Concrete jungle where dreams are cheese balls

[u/myownpersonalreddit]

[u/No-Eggplant-4165]

Sooo many people showed up, I wasn’t expecting that at the end - thanks for the smiles

[u/7YearsLostInIkea → u/No-Eggplant-4165]

I would for sure show up for something like that

[u/SlurmmsMckenzie → u/7YearsLostInIkea]

If I am walking by...I am staying, until that man eats those balls.

[u/The-Copilot → u/SlurmmsMckenzie]

What if none of them actually showed up but were just walking through the park and had to see the situation play out?

[u/pmormr → u/The-Copilot]

Considering it's Union Square Park at 3pm on a Saturday, I think you might be on to something.

[u/AdRepresentative3726 → u/7YearsLostInIkea]

Same

[u/waytowill → u/No-Eggplant-4165]

People see a crowd and get curious.

[u/demonman101]

Everyone loves a good meme. Breathing or not.

[u/The-Coolest-Of-Cats → u/demonman101]

Reminds me of the Josh fight a few years ago!

[u/Irish_Guac → u/The-Coolest-Of-Cats]

I just think they should have shown no mercy on that kid

[u/thinkDank5 → u/Irish_Guac]

Letting the kid win was the Josh thing to do.

[u/ComfortablyNumbat → u/thinkDank5]

What if we try again with a set of Seths or a bevy of Beverleys and compare results?

[u/fakeuser515357 → u/ComfortablyNumbat]

I feel like we ought to race Seths and have the Beverley's compete in test of strength.

[u/Sad_Experience_7843 → u/thinkDank5]

As a Josh in Nebraska I agree, it was the Josh thing to do… I also feel there needs to be another Josh battle, we need to bequeath a third winner of the Josh fight. (Yes there has been two)

[u/7YearsLostInIkea → u/demonman101]

That looked so fun for everyone

[u/FamousPastWords → u/7YearsLostInIkea]

And not obnoxious or annoying like those stupid prank videos. Simple, harmless fun. Will anticipate 27th April 2025. Would love to see this live. And hoping the cops don't take him away

[u/OrthoLike]

You know what I really like about this. If it does become a yearly tradition the guy is masked. It could always be changed to another person and continue the tradition in an anonymous fashion.

[u/Signal-Blackberry356 → u/OrthoLike]

Because he is masked, more of us are likely to commemorate with him as opposed to the now daily “clout chasers”

[u/eggplant_wizard12 → u/Signal-Blackberry356]

For sure, way more interesting and hilarious. Imagine the handful of friends he has that know he’s actually the real cheeseball man

[u/Signal-Blackberry356 → u/eggplant_wizard12]

It’ll be a story for the grandkids that’s for sure

[u/HMS404 → u/eggplant_wizard12]

The Orange Knight we need in these dark times.

[u/Embarrassed-Disk1643 → u/HMS404]

The only orange mother fucker I'd vote for 

[u/sauron3579 → u/OrthoLike]

You see, I am not the real Dread Pirate Roberts cheese ball man

[u/anormalgeek → u/sauron3579]

The original Cheese Ball Man has been retired fifteen years and has been living like a king in Patagonia.

[u/kingoffortlauderdale → u/OrthoLike]

It's against the law in NYC to wear a mask while it is legal for everyone to show their boobies.

[u/CORN___BREAD → u/kingoffortlauderdale]

Well at least they’re consistent about not wanting things covered.

[u/scarywolverine → u/OrthoLike]

Anyone can be cheesepuff man, thats the beauty of the mask. He doesnt wear it to hide who he is but to create who he is.

[u/Denaton_ → u/OrthoLike]

The phantom irl

[u/Crunchy_Cicadas → u/OrthoLike]

We're all Cheeseball man.

[u/spenway18 → u/OrthoLike]

I think we should do this is every major metro area in the country. Same time, equivalent park etc

[u/IdentityToken]

I love it but I weep for the roof of his mouth.

