And She Makes an Excellent Paperweight

20-something blonde: It's just…she can't talk, all she does is scream and cry. She's not even a real person yet. I just don't understand how you can love her so much!
Redhead, lovingly cradling baby: Shit, hon, you have to stop saying things like that. She's your daughter!

Café Nero
London
England

Overheard by: Nit

Posted on November 21, 2020
Compare and contrast, Default, England, Family ties, Feelings, Girls, Moms, Restaurants

When Summer's Eve Merged with The Learning Channel

Girl: Do you ever get the feeling we're, like, related to monkeys?

Bryn Mawr College
Pennsylvania

Posted on October 15, 2020
Animals, Colleges & Universities, Family ties, Feelings, Girls, Pennsylvania, Questions

Just When Race Relations Were Improving in Boston

White tourist: I’m really sorry — I don’t have any change. If I did, I’d give you some, but I don’t, so… sorry. Good luck with everything…
Black dude: Cracka, I’m ain’t homeless!

Hynes Convention Center subway stop
Boston, Massachusetts

Posted on October 15, 2020
Black people, Comebacks, Default, Feelings, Massachusetts, Public transportation, Tourists, Whiteys

You Can Cry Afterwards and He Can't Tell

Girl: It's not “oh, I got laid underwater.” It's that I got to know the person and got close to them before I went underwater.

Psychology Class
University of Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Emily

Posted on September 24, 2020
Class, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Feelings, Girls, Pennsylvania, Sex, Weirdness, Words

…Every Time I Smell Sewage.

Chick: Yeah, we really need to hang out with Julie soon. She told me yesterday: “I miss Andrea, she's so gross!”
Andrea: Awww, I miss her too!

Seattle, Washington

Posted on September 23, 2020
Chicks, Feelings, Relationships, Washington

…Since I Accepted Homer Simpson As My Personal Savior

Teenage girl #1: He hates me.
Teenage girl #2: He doesn’t hate you. Maybe you should just say “hi” to him.
Teenage girl #1: How am I supposed to say “hi”? I have voices in my head saying “I want cheeseburgers”!

Canberra
Australia

Posted on September 15, 2020
Advice, Australia, Default, Feelings, Food, Friends, Girls, Teens

Should've Realized He Wasn't “Chosen” When He Never Got Picked for T-Ball

Girl to friend: So he was already crying because he found out we weren't Jewish. Then he was like, “But aunt Jill is Jewish! Why aren't we?!” My mom had to explain that Jill's her best friend, not her sister. So then he found out we weren't related to Jacob and everyone. So he cried even harder.
Friend: Wow.
Girl: Yeah, but he was like 10, so he should have just sucked it up.

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Tyler