40 Of The Most New York Conversations Overheard By Strangers

"Jesus Christ, go back to California!"

Chelsi

• Published in Funny
• April 8, 2022

As a general rule of polite society, it's always best to avoid eavesdropping on other people's conversations. Frankly, politeness be damned, there are just times when you can hear every intriguing tidbit they're saying.

Overhearing strangers' conversations will always be out of context, well, because we don't know anything about them which makes what they say potentially hilarious. Overheard conversations like this became the basis of a popular Instagram account.

Overheard LA was started by Jesse Margolis in 2015 after he heard an undeniably LA conversation while in a health food store. The popular account has since amassed a large following of 1.6 million Instagram users.

The success of the account has reached other parts of the world and prompted the launch of Overheard London, Overheard Austin, Overheard San Francisco, and Overheard New York. So why are these accounts for eavesdropping so popular?

According to Margolis, it's because they are tapping into each of the city's unique themes that reflect their very own culture. There's so much you can learn about a place when you hear its citizens talk about their food, the dating scene, their fitness and lifestyle, and, of course, the online digital landscape of the city.

Just by reading these memorable conversations, you will feel sort of immersed in the city. This time we're learning about New York City from its brash, ambitious, witty, and tired New Yorkers.

1. Dad is a champion of gender equality and he's not wrong

2. What would make you think I'd smile at you when your dog is right there?

3. Take the wins, young man and get vaccinated!

4. Everything is a competition these days

5. Once she becomes a suitcase, she will definitely get lost in those magical gateways to all the other places

6. Learn your geography please

7. This is how you can tell when the person is brand new, the city hasn't taken away their sparkle

8. Very accurate and incredibly irritating

9. I know New York bagels were amazing but I didn't realize they can make you wise!

10. One man's drunk and passed out on a park bench is another man's best day

11. Thanks for nothing, Covid

12. If you're going to be racist, at least be accurate

13. Narcissus is proud of his descendant

14. They are making a sculpture in her honor

15. Best relationship ever!

16. Your dog could have been like Clifford the Big Red Dog

17. Give this little man his monocle, stat!

18. There's no shortages of main characters in NYC

19. It's not always a political statement, Barbara

20. We all know what we want to be in our next life

21. The gays have sufferred enough, let them have Halloween for crying out loud!

22. Dancer girl - 0, Gravity - 1, Newton incarnate - Nobel

23. Ooh, self burns are so rare

24. Perfect!

25. Tifanny Haddish lurking in the corner

26. Not another one!

27. If you don't want people hitting you all the time in the train, take an Uber!

28. Breathe'nt

29. She just wants you to learn another language

30. Chill, she's killing her lungs in another way

31. Thank god he's not wearing Birkenstock

32. Gave it to a pigeon!

33. You go strong-legged lady!

34. Everything is a part of the multiverse

35. Ouch!

36. She spent too much to listen to your bullsh*t

37. We need a full list

38. How is that even a flex?

39. Covid can't sit with us

40. People from LA obviously

It can be pretty rude to listen in on other people's conversations but when they are these hilarious then it's forgivable. The conversations above are prime examples of this hilarity.

If we are to believe TV and movie depictions, then New Yorkers are a lot like their city — modern, fast-paced, and a bit intimidating. But like the Big Apple, they're bright, shiny, and endlessly interesting. Never stop, NYC!

Chelsi