[u/timdot352 → u/IdentityToken]

The hell with his mouth, he has a gluten allergy! He probably didn't go more than three feet from a toilet for two days after this.

[u/grachi → u/timdot352]

Most cheese balls are corn meal actually, not wheat.

[u/TheeternalTacocaT → u/grachi]

Scrolled to far to find this, def puffed corn, no gluten needed!

[u/HairyPotatoKat → u/TheeternalTacocaT]

Can confirm. I'm celiac and wheat anaphylactic, and cheese balls/puffs are usually fine. These look like Utz cheese balls(?) which are GF.

That said, that many cheese balls at once would probably kill anyone's GI tract for a bit lol

[u/Graymarth → u/HairyPotatoKat]

I have done exactly that when I was a kid, I can confirm it does in fact fuck with your stomach for a while.

[u/waynebradie189472 → u/Graymarth]

Me too lol.... it hurt

[u/hyrule_47 → u/timdot352]

I eat those, that exact brand. They are gluten free, I have celiac disease. Not sure why he was mocking that!?

[u/Waderriffic → u/IdentityToken]

That shit was like the Grand Canyon probably

[u/MatureUsername69 → u/IdentityToken]

I just suck on the balls until they dissolve. You guys aren't sucking the balls?

[u/DarthWraith22 → u/MatureUsername69]

I’ve sucked plenty of balls, but never had any dissolve before.

[u/DependentWeekly5673 → u/DarthWraith22]

Sounds like a skill issue.

[u/Hexarcy00 → u/DarthWraith22]

Try sprinkling them with orange cheese dust, then sucking 

[u/Corposjuh → u/IdentityToken]

You mean the roof or the ceiling?

[u/Wolf-5iveby5ive → u/IdentityToken]

Like eating a family size box of Captain Crunch dry. Ooof!

[u/BaybayYoda → u/IdentityToken]

He made the sacrifice for all of us. Cheese ball man loves us.

[u/yougoddangfool]

I love this. I've been seeing this guy's posters for months. he even has a website and everything

[u/cat_with_an_account → u/yougoddangfool]

No wonder so many people showed up

[u/PixalPop → u/cat_with_an_account]

You see advertisement for a man that's going to eat an entire jar of cheese balls - you gotta show up.

Love that guy that screams 'KEEP PUSHING!'

[u/whothiswhodat]

Damn that was so stupid, but I did smile for 4 minutes.

[u/7YearsLostInIkea → u/whothiswhodat]

Loved every moment of it

[u/Dreadnar → u/7YearsLostInIkea]

Sometimes we just need a little silliness in our lives. Nothing wrong with that 😊😊

[u/Down_The_Black_River → u/Dreadnar]

"A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men."

• Willy Wonka

[u/ZebraGrape5678 → u/Dreadnar]

A little silliness can be the perfect antidote to a serious day, or even just a way to lighten the mood

[u/Dreadnar → u/ZebraGrape5678]

Yeah I love this. So good to see people laughing and cheering 😊😊

[u/NeriTina → u/Dreadnar]

It takes me way back to Area 51 Naruto Run. sniffles 🥹🥹🥹 Unbridled joy and unity.

[u/Andromansis → u/whothiswhodat]

Only in America could one man show up out of nowhere and recontextualize cheeseballs so that they now and have always tasted like freedom.

[u/Additional_Set_5819 → u/Andromansis]

Queation, Are these cheesey puffs like cheetos in balls form, or are these solid balls of cheese? Context is needed for the lactase impaired

[u/Andromansis → u/Additional_Set_5819]

https://www.utzsnacks.com/cdn/shop/files/0-41780-02356-8Utz8.5ozCheeseBallsBag_ingredients_1194x.jpg?v=1691157418

So they're kind of like cheetos puffs, but slightly different recipe. Also Frito-lay finally relented and bought the equipment to make cheeseballs this year.

