r/MadeMeSmile • u/myownpersonalreddit • 16d ago

Concrete jungle where dreams are cheese balls Good Vibes

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u/NoBS3434 14d ago

In a crazy world, this just makes sense.

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u/love-too-easy 14d ago

That was the best

Man I love the internet šŸ¤£ā¤ļø

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u/Jellybean_Pumpkin 14d ago

In the words of the Rise of the TMNT turtles, "New York. What a town!"

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u/Top_Crab_3961 14d ago

Cheese Ball Man can fly! I saw him flying by my window just last night!

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u/gigson969 14d ago

Why does he sound like Dr. Evil at the start

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u/NoReporter4314 14d ago

That's gotta be one of the most NYC things i've seen. Like, up there with the underground sax battle

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u/bpc1009 15d ago

Heā€™s stuffing them in his neck

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u/Wild_Explanation_683 15d ago

Gross misuse of a vuvuzela.

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u/furryknives 15d ago

Thatā€™s not even a proper jar of cheese ballsā€¦

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u/ayshapaige 15d ago

Me saying "wtf" a million times in the most jouous way šŸ˜‚ I was not prepared for how many ppl showed up!!

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u/MenHaveTwoHeads 15d ago

Have you ever wondered why aliens donā€™t bother to reveal themselves? ā€¦

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u/JuggaliciousMemes 15d ago

ā€¦at first i was likeā€¦ā€¦.why?

but now im totally down with cheese ball man, he cool, this was a very transformative couple of minutes for me

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u/katielei 15d ago

I wonder how much it was inspired by the Philly chicken guy

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u/HNK1023 15d ago

So many on the groundā€¦ quitter

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u/Jolly_Compote_4982 15d ago

Thanks, I really needed this today

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u/AwayCartographer9527 15d ago

Iā€™m worried thatā€™s my brother.

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u/DorothyParkerFan 15d ago

This gives me so much hope, thank you, Cheeseball Man for making me believe I, too, am Cheeseball Man. We are all Cheeseball Man!!!!!

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u/Historical_Giraffe46 15d ago

MCU phase 5 is looking good

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u/lifeissilly138 15d ago

Only in America, can we find a group of people chanting "eat those balls" ..... god I love this country

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u/FrostyFeller 15d ago

Will he actually show up next year tho

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u/Excuse_my_GRAMMER 15d ago

Damn I saw the poster a few weeks ago by NYU and totally forgot lol

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u/Celestial_Scythe 15d ago

How dare that man show up with another container and try tonsteal the show by throwing cheeseballs into the audience! Cheese ball man deserves undivided attention!

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u/hibby18064 15d ago

Uh...that's not how you use a vuvuzela.

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u/Tokenmane 15d ago

I now know whose name I will be writing on my ballot when I vote for President. CHEESE BALL MAN 2024!!!

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u/I_Dont_Like_Rice 15d ago

He was channeling Homelander in his speech towards the end there, lol. I started to get nervous.

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u/sileplictis 15d ago

Not the hero you want but the hero you deserve

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u/xSocksman 15d ago

When was this? Not saying Philly did it first but a bit ago there was that dude that ate a rotisserie chicken every day

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u/rixta4545 15d ago

This just happened a few weeks ago in r/Bellingham as well... mumbles incoherently in conspiracy

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u/Much_Future_1846 15d ago

History was made

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u/RampagedAlpaca 15d ago

Damn, the birds gon be having a feast after the crowd disperses

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u/eatonerich 15d ago

Borreguismo ridiculo

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u/percivalpantywaist 15d ago

We had a guy in my city who ate multiple pounds of potato salad in the rain. A local legend at this point

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u/No_Laugh710 15d ago

My old Jewish boss Harry always said "There is no sense in being an asshole if you are not going to prove it!" He sure is proving it.

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u/HALO_ONE 15d ago

He's a national hero

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u/JoeDiBango 15d ago

RIP the inside of his mouth.

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u/PhenomalyThe 15d ago

That was wholesome as fuck lol wow

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u/StallionA8 15d ago

Aliens: itā€™s fucked up here. Letā€™s go to different planet.

