And She Probably Didn't Know 'til He Told Her

Girl #1: He told her she was too fat?
Girl #2: Yeah, he broke up with her.
Girl #1: That's terrible!
Girl #2: Well, she did get kind of fat.

–Nail Salon, 18th & 5th

Overheard by: Rachel

Posted on April 14, 2015
Breaking Up, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Diet/Weight, Girls, Physical appearance, Questions, Store

I Think There’s a Small Child Trapped in My Back-Flab

Ghetto chick #1: Yo, how come people keep leaving but we’re still fucking crushed in?
Ghetto chick #2: It’s ’cause we’re fat, bitch.

–Rockefeller Center

Posted on April 11, 2015
Default, Diet/Weight, Ghetto Chicks, Gripes, Questions, Rockefeller Center

Almost as Sexy as Guys Who Cut Themselves

Girl #1: How can you like Peter? He’s completely crazy.
Girl #2: Yeah, but he’s like…eating disorder hot.

–Columbia University

Posted on April 8, 2015
Beauty, Bimbettes, Columbia (& Barnard), Diet/Weight

What with the Puffy Belly and the Begging for Food

Teenager #1: Oh my god, she is like way too skinny.
Teenager #2: Yeah.
Teenager #1: I mean, don't get me wrong, I love way too skinny, it just doesn't look good on her.
Teenager #2: Totally.

–Atlantic Avenue Station

Overheard by: Nina

Posted on April 5, 2015
Brooklyn, Compare/Contrast, Default, Diet/Weight, Physical appearance, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Teens

Taking Off That Dead Animal Would Be a Good Place to Start

Heavily-pierced fur protesting chick: You’re arguing with a 16-year-old!
Fat, pro-fur guy: That doesn’t give you an excuse to be stupid.
Heavily-pierced fur protesting chick: Lose some weight! Lose some weight!

–5th Ave

Overheard by: Maddie

Posted on April 5, 2015
Diet/Weight, Insults, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen

Thanks for the Recipe, Pampered Chef!

Thug #1: Yo, what it mean when you call a woman “apple bottom”?
Thug #2 (half asleep): Cake.
Thug #1 to thugette: See woman, I told you it mean you got cake.

–1 Train

Overheard by: bianca's boyfriend

Posted on March 31, 2015
Default, Diet/Weight, Nicknames & name calling, On the Subway, Physical appearance, Questions, Thugs, Words

She Is Pretty Fat, Though

Thug, quietly to young girlfriend: Get it, get it. (then loudly to woman about to steal the seat) Miss, she's pregnant! Miss, she's pregnant! (to girlfriend) Show her your belly. Nah, just playin, she just fat.
Woman: That's… not nice.

–A Train

Posted on March 28, 2015
Diet/Weight, Girlfriends, On the Subway, Physical appearance, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Public Transportation, Thugs, Women

My Personal Carbon Offset

Bimbette: Well, the human brain weighs 3 lbs.
Friend: So?
Bimbette: So, I'm not really 110. I'm really 107. If you don't count my brain.

–A Train

Posted on March 26, 2015
Bimbettes, Body Parts, Circumcision, Compare/Contrast, Default, Diet/Weight, Friends, On the Subway, Stupidity, Weirdness

The Rest Was History for Kim Kardashian and Ray-J

Black guy, yelling out of his car at cute girl crossing the street: Hey! You look like yo' white boyfriend call you fat, but mama, that alllllll good!
Cute girl: I have never felt so offended and so complimented at once. (deadpan) This must be love.

–Grand Army Plaza

Overheard by: aenigma