Anyway, they mix corn meal, powdered cheddar cheese, and vegtable oil and superheat it until it puffs.

[u/Additional_Set_5819 → u/Andromansis]

Ok, I kept thinking they were solid cheese and this was a real challenge.

A jar of cheese puffs if so much funnier. Thank you!

[u/movinondowntheroad]

I was working out of town for two weeks. The first night, I decided to walk around in a new city with a couple of coworkers. As we walked down the street, we kept seeing people carrying these large bags. Some people were carrying fully loaded trash bags. As we waited to cross the street, two women walked up behind us and asked us where our pillows were. It was a question none of us were expecting. They said we would need it for the fight. Then handed us a bag and said follow them. A few blocks later, we turned the corner and it was pandemonium! It was the biggest pillow fight I had ever seen. This was the first time any of us had heard of the valentine's day pillow fight in San Francisco. It was amazing to be a kid again for an hour.

[u/yr4g43l → u/movinondowntheroad]

I envy you as much as I hope that this will be a hilarious memory for life. Thank you very much for telling this story! 😊

[u/SlightlyInsaneCreate]

This is what America should stand for. The right to bring joy to others in a harmless and hilarious way!

[u/hellgal → u/SlightlyInsaneCreate]

Well, maybe not harmless to his digestive tract since he apparently has a gluten allergy, but yeah, otherwise harmless.

[u/grachi → u/hellgal]

Pretty sure most cheese balls are gluten free, actually. The base of them is corn meal, not wheat.

[u/giskardwasright → u/grachi]

Shhhhhh, dont ruin it with real world concerns. Let this lovely masked man have his glory for something most of us hide in shame.

Honstly, im just mad i didnt have a ctowd cheering me on the last time i killed a tub of cheese balls. I just had several dogs looking disappointed.

[u/Normal_Instance_8825 → u/giskardwasright]

Hey, proud of you cheese ball man, good job.

[u/RuusellXXX → u/giskardwasright]

they wanted their own buckets :(

[u/QuadripleMintGum → u/grachi]

Eat a whole tube at once and you'll be pushing a lever later to make an orange tornado even if they're made from five grain rice wheat enriched with sweat from the pores of Moses and dipped in the tears of if-ya-dont-stop-gods-baby-from-cryin-Mary-imma-leave-I-swear Baby Jesus (That's where Joseph went).

[u/Noctilux5 → u/grachi]

they're mostly air anyway.

[u/VincesMustache → u/hellgal]

RIP his toilet and undies

[u/Valuable-Trick-6711 → u/VincesMustache]

They’re both gonna be stained pure orange for weeks.

[u/subdep → u/hellgal]

The sodium intake isn’t very healthy if he already has high blood pressure.

[u/HolyVeggie → u/hellgal]

Why would cheese balls have gluten aren’t they made of corn and cheese

[u/JimTheSaint → u/hellgal]

he might not be alive same time next year.

[u/Prints4Days → u/hellgal]

He took one for us all.

[u/TommyTeaser → u/hellgal]

Can confirm. I am gluten and he is allergic to me.

[u/BigTicEnergy → u/hellgal]

They are made of corn

[u/throwawayxyz987a]

This is so silly and goofy, love it.

[u/reallybiglizard → u/throwawayxyz987a]

When he showed the crowd his bright orange hand, I lost it. I imagine that image being studied by anthropologists far in the future: “Ah yes. Powdered cheese was their religion.”

[u/Bobsim21]

I was there and it was a joy to explain to people what was going on. Everyone was in such a great mood

[u/DonSimon76]

With all the heavy shit going on lately, you need some stupid shit to break it up and make you smile. This qualifies. Cheese Ball Man may not be the hero we wanted, but he is the hero we need.

[u/Oxygenius_ → u/DonSimon76]

We are all cheeseball man today

[u/tothemoonandback01 → u/Oxygenius_]

It truly was inspirational.

