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Ridiculous! How Can One Travel Like This?! [Train Stuffing] watch!

youtube.com — Though the description mentions China, I'm guessing this is actually from Japan because the stations masters are speaking Japanese. But ridiculous none the less!

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  • dorotixel, on 05/10/2008, -45/+4I've seen various clips of this before, it's pretty horrible (and funny).
    That's what you get for over population :)
    • darkchild82, on 05/10/2008, -2/+40Actually Japan has a different 'population crisis'. One where, their birth rate right now is extremely low. Tokyo is over crowded, I don't think the whole of Japan is like that though.
      • rpgmaker, on 05/10/2008, -10/+9Japan is full of old people. Their teenagers live jacking off with tentacle porn instead of knocking up a teenage girl, idiots.
        • otayyo, on 05/10/2008, -3/+2its a shame
        • Y0tsuya, on 05/10/2008, -1/+2Maybe because young men don't have money, so teenage girls don't bother with them and instead enkou with old men for spending cash? Just a guess.
      • nonymous666, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3The country has something like 130 million people. That's a *lot* of people for such a small area, most of which isn't really habital by large groups due to the extreme terrain.

        They're worried about the low birth rate not because they fear 'running out' of people, but that there will be no younger people to take care of the current population as it ages (both pysically and economically).
    • MrMil, on 05/10/2008, -19/+2You tell 'em!! Those stupids.
    • FuckThaMeme, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3I've seen a video like this before, but I swear the train attendants/whatever had sort of paddle things to push them on with.
    • Smills, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Amusingly enough this happens in Perth, Australia. And we have no population at all. The reason we end up with this happening is because we have very poor public transport and a large amount of people using it.
    • hmunkey, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Japan's problem today is underpopulation. Most of the population is elderly or will become old soon, so the next generation won't fill up the gaps left behind. They are already trying to stimulate population growth, since Japan is homogenous and doesn't want immigration filling up their jobs.
    • CRUSTYHO, on 05/10/2008, -2/+1Overpopulation? Try here in America, captain *****!
  • SVOboy, on 05/10/2008, -26/+164This is indeed, japan...I wouldn't say the problem is overpopulation, I would say it's high use of public transit. Looking at the roads in the US shows a much worse state of affairs.
    • Dested, on 05/10/2008, -4/+32What a sad realization I just had while feeling bad for these people.
      Im sending this from the road on my way home. Thats right, I'm stopped enough to read and post.
      • isntreal, on 05/10/2008, -34/+1This is, indeed, japan.
        • adidos, on 05/10/2008, -1/+31Your post is, indeed, irrelevant.
        • isntreal, on 05/10/2008, -15/+2Digg's failure to reply to the appropriate comment. I was referring to the mistake above, thanks.
        • rompom7, on 05/10/2008, -12/+81) No, it's not Digg's failure. It's yours. You hit the wrong reply button.

          2) If you are going to correct someone elses comment, you can at least get your own grammar right. It's Japan, not japan.
    • AngelBunny, on 05/10/2008, -2/+16actually some of the traffic jams are so bad that people turn off the vehicle and sit there for an hour before moving and they have entertainment displays were the radio is so you can watch tv, movies, play video games, while the vehicle is stopped in the traffic jam. by far, public transit is better, even if it is that, in some parts of japan.
    • jp12380, on 05/10/2008, -5/+20US does not show much worse state of affairs, claustrophobia anyone?

      Oh dang I have to stop a little bit so I can listen to my cd player or my radio while comfortably seated while those people are probably gasping for air.

      (I really do HATE traffic though, perhaps I should look at this and feel better)
      • jamdogg, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5The tradeoff: spend 20 minutes in cramped conditions to get to your destination or 110 minutes in the car - every single day.
      • yuanzhoulu, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2the worse state of affairs in the US has to do with environmental emissions of all those huge cars.
        also, public transit can be faster than cars to your destination if they're like the japanese high-speed stuff.

        also, this kind of cramped public transit isn't *usual* of Japan but just rush hour. it's probably relatively easily fixed on their part by better and more frequent scheduling.
    • gtluke, on 05/10/2008, -10/+74did you guys really just watch that and someone construe that the united states is somehow worse?
      wtf is wrong with you? do you feel guilty because you don't have to live like that? stop demeaning yourself.
      • mentor, on 05/10/2008, -18/+6Acute case of missing the point.

