There used to be a time, a simpler time, when if you passed someone in the street who appeared to be talking to themselves, they probably were, and they were probably slightly crazy as well. Well, all of that changed with the advent of cellphones and hands-free headsets. It had become the norm now to see people walking around talking loudly and wildly gesticulating with both hands–and for those people to be considered normal because they were simply talking on the phone.
Well the good times are back–it’s New York fucking City, and here the countless numbers of people you see talking to themselves on the streets, in the trains, everywhere, are indeed talking to themselves. Most of them are probably crazy to some degree (whether of natural causes or not), and it’s a comforting thought to know that people who are somewhat crazy appear to be so as well.
Plus, it’s funny as fuck.
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[…] Yet one more thing to love about New York: free concerts in the summer. And not free-because-we’re-inviting-no-name-and-no-talent-bands-free, we’re talking awesome groups like Camera Obscura, Battles, and Blonde Redhead. So you’d think that me being a […]
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February 12th, 2008