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NFT: 27 GIFs That Explain How To Survive In New York City

natefit : 11:47 am
Right on point.
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The holding hands  
BigBluePrestige : 12:00 pm : link
on a narrow sidewalk and the people not letting you off the train are on point. Both times I just shove my way through those a-holes.
could have condensed it down to  
fkap : 12:09 pm : link
two:

NYC is crowded, get used to it

NYC is crowded, be considerate.

everything else is just redundant.
I hate tourists  
SB : 12:22 pm : link
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My favorite:  
Put down your phone and walk up the subway stairs...  
rsjem1979 : 12:36 pm : link
...I promise, that text you may have gotten while you were underground isn't life-or-death.
Funny  
mrvax : 12:42 pm : link
but very true.
Slow walkers are the worst.  
BrettNYG10 : 12:43 pm : link
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The umbrella one is so true  
Kyle : 12:45 pm : link
and I never learn.
Even though it's been decades since I lived there  
TJ : 12:49 pm : link
I always hit the ground moving at NYC speed whenever I visit.
Some are a little too New York for tourists to get, I think.  
Ten Ton Hammer : 12:54 pm : link
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RE: The umbrella one is so true  
In comment 11634467 Kyle said:
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and I never learn.


lmao, same here.
Why landscape over portrait?  
Andy in Halifax : 12:57 pm : link
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RE: Why landscape over portrait?  
In comment 11634501 Andy in Halifax said:
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The same reason your TV is wider than it is tall.
landscape over portrait  
shouldn't be some NYC-only thing. It should apply everywhere. Good read though, some of those gifs were great.
Don't be indecisive when walking  
Randy in CT : 1:06 pm : link
towards people and there doesn't seem to be enough room. As a good RB would do, look for your seam and just go for it. The crowd will part like the fucking red sea.
I loooove meandering around the city  
taking in all the sights.......especially mid-week....think I may go soon
Most of these are just  
MadMax : 3:05 pm : link
plain common sense. They were amusing though.
RE: The umbrella one is so true  
BrettNYG10 : 3:06 pm : link
In comment 11634467 Kyle said:
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and I never learn.


Umbrellas are for pussies.
RE: Most of these are just  
In comment 11634807 MadMax said:
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plain common sense. They were amusing though.


You would think it's common sense, and yet there's always 90 people trying to get into a train at the same time 50 are exiting one.
Something that's really bugging me lately...  
Especially at the 23rd & Broadway N/Q/R station..

...people going through the emergency exit door in situations where doing so delays/blocks other people going through the turnstiles. At 23rd & Broadway, it is laid out in a way where if you go through the emergency exit door, it opens up directly into people who are properly using the turnstiles (in an extremely cramped walk towards the stairs). Like directly. You have to wait until this asshole (or asshole-ess) is done cutting you.

It seems obvious to not do this, but without fail, I'd say 2 out of every 3 mornings someone (or someones) decide to fucking do this. It's bad enough that I have to hear the sirens going off when I've barely had a sip of coffee, but just to witness the audacity o these assholes makes me want to scream.

One of these days I'm going to call someone out. The only reason I haven't so far is because I always use the front cart of the subway, so I'm always witnessing people getting rudely cut in front of as opposed to being a victim. I don't know those getting a door and alarm shoved in their face by someone who can't wait literally 8 more seconds remain calm.
Reminds me of my pet peeve when flying...  
People who refuse to check luggage and put everything in the overhead bins, then slow down the departure of the plane to retrieve everything.

I wish the airlines would instruct passengers to stay in their seats, and dismiss those who have nothing in the overhead bins to depart first. Then let everyone else figure it out.

Also, I would give aisle seat preference to people with checked baggage, as they will be more likely to be able to leave quickly.
I like how tourists like  
spike : 4:27 pm : link
to step at the top of subway staircases or the turnstyles, trying to figure out where to go, while blocking the people behind them.

Step out of the way!
what about people that  
spike : 4:28 pm : link
stand on the left side of the escalator, not knowing that it is for people walking up the escalator. If you just want to stand there, stick to the right side!
cab stealers..  
Davisian : 4:48 pm : link
One day my brother in law was running late in getting his kids to school. It was raining and he finally hailed a cab, which WS then stolen by some asshole as he turned to round up his kids.

He mutters (thinking it was under his breath) "fuckin scumbag"..

The finally get to school and they're late and have to check in with the office. The lady at the office says "(nephew) you're never late, what happened?"

Nephew without missing a beat blurts, "I don't know, but we ran into a fuckin scumbag"...

Dav -  
natefit : 5:02 pm : link
about 10 yrs ago Alec Baldwin did that exact thing to me and my little daughters.
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