        Muppet.
        • gtluke, on 05/10/2008, -6/+13i believe i am the one bucking the "hate the USA" trend on digg in this post.
          you are are the one on the bandwagon, sheep.
      • tharju, on 05/10/2008, -5/+8who says US is worse before you post this post? Regardless, Japan is not a 3rd world country and those ppl in the clip are just fine going to work like that. You know why?Toyoya, Sony, Toshiba, etc. can tell you why..but i cant now. so drunk...
      • yuanzhoulu, on 05/10/2008, -3/+1think environmental emissions per person. this is where the US is really bad and where the people in Japan taking public transit are doing great. they could just put slightly more frequent service and improve that situation, it's easily solved; the US situation with emissions and road usage *by culture* is NOT easily solved.

        and ARE YOU KIDDING? this is ONE video. it doesn't tell you anything about the every-time every-day situation. you watched ONE incident.

        i can certainly tell you about plenty of times when the trains and buses in Boston were just as cramped and packed. it's happened on occasion.
        • Chris71990, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Those guys in white gloves are called "pushers" and they do that everyday.
    • Aroundtheworls, on 05/10/2008, -1/+15Not all the trains are like that- these are just the morning commuter trains and only some that go from major suburbs to Tokyo and Osaka. The folks being stuffed are ones that are running late and really want to get on the train. You can see one or two run from one larger pile to a smaller pile in hopes of getting on.
      • chembro84, on 05/10/2008, -2/+7No matter what the situation I dare say that that has never happened in the US. The most crowded I have ever seen mass transit was Halloween going to the Castro, even then nobody was forcibly shoved into the train. This is insane.
        • Y0tsuya, on 05/10/2008, -0/+20You can't shove people in the U.S. That's just asking to get stabbed or shot.
        • yuanzhoulu, on 05/10/2008, -2/+0it's happened here in Boston believe it or not. especially right after a Sox game. except it's not train staff stuffing people, it's random dudes.
        • bernlin2000, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2We're fortunate (although our claustrophobia has caused some weird intolerances...) that this would probably be assault in the U.S if people did that. God Bless America indeed...
          It makes no sense as well...so if you were smart enough to actually arrive at the station early, it doesnt seem to matter, since you'll be just as smashed together as the person who is late.
      • tharju, on 05/10/2008, -7/+18so what if the trains are like that? They are getting full use of the public transportation system which US has no plan to compete. For those of you who are proud to go to work by car and think it's the best way to commute..good for you..I hope you are enjoying that corn field behind your house. Just recognize the space you have and the space they have. That's all. get smarter.
        • cannarymburns, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1I really woudn't mind if our transit systems functioned the same way. Riders on new york's subway and buses are mentally retarded, they all crowd around the ***** doors, and the aisles are always half empty...
        • Solis, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Umm, yah, I have the comfort of a car. Roomy, nice seat, and no one shoving me. I can also enjoy music, the radio, or any other number of luxuries, so even if I am stuck in traffic, it's not like I can't still enjoy my trip.
    • da_bradler, on 05/10/2008, -7/+13I have a feeling nobody from Isreal is going to want to go to Japan.
      • 1randomguyO8, on 05/10/2008, -6/+5I dont get it :/
        • Y0tsuya, on 05/10/2008, -2/+11Watch Schindler's List.
          • 1randomguyO8, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3Oh transportation to concentration camps.... Maybe if this was in Berlin and it was German guards doing the stuffing and not Japanese ones the connection would have been more clearer.
        • andburn1, on 05/10/2008, -1/+12Don't worry, it's not funny.
          • 1randomguyO8, on 05/10/2008, -3/+1Well you cant have slaughter without laughter (sorry I was dying to use that line)
    • artliquide, on 05/10/2008, -2/+7On the other hand, I won't die of suffocation in my car, though maybe that's better than dying because some jackass decided he would cut me off to save 0.01 seconds.
    • Xeller, on 05/10/2008, -1/+2Funny thing is, this is also the time of year that you see this happen most. During April/May, new students and workers (because the academic calender begins in April in Japan) are still trying to figure out how to use the train. They all end up stuffing themselves on the cars nearest to the stairs or the entrance/exit from the platform.

      In essence, you won't see that happen frequently by June or so.
      • rogueyak, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3Not sure if it is because they are new to the trains. The transportation system there is amazing and they have been using it their whole lives. I think it's more due to the fact of added traffic of school starting. Like rush hour here combined with school buses. I'm definitely glad my mom isn't from Tokyo though this is nuts haha.
    • trunkster, on 05/10/2008, -0/+30Sure that looks bad, but what if it was a train packed of Japanese school girls? Now that would be completely different.
      • AncientWeird, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1It sometimes happens. And let me tell you, the groping thing is a two way street. Been here for a month and have been "groped" like 5 times.