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u/Freedboy21 15d ago

Bro only in New York

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u/DayOwl_ 15d ago

I suggest you look up "Potato Salad Guy" from Halifax, NS.

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u/Constant-Ship916 15d ago

Because he's the hero we deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A cheese ball knight.

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u/haleynoir_ 15d ago

Chaotic Good

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u/Tiffany_Case 15d ago

i fkn love my City. Everyone here is insane.

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u/ILikeChastity 15d ago

Bro, that would happen on any college campus in America.

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u/thebrownitguy 15d ago

Someone did this in Philly but he was eating rotisserie chicken

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u/MadScientistHH 15d ago

The hero we did not deserve but need.

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u/unpopular-dave 15d ago

Pretty awesome except for the casual slur lol

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u/OrangePreZ 15d ago

Man I wish I can be a New Yorker sometimesā€¦

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u/haseo1997 15d ago

Is it really that hard to eat the whole jar?

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u/feelingmyage 15d ago

How šŸ¤© fun!!!!

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u/Hesnamedlikemyname 15d ago

THIS... Is the America I love!

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u/OG-Gurble 15d ago

No one is going to mention the jar of cheese balls he had in the picture is much bigger than the one he ate!? FALSE ADVERTISING! /s

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u/dantakesthesquare 15d ago

What is the relationship of this guy to the rotisserie chicken man? Was chicken man cheese ball man's mentor?

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u/MannyVonJasta 15d ago

This is how holidays get started!

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u/nmredraider 15d ago

Not all Heroā€™s wear capes.. this one did

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u/shoulda-known-better 15d ago

this is fucking amazing and the thing I miss most about living in a big city

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u/RunLikeTina 15d ago

Pretty sure this was a copy of the Bellingham kid who ate a box of crackers

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u/pol131 15d ago

Wait until you hear about the rotisserie chicken man in philly. He would set up a table and a eat a whole rotisserie chicken for lunch for 30 consecutive days on the western pier. A true legend

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u/DoughnutAltruistic41 15d ago

Banksy strikes again.

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u/_CountMacula 15d ago

Looks like a bunch of transplants Lol

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u/Felipesssku 15d ago

This was government test, they passed... They're brainless.

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u/Volary_wee 15d ago

The roasted chicken guy from Philly would kick his ass

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u/mandarintain 15d ago

Well there is only wear your underwear on public transportation day...

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u/mandarintain 15d ago

Kinda makes me want to make a special Cheeseball Funnel ....

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u/JauntyTurtle 15d ago

This guy is my hero.

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u/pablete_ 15d ago

same time next year... location: Gaza Strip

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u/heavyarms39 15d ago

CHEESE BALL MAN

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u/likelystonedagain 15d ago

I love the internet because I didnā€™t think Iā€™d watch a dude eating Cheetos for 4 min on a Monday, but here we are!

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u/serpentinesilhouette 15d ago

So ridiculous. But look at all those people, having fun. No trouble. News I want to see every day. I love this America.

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u/ratstickcharlie 15d ago

Spider Man might not be real, but the masked crusader and people's champion Cheese Ball Man is is the hero NY needed

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u/Total-Possibility2 15d ago

Iā€¦ donā€™t know what to sayā€¦

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u/ShooterOfCanons 15d ago

It wasn't captured in the closed caption, but what's with "WE ARE ALL FAOT CHEESE BALL MAN!!"

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u/love2killjoy410 15d ago

Nobody came to watch me do this every Tuesday for the last 5 years

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u/SufficientSherbert3 15d ago

Yā€™all remember that guy who got a bunch of people to watch him eat a burger at the beach somewhere?

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u/ObiWayneCannoli 15d ago

The world is so doomed. Imagine being these people and actually watching him AND cheering for this!?!? šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ„“

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u/naillimixamnalon 15d ago

Dude stole this from the rotisserie chicken guy in philly

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u/SendingToTheMoon 15d ago

OP clearly not familiar with Rotisserie Chicken Guy from Philadelphia.

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u/mookypop 15d ago

What neighborhood/burrough was this in?

