Sends signal either of hauteur and self-centeredness, constipation or “meet me in the men’s room”
- The first option is politically incorrect (see below).
- The second is un-presidential . . . to be packed so tight . . .could be psychological but some would say physiological
- Third option, when it differs from the others, is respected and heralded as an affirmation unless you are politically conservative, in which case it is soliciting
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A Scourge Is Spreading. M.T.A.’s Cure? Dude, Close Your Legs.
‘Manspreading’ on New York Subways Is Target of New M.T.A. Campaign
Manspreading in action. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will address the practice as part a new ad campaign.
“It is the bane of many female subway riders. It is a scourge tracked on blogs and on Twitter.
“And it has a name almost as distasteful as the practice itself.
“It is manspreading, the lay-it-all-out sitting style that more than a few men see as their inalienable underground right.
“Now passengers who consider such inelegant male posture as infringing on their sensibilities — not to mention their share of subway space — have a new ally: the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
“Taking on manspreading for the first time, the authority is set to unveil public service ads that encourage men to share a little less of themselves in the city’s ever-crowded subways cars.”
Stilton Jarlsberg has an appropriate take as well regarding the portraits:
Barry’s is hilariously surreal and lacks only a unicorn to properly depict the self-obsessed fantasy world he lived in. Seriously, it practically screams “this man has no contact with reality.”
We do, however, like the fact that the vines are already growing over his legs – giving us hope that he will eventually disappear entirely.
Jarlsberg used his sources to find out what the Smithsonian staff thinks of Michelle’s portrait
DLH and R Mall