        shouldn't have to because im a digger but... /male
    • mikeon, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6There's a reason why they have signs that say beware of molesters in the subways. You're all trapped and pushed into a train, hardly any room to even move your torso and you beging to "feel" things you don't want to be feeling all over your body and you can't even see who's doing it.
    • tyywebb, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Ridiculous! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBe-eYM0fGc
  • fitqueenb, on 05/10/2008, -12/+6Wow, glad I am not doing the public transpo in rush hour myself.... or experience rush hour at all any more.. LOL
    • R0l0, on 05/10/2008, -6/+5ROFL!!!
    • over900000, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1How the hell can anyone breath in there. I get out of breath on the tube during rush hours.
    • NinjaPirateDude, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6unknown personal reference is unknown
  • yumlum, on 05/10/2008, -38/+6is this belong to developed country ?
    • da_bradler, on 05/10/2008, -2/+7Well seeing as undeveloped countries don't have public transport...
    • P5ycHo, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9is your kids learning?
    • kelmaster1, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1In that scrambled phrase, some people would say yes, but it doesn't look very developed when people have to do that. I'm glad I don't live in an area with 60 million people (guessing it's tokyo metro), life looks kind of crappy there. Fun to visit though...
  • roosterjack, on 05/10/2008, -25/+4I've experienced much worse.
    • BlackMask, on 05/10/2008, -3/+3that's probably why you aint getting any cat lately
    • jackalsclaw, on 05/10/2008, -0/+8how? being straped to the front of the train?
  • qwertycopter, on 05/10/2008, -7/+187Cop-a-feel.
    • ThadeusMaximus, on 05/10/2008, -1/+37And be felt up yourself.

      By some guy you are not even attracted to, and of you course you being male.
    • over900000, on 05/10/2008, -2/+21I was thinking the same thing. Perfect opportunity to do some groping. It's so packed they can't even turn around to see who did it.
      • chromerium, on 05/10/2008, -0/+32It's such a problem in the Tokyo subways that they now have "pink" carriages which are for women only during rush-hour.
        • RadiatedAnt, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2same in Mexico city, even different paths to walk through in the train stations. I was once stopped by a police officer who thought I was perv because I was walking in the woman's path, I didn't know
      • Squally425, on 05/10/2008, -0/+0And on the other hand.... Japan sets up "Grope a girl" trains. Pay to grope a girl for 20 minutes.
        That's pretty sad. Haha.... no wonder they say "If you've got a sister goin to Japan, don't let em take the subway"
    • IPatrickBateman, on 05/10/2008, -4/+13You mean "Chikan"
      • Tyrghast, on 05/10/2008, -6/+10shut up, weaboo
      • IPatrickBateman, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1I had to look up this "weaboo" comment. You must be ***** joking? Nobody wants to be Japanese. Haven't you seen a typical Japanese man before? Now, who'd want to emulate that?
    • Aroundtheworls, on 05/10/2008, -0/+41Actually these trains are notorious for gropers, called 'chikan' in Japanese. There's even a genre of Japanese porn about Japanese businessmen and high school girls getting busy with each other on the train (or so I've been told *cough*)
    • SwedishNinja, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6First thing I thought, man. It's opportunism at it's best. Like a riot... it's grope or be groped!
      • CanadaMan87, on 05/10/2008, -0/+8More like grope AND be groped; I don't think you get a choice.
    • da_bradler, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1that was puntastic
    • brad3378, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1Training to join the pun olympics?
      • brad3378, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3I've counted three so far, but who's keeping Track?
    • jackalsclaw, on 05/10/2008, -3/+2this is olyn some what realated but it is funny http://www.youporn.com/watch/3729
    • nonymous666, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1I've heard that when crammed like that, it's impolite to turn your back on the person in front of you. It's unacceptable to stand back to back; you're supposed to try and stand face to face, not saying a thing to each other.
    • EricAnderton, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1I see what you did there.

      Bravo sir.
  • LiquidIse, on 05/10/2008, -13/+79Definitely japan, as the description suggests.
    On a side note, I love how the train masters use polite speech before mexican packing that train with business people
    • ThadeusMaximus, on 05/10/2008, -1/+19I would call it cattle car compressing
      • Furkle, on 05/10/2008, -0/+15I think cattle get more room than that.
    • mentor, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9YouTube title is misleading. The guards are clearly helping the people there.
    • blowcarrot, on 05/10/2008, -0/+15Mexican packing??!!
    • julianp, on 05/10/2008, -5/+5dugg for Mexican Packing
    • SciFctn, on 05/10/2008, -1/+2yah its funny how they wear white gloves....only to shove people around like cattle all day
    • rickygw, on 05/11/2008, -1/+0mexican packing == my digg
  • OropheR, on 05/10/2008, -3/+25I thought first it was taken from the Monty Python....
  • nooreazy, on 05/10/2008, -3/+188My hentai collections that involve trains make sense now :D
  • EnSvensk, on 05/10/2008, -0/+127I don't think those are police. I'm fairly certain they work for the train company or whatever. Professional people-stuffers. (My dad went to Japan and told me stories about this. )
    • quaxon, on 05/10/2008, -0/+15their not exactly 'train stuffers,' they are there to give info on trains (arrivals, delays, etc.) and answer questions and keep order to some extent. they definitely arent cops though. I just got back from japan and although the trains there get crowded at times atleast they are always on time (unless there is a suicide) and the wait for one was always less than 5 minutes. Coming back to SF and having to use muni makes me feel like im in a third world country.
    • akky, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3They are not police but hired by the train company. Usually they are only needed at the peak commuting time so tend to be a part timer, such like students. You may see job postings on the wall at the station home.
  • mediaphile, on 05/10/2008, -11/+5More trains and less people.
    • xBreakdownx, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6Its so simple. Why haven't they thought of that before?
    • Orchid64, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1The problem is that they can't have more trains or less people. The population in Tokyo goes up every year (this year, it went up by 155,000) and they can't tell people to stop depopulating rural areas without jobs for an urban area with jobs. Also, the trains run 2 minutes apart and the length of the platforms can't be increased to accommodate longer trains. It's just impossible to get more trains going during the rush hour times.