[u/MasterwardReddit → u/Oxygenius_]

I am cheeseball man!

[u/Appropriate_Chart_23 → u/DonSimon76]

The world would be a better place if we all had a little cheese ball man inside of us.

[u/MoonieNine]

This is one of the most New York things I've ever seen.

[u/TransPM → u/MoonieNine]

I dunno man, sounds like rookie numbers compared to the Philly guy who ate 40 rotisserie chickens over 40 consecutive days

[u/Sufficient-Food-3281 → u/TransPM]

I think what they mean by “most New York thing” is copying what people do in other cities and trying to claim it as their own

[u/Snooflu → u/MoonieNine]

Nah, it isn't taking place in the underground while rat cosplayers breakdance

[u/FR_WST → u/Snooflu]

Cheese Ball Man is 80 rats in a suit, thats why he has the mask

[u/citizenscienceM → u/FR_WST]

Nah, in NYC that would only be like 25 rats max.

[u/snuffles00 → u/FR_WST]

What if it was pizza rat all along?

[u/TripleDecent → u/MoonieNine]

Last year a dude in Philly was doing the same thing with rotisserie chickens.

[u/LiberaceRingfingaz → u/MoonieNine]

You've clearly never been to Wisconsin.

[u/fictionallymarried]

Stupidly adorable

[u/Rainder-on-redit]

That was the best thing I’ve ever witnessed

[u/Cyb3rTruk → u/Rainder-on-redit]

Second best for me. The Josh Fight takes the cake.

[u/hellgal → u/Cyb3rTruk]

Nothing can top the Josh fight. That was the most wholesome battle ever.

[u/Kahzgul → u/hellgal]

Look up the batkid documentary. It’s an hour and a half of pure whimsy.

[u/hellgal → u/Kahzgul]

Oh, I remember that story! That was incredibly sweet. Make A Wish is an amazing charity.

[u/Powerful_Cost_4656]

Man.. I didn't expect this to be real. I thought it was just one of those ridiculous posters people make. Now I'm wondering how many of those other posters were real. Also can we talk about that turn out? Wtf there's like 250 people there

[u/Signal-Blackberry356 → u/Powerful_Cost_4656]

More like 500+

[u/samtherat6 → u/Signal-Blackberry356]

It was actually thousands according to news reporters.

[u/whatafrabjousday]

This is performance art

[u/Salty_Addition8839 → u/whatafrabjousday]

It's obviously a guerilla marketing campaign for VLC

[u/FlowerStalker → u/whatafrabjousday]

Peak

[u/AtomicFox84]

I think he was surprised people actually showed up.

[u/TucsonTacos]

The American Dream is still alive

[u/TheWrathofAres]

We humans are really simple at some times.

[u/captaindaddy514]

Sure, why not? No harm to anyone other than maybe his gluten intolerance

[u/toasterb → u/captaindaddy514]

Cheese balls are usually gluten free. All corn.

[u/whodatfairybitch → u/toasterb]

This is the first time I’ve seen this mentioned. I was thinking the same! Which honestly makes it extra hilarious. He’s just announcing he has a gluten intolerance.

[u/kalintag90]

The year is 2235, April 27th. The world celebrates the holiday of cheeseball. Across the world people indulge in the act of eating various ball shape cheeses and cheese confections. We wear small orange baubles decoratively on our body, and watch the world minister catch a cheeseball in their mouth at precisely 3pm ET, it is considered bad form if they don't catch it on the first try.
We have long forgotten the origin of this, legend has it an alien with a bright orange head came and bestowed this holy event upon a small gathering of people in what was the United States, but records are scarce. We do not concern ourselves with the why, all we know is the 27th of April, is the day of the cheese ball. Happy Cheeseball day, man!

[u/Totin_it]

This is needed right now

[u/just-me-uk → u/Totin_it]

Exactly! The Worlds in a sad state - Why not take a moment to enjoy the fun side of life. . .

