick.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Meh... Not so drunk. On the other hand, if (s)he would by licence to WinRar...

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

6'3" guy walks in to the aisle where I'm shopping, just as I finish using an extendable backscratcher to fish an item off the top shelf. He looks puzzled. I say, "Where were you two minutes ago?"

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've got news for you: if you're watching a couple break up, then you've got about a dozen cable channels

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

people who listen to music without headphones should not be allowed to go out in public

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

maybe he was a fashion critic, those guys sometimes have the homeless look with all the crappy trends they try on

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Clever but I fin people in New York don't have time for three sentences, hence the liberal use of the middle finger

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL! Totally something that would happen to my mom. Years ago, she was at a friend's house getting ready to go out somewhere and her friend was sitting on the couch. My mom went up to her and said "Come on! Get dressed! Put on some make up! Let's go!" and her friend said, "But I already got ready..."

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Escape rooms are actually pretty fun. Just do it with people you don't hate.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i feel like this one might not be true or the mom was joking

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aliens can find me by just knowing the planet, while pizza delivery doesn't even find me by knowing the address.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One time I was the only person in line waiting at a register, and there was no one there to check me out yet. A woman walks in the store and goes "where would I find applesauce?" I replied with "I don't know." she looked at me pretty weird for a sec and then realized I didn't work there.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok but I've always thought it's ridiculous for people who don't serve (or aren't hunting at that moment) to wear camouflage.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

New York CITY, please, there is an entire state where the rest of us actually don't think we're superior.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can't blame the drugs. That's what weak people do. Some of us can drink and get high and realize that you still have to act your age.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL, I have literally not ordered food before because I couldn't bring myself to say the name out loud.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think daylight savings is a really stupid concept. Just coz u do it, doesn't mean the time walks by it. There is no point to it.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

BoJack:“Is that how you pronounce that?” SaraLynn:“I don’t know, they should just call them “overpriced blueberries for douchebags’”

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean, this person may have had a legitimate issue, but otherwise just wash your hands later and high five the friggin toddler.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like leaving water boiling is not a prize roommate move. Just sayin.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

New Jersey gets so much s---! I'm from there and it's just New York but without the fame or pollution

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd wanted to visit the city ever since I was a little kid, but even though my parents took me on vacation to Maine, Vermont, etc., we never made a stop there. So, finally, my husband and I went there on our honeymoon in 2015. For me, it was okay. Lots of nice things to see (totally worth it to invest in the New York Pass. A five-day pass costs around $250 but we used it to the equivalent of $600!), but a very dirty city with generally rude people. My husband hated, hated, HATED it and never wants to step foot back there! I would go back to visit again, but without my husband!

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Sorry, can't come to work today, gotta take care of my baby." "YOU HAD A BABY!? I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU WERE PREGNANT!" "No, no he's adopted."

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG Seriously. When I used to waitress I hated that question. What's good to me won't necessarily be good to you, dipshit.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Right, let's try an elimination process. First, do you live in New York?

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

because lots of people looking for the hot one (girls or guys) instead of the nice one. If you grow up while being hot, often (not always thanks god) you grew up being a d**k because you didn't put effort of being nice. Education has a big part of that!

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wow, that's what I feel like right now... but we don't have quinoa bowls, we have vegan-gluten free- fairtrade- handmade ice creams and Döner now, also nice

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plans are great to have, she probably most definitely had one of those that did not include trying to get somewhere underground during rush hour with 3 kids.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Singapore, being able to shove your way out of a train means the people were polite that day.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate this word "friendzone". It's either used by boys who think that being nice to a girl give them a kind of right on them which means those boys are not "friends". Either it's used by girls who take advantage of persuade boysthat they are going to be reward by sex if they pay for things. No one use a friend like this. There is no friendship in the "friend"zone

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