      The real solution is to move the capitol out of Tokyo to take out some of the jobs and to vigorously endorse flex-time so the rush hour density is decreased. Neither of these is going to happen since the Japanese will continue to allow themselves to be treated like cattle on the trains.
  • bobbybobington, on 05/10/2008, -16/+23Hell, I'd take this over a traffic jam.
    • m00dc0ntr0l, on 05/10/2008, -1/+20every day?
      • Karmavs, on 05/10/2008, -6/+4certainly.
      • chrgrose, on 05/10/2008, -4/+8honestly, probably yes. There are few things that ***** me off more than traffic jams that result from the seemingly inherent stupidity of people on the highway.
        • jp12380, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7I feel ya, however that is a nightmare train ride.
      • godofpumpkins, on 05/10/2008, -2/+1and it's not every day... I spent some time in japan and it only got close to being this bad (I never saw anything quite like this) the one time the trains were delayed (it's that rare) during rush hour
      • yuanzhoulu, on 05/10/2008, -0/+0the video is NOT every time. you watched ONE incident on youtube. i can also say this has happened on occasion here in the US in front of my eyes. don't generalise.
    • allthosemoments, on 05/10/2008, -0/+24It is like this during rush hour. I went to Tokyo and intentionally caught a train in this situation just for the experience. Trust me this is not preferable to a traffic jam.
    • chromerium, on 05/10/2008, -0/+8The trick is to negotiate with your boss to allow you to start 30 minutes later and go home 30 minutes later every day. Then you skip the whole rush hour thing and it becomes sane again. Its only a very specific time of the morning that the trains are this packed in Tokyo.
      • noots, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3or don't have any breakfast, set off early and have it when you get there (or in a cafe/retaurant nearby).
        • chromerium, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3going early usually means going about 2-3 hours early. Screw that :/
    • jhaks, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7You won't be saying that when someone cuts a ripe one.
      • YokohamaGaijin, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3The trains stink horribly during the summertime. So no one really needs to rip one, it is already bad enough with peoples armpits pushed in your face.
  • doshindude, on 05/10/2008, -2/+165I love how none of them object and just stand there and take it
    • Thugacation, on 05/10/2008, -5/+26I guess it's because their culture is more collectivist.
    • chrgrose, on 05/10/2008, -16/+8Do I really need to show you how ridiculously comfortable the Japanese are with their sexuality?
      • DiscoLando, on 05/10/2008, -1/+32No, because nothing in the video is about sexuality.
        • chrgrose, on 05/10/2008, -7/+5It doesn't need to be. Your rubbing bodies with hundreds of strangers. Do you think a conservative christian or muslim bigot would think nothing of it? Its because of their drasticly different views of sexuality and public decency. The people in the video probably find it physically uncomfortable but they don't have much of a problem rubbing bodies with strangers in this manner because they healthier views of sexuality and communal relationships--that is, they are actually able to go about this routine without feeling molested in any way. Its their healthier public culture.
          • DiscoLando, on 05/10/2008, -3/+1I'm a Christian, and I wouldn't think anything of it. You apparently have been misinformed.
          • chromerium, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3The london underground gets pretty crowded also.

            People don't suspend their need for personal space because they have a healthier view of sexuality, they do it because they have no other choice.
        • sat0shi, on 05/10/2008, -3/+4Except that recently guys have to worry about chicks calling them out for groping on the trains so much where they put both hands up in the air or in their pockets, especially on busy trains like this. Yeah, so healthy.
      • over900000, on 05/10/2008, -0/+13That's why they censor their porn.
    • Aroundtheworls, on 05/10/2008, -0/+111I lived in Tokyo and experienced 'train stuffing' before. In Japan the trains run very much on time- to the point where workers will know exactly which train they need to take in order to walk into the office seconds before 8am or whenever they need to start.

