r/circlejerknyc

a shit show is a better fitting title tbh

i scored tix in the "lottery" that seems like everyone won or they decided to head down without a ticket to test their luck. ZERO organization whatsoever with the lines or "security." 2+ hours waiting either only 2 event staff seen the whole time, 6 cops total who just sat on the sides while the crowd had resorted to governing itself. we were shoulder to shoulder, the crowd literally walking like penguins with each step. i watched three people elbowing others to get through, had to yell my damn self because people were pushing and almost started a stampede.

a ticketed event and no one scanning tickets so the entire NYC got to bumrush the entrance and get in.

im a native NYer and only did this cause it was ticketed & naively thought i got lucky. had i known this shit was gonna be like trying to watch the ball drop on NYE i woulda stayed home!

all that frustration just to see 1/3 of the show on the brooklyn bridge. my family all watched it on TV and told me it was spectacular and were expecting me to agree but i just ranted about the absolutely shit show that was

My contribution is crossing against the pedestrian signal whenever no cars are coming. Every time I'm walking around SoHo, I see packs of tourists obediently waiting for the light while blocking the entire corner. By leading through example, I help keep pedestrian traffic moving for lifelong New Yorkers and delivery bikers.

I just moved here last week, but I'm curious what the burning times of NYC were like before Zohran was anointed mayor. How many guns would you have to bring with you on to the subway? To travel from downtown to midtown, would you move in the safety of caravans? Just very interested to hear from the old timers, about tales of NYC before it was gentrified on exactly January 1st, 2026 when Zohran flipped it from the battlezone hellscape left to him by previous republican administration and turned it into a socialist paradise.

I’m REALLY lucky I don’t have somewhere to be really early, and I’m a late night owl myself. But this is ridiculous.

You guys are gonna blow off your arm or something.

I am from out of town visiting a friend and my neighbor at home in London said the crime here was bad but I couldn't believe it with all the gunshots going off last night. Did anyone see the casualty count on the news? All they were talking about was tall sailboats and something about when America succeeded from the empire.

I’m so tired of coffee prices🫠

Slide in my dm’s

Random question… what’s everyone up to today? It feels unusually quiet out there. I’m guessing most of the locals skipped town for the holiday. Anyone doing anything fun?

Ummm why is everyone blowing off fireworks after 8PM?? Some people have to work from home in the morning. My neighbor has been lighting off fireworks ALL DAY!!!! Shouldn’t there be some law about this??? Why isn’t the NYPD doing anything?!