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Best of Overheard in Brooklyn # 4
Best of @heardinbk
Sorry, guys. I’ve been neglectful of my cross-posting. Yes, I know tweets have an easy embed feature, but I like the way this looks better.
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Kiera Feldman “I’m always afraid my sister’s profile is going to come up. She lives near here”–man talking about OkCupid at the bar #overheardinbrooklyn
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tammi jean “There’s this great tamale place in Midtown in an abandoned elevator shaft.” #overheardinbrooklyn
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Overheard Brooklyn And then she said, with firm conviction, “I miss The Harlem Shake.”
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“My cat still has PTSD from my leash-training attempt.”
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“Do you know your Myers-Briggs type?”
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Aure Moser today is the day: “learn on the internet how to love a plant” ~ overheard in brooklyn
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Brianna Overheard near Grand Army Plaza: “Where’s the line between gossip and processing interpersonal dynamics?” (cc: @HeardInBK)
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“The other [frozen yogurt] place in Williamsburg sold out of fruit once. It was disgusting. I was so angry.”
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Adam Conover yo i’m adam but my club name is “DJ Cisgendered”
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“It’s like the whole movie’s on Instagram.” Regarding Moonrise Kingdom.
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“I’ll love him so long as he doesn’t turn out to be a Republican or a Red Sox fan.” -guy holding baby #conditionallove
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Stephen Watson Overheard in Brooklyn: “there needs to be some sort of national bong functionality standardization” @HeardInBK
Hunter Walker Overheard cellphone conversation in Brooklyn: “I’m failing miserably at this human experience. What are you doing?”
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“Her fashion sense is something like an Amish person meets a transvestite.”
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“Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Everybody!” < #Shots for lonely, introverted people.
Creepiest License Plate in Brooklyn
Snapped today in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY:
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This sends so many signals and leaves so many questions.
Like, “How many bodies of minors are in that backseat?” (I was afraid to look) and “Is it legal to upload a picture of someone’s license plate?” (According to Google, yes, yes it is.)
Overheard in Brooklyn Tweets #3
I got retweeted by MC Chris! I feel like I’ve been touched by a Nerd God. @HeardinBK Send me your hipster quotes!
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“Yeah, I do want to say something to you. As a Batgirl, you’re disappointing!” –@_mcchris to drunk heckler being led out of@KnitBrooklyn
Candice Hall “You don’t throw a cup at digital Woody Guthrie!” –@_mcchris at drunk heckler.
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“I thought ‘Pynchonian’ was a type of lunch meat.”
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“Going to the dentist is like going to Cirque de Soleil except I’m always going to get mauled by tigers.”
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“I never preheat my oven. I’m a rebel.”
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“I just used ‘ceteris paribus’ in a text message. Yeah… I’m a nerd.”
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BARBandBEAR.com #overheardinbk “it was great! i really got to experience the cultural anonymity of dressing barn animals in old-timey people clothes.”
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“Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence would be a great indie band name.”
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Overheard Brooklyn @HeardInBK
“Dolphins Rape People. Band name or PSA?” At Norman ave and Jewel st, Greenpoint.
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“I saw a girl with a brass-colored leg and my first thought was “what a great steampunk outfit.”
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“Sometimes when I’m bored on the train I play ‘Who in this car would I most likely fuck.’ ‘Me too.'”
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Previous collections of “best of” tweets are Here and Here.
More Overheard in Brooklyn Tweets
Eleven days into my new project and I haven’t given up. Pimp my Twitter. Pimp my Twitter. Pimp my Twitter.
23% follower to following rate. Could be worse.
You know what’s more important than followers? Retweets. It’s hard to do on twitter if you’re not in a tweet circle jerk. Do me a solid, guys, and check the page and retweet your favorite quote. And comment if you have suggestions!
Overheard Brooklyn
@HeardInBK
Tag me in your hipster quotes and I might retweet you.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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“I would like to thank the fine denizens of the Internet for inspiring my wireless network name. ‘BonerHitler.'”
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“My love life is a Jungian soap opera.”
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“You’re raping the cows! You’re raping the cows!” [at icecream truck]
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“He’s like Thoreau but with Tourette’s.”
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“They rhymed ‘Vietnam’ with ‘Bambi’s mom.'” #garfunkelandoates
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no matter how many people think of a stoner dating site, it will never get built
Overheard in Brooklyn @HeardinBK Twitter
I have a new project. There’s a few other “Overheard in Brooklyn” websites and blogs, but they’re all dead. Don’t let this Twitter die like my Anthony Weiner Tumblr died!
My life goal is go viral on the Internet by ripping off other people’s ideas. (My parents didn’t love me.)
Send me your Hipster quotes and retweet any ones you like.
“My dream is to make a living writing dick jokes for people that have been to college.”
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“Goddamn, I need a man purse.”
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“Feminist mime class. Help! Help! I’m trapped under a glass ceiling.” –@TheRealDictator
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“She bought a shower curtain that says YOLO on it.” “This shit has gone too far.” #YOLO
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“We’re living in a Dystopia!”
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