      So for some folks it's critical that they get on *that train* and not the one 5 minutes later or they will be late into work. Those are the people you see running up to the doors and waiting to be stuffed.

      Inside the train it's quite an experience. If you had your arms down then you can't put them up because everyone is so wedged in and vice-versa. Forget about turning around and reading a book or whatever is impossible. When the train starts even though everyone is packed in the shift in weight forces a the whole mob to take a couple of steps towards the back of the train, then 1 step forward, then finally standing upright.

      These trains are also the home of the 'chikan', or the train gropers who are so pervasive that there are some female-only trains carriages now.
      • 1randomguyO8, on 05/10/2008, -0/+20ok say you are deep in inside the train and you wont to get off next stop. How do you go about that when you got 50 people squeezed infront of you?
        • akky, on 05/10/2008, -0/+13When train stops, people near the doors walked out to the home (and line up at the beginning of the original lining people) to let inside people move out. Otherwise doors cannot be closed and you will be late.
        • chromerium, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9You say "sumimasen" really loudly and start pushing. People get out of the way and step off if they have to to let you off ...
      • over900000, on 05/10/2008, -0/+12Don't people at the end of the carriage get crushed by the cumulative weight of the people shifting when the train starts moving?
        • chromerium, on 05/10/2008, -1/+7Sort of. People shift their weight around but its pretty common for a train to have to hit the breaks or to lurch surprisingly and catch people off guard, and you'll see some cute small japanese chick being absolutely smothered into some guy's back.
      • q00u, on 05/10/2008, -2/+20When I rode the stuffed trains, people went out of their way to push themselves away from me, giving me more room. At first, I thought they were being polite to me, because I'm a foreigner. Then I wondered if they were afraid of me, if I were a =scary looking= foreigner.

