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Welcome back to One Offs: a mini segment on Day One FM, where we ask our guests to give their latest takes, gripes, and recommendations.
This week, we spoke with Alex Hartman, the mind behind Nolita Dirtbag, a “niché and nouveau riche” meme page covering greater-downtown Manhattan (and sometimes Brooklyn). We discussed:
Feeling *seen*
…The Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest
CPG Twitter
The New York Times articles about memes and cigarettes
The “face cost” of online fame
Tune into the full episode below and scroll for Alex’s one-offs.
Social niche or account we should all tap into?
I really like that guy Martin. A little cringe on purpose. He’s great.
Offline-ish recommendation?
I just bought a t-shirt from my favorite band in high school, WU LYF. I think they made one album in 2011.
And I would just find a way to get into a sauna in the city. Usually, if I'm going to an old school one, it's [Wall Street Bath and Sauna] on 88 Fulton. It's amazing. You walk in and you feel the rumble of the subway underneath. They have a wall of all the famous people that have been there: Andrew Huberman, Joakim Noah. And Chelsea Piers — hey just opened one in Flatiron that has a sauna and a cold plunge. People are annoying about these things on the internet because they really are good.
What’s your screen time like?
Six and a half hours per day probably.
Hot take?
From a restaurant standpoint, I like restaurants that make you feel like you're in Las Vegas, not on a lace fairy farm where there's — for lack of a better word — little coquette napkins and all these little things. Lure Fish Bar makes you feel like you're in Las Vegas — consistent. There's no shitty rosemary chicken that’s like $36 and not good. Another one is Blue Ribbon. the sushi place on Orchard street I love going to. It’s good sushi and not dainty. You just want to feel like you’re in Las Vegas.
Internet gripes/crimes you’d prosecute?
When people pull up to a huge brand event and they take a photo of the whole event and tag the brand. No tenacity towards them, but why are you doing that? It’s specifically for other people to perceive that you're at this event, but you're not getting paid for it.
Another thing, you better have some equity in your company if you list where you work in your bio. Not to get all political, but like, why? Work is your identity? It’s the first thing you want someone to see?
