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I haven't looked at the male one, but the female one is petty. Taking up two seats is fine if there isn't one at need. Women often offer a seat and often prefer to stand. And expecting someone to put food on the ground is odd.

The ones who are bad are teenagers. Especially tough guys - young males. Sometimes you can shame them into offering a seat to an elder, but that can also get your teeth knocked out. I know someone who got their jaw broke for brushing against a dudes leg in the aisle. The driver didn't do anything about it either.

I find it very frustrating here in NYC. I've had elderly people offer my children seats on the subway while young ones, male and female, keep focused entirely on their smart phones without looking up. I decline the seats, but it really would help my young children -- the train can decelerate pretty quickly and they are better off sitting down, plus on a crowded train, they can get pretty smashed between standing adults.

I gave up my seat on a very crowded train once to an elderly woman with a cane and she was so grateful I had to conclude it did not happen very often. Same experience giving up a seat to a man with crutches.

It doesn't happen enough, but a lot of people saw you do it. We're monkey see, monkey do! Thanks for pointing that out to me about kids, its true.

That's been my experiences too. I gave my seat to an obviously older guy, and he was gushing with thank yous; and then mentioned to me "Well my legs tire out, I am 84." I told him, no sweat.

That's cool.

ARGH It is so maddening in NYC.

Philly here, a pregnant woman once asked a 300+ lb man if he could move his bags, he refused and said regardless of the bags, he couldn't fit in one seat anyway. Thankfully a city cop was within earshot and asked if he had purchased 2 train tickets for his size. He gruffly replied that he hadn't, but he still wasn't getting up, needless to say, he got booted.

My understanding is that the female one was made in response to the male one.

It fun because the pelvis....

I was wondering what you were going to say on the trigger warning video post.

I can't tell if Tumblr users are serious or just Poe's Law.

I know a handful of people who think like it in the real world, sadly.

Yes.

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I'd quite like to see a study on this with some quantitative data. These photos are both are just cherry-picked anecdotal data.

I do get annoyed when people use up multiple seats when a train is busy, and it is annoying if someone takes up an unnecessary amount of space if you have people sat next to you. I can imagine men are more likely to do the latter, but I've never noticed a gender split with the former.