        So I asked my girlfriend. She told me it was because I'm a =stinky= foreigner. :'-(
    • Whadabala, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3Just like my girlfriend, poor girl.
  • SpeakerCity, on 05/10/2008, -26/+13Packed in like Mexican kids in a minivan.
    • digsuxx, on 05/10/2008, -7/+1Racist!
      • 1randomguyO8, on 05/10/2008, -2/+3Nah just lame like you.
        • digsuxx, on 05/10/2008, -5/+0nope. it's a racist statement. just like if i said "packed in like Irish guys in a pub" read it again. If he said "packed in like sailors in your mom's vagina" that wouldn't be one bit racist. you have to think about these things sometimes. nice try though.
          • Y0tsuya, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6No I second that. You're just lame.
          • digsuxx, on 05/10/2008, -1/+0oh okay i get it. It was just a lame joke and nothing else should be read into it. it was just lame. thanks for clearing that up for me.
        • skyfyre, on 05/10/2008, -1/+2Except that Irish and Mexican are nationalities, not races. So I guess that would make him a nationalist. Or a stereotyper.
  • CrudeDarkness, on 05/10/2008, -10/+2perverts on a train
    • debuggercll, on 05/10/2008, -3/+5Heh Heh. Did I just get laid? giggity
  • wishninja, on 05/10/2008, -7/+47due the problems with groping many train lines now offer pink cars. durring rush hour the trains are segrated with female only trains.
    • wishninja, on 05/10/2008, -6/+14yikes sorry for the bad spelling!
    • mmm_linux, on 05/10/2008, -0/+16This is true. when i was in japan, a few months ago, there were signs in some of the trains that listed times that that car was female only.
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    • rogueyak, on 05/10/2008, -3/+1As far as i can remember there have always been pink cars, but I am only 20 so...
      • alperea, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2...so you don't know squat, youngin.
    • JohnnyHotballs, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1*giggity*
    • yuanzhoulu, on 05/10/2008, -0/+0heh i could see people wanting to just try to get next to women so that when they do the stuffing it's a better experience ..
    • yuanzhoulu, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2graping would be more fun than groping. it's when you walk onto such a crowded train with a bag of grapes (and your arms positioned upwards, mind you) and then you just start hurling grapes upwards and all over the train. nobody could do a thing to you because their arms aren't able to move up, they'd just have to deal with being hit in the face with flying grapes and some of them would get them down their shirts which is a bonus point for you.
    • Meursault, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3Lesbians approve.
  • wishninja, on 05/10/2008, -4/+30The trains in Japan have different price levels. All of these people traveling in the video are just too cheep to pay the extra 300Y to ride in the cars with seats. So you with have a train with 4-5 cars and there will be 3 luxury cars with no one in them and the final two cars are the lowest fare and everyone crams on to that train.
    • posermobile, on 05/10/2008, -1/+57I'd pay the $3 for the seat, or $50 to get shoved into the segregated pink train
    • mrbubblesort, on 05/10/2008, -2/+52This is a local train, so there is no luxury train. That's only for long distance trips. I live in japan and ride it every day. There's a train every 3-5 minutes though, so these people are just too stupid to wait. And when they push me, I push back :)
      • trichen, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3Not always true. I'm living in Japan, also. Friday, the platform was so crowded I had to wait 5 trains before it was my turn to be shoved in.
    • thailand1972, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9It's a kaku-eki (local train) - and if it's the last one of the night, you have no choice. You should see what happens when they open the doors - either nothing (too jam packed), or one person falls out followed by other bodies right onto the platform.
      • Y0tsuya, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1And they stop at every single damn station. Really annoying when you just want to get home but again you have no choice since all express trains have retired for the night.
      • wishninja, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1how did you know it was a local train? because of the color? I am only a tourist on the subways but I usualy but the better ticket for the intercity travel. Usually its empty.
    • Orchid64, on 05/10/2008, -2/+0wishninja is absolutely wrong. This is not the sort of train with a luxury car for a fee. If those people could pay extra to not be treated that way, they'd do it in a heartbeat.
      • blinktude, on 05/10/2008, -2/+0yea that's why he is a wishninja and not a realninja. realninjas are from japan
  • AshamedAmerican, on 05/10/2008, -8/+6Try getting on the Red Line in the loop at 5 o'clock.
    • jackspayed, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4thank god i'm on the orange line!
      • hammerpants, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3The gold line to Sierra Madre is like riding in first class.
    • Cludgo, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2green all the way baby!
    • theokandroid, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Oh man I love the Brown Line. So nice and quiet.
    • FuckThaMeme, on 05/10/2008, -1/+7I love the white line *snort*
    • yuanzhoulu, on 05/10/2008, -1/+0try getting on Boston's Green line just before/after a Sox game. it's just as bad.
  • Deodar, on 05/10/2008, -17/+10Hence the term "like a can of sardines" will be replaced with "a train of asians"
  • cave, on 05/10/2008, -7/+195At least it's not India, where a bunch of people travel ON TOP of the train....
    • debuggercll, on 05/10/2008, -62/+4They belong under it!
    • nitesoulja, on 05/10/2008, -3/+19lol that might be better tho srlsy i have no idea how ppl breathe in that thing.... and i bet theres constant feel/mackage inside the train
    • jozb, on 05/10/2008, -0/+15video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bym9Zds93rA good thing the train doesn't accelerate too quickly, otherwise everyone would fall down.
      thats also the reason they don't close the doors in indian trains. http://youtube.com/watch?v=aW2uSzHmAjI
      • yuanzhoulu, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1true. i'm from india and i can safely say that IS one place to experience what overcrowding really means.
    • elijahalcantara, on 05/10/2008, -0/+16... then they break in to a dance?
    • Y0tsuya, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1I think the commuter trains are electrified. That means there are high-voltage hook+cables hanging down to the cab. One touch and you'll be blasted off the roof.
    • arjie, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Yeah, in Bombay some 10 people die every day. Out of the 6 million who use the city rail. Atleast it's better here in Madras. But you should see people get in, gives train running a new meaning.
  • Pete0430, on 05/10/2008, -7/+35Its still less painful than flying
    • ufia, on 05/10/2008, -1/+25You strap the jetpack to your back, do not insert it in your butt. Good lord!
  • irvman21, on 05/10/2008, -5/+26I love my car.
    • KKong, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7I love my vespa.
      • heystoopid, on 05/10/2008, -1/+2I love the Kawasaki ZX14 Special Edition this baby truly flies down the road like a whirlwind !
      • FuckThaMeme, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1I love lamp
    • ep53, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1@KKONG. Same here, theres no such thing as traffic jams for me anymore and it costs like $5 to fill her up.
  • UnBr0k3nH3r0, on 05/10/2008, -15/+3so thats why their small...
    • TritonVision, on 05/10/2008, -1/+4cant wait till a video of american people shoving down McDonalds to make the comment: "so Thats why they're fat"..

      "sarcastic response to the offensive comment".
    • joeydoo, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1"their small...."... what?

      You have two choices, you can be a racist retard who doesn't know which "there/their/they're/etc" to use... or just some one who stopped mid sentence.
  • Awspire, on 05/10/2008, -8/+25I was waiting for someone to blow a fart, and see them all fall backwards.
    • MassHysteria, on 05/10/2008, -2/+10I feel like I'm back in kindergarten again.
  • Towelie, on 05/10/2008, -10/+1non..*****..sense..
  • alexsleat, on 05/10/2008, -8/+1now thats what I call first class travel
  • DeFex, on 05/10/2008, -10/+1get in the train and go to work you human resources.
    no wonder so many of them kill themselves.
  • dakbonsa, on 05/10/2008, -1/+100it's called human tetris.
  • dagnabbit, on 05/10/2008, -4/+72That's nothing. After WWII my grandfather crammed into an overhead storage bin for a train across the country to get to my grandmother.

