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On 2026-05-06 @lillysharples (quoting rachel @rachcorrine) urges New Yorkers to…

2026-05-06 · 02:09 UTC ·@lillysharples ·1 min read

Brief

@lillysharples (sharing rachel @rachcorrine's thread) calls for reviving an 'Irish hello' in NYC by using location-sharing to enable spontaneous meetups — bringing coffee, popping into apartments, or grabbing drinks. The thread prescribes checking friends' locations intermittently, showing up or meeting halfway, and argues people should stop being 'too cool' and be the initiators.

Why it matters

On 2026-05-06 @lillysharples (quoting rachel @rachcorrine) urges New Yorkers to revive the 'Irish hello' by sharing live location so friends can spontaneously show up for lunch, coffee, after work, or drop by apartments unannounced.

Key details

  • The post gives concrete rules: check locations sporadically, 'show up' if nearby or 'meet in the middle' if not, and pushes readers to initiate contact — 'Be the one who calls... HELLO I AM HERE.'
Source evidence

THIS is the point of sharing location

rachel (@rachcorrine)

Discussion we had this evening. In NYC we are bringing back the IRISH HELLO. AKA THE 90s. Here’s how it works. You and your friends all share location. Sporadically throughout the day (lunch break, coffee walk, after work, before work) you check to see where they are. If you’re close to someone, you just show up at their location. Aka bring them a coffee to work, stop by their apt unannounced, kick shoes off and spill the tea. Spontaneously grab a drink or dinner because you’re in the same vicinity. And even if you’re not, meet in the middle. It’s easy to get around here. We’re nostalgic for a time that does not exist and yet we have the means to create it and still we refuse. Everyone is too cool or too nonchalant or too scared to appear desperate. Who gives a fuck. I think we should all be a little more desperate. You’re alive. You need people and people need you. Be the one who calls. Be the one who makes the plan, who sets the tone. I guarantee you’ll be surprised at who shows up. It’s better to be the person who tries than the person who doesn’t.

HELLO I AM HERE.

— https://nitter.net/rachcorrine/status/2051841904413679671#m