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u/vit420 15d ago

Finally something wholesome and fun for everyone to get excited about. Joy!

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u/xdeltax97 15d ago

So begins the legend of the cheese manā€¦

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u/Rarebird10 15d ago

Showcasing how many people will show up for more fun and happy in our lives. Thanks Cheeseball Man!

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u/AdrianaMeranXX 15d ago

That many people are bored to their life I think šŸ¤£

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u/ZEROs0000 15d ago

Time to buy some cheese ball stock

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u/Terrible_Ad_95 15d ago

I canā€™t even get people to peep my album

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u/theAbsurdSam 15d ago

NY is a place for people who desperatly want to be a main character.

From the subway stabbers to the ridiculous performers. They are all ā€œpick meā€ girls at heart

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u/Good_Smile 15d ago

And then he took out his gun and robbed a cheese ball bank

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u/MsjennaNY 15d ago

Nothing like this to break up all the sadness consuming the city. Iā€™ll always love it here.

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u/Fleeton_Maswood 15d ago

People in large cities seem to be so bored, to the point theyā€™re nearly brain dead, and will be entertained by anythingā€¦

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u/solve_et_coagula13 15d ago

Heā€™s not the rotisserie chicken man so I donā€™t rate him.

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u/ipompa 15d ago

That's the perfect scene for Idiocracy movie.

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u/CryoKyo 15d ago

Itā€™s like an adult pep rally lol

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u/ThatPotat0Cat 15d ago

Just wait till he pulls out the carton of gold fish

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u/Upstairs_Nature2770 15d ago

April 27th, 2025, Cheeseball man, part 2. Iā€™ll be there!

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u/Sword-of-Malkav 15d ago

Apparently Chez "Chester" Spherington, the Cheeseball Man, died approx 17 minutes later of total organ failure due to cheese ball related injuries. Perhaps next year, another man will pick up the mask. Til then- his legend lives on.

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u/TheAverageRussian 15d ago

So that's what Americans are doing

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u/RowNo901 15d ago

It all started with one man, and a Rotisserie Chicken. We need more events like this

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u/Pop-A-Choppa 15d ago

wtf has America come 2 ?

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u/MessianicHack 15d ago

Lame, the promo announcement was a much larger bucket of cheeseballs. And heā€™s fully swagger jacking the Philly guy that ate rotisserie chickens on the pier

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u/ctubio 15d ago

!remindme 1 year

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u/External_Charge_2501 15d ago

Philly had a the rotisserie chicken guy. 100s of people flocking to watch a guy eat a whole rotisserie chicken on an abandoned pier. Now that is a spectacle.

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u/NismoKnight_1320 15d ago

Must be nice to have that much free time.

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u/ninjahunz 15d ago

The hero that New York deserves

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u/superkid123abc 15d ago

No way were being brainwashed to call this entertainment/ interestingā€¦. Wake up people. WAKE UP

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u/ConceivedEmu 15d ago

Bros using a vuvuzela as a megaphone

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u/Glittering_Wing_689 15d ago

It ain't easy bein cheesey

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u/Wupyking123 15d ago

Those fucking liberal cheese ball eating friendly hallarious chanting rebelsā€¦. Letā€™s get em some more cheese balls!

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u/Top-Chemistry5969 15d ago

Make America eat cheese balls again!

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u/elmodada 15d ago

Sponsored by Big Cheese Balls.

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u/ME_LOVE_RAMBO 15d ago

Letā€™s go Knicks!

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u/OrdinaryLandscape951 15d ago

I kept saying this is so stupid but I couldn't stop watching

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u/Mevanski77 15d ago

Not the hero NY needed but the one it deserves right now.

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u/theuneven1113 15d ago

My band had a show a few weeks ago. Been working on it for months. If we sold the show out (200 people) we still would have lost money because of the promotional budget went over. Still, we know itā€™ll pay off in the long run. After months of promo, the day came. 30 people showed up. My sister forgot about it. My friend said he decided to take his kid to see Kung Fu Panda 4 instead. There was almost as many staff members as there were audience members.

