Overheard at Harvard

and that's after grade inflation

"Why do people study so hard and still get, like, Bs?"

Adams DHall
Heard by: iwonderthesamething

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Stoicism = Death

"I feel like if you can't be silly, you don't deserve to live"

Outside Lamont
Heard by: Dunkin Runners

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One of these things is not like the others...

So, you have a variety of symbols for the Church: you have the cross, the anchor, the ship, [...] and the pelican. Today, I think I'm going to focus my homily on....the pelican.

The Barque of Peter
Heard by: bird-lover

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The Harvard Hot Dog

"There is this hot dog right in the middle of Harvard Yard, and one day he will recognize that this is all unnatural and build spaceships and just fly right out of here..."

Mass Ave
Heard by: Cookie

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Boring Prefrosh

"You guys are prefrosh? You should all come to Harvard. But don't come if you're boring. We don't have time or space for boring people here"

Adams Dhall
Heard by: Amused

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stacks girl: "so you go down to level D and there will be a sign for Pusey tunnel. go through the tunnel and then take the elevator down to P3"

Confused patron: "I think I'll just go buy in on amazon."

stacks entrance
Heard by: humble patron

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Some things they don't teach in Ec10

"I would expect the demand for men's high heel boots to go up during bad economic times."

Dining Hall
Heard by: Anonymous

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Bros

"I will never have sex with a man."

Canaday courtyard
Heard by: Amused at my window

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Ouch

"I almost did get my face eaten off by seagulls this past summer"

Dining Hall
Heard by: Anonymous

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Oh, so that's the secret to a good GPA

Girl on phone: "Now every time I take of my jacket, I feel like I'm showing off my boobs to my professors."

Mass Ave
Heard by: Try wearing something underneath?

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And 2 Others Bite The Dust

Prefrosh 1: Even if you have a bad day, you're still at Harvard.
Prefrosh 2: And it's a great day!

JFK Street
Heard by: Proud Harvardian

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Don't think they would have gone out anyway...

"Turns out we have one less problem set due on Monday so *theoretically* we could have gone out last night."

annenberg
Heard by: just trying to eat cereal

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welcome to harvard

"I FUCKING HATE UGLY PEOPLE!!!"

Canaday courtyard
Heard by: ohno

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Overheard at Brain Break

Yeah... He just keeps chugging vodka, and once he hits a certain BAC, he speaks nothing but Russian.

Annenburg
Heard by: Me

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Harvard athlete gives his friend a tour

"And this is our main library, Widener. Supposedly it's the second biggest in the world or something. Never been in there."

Yard
Heard by: Rick Ro$$

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They are coming...

They have taken the bridge and the second hall. We have barred the gates... but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes. Drums... drums in the deep.

We cannot get out. A Shadow moves in the dark. We cannot get out. They are coming...

FINALS
Heard by: Students

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