Join a Less Ridiculous Subculture?

13-year-old goth boy: Hey! You look like a hippie!
Hippie: Yeah…
13-year-old goth boy, offering hand: My name’s Jason*. I thought I should introduce myself since I said you looked like a hippie and all.
Hippie: Okay…
13-year-old goth boy: You know, you look like a Tim. I’ve got a friend named Tim who looks just like you, only his face is mousier.
13-year-old goth girl: Oh. My. God! That’s it! No snowball for you!
13-year-old goth boy: Christ! I can’t play with dead squirrels, I can’t talk to the hippie…! What the hell can I do?!

Snowball stand
Stewartstown, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Amused Girlfriend

Posted on November 12, 2013
Goths, Gripes, Hippies, Pennsylvania

But for God’s Sake, No “Down Low / Too Slow!”

Girl #1 at sink: You know, Nicole is bringing a guy here tonight.
Girl #2, shocked: Shut up!
Girl #1: Yeah, his name is Aaron, and he likes high-fives.

Women’s room, Philly Roller Derby
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Miss Carrie

Posted on November 11, 2013
Chicks, Gossip, Pennsylvania

He Made His Millions Off Kant’s Death

Philosophy professor: … And Hegel scheduled all of his classes at the same time as Schoepenhauer’s classes, which really pissed off Schoepenhauer because Hegel was like the P. Diddy of 19th century German philosophy.

Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Jen

Posted on November 9, 2013
Class, History, Pennsylvania, Pop culture, Teachers

But I'm the One Who Lobbied the Administration for a Pole!

RA: You guys went stripping without me?

Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Posted on August 27, 2011
Feelings, Pennsylvania, Questions, Sexuality, Students

We All Know How to Push Our Parents Right Over the Edge

Man pushing his mother in wheelchair: It's all designed to kill you, mother.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Posted on July 19, 2011
Death & dying, Family ties, Guys, Pennsylvania, Wishes

Every Spanish-Language Soap Opera, in a Nutshell.

Girl in next aisle: Spanish doctor, pregnant nurse! Oh, snap!

Barnes & Noble
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania

Posted on June 28, 2011
Feelings, Girls, Pennsylvania, Pregnancy, Race, Relationships

Meanwhile, I'm at Community College on a Ping Pong Scholarship

Drunk girl: I have two sisters. One goes to UPenn, she's really smart. The other one goes to Drexel, she's not very smart…

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Alex Remnick

Posted on June 24, 2011
Compliments, Drunks, Education, Family ties, Girls, Pennsylvania

Or I Did Until I Realized How Many Doors It Opens

Girl: I hate those girls that are like, “Oh, look at me, I can dance with my hand in my hair!”

Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted on June 17, 2011
Dancing, Feelings, Girls, Hair, Hands, Pennsylvania

Let Me Give You the List Of Questions Now

Student, after class spent 25 minutes arguing answers to midterm: I have a question. Not about this test, but about future tests.
Professor, wearily: I think the final will just be take-home.
Class: Really?
Professor: Whatever.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted on June 11, 2011
Education, Fears, Pennsylvania, Questions, Students

Why 4-Year-Olds Shouldn't Have Real Cell Phones

Four-year-old boy using hand like pretend cell phone: Hello, police? We're at Target. You know the way? My babysitter's being real weird, can you come get her?

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania

Posted on June 10, 2011
Kids, Offspring, Pennsylvania, Questions, Weirdness