http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz6R7KsqElk
And I feel crowded when I fly.
Ok, so I nearly had a panic attack watching that. If I was one of the riders, I’d start screaming. And dying. I’d scream and die. After I died, I would still be screaming. This is claustrophobia. The Scream, Die, and Scream More disorder.
There may be many benefits to living in an ultra modern country like Japan, but I’m afraid my personal concepts of quality of life preclude this from being a desirable destination.
djm
i thought it was a traning film for the transportation part
of the white house’s energy policy.
I wonder what sort of screening they do on people who want to work as subway people packers. In Boston lately there’s been public discussion of packed subway groppers.
all I can say is OMG!
KAC
I hate to say it but that is a perfect example of a sick culture
I don’t think there is a possibilty they could ever become hunter - gathers again. 
Oh, it doesn’t look that bad, it is not like a bunch of snakes are in the over head compartment about to burst and there you are unable to move with snakes around your head and neck.
You have to admit, it looks efficient. Go Packers!
This is just one more reason why life in Pissant, TN isn’t so bad after all!
Looks like opportunities abound for the pickpocket, the serruptitious groper, and the chronically flatulent.
For an extra special experience, work your way in front of an interesting-looking person of whichever sex you find attractive, then turn around and face them just as the crowd behind surges forward. Great opportunities for hilarious conversation will ensue.
“No, ma’am, that is not a sushi roll in my pocket. I just love riding’ the subway.”
It’s the democrats’ answer to the gas price problem.
At least they won’t bounce around much when the damned thing jumps off the tracks. 
And some people call this ultramodern society? Isn’t that a total misrepresentation?
“personal space”
You win! (A free subway pass!)
This is such a gonzo post. That’s why he’s da pope! I like the implication that
a tumescent person waits for a sufficiently crowded conditions to let fly…
Thank you. I prefer to walk, though. Dale can have my free subway pass.
You’re welcome, Dale.
So…
If you have to get off a couple stops down the line, how do you do it?
Oh, no. There goes Tokyo.
Go! Go! Godzilla!
djm
I’d hate to be a midget in a situation like that.
It looks like a public health nightmare!
Not so very different from the London Underground. The “Packers-in” are still unofficial, and liable to get a boot in the face from the people inside.
Mind you, as the train moved off, I was wondering about the possibility of one of the windows bursting out under the pressure…
Whoops! there they go! 