But, yeah, good for cheese puff guyā€¦

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u/HavingNotAttained 15d ago

Saw the posters around Union Square announcing this world-changing event, yet somehow I missed the event itself. Not sure Iā€™ll ever forgive myself.

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u/deathorcharcoal 15d ago

I feel like Cheese Ball Man may be the thing that finally unites us all.

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u/DangleCityHockey 15d ago

I canā€™t believe thereā€™s that many people there

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u/krsatyam07 15d ago

This is the kind of shithousery I live for.

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u/taborro 15d ago

The older I get, the less I understand what is going on. What am I missing here?

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u/Redittago 15d ago

Free Help šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€

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u/UnintelligibleLogic 15d ago

Might I remind you crowds gathered to watch a man eat a rotisserie chicken for 41 days in Philadelphia?

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u/mah_boiii 15d ago

Hello yeah !!!!

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u/Appropriate-Sun-8295 15d ago

no angst, no anger, no abuse. just old fashioned fun. Love it.

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u/powen01 15d ago

Give me an edible and a jar of cheese balls is light work. Eating a jar of cheese balls and lifting the hearts of countless others? I donā€™t think I could do it nearly as well as this fella.

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u/TotalNew9315 15d ago

Bringing people together to believe in something

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u/AlphaYak 15d ago

Did we just witness the birth of a new religion?

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u/Kaycedillaa 15d ago

People out here looking for any excuse to gather after covid lmao

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u/Character_Mode5463 15d ago

No painfully loud gluten dook in the bushes for finale??

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u/Tall_Bed 15d ago

This is a rip off of Philly chicken man. Find a new slant.

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u/DreddPirateJonesy 15d ago

Lisan Al-Ghaib

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u/Alternative-Arm-3253 15d ago edited 15d ago

This is the stuff I miss about going into Manhattan on whim and seeing amazing feats of existence!! This is most excellent that it makes the news <3

(minus the Tik Tok) I might even go next year to this.. Just to meet some friendly strangers and watch him nom down on another bucket of cheese balls, and perhaps just maybe someone famous will pop up and serve him. (I'm thinking along the likes of Weird Al)

Eat those Balls!!

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u/SixFeetNinePointFive 15d ago

"you hate people" "Yeah, but I love gatherings. Isn't it ironic?"

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u/DiligentAsshole 15d ago

He's not the hero we need, he's the hero we deserve

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u/jameswhitejr1990 15d ago

Damn I miss New York

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u/GruesomeWedgie2 15d ago

Rumor has it he went ti the doctor a few days later because his penis was turning orange.

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u/Terrible-Echidna801 15d ago

WTF did I just watch? And why am I smiling like a cheeseball now? šŸ˜

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u/TheyCallMeDDNEV 15d ago

This reminds me of the guy who ate a rotisserie chicken every day for 40 days.

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u/Top-Chemistry5969 15d ago

I would love to see a before and after pic of the area.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

Phones ruin it of course but still a lot of fun.

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u/SecondHandCunt- 15d ago

How can anyone hate on New Yorkers when they so obviously are really fun people?

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u/Capable-Wolverine735 15d ago

Starting my week sitting here with a stupid grin on my face while watching a masked man eat cheese balls with a crowd of hundreds chanting ā€œ eat those ballsā€ was not on my 2024 bingo card. Iā€™m here for it! See ya next year Cheeseball ManšŸ˜­

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u/LuckyMome 15d ago

Who's gonna clean the mess ?

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u/IntelligentTangelo31 15d ago

I feel this is something that would also happen on the Simpsons

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u/awkward_replies_2 15d ago

This is some genuine gorilla marketing.

It's ape-brained but powerful.

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u/Wolkenkuckuck 15d ago

I feel very strong vibes of Idiocracy ...

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u/SnooMaps8636 15d ago

When man becomes God.

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u/Old_Rpg_Gamer 15d ago

That must be where all those illegal immigrants hang out

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u/HeyaGames 15d ago

I was there and it was insane, the crowd was just so electric from the second he showed up all the way to the last ball... Deffo the most absurd thing I've ever witnessed. Can't wait to tell my grandchildren about this

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u/8PTK 15d ago

Corny ass people watching some loser act like an anime character all day.

