# After seeing People Of New York I understand culture better **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113 "2013-11-30T01:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/1 "2013-11-30T01:06:49Z")
> **[Humans of New York](https://www.humansofnewyork.com/)** > > Humans of New York Like what a sneak brag is, or that NYC appears to be composed of nothing but “straw liberals”. Now if you all will excuse me I have to get back to my gender queer women’s studies.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/2 "2013-11-30T02:12:20Z")
Oh this is cool. I’ve spent the past hour reading about other people’s lives. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/3 "2013-11-30T03:33:20Z")
That’s a really nice site. I often see attempts at similar for my city but the people behind the attempts never seem to approach a decent cross section of the community. It’s usually just all dudes with moustaches and ostentatious attire. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/4 "2013-11-30T08:00:33Z")
Why TF does the text have to turn red when you mouse over it? And when you mouse over a picture stuff pops up. There is almost nowhere to safely put your cursor. ---
**Author:** ![Depakote\_Chopra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@Depakote\_Chopra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Depakote_Chopra)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/5 "2013-11-30T09:29:03Z")
[redacted] ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/6 "2013-11-30T12:37:15Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Why TF does the text have to turn red when you mouse over it? And when you mouse over a picture stuff pops up. There is almost nowhere to safely put your cursor. Even on my non-wide screen monitor, there’s a ton of white space on the side–plenty of “safe” room for your mouse. I intrinsically move my mouse over white space, to keep it from blocking any text, so I hadn’t even noticed the problems you were citing. But, apparently, the descriptions are links to a fullscreen version of the photos, and the pics link to a slideshow version of the story, one story at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/7 "2013-11-30T14:52:54Z")
> [@grude](#): > > [http://www.humansofnewyork.com/](http://www.humansofnewyork.com/) > > Like what a sneak brag is, or that NYC appears to be composed of nothing but “straw liberals”. > > Now if you all will excuse me I have to get back to my gender queer women’s studies.🙂 I really don’t understand why that would give you such a negative view of ‘culture’. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/8 "2013-11-30T14:54:46Z")
That lifted my mood. No idea why. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/9 "2013-11-30T14:56:10Z")
Really enjoying this…thank you. ---
**Author:** ![DataX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/10 "2013-11-30T16:31:55Z")
Cool - first time I’ve seen this - I ordered two copies of the book - as I think they might make good presents - and were a reasonable ~$15. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/11 "2013-11-30T17:46:21Z")
Mashable did a [video piece about the guy behind HONY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcm6kwWv09o) and it’s pretty cool. The guy comes off as extremely likable and you can see why he’s able to get people to open up. He also asks thousands of people and says he has about a 50% success rate. That’s a lot of rejection to face each day. I don’t think I could do it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/12 "2013-11-30T23:22:47Z")
I miss New York. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/13 "2013-11-30T23:58:20Z")
This is a cool site. > [@Depakote\_Chopra](#): > > [redacted] > Last edited by Depakote Chopra; Today at 04:32 AM. Reason: because you’re all a bunch of closet neocons here That’s a fair description of the SDMB if I’ve ever seen one. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/14 "2013-12-01T02:33:25Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I miss New York. Me too, only city I’d unreservedly move whole hog to if I had a chance. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/15 "2013-12-02T01:18:29Z")
Thanks for sharing HONY! What amazing pictures and stories! ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/16 "2013-12-02T02:00:18Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Me too, only city I’d unreservedly move whole hog to if I had a chance. Yeah, though I’d add London to my list. It’s been a while. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/17 "2013-12-02T02:26:14Z")
HONY brings online one of my favorite things about visiting NY, the people-watching. With the bonus of also getting some of the proverbial Eight Million Stories. With Overheard In New York, Midtown Lunch and others they’re fun ways to vicariously wander those streets. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-seeing-people-of-new-york-i-understand-culture-better/675113/18 "2013-12-02T02:52:13Z")
Half the time I see “HONY”, I think “Heroes of New York.” Then I read the stories and I’m usually right.