Would you prefer to be stuck in traffic for two hours or take a 30-minute train ride? As much as we like to complain about public transportation, we would be lost without it. Many of us can’t just drive everywhere, and there are cities where you have so much traffic that it’s not even worth …
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Parents threaten to cut their 20-year-old daughter off if she goes to New York City for 10 days for a fully-funded research trip: ‘My role in my family makes me like a 3rd parent, yet I am micromanaged like a child.’
Why won’t they let her spread her wings and fly? The goal of parenthood should be to raise kids who can function independently. Of course, some kids will always need to live with their parents for reasons beyond their control. But for most parents, they should do everything they can to ensure their kids enter …
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‘Having an extra $12 made me feel like the richest person in town’: Gen X man at Subway sees three teenagers pooling money for one sandwich and decides to pay for their meal
This story is a perfect illustration of how I try to live my life. Be skeptical, be a little cynical, but still be kind. Keep just enough softness in you to make small moments of joy possible. For strangers, for friends, for whoever happens to be standing next to you in line at a sandwich …
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Crazy man spits on 15-year-old on NYC subway train, mom can’t understand why she’s still affected by it 4 years later: ‘She’s sworn to never go back to New York City.’
She has clearly not healed from the trauma of this, and her mother is 100% to blame. Sometimes, people are unaffected by events that would be life-altering for others. Some plane crash survivors can get back on a plane days after their crash, and others are unable to ever get on a plane for the …
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New Yorker claims all NYC transplants should have to volunteer to atone for taking from the city: ‘If the only thing you’re contributing is your taxes, you are ultimately a loser’
There is a seemingly never-ending stream of online discourse about NYC «transplants.» A transplant is someone who moves to a city that they didn’t grow up in, and allegedly makes it worse with their tacky, trendy consumption habits. It’s essentially the 21st-century version of a yuppie. Transplant discourse is not solely a New York City …
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26 Public Transportation Memes That Are More Reliable Than the Bus Schedule
Public transportation is simultaneously the best and worst thing to ever happen to society. On one hand, who actually wants to drive a car, get stuck in traffic, and pay for parking (not to mention the emotional damage of watching gas prices skyrocket)? When you can just hop on the subway or bus and get …
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25+ Public Transit Memes for Your Morning Commute
If you’re a public transportation user, then you know the struggle of getting on a crowded train after a long day of work and not being able to sit down and having to hold your backpack between your knees and trying not to bump into other commuters and generally feeling terrible. It’s a common experience. …
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22 Sandwich Memes to Snack on During Your Lunch Break
Sandwiches are the ultimate comfort food. From a PB&J to a meatball sub, they somehow always hit the spot. Whether you’re team hot or cold sub, you probably don’t have to go far to find it. My side of town has a Subway, Jersey Mike’s, Firehouse Subs, Jimmy John’s, and a bodega hidden in pretty …
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‘I Know That Dunkin Donuts, Checkers, and Popeyes!’: The «Legendary» Myrtle-Broadway and Why Acknowledging a Recognizable Location Can Create Meme Magic
How and why does a mere image become an enduring meme? Is it because there is something inherently funny and special about it, or is it simply because it scratches the itch of recognition and relatability immediately upon viewing it? That’s a question that can be asked of every viral sensation, but it isn’t always …
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25+ NYC Memes for New Yorkers Who Say Bacon Egg and Cheese as One Word
In New York City, it’s not a «bacon egg and cheese» it’s a «baconeggancheese.» It’s an entirely different delicacy. The best is when you can walk into a bodega and they already start making it because they know you, and they know what you like. That’s peak New York to me. It’s a city with …
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