{"id":191116,"date":"2026-04-09T17:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191116\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:29:15","slug":"new-york-states-absolutely-unhinged-pothole-post-is-going-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191116\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State’s Absolutely Unhinged Pothole Post Is Going Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s finally spring!\"Older<\/p>\n

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But in the Northeast, that also means the arrival of something much less pleasant: Pothole Season.\"Pothole-filled<\/p>\n

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New York State announced its pothole plan using some interesting terminology.\"Pothole<\/p>\n

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They’re calling it “hole filling season.”\"Repaired<\/p>\n

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To celebrate the occasion, the official @NYGov<\/a> account posted on social media, “it’s hole filling season.”\"StateOver on Instagram, it’s more of the same:That one is captioned: “we are filling holes ALL OVER New York State \ud83e\udee1\ud83d\udd73\ufe0f”\"TextAs you can expect, the replies to this one are out of control.\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

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Like, really crazy.\"Person<\/p>\n

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Since we could all use a little “relief” during hole-filling season, here are the wildest, most feral replies to the posts:”My favorite time of year.”\"Instagram“Baby it’s hole filling season 365.25 days a year.”\"Instagram“And don’t forget to thank the water authority folks out here laying pipe, too!”\"Comment<\/p>\n

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“oh…well that’s one way to put it I suppose.”\"Comment“Im doing my part! Filled 3 holes today in fact.”\"Comment“We get over 50 degrees for 2 days and we’re feral.”\"A“can you fill the hole in my heart.”\"Instagram<\/p>\n

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This:\"Person“Insane post kathy.”\"Comment<\/p>\n

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“Department of Tops!”\"Comment“Every season is hole filling season baby.”\"Instagram<\/p>\n

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“pride month came early.”\"Instagram“Are you guys trying to leave no holes 4 me?”\"ScreenshotAnd lastly, “None of you get to go to heaven.”\"Instagram<\/p>\n

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