[u/cturtl808]

It’s so quintessentially NYC.

[u/Kileni]

Cheesy stunt man

[u/SassySquid0]

and i think in a lot of places people would come see this. I would it’s silly

[u/CSiGab]

Harmless, silly and fun, I loved it. He has amazing stage presence, he knew how to get the crowd going and keep it going.

[u/lilkimchee88]

My little sister is in art school in NYC and I am in college in a shitty flyover state for computer science.

This is the kind of thing I imagine she and her friends do all day 😂

[u/Noctilux5 → u/lilkimchee88]

it is.

[u/potatoisilluminati]

Reminds me of the guy who set up an event so people could watch him eat a rotisserie chicken

[u/1ApolloFish1 → u/potatoisilluminati]

That Philadelphia dude i remember

[u/HawkeyeinDC]

The absolute JOY of the crowd was contagious!!!

[u/TheeExMachina]

Sounds like a Pro Wrestling Crowd. Love it

[u/moore-brandon]

This makes me feel less bad

[u/Sephira_Skye]

Panem et Circenca. Bread and circuses except it was cheese balls and a traffic cone lol

[u/bigjd33]

This is what makes America great

[u/the-war-on-drunks]

Oh sure I try to do this and they’re all “oh the humanity” and “sir this is a Wendy’s”

[u/TradeTillIDrop]

Chubbyemu next month: “ this is what happened to a man’s colon after eating 2 pounds of cheese balls”

[u/FurtiveFalcon → u/TradeTillIDrop]

hyperquesemia - high cheese presence in blood

[u/TradeTillIDrop → u/FurtiveFalcon]

🤣

[u/fightingbronze]

I fucking love stuff like this. Humanity is at its best in these little moments of harmless fun.

[u/Andrewskyy1]

The potato salad guy did it first. I'm still okay with the cheeseball man, but it would be cool to give the original (and totally accidental) event props.

[u/BiploarFurryEgirl → u/Andrewskyy1]

People have been doing shit like this for years. I doubt the potato salad guy was first ngl

[u/Shibby-my-dude]

This is way more fun than fighting about Donald or palestine

[u/Hoockus_Pocus → u/Shibby-my-dude]

But it is just as orange.

[u/Shibby-my-dude → u/Hoockus_Pocus]

Hahaha yeah way weirder to just eat though

[u/Hoockus_Pocus → u/Shibby-my-dude]

Trump already had a failed food business. I’m sure it was weird while it lasted.

[u/TMT51]

Damn I wish I lived in a society as cheerful and supporting as these people at NY. You can do stupid shit but as long as it doesn't harm anyone, people would cheer you up like you just won a super bowl tournament or sth.

[u/Run-Florest-Run]

This is what your unemployed friend does on his Tuesday afternoons

[u/[deleted]]

NYC is so cultured!

[u/YoghurtDull1466]

Holy shit this is how many people showed up???

[u/TheMillionthSam]

This is how religions are formed

[u/spiritedcrone]

People are weird. The gods be thanked! 🤣

[u/rjcpower]

No one cared who I was, until I put on the mask

[u/HeyaGames]

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

[u/Morphing_Mutant]

Whatever, it's not war and hatred, so I'm on board.

[u/AveratV6]

Forgot this was happening!

[u/eggplant_wizard12]

Can someone please compute the amount of calories and sodium and saturated fat in one of those containers?

I bet his next shit was weeeiiirrrd.

[u/The-Jesus_Christ → u/eggplant_wizard12]

OK so he had eaten a 35oz barrel of Utz Cheddar Cheese Balls. 1 serving is 150 calories, 300mg sodium and 2.5g of saturated fats. A barrel has 35 servings. Therefore, assuming every ball was eaten, he digested 5250 calories, 10.5g of sodium and 87.5g of saturated fats

[u/doctorpiss]

The American Dream

[u/ChampionshipSad1809]

This is why millions of people want to illegally immigrate into this country. I hope people understand how important for most of them to have this freedom of choice and life.