    *tear*
    • sc0rpi0n, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3I'm your grandfather, and you're lying!
  • assbeard, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6There are days where i think the skytrain is starting to be like this.
    • max420, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2omg, I know what you mean. Especially around the commercial & broadway station in the morning, and the the waterfront, granville, and burrard stations in the evening.
  • posermobile, on 05/10/2008, -9/+2I bet it smells like fish in there
  • uhhNo, on 05/10/2008, -0/+30Now that's efficiency.
    • Kadratis, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2The Japanese pride themselves on efficiency but I don't quite understand the need for efficiency OVER safety.
  • BlackJackJester, on 05/10/2008, -2/+77so does a fat person have to pay 3 fares?
    • anotherghost, on 05/10/2008, -0/+35there are no fat people in japan
    • SolidSnak, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3no they just have to get there early
    • Orchid64, on 05/10/2008, -2/+16The Japanese don't treat fat people the same way as Americans do. They wouldn't embarrass someone by asking them to pay extra fare. Mature adults (of which there appear to be more of in Japan than the U.S., and I say this as an American) see fat as a health issue, not as an affront to their aesthetic sensibilities.
      • artBitch, on 05/10/2008, -0/+14Unless you're sumo wrestler fat and then you get maximum respect.
  • Opeth1, on 05/10/2008, -0/+26I hope nobody has gas. Good god.

    That has panic attack written all over it.

    • tim04, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3I'm assuming that the Japanese are immune to panic attacks, and the word claustrophobia does not exist in their country
  • tomwhughes, on 05/10/2008, -0/+19haha and I though our Connex service in Melbourne, Australia was bad!
    • Skint, on 05/10/2008, -1/+8No, there just always late, but i prefer being late over getting groped by some pedo' while struggling to breath because some bastard farted.
    • Aitese, on 05/10/2008, -0/+14Those Connex ***** mess with you poor Aussies too? Here in London they are the WORST!!!!
    • soapycub, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5Connex is *****, but seeing this has certainly put things into perspective.
    • Melancholiatic, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3Come see the magic of Cityrail in Sydney.

      You'll like Connex again.
  • fancyj, on 05/10/2008, -7/+2alright, who ripped one?!
  • macmangb, on 05/10/2008, -31/+1China, Japan they're both terrible world citizens.
    • oblique63, on 05/10/2008, -3/+4are you kidding me?... if trains were that crowded in the US, I can bet you that there would be a much higher mugging/stabbing stabbing rate over here...
      • Mattja, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Everyone knows there are no commuter trains in the US, fool. We British didn't trust you with them.
    • quaxon, on 05/10/2008, -1/+9you cannot be more wrong. I just came back from Tokyo and the people there are the most courteous people ive ever been around. They only smoke in designated areas, they never talk on their cell phones in the subways, and even though the train stations are always filled with people they all make a single file line to board and wait for the people inside to exit before boarding. Ive been riding muni (sf subway/bus system) for a long time now and all those things i listed are done on a daily basis.
      • macmangb, on 05/10/2008, -3/+1They violate international law by killing whales, they attempted to assassinate Paul Watson the captain of the Sea Shepard and they tried ramming their ship risking the lives of the peaceful protesters on board, they are terrorists just like the Chinese
        • tnoy, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1but... they walk in straight lines to get into a subway car, so it evens out
        • MoonZ, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3You clearly know nothing about the whale killing thing in Japan... Just a thing though, when japanese people was hunting whale in small wooden boat, in the traditional way, using down to the very fiber of the whale, western companies came en masse with highly-equipped modern boats, just for whale's oil... WE put the species in danger. In can understand why Japan has difficulties hearing us when we order them to stop hunting whales...
        • kweeky, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1Don't judge the many on the actions of the few.
      • rogueyak, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1Every country has its skeletons. If you are from the US then how can you even talk about being terrible world citizens.
  • Ghoztt, on 05/10/2008, -9/+4Ano nihonjin ha cho kure-ji da yo.
    Hontou ni!
    • chrgrose, on 05/10/2008, -1/+4say what now?
      • Ghoztt, on 05/10/2008, -2/+4I said "Those japanese are very crazy. RLY!!!!"
        Oh, and euprunner, besides the ano and the slang I use, my Japanese is spot on.
        • sat0shi, on 05/10/2008, -1/+4Yeah, it is except for the fact that it sounds un-natural due to the use of "ano" which just wouldn't be present in normal speech. I assume you were really trying to convey the English "those" but it isn't needed. Since you pointed it out though, I guess you knew that.
    • euprunner, on 05/10/2008, -4/+3tell me you used an online translator.. that's the worst romanization I've ever seen
      • UtilityPole, on 05/10/2008, -1/+0He probably learned it from watching his Naruto cartoons. You know- those fat white kids who claim to speak Japanese, and anything they "know" is either a curse word, or put through Babelfish.
      • david468, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1You must not have seen very much romaji then.
  • phrax, on 05/10/2008, -2/+9I was in Tokyo and never seen that many people stuffed into trains. Even during the mad rush hours the trains are packed but like that. In the off hours it was very easy to get a seat.
  • o0adam0o, on 05/10/2008, -1/+10giggidy!
  • kashk5, on 05/10/2008, -5/+2Too bad this video isn't from China. The comments would have been far more amusing
    • heresy0, on 05/10/2008, -2/+1Then no one would be able to spit.

