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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."
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Bird Nerd 3 years ago
To the people commenting "ALM not BLM", yes. All lives matter. But black lives are being discriminated against. The best way to explain it is, black lives are a broken limb. You go to the doctor, and you would get a cast for just that limb, as well as a check-up on all of your others. You wouldn't get a full body cast. You would focus on that limb until it heals and all of your limbs are healthy.
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago (edited)
Surely this guy should be making sure his kids feels like he matters daily, not just when a group of "protesters" are breaking the law based on some black person living in a big house in a white neighborhood encouraging their followers to pillage and loot
Marek Gray 3 years ago
few words and ure all soggy from this? XD its just a sentence, meaningless.. u need to DO things more than say them.
August Martin 3 years ago
BLM isn't saying your life doesn't matter or that someone else is better than you, it's about fighting against racial inequality and police brutality. Just because people speak out against injustice doesn't mean they think their superior.
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Auntriarch 3 years ago
We should. But we aren't. So we have to keep saying BLM until then, until de jure is de facto.
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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.
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Laura Mende (Human) 3 years ago
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 ... 😈🤬😂
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Laura Mende (Human) 3 years ago
Burn the guy! Burn his crocs! BURN THE KIDS!!! They already have this PLAGUE in them!!! 😈😈
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Lola M 3 years ago
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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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
Anyone who calls a NYer a NYker can't call bullshit.
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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
Dayum. To care that much about her above all the street sounds????
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Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
Looks like people in New York are obsessed with the word literally
Lola M 3 years ago
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... Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
Anyone who calls a NYer a NYker can't call bullshit.
Load More Replies... Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
Dayum. To care that much about her above all the street sounds????
Load More Replies... Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
Looks like people in New York are obsessed with the word literally
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