Diet/Weight

Anorexic JAP: What, you couldn’t afford an entire outfit?
Obese woman in Britney Spears get-up: What, bitch, you couldn’t afford an entire meal?
Anorexic JAP: [silence]

–Uptown E train

Guy: He was like, “My girlfriend gained all this weight, and that’s why I left her,” and all of the girls were like, “Gasp! You monster!” And then he was like, “But it was, like, 95 pounds!” and all of the girls were like, “Gasp! Eww! Gross!”

–Party, 16th & 1st

Chick: Then he peer-pressured me into being morbidly obese!

–1 train

Girl on cell: Nothing’s bigger than Oprah, not even my mother’s ass!

–Ocean Pkwy and Neptune Ave, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Ilysse Weisenfeld

Dude with flyers: New York Sports Club! Only 37 dollars! Get yo’ fat ass to the gym!

–Court & Joralemon, Brooklyn

Overheard by: elwood

Little boy: Mommy, I’m sick of all the fat girls in Coney Island.

–Queens Center Mall

Walking VD: It’s not cheating if she’s fat.

–Outside Jugo Juice, Times Square

Teen girl on cell: Ugh, great. Now she’s just going to make fun of me because I’m short and fat! Oh my God!

–Q46 bus

Overheard by: Melissa

Little girl: Mom, look! I saw that lady on TV! That lady is on TV!
Mom: What lady? Where?
Little girl: That fat lady! That fat lady over there is on TV!

–Dinosaur BBQ, W 131st St

Overheard by: Alison R.

Middle-aged, overweight woman #1: How can these brownies be low fat? Look at these ingredients! Walnuts, almonds… This can’t be low fat!

Woman #2 points to a picture of Marilyn Monroe on the wall.

Woman #1: She was a size twelve, you know.

–Cafe Bacio, 71st & 1st

Overheard by: Emily Duncanson

Girl #1: How are you so fucking skinny!? All I see you do is eat, eat, and eat some fucking more! We just came from Dunkin fucking Donuts where you had a bagel and a fucking muffin! Now you’re eating fucking chocolate! How are you so fucking skinny!? You’re a fucking freak of nature!
Girl #2: Yo, shut the fuck up or I’ll vomit all over your fat ass!

–Q88 bus

Overheard by: Jackie

Girl: Do you want to go get some coffee?
Queer: No way! I don’t want to feel like a fat whore.

–H&M, Herald Square

Commuter dude #1: The cars on this line feel smaller.
Commuter dude #2: Yeah, it’s like they’re narrower by just a bit or something.
Commuter dude #1: Oh wait; I think people are just fatter.

–1 train, Upper West Side

Well-dressed woman to well-dressed man: It’s not my ears, it’s your ass.

–3rd Ave between 11th & 12th

Overheard by: Heather DuCharme

Black guy to white girl: Hey, Slim Goodie! I wanna take you home and fatten you up right now! Some KFC, that’s all you need to juice that ass up.

–14th & 6th

Overheard by: Sarah Bitchards

Girl to friend: Girl, you know you got a hobbit ass

–Steps outside the Met

Overheard by: Dawn Duffey

Chick: My drama teacher said that she looked like she had been fed with a shovel as a child…He was my favorite teacher.

–1 train

Overheard by: Sidra Greene