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BoseSonic t1_it9bxfe wrote

Almost none of those “Overheard” posts ever actually happened

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Chester2707 t1_it9mufb wrote

Almost is being a bit generous.

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hooahguy t1_ita89hl wrote

Im sure theres a few in there which are true, but the vast majority are definitely fake and the kind of stuff people think of that makes them sound witty. From a recent post, claiming its overheard in a farmers market: "no ketamine or cocaine? what kind of farmers market is this?" I guarantee you that nobody said this. Nobody.

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vertknecht t1_itae2w0 wrote

That’s something a teenager would say to their friend as a joke

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keyjan t1_it9mrvh wrote

Except that there actually are people with thousands of dollars in outstanding traffic/parking fines (and are still driving around free in those cars).

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Barkmywords t1_itc4fhc wrote

Yea but $40k worth is not believable. They would certainly boot or tow the car way before that.

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maufkn_ced t1_itcc9of wrote

Lol you’d be surprised. I think the highest I’ve seen was34k

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AhhAGoose t1_it9ycgh wrote

The ones where people from Kansas are disappointed the national mall doesn’t have shops are all real I bet

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dumbdumbmen t1_itb3v9b wrote

Well I've really had people ask me where the "mall" is. And where the parking lot is.

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scotch_please t1_ita2wnh wrote

My reaction to any of the ones that have a random passerby interjecting with a mildly offensive witty quip. People here won't intervene when someone's getting aggressively sexually harassed or physically assaulted on the same train as them...they're not going to randomly comment on someone's private convo.

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fvb955cd t1_itaokht wrote

For a while the quipper was always a wise native dcer, while the foolish people were transplants in a transplant job like consulting, which apparently someone overhearing it just knew somehow.

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scotch_please t1_itarlfx wrote

> which apparently someone overhearing it just knew somehow.

They SENSED it was a troubled Aquarius needing to be snapped out of retrograde!

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UnusualAd6529 t1_itafr6i wrote

Who tf even believes these, people just don't talk like this. What context would these quipy relevant one liners come up ??

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