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Ash's avatar

I was drinking coffee while I read this and did a spit take, which ruined my shirt and made me feel bullied by you.

I am not a tik-tok influencer, but one comment of mine once get 65 likes, so watch out Dave, the NYT will be coming for you next!

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Ash's avatar

65 likes! I made it!

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Ash's avatar

Six more people! Cmon guys!

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Susie's avatar

He’s the worst, right?!

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Kim Capes's avatar

Rat bastard.

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Clay Morgan's avatar

As a current resident of Manhattan, I am sure that Roma filmed her TikTok trauma in more than one take, probably standing in the middle of the sidewalk while other pedestrians attempted the timeless yet foolish NYC practice of walking in a straight path along a sidewalk without being blocked by or tripping over a TikTokker either manifesting more followers or needing multiple takes to get their traumatized face just right.

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Susie's avatar

🤣👏🏻🤣👏🏻🤣

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Char Robertson's avatar

I am proud to say that I didn’t drink any water when I took “hot yoga”…I didn’t have the strength to lift a bottle… the room was 105 degrees (I am not exaggerating) and although I felt wonderful afterwards I always suspected it was because the class had ended…

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Lynne Larkin's avatar

It's like holding your breath longer than you actually can hold it, and then . . . gasp! you feel better. I have practiced yoga for many years and by golly, I was never into the 'maybe you'll pass out' style.

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Just Lil Ole Me's avatar

I have seen this story mentioned several times in New York Times newsletters and I REFUSE to read it because WHO CARES????? Why was this “the most read story” yesterday, according to today’s newsletter? Don’t people have lives? And the whole influencer thing is stupid too. OK, I’ll get off my soapbox now and go yell at some kids to get off my lawn.

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Irene Zion's avatar

I imagine it was the most read story because the rest of the news was too depressing to read.

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Susan Bodiker's avatar

This is why we can't have nice things.

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Bill Dunn's avatar

What is this "TikTok" of which you speak? I've been out of the loop for a bit, but it certainly sounds like a wonderful addition to humankind.

-Rip van Winkle

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Linda McDonough's avatar

We NEED to know what brand of water or water container the influencer was drinking / using… the instructor could be discriminating against the product line! So much to concern ourselves with here!

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Susie's avatar

Such a good point. Well done. 👏🏻

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Dale of Green Gables's avatar

Dave, I understand the "hot" part of hot yoga is to allow practitioners outside of India to experience the authentic sweltering heat of the country and dehydration, thereby raising their mindfulness of being about to pass out. It struck me that it is thus only a matter of time before other authentic simulations are available to those looking to up their yoga game beyond heat exhaustion and possible kidney damage. Maybe "Tailpipe Tantric Yoga," where you're required to suck up large quantities of CO2 and particulate matter representing India's signature air pollution. Then there's "Power Fraud Yoga" during which you must phone a dozen unsuspecting people and tell them you're from Microsoft and unless they immediately go to a site and fork over $200 for tech support, their computers will explode.

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Brittney Cunningham's avatar

Honestly surprised that God isn't smiting Americans. How can he possibly not have regrets about the whole Adam and Eve thing at this point?

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Martin Reiter's avatar

He has regrets. That is why He is letting us go to Hell in a hand basket.

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Ronald Dowding's avatar

This is shocking! (People pay to do yoga?)

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Debbie  Mitchell's avatar

My daughter and I went to do Bikram yoga once about 20 years ago. I had never heard of that kind of yoga so I didn’t dress properly for it. I couldn’t believe how hot it was in there. Neither of us has ever gone again. I don’t even think we stayed for the full session.

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Kerry Batchelder's avatar

Yoga had a pic-a-nic basket and then there was a Boo-Boo when the Ranger showed up!

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Ken Moore's avatar

There needs to be an option in the Poll for "All the Above."

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Flash Sheridan's avatar

Could I also modestly suggest that polls be held open longer, so that we slow readers actually get a chance to vote?

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Veronica Buxton's avatar

You had me at “emergency “

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Phil Caragol's avatar

Dave, I'm not a climatologist, but as an avid reader of weather forecasts (once a month), maybe I can assist with a link between water deprivation in yoga studios (it's happening EVERYWHERE) and Global Climate Change (also happening EVERYWHERE because it's GLOBAL). It's a well-known scientific fact that the O in H2O minimizes the production of carbon in the body, the gastro-explosive element that produces methane gas. Seriously, ever notice how much stinkier the air smells when cattle wander aimlessly around the desert searching for water? Scientists call it Bovinus Methanosis—the globe's #1 cause of Greenhouse Gas emissions. Its human counterpart is Flatulus Maximus, in case you're curious. So, let's say, that every day Irena and 3 million other yoga instructors around the world lay down the law—"NO WATER FOR YOU!" Multiply that by 10 super-flatulistic students per class. Then (and this is true madness) super-heat the studio almost to the combustion point of gaseous vapor. Little does Irena know that she has the power to end droughts, floods, melting icecaps and Cat 5 hurricanes by simply telling Roma Abdesselam, "DRINK, GIRL, OUR EXISTENCE AS A SPECIES IS DEPENDING ON YOU!" I hope this helps.

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Christie Smythe's avatar

"Who, in your opinion, is in the wrong?"

Whatever NYT editor decided this "news" was "fit to print." (Very funny column, though.)

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Celeste Hardway's avatar

More like "printed to fit".

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David Dane's avatar

Before I weigh in Dave I need a very important detail: was this a sip of bottled water? flavored water? or NYC tap water?

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