Skinny girl: We should volunteer at an eating disorder clinic.
Friend: Yeah, that would be fun. And we'd be, like, helping people.
Skinny girl: But wait -- if we volunteer there, what if we get influenced and change our beliefs about food and think that not being skinny is sexy?
Friend: No, that wouldn't happen... It would be motivation, because you would think, 'Wow, she's skinner than me.'
--NYU Silver Center
Oct 28th
College girl: Whenever I tell anyone that I was there when you dislocated your shoulder they ask if it's my fault 'cause we were having sex.
20-ish guy: Hahaha! Yeah, me, too. I had one guy ask me, 'Did it happen while you were [pelvic thrusts] uh, uh, uh?'
College girl, excitedly: That's exactly what my dad said!
--Riverside Park
Overheard by: Vicksburg
Oct 21st