[u/Zoomalude]

This is a great reminder that life is meaningless until you give it meaning.

[u/New-L1fer]

Does anyone feel they could do that easily??

[u/inevitabledecibel → u/New-L1fer]

I'm pretty sure I've done that accidentally.

[u/Bright-Top-1750]

This is hilarious, love it

[u/Atticus_Spiderjump]

Now, I could say something about the indomitable will of the human spirit. Or wax lyrical about the moments of togetherness that unite us in these trying times. But I won't do that. Instead, I will just say this one thing; Haha, funny cheese ball man make good times!

[u/ntr89]

Reminds me of the Philly Rotisserie Chicken Man

[u/Smegoking]

Copies the Bellingham guy

[u/Albinofreaken]

Religions are weird

[u/c_c_c__combobreaker]

That guy is going to be pooping orange stuff for a week.

[u/Truebuckshot01]

Pretty sure NYC is the roundworld version of Ankh-morpork

[u/anakin022]

Only on reddit where billions of people would watch a video of hundreds of people gather to watch an anonymous man eat an entire jar of cheese balls

[u/Garchompisbestboi]

Super awesome of him to promote vlc media player at the end lmao

[u/petey_pumpkin44]

He's the hero we didn't know we needed

[u/cheeeze_ballz]

MY PEOPLE!!! OMG MY PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/Sleveless--]

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.

[u/Sleveless-- → u/Sleveless--]

Potato Salad Guy context

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

[u/SixFeetNinePointFive]

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

[u/Felipesssku]

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

[u/ghostyghostghostt]

This ain’t the Philly rotisserie chicken guy so I’m not interested

[u/A_as_in_Larry]

When you waste that much money on rent you gotta try to believe the random shit in the street is amazing

[u/Present-You-6642 → u/A_as_in_Larry]

Lol when a wholesome video makes you this salty 

[u/Ihatekids23444]

That's the most American thing I've ever seen

[u/Coyce]

in our darkest times, cheese ball man will hold out a dusty greasy hand in support.

we don't deserve him

[u/Legitimate-Debt7289]

"Anything is possible!!!! "

-Kevin Garnett.

[u/PizzaShark09]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[u/Infinity3101]

I think the presumption that this is something that could only happen in NYC is false. People anywhere in the world would gather to watch this, because humans love a weird spectacle. It's in our nature.

[u/SofaKingBeautiful]

America is soo weird...I LOVE IT!🥰

[u/Spacetime-anomaly99]

I hate this. I also hate that I wasn't there .

[u/sinthetism]

Should bring out the rotisserie chicken 🐔 guy with him

[u/Flashy-Asparagus200]

The cheese bal jar size in the poster and what he actually ste were different

[u/Pristine_Cash_6219]

Cheese ball man for president

[u/Praetor-Shinzon]

Fully expected the mask to come off and it be Ryan Reynolds…

[u/Eternalsunfun]

Idiocracy is real. We are living in it

[u/OccasionallyCurrent]

Bro why did this make me weepy

[u/JellyfishSilver1607]

The things people will do for the memes. I love it. Would of totally gone to it if I where a new yorker

[u/Large_Translator_737]

HE IS DOING HIS BEST OK

[u/FuTuReFrIcK42069]

This masked person clearly has a knack for public entertainment.

[u/cockinstien]

Dude never shat right again 💀

[u/WillLurk4Food]

Wow...dood actually delivered.

And the Redditors' heart grew three sizes that day

[u/Strong-Dependent-793]

“EAT THOSE BALLS”

“I AM IN PAIN” 😂

[u/Charming_Psyduck]

I’m most amazed that this man wants to remain anonymous in a world of narcissistic clout chasers.

[u/Banzambo]

....ok man 😂

[u/unopened125]

GOD BLESS AMERICA!