People

Guy #1: You do such dumb shit.
Guy #2: I do not.
Guy #1: Well, what about that E-trades tattoo on your leg?
Guy #2: I’m hardcore!

–1 train

Chick: Sell-out by day…
Suit: Shut up, okay? Whatever pays the bills.

–CBGBs, The Bowery

Overheard by: Sarah Royal

Drunk guy on cell: Dude, that’s crap, you gotta live hardcore!

–Williamsburg

Overheard by: Kate Elizabeth

Teen girl: Man this sucks. Where are all the punks?

–8th & Broadway

Overheard by: Mary

Chick: Darryl doesn’t even know what hardcore is, first off. He was all, “What, is that like some kind of porn?”.

–2nd & A

Overheard by: Kira

Punk girl: Fight bureaucracy!
Suit: You’re not the boss of me.

–Leonard between Broadway & Church

Overheard by: Lakini Malich

A hobo on crutches hobbles towards a chick walking in the opposite direction, and she swerves to avoid him.

Crutchbo: You think you can outsmart me, bitch? Next time I’ll cut you.
Woman: I’m hoping there won’t be a next time.

–Port Authority

Girl #1: When I’m older and I’m pregnant, I hope I’m standing when my water breaks cause I don’t want the baby to come down and, like, drown.
Girl #2: My Mom went down in a gutter with me.

–B44 bus

Queer: Today Daisy totally showed me her vagina!
Girl: She shows everyone her vagina.

–3rd & 6th

Overheard by: zin

Two boys were playing on a fire escape.

Boy #1: Okay. Now I’ll be the policeman, and you be the fireworks on Coney Island.

–Windsor Terrace

Guy #1: I think you just stepped in pee, there.
Guy #2: Ew.
Guy #1: I think it was human.
Guy #2: Ew. It was kind of greenish.
Guy #1: Maybe it was antifreeze. Don’t lick your shoe or anything. Not that you should if it was pee, I mean.

–26th & 2nd

Guy on cell: Of course I hate her! However, that’s not gonna stop me from fucking her.

–Park Slope

Girl: Your mouth is warm. Lick my face.

–Forest Hills

Overheard by: Sara R.

Man on cell: I don’t see what the big deal was. It was only a blowjob.

–Greene Street between Spring & Prince

Guy: What flavor should I get?
Drunk girl: I’d get butter pecan but I’m lactose intolerant and it’d make me shit like a champ.

–Bodega, Houston & 6th

Girl #1: No, dude, I’m telling you, all the men going to Paris right now are so gay.
Girl #2: Oh my god, that’s so not true. Johnny Depp lives there. Totally not gay.
Girl #1: Yeah, I guess…
Girl #2: Trust me, you’ll find someone to lose your virginity to there. I’m sure most of them are just, like, metro or bi, anyway.

–Columbia University

Overheard by: Pam Jones

Woman #1: Do you have the time?
Woman #2: Yeah, it’s 6:15.
Hobo: But when’s it gonna be time for you and me?…I said, when’s it gonna be time for you and me? All right then, same time tomorrow.

–Central Park

Overheard by: robin b.