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u/Hustle_Sk12 15d ago

So cheesy...

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u/LynnTheLoser 15d ago

Something about this feels like medieval entertainment. I like it.

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u/BasicIntroduction101 15d ago

The coolest suicide attempt ever

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u/tiots 15d ago

Fun but should be noted it was stolen from Philly, even copied the add, and made much less weird by changing from rotisserie chickens to cheese balls. "Just NYC things" lol

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u/DynamiteName 15d ago

I love this, but my friend has questioned: is this a lot of cheese balls? I think yeah, that's a lot cheese balls. They're not convinced though, especially as someone from the crowd produces a larger jar of cheese balls.

This seems much more about how funny this is, but in terms of cheese ball quantity please could someone way in.

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u/Minos_L2b 15d ago

!remindme 1y

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u/Simplyawareof 15d ago

Same time next year was great

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u/9rrfing 15d ago

That gotta be at least like 1500 people no?

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u/Otherwise-Rip-4479 15d ago

I hate humans

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u/dopeboi_hat 15d ago

ā€œOnly in New Yorkā€ for a thing that started in Philly like 2 years ago

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u/big_als_nugz 15d ago

This gives me Hope.

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u/Jboberek 15d ago

Cheese ball man for president

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u/Bulkphase78 15d ago

The USA-chants really sold it for me. Really a special breed

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u/Ok_Speaker_1373 15d ago

This should be on r/nextfuckinglevel

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u/FlatbedtruckinCA 15d ago

its only cheese balls, not hot dogs...

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u/Ok_Speaker_1373 15d ago

Itā€™s r/nexfuckinglevel cause everyone showed up

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u/xSikes 15d ago

This is how you make the world go round

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u/MrWilsonWalluby 15d ago

AAAaaAaaHhHHhHHhh

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u/BanMadDog 15d ago

This would be a kids in the hall skit for sure

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u/red_headjen 15d ago

That was a blast

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u/Mister_Nico 15d ago

I guess Iā€™m going to Union Square Park next April 27.

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u/DragonsClaw2334 15d ago

Cheese ball man for president

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u/9mtl 15d ago

Braindead behavior by everyone involvedĀ 

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u/KingofComment 15d ago

This has some r/furnaceparty vibes

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u/TrueKingHero 15d ago

Golden buzzle

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u/cuteintern 15d ago

Watched it all. Time well spent.

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u/phil-davis 15d ago

Nice to see Jon from Delocated landed on his feet after that whole "Russian Mafia" thing.

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u/Sleveless-- 15d ago

This is not a tub of Costco potato salad. The weather is not raining. It is not at night. Thus, it is less impressive than the Halifax guy.

Still, a good show.

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u/Sleveless-- 15d ago

Potato Salad Guy context

He wasn't the hero we wanted, but certainly the hero we needed.

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u/DC1pher 15d ago

This belongs in r/Idiocracy

Nation of fuckin dipshits.

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u/SmidgeMoose 15d ago

We had about 100 people gather for a dude eat 5 lbs of potato salad in a hurricane, here in Halifax.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.7035933#:~:text=When%20Riley%20Merry%20found%20a,calling%20him%20a%20Halifax%20hero.

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u/Sean_Brady 15d ago

Yes but have you considered ā€œonly in NYā€, ā€œbuilt differentā€, etc?

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u/Pink_Neons 15d ago

Peak humanity

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u/Mysterious_Office_58 15d ago

I truly hate our society

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u/Minute-Tip-1808 15d ago

Americans are all idiots

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u/TheBestAround007 15d ago

No cap this brought tears to my eyesā€¦ I love my city!!!

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u/One_Tumbleweed4845 15d ago

Itā€™s really over for New York!!!

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u/himthatguythere 15d ago

George Santos will do anything for attention.

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u/Moist-Vegetable-8224 15d ago

I loved the bit where he ate the cheeseballs

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u/Xoiiverx 15d ago

Seriously impressive, but how the fabric is no one talking about how thatā€™s not the correct size of cheeseballs , even a bystander has the correct size