      Shazam!
  • chrgrose, on 05/10/2008, -1/+58Probably sucks to be a hot chick in that mess. Ass and boob grabs every other minute.
    • MatchStick, on 05/10/2008, -0/+33i doubt anyone in there has the luxury of arm movement.
      • chrgrose, on 05/10/2008, -0/+92love will find a way.
        • SwedishNinja, on 05/10/2008, -0/+23what is love?
          • chrgrose, on 05/10/2008, -1/+7In this particular case love would be the impulse to maneuver the hand such that titties and ass might be accessed. Some have theorized that love takes other forms, however.
          • cankillar, on 05/10/2008, -1/+53BABY DON'T HURT ME
            DON'T HURT ME
            NO MORE
          • antdude, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Stop drinking Diet Pepsi!
          • Typhoon2009, on 05/10/2008, -1/+8A japanese word for 'rape'
      • J0415, on 05/10/2008, -0/+23That's why you go in the train with your hands where their boobs will be.
  • MatchStick, on 05/10/2008, -1/+6WOW. i thought we had it bad here in NYC during rush hour.
    • lunacraz, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1it does, but no one has the right mind to try to stuff in like that
  • redxninja, on 05/10/2008, -0/+28Ok who is poking me.
    • chrgrose, on 05/10/2008, -0/+31Ah yes, you bring up another obvious problem. What do you do when you get a boner?
      • bxblox, on 05/10/2008, -0/+28poke someone
        • chrgrose, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9I suppose the hope is that you are not the one on the receiving end of the poke.
        • norcalscan, on 05/10/2008, -1/+13tuck it into the waistline - duh
      • tnoy, on 05/10/2008, -1/+10Rub it on the person in front of you and moan softly? Thats what I do.
      • opmike, on 05/10/2008, -0/+17In situations like this, your penis will be entering another human being whether you are they like it or not.
      • anbudom, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1You tuck it to the side, just ask Cheney.
    • da_bradler, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3What if the last person on the train ripped off all there clothes before jumping on?
      • antdude, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1No problems if it is a hot/cute woman. ;)
    • Aitese, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1Facebook buddy in real life?
  • lukasz007, on 05/10/2008, -7/+19ok ok WHO FARTED!!
    • kelmaster1, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2I can't imagine... there's probably 200 people per car. Probably gonna smell at least 20 different farts.
  • HanSolo69, on 05/10/2008, -0/+12Your first mistake was asking how can ONE travel like this. I think you've missed the point.
  • davidschuster, on 05/10/2008, -0/+63I would like to see a video of them exiting the train.
  • einstein2k8, on 05/10/2008, -3/+8Wow, this looks just like my sister trying to pack her suitcase before vacation, except there weren't any human bodies getting jammed in there... I think.
  • benjhaisch, on 05/10/2008, -13/+2This is what it is like in India
    http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.ind ...
  • benjhaisch, on 05/10/2008, -0/+8Crazy kinda like India
    • jozb, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3yeah, safety isn't really #1 in india. so it gets a bit more crazy, like no doors, and you are allowed on top of the train.
      http://youtube.com/watch?v=S4ZW0PTm9ME good thing the train doesn't accelerate too quickly, otherwise everyone would fall off.
      http://youtube.com/watch?v=aW2uSzHmAjI this is the reason they don't have doors in Indian trains.
    • yuanzhoulu, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3you're kidding. in Japan, USA, China, and anywhere else that actually acre about safety like this, being stuffed means at best getting stuffed against a girl for a fun ride and at worst being stuffed against a stinky person.

      in india, at worst, you DIE. i kid you not, i'm from there. most suburban trains don't have doors. although there is usually a first-class that is still packed but at least you don't need to hang off the edge.
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