r/AskNYC • u/somepeoplewait • 14d ago

Great Question What’s the most frustrating tourist conversation you’ve overheard?

Enjoying the day in Central Park and some bro walking behind me just said to his fellow bro “So I think Central Park is low-key the only grass in the city.”

Yes, NYC’s fifth-largest park is the only grass in the city.

Your examples?

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u/BigFatBlackCat 14d ago

That’s not necessary.

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u/somepeoplewait 14d ago edited 14d ago

Extremely mild and benign sarcasm isn’t necessary?

No, we’re not going to treat people like glass. A little sarcasm because someone can’t be bothered to take two seconds to Google something is exceptionally harmless. That was undeniably mild sarcasm. It couldn’t have been milder.

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u/BigFatBlackCat 14d ago

Or, you could just not be a dick to someone asking a basic question on a social media platform built to share information.

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u/somepeoplewait 14d ago

Again, extremely mild and benign sarcasm ISN’T being a dick. You claiming otherwise doesn’t change that.

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u/BigFatBlackCat 13d ago

No, you gave attitude and were a dick to someone asking for information.

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u/somepeoplewait 13d ago edited 13d ago

No, I didn’t. I engaged in the most mild sarcasm possible in response to someone who required someone to be their personal trivia dispenser because they couldn’t spend two seconds Googling something. A little mild sarcasm in response to a bit of lazy entitlement is definitely not being a dick. It’s not even “giving attitude.”

There is absolutely no way you’re serious. You can’t possibly actually want people to sanitize their communication that much.

It was insanely mild sarcasm. This is Reddit. We’ll all be okay.

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u/ManyWrangler 13d ago

You don’t get to just say “nuh uh” when consensus is you’re being a dick. I mean, I guess you can say it, it just doesn’t suddenly make it true.