31 Witty New York City Marathon Signs That Made Us All LOL This Year

This past weekend was the (in)famous NYC marathon. This year, it was 26.2 miles long through all five boroughs and had over 50k runners involved. An absolute MONSTER of a marathon. Many New Yorkers come out to cheer on the runners and, we sure, many friends and family members from out of town come out …
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‘Do Not Gatekeep’: Petty Man Tracks Down Tasty Sandwich That TikToker Refuses to Share Location of, Gets it Named After Him

Pettiness may be a negative trait, but it is one that requires a large amount of creativity to do it well. Anyone can hold a grudge, but acting on it is another matter. It helps if you have a talent of some description — for example, a freakish ability to locate anywhere in the world …
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Canadian Wildfires Bring Smoke (and Memes) to the East Coast

I like working outside. On Tuesday, June 6, while typing away in my modest backyard, the hazy air (which I had attributed to unpleasant New York City summers) started to smell like a campfire. Shortly after, I learned the haze and accompanying smell hailed all the way from Canada, where wildfires are ravaging the forests. …
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‘Bedbugs are throwing a Coachella in her apartment as we speak’: Woman Causes Uproar for Claiming Free Couch From NYC Sidewalk

One of the easiest ways to be kinder on the environment in our crazily consumerist society is to appreciate things secondhand. Thrifting, yard sales, and even controversial practices like dumpster diving all contribute to being one less individual blindly adding to the billion dollar profits of Amazon or similar.  However, this way of life has …
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‘You’ll never guess the price’: People React to Outrageous Rent of New York City Studio Apartment

As someone who has lived in New York City for my entire life, I am used to the rent being ridiculous. But that doesn’t mean I’m cool with it. Every time I move it’s to another tenement-like apartment and farther from «civilization.» It’s frustrating, as a native, to be pushed out of your own neighborhood. …
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Venture Capitalist Roasted For Whining Over Cost of 4-Block Uber to Olive Garden

Once upon a time, before Uber, before cell phones, and before the Internet, people used to walk places. At least that’s what we hear. As a city-dweller who doesn’t own (and can’t drive) a car, and someone who is perpetually late, I’ve taken my fair share of stressed-out Ubers. But I draw the line at …
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New York City Memes to Perfectly Describe the NYC Weather That New Yorkers Want to Scream Into a Pillow About

Have you ever lived in New York City? Would you like us to describe it to you? Seriously, if you haven’t lived in NYC then you probably have only seen the city weather how it is in movies or in photos—in it’s picturesque snowfall winter, or it’s romantic colorful fall colors, or it’s beautiful summer …
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Yummiest and Funniest Chinese Food Takeout Memes in Honor of National Chinese Takeout Day

One time, I dated this person whose dad lived in the West in the middle of nowhere deep in the mountains. Literally, I went there once and there was only one road through the entire town and everybody, I mean EVERYBODY, knew each other. There were maybe 100 people living there? Anyways, the point is …
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