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Soliciting on the streets of New York

• Guy 1: Excuse me, sir?
• My Brain: Just keep looking ahead.
• Guy 1: Sir? Excuse me, sir.
• My Brain: Nope. Ignore him.
• My Mouth: Uh, yes?
• My Brain: You idiot, why did you respond?!
• Guy 1: Hello, we're -so and so- and we were wondering if you would be able to donate blood.
• My Mouth: Uhhh, I really can't.
• Guy 2: But sir, it's for a good cause. We are collecting blood for the passover.
• My Mouth: Oh yeah?
• Guy 2: That's right. Do you know what the passover is about?
• My Mouth: Yes, I do.
• Guy 2: Then you must surely know its importance.
• My Mouth: ...
• Guy 1: You do know, right?
• My Mouth: Of course.
• Guy 1: Could you tell us?
• My Mouth: Uh, it's about giving?
• My Brain: You're an idiot.
• Guy 2: No.
• My Mouth: Oh...
• Guy 1: Do you believe in the Holy Word?
• My Brain: Just walk away.
• My Mouth: No not really. I haven't been to church in years.
• Guy 1: What's your name?
• My Brain: Don't you fucking say it.
• My mouth: Uh...
• My Brain: Don't. Call yourself Tom. Or Chris.
• My Mouth: Jacob.
• My Brain: You really fucked yourself now.
• Guy 1: OH WOW, I LOVE THAT STORY.
• Guy 2: Do you have any questions regarding the truth of the Bible?
• Guy 1: Yes, we would love to answer any of your questions.
• My Mouth: Not really.
• Guy 1: Do you like science?
• My Mouth: Oh yeah, of course. I just got done reading Foundation.
• Guy 1: ...what?
• My Mouth: Isaac Asimov?
• Guy 2: ...
• Guy 1: Did you know that modern science has proven the Bible to be truth?
• My Mouth: Are you sure about that?
• My Brain: Wow, you're still here? I left for a second.
• Guy 1: Why yes. Do you have a minute, there's a video I can play for you that proves it.
• My Mouth: Uhhh...
• Guy 1: Here, it's loading.
• My Brain: Great, just great.
• Guy 1: So, as you can see they carbon dated the pages of the book of Job to 3,500 years ago, in the Bronze Age.
• My Mouth: Uh huh.
• Guy 1: Also, you see that the water cycle was written about before humans ever understood the concept of it.
• My mouth: Hmm.
• My Brain: Fuck. What are you even talking about?
• Guy 1: Even Einstein believed in God.
• My Brain: So if Albert thought of it, it must be true?
• My Mouth: I see.
• My Brain: Holy shit, how long is this video? He definitely said a minute.
• Guy 1: All this proves the Bible is true.
• My Brain: What?
• My Mouth: Okay.
• Guy 2: Would you be able to read some scripture with us?
• My Mouth: Uhhh well...you see, I'm on my lunch break.
• Guy 1: Oh, well could we get your number?
• My Mouth: Uh, sure.
• My Brain: This is a bad idea.
• Guy 1: What's your number?
• My Mouth: 760
• My Brain: You must be a colossal fucking idiot, huh?
• My Mouth: 485
• My Brain: COME ON!
• MY Mouth: 8362
• My Brain: YES. Good job, you gave a fake number. Now play it smooth.
• Guy 1: Great, you can come over after work and enjoy the Holy Spirit. Let me call you so you can have my number.
• My Brain: SHIT.
• My Mouth: Oh, dang. I left my phone in my locker.
• My Brain: Nice one. Even I believed you for a second.
• Guy 1: Oh, that's alright: I'll just text you.
• My Mouth: Great.
• My Brain: Now walk away.
• Guy 1: OH, wait. Someone just picked up the phone.
• My Mouth: ...
• My Brain: ...
• Guy 2: ...
• My Mouth: K, bye.

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deadmansbest:

Empire State

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clubmonaco:

F.S.C. Barber

New year, new haircut. Whenever I need a clean cut, I head to F.S.C. Barber on Rivington for a great haircut as well as atmosphere. -William McLean, Men’s Accessories Merchant (photo via The New York Times)

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drivenbyboredom:

I saw this amazing photo on Tumblr and of course it had no link to a source or any sort of credit other than the credit on the image so I googled Leonard Freed and found that this amazing shot of NY Police detectives was shot in 1978 and is part of a body of work called “Police Work”.

There is an exhibition of these works right now at the The Museum Of The City Of New York until March and The Huffington Post has a great slide show of images previewing the show.

The slideshow is awesome.

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oscarprgirl:

radio city, home of the rockettes.

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oscarprgirl:

we asked photographer @jamesnord to capture old new york for us in all of its december glory. here, the first of his pictures: Jane’s carousel under the brooklyn bridge.