The First Male Has Been Arrested For “Manspreading” In NYC

[bigfield]

Next they'll be arresting people for putting their bags on the adjacent seat.

That would be a violation of Section 1050.7(j)(1) of the MTA Rules of Conduct:

No person on or in any facility or conveyance shall:...occupy more than one seat on a station, platform or conveyance when to do so would interfere or tend to interfere with the operation of the Authority's transit system or the comfort of other passengers;

But if anyone in a position of power had the sense to figure that out, they'd probably also ask themselves why they're so fucking stupid that thy would arrest anyone for such a minor offence in the first place.

 

[laughing dog]

That would be a violation of Section 1050.7(j)(1) of the MTA Rules of Conduct:

No person on or in any facility or conveyance shall:...occupy more than one seat on a station, platform or conveyance when to do so would interfere or tend to interfere with the operation of the Authority's transit system or the comfort of other passengers;

So yeah, bring on some more comedy.

Okay - here is a hilarious commentary on manspreading from the Daily Show: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/88j6k5/the-war-on-ballsacks.

 

[fast]

This law is racist against fat people.

Racist? I guess you mean prejudice, but even that is questionable. It's a rule, and men either will or won't comply. If there is one particularly large man who cannot follow the rule, it's not therefore a prejudice law. It wasn't formulated with the intent to prejudice fat people. If one cannot follow a rule, then one does not follow a rule, and if you do not follow the rule, then you are in violation of the rule, not because you wouldn't but because you don't.

I suppose a counterargument would be that intent isn't necessary, as a rule can be prejudice in effect, but even so, that would be a broader sense of the term since it excludes intent. But racist?

 

[bigfield]

That would be a violation of Section 1050.7(j)(1) of the MTA Rules of Conduct:



So yeah, bring on some more comedy.

Okay - here is a hilarious commentary on manspreading from the Daily Show: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/88j6k5/the-war-on-ballsacks.

Video unavailable from my location.

But yeah, I get it: the people who defend their inalienable right to sackspace are comedy gold, too. "Goddamn Feminists can't make me sit like a girl," etc.

In fact, it's proving difficult to find a write-up that isn't worthy of a facepalm.

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This law is racist against fat people.

Racist? I guess you mean prejudice, but even that is questionable. It's a rule, and men either will or won't comply. If there is one particularly large man who cannot follow the rule, it's not therefore a prejudice law. It wasn't formulated with the intent to prejudice fat people. If one cannot follow a rule, then one does not follow a rule, and if you do not follow the rule, then you are in violation of the rule, not because you wouldn't but because you don't.

I suppose a counterargument would be that intent isn't necessary, as a rule can be prejudice in effect, but even so, that would be a broader sense of the term since it excludes intent. But racist?

That's racist.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

Video unavailable from my location.
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Are you in a Commonwealth country? Because the Queen does not allow the Daily Show. Seriously.

 

[Keith&Co.]

The government of New York spent on an ad campaign telling men to stop sitting with their legs spread.

I think a more effective campaign would be a picture of a courtroom.
A lady judge, a jury of women and clergy.
A bailiff holding a tape measure.
All looking directly at the camera.

"Take all the space you need. But are you prepared to prove to them you need THAT much room for your frank and beans?"

 

[ZiprHead]

Standing is never a problem. Nature has seen fit to make it all work beautifully. It´s only sitting that is an issue.

Doesn't your junk just ride up on top of your legs naturally when you sit?

Mine falls down between my legs, especially when getting into my car. Gets quite uncomfortable after a time unless a not very discrete adjustment is made.

Elaine on Seinfeld: "I don't know how you guys walk around with those things."

 

[Rhea]

Doesn't your junk just ride up on top of your legs naturally when you sit?

Most often. But sometimes I´m unlucky. I prefer not to take the chance and find out. So I go wide by default. If I´d just sit and hope for the best it can end very painfully. This isn´t a conscious thought process. I just sit, and the legs do what they do. This is just something I´ve noticed. It still happens I sit narrow-legged. Like when there´s little room. Then I lift and sit. Lifting around people... I don´t know.... feels rude somehow. I try to avoid digging into my groin in public. It´s a thing.

Just out of curiosity, if it's not a problem when standing, then shouldn't putting your legs together while you are still upright and then sitting while the manparts are all out front take care of this?

 

[DrZoidberg]

Most often. But sometimes I´m unlucky. I prefer not to take the chance and find out. So I go wide by default. If I´d just sit and hope for the best it can end very painfully. This isn´t a conscious thought process. I just sit, and the legs do what they do. This is just something I´ve noticed. It still happens I sit narrow-legged. Like when there´s little room. Then I lift and sit. Lifting around people... I don´t know.... feels rude somehow. I try to avoid digging into my groin in public. It´s a thing.

Just out of curiosity, if it's not a problem when standing, then shouldn't putting your legs together while you are still upright and then sitting while the manparts are all out front take care of this?

I had to do an experiment to see. But sure enough. When I sit down my ball-sack gets pinched, even though I have my legs exactly the same width apart. I have quite muscular thighs. That may be an explanation. There´s a lot of meat there to push against stuff.

 

[ksen]

You know where there's always room for my weiner?

Show

ur mom

 

[laughing dog]

Okay - here is a hilarious commentary on manspreading from the Daily Show: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/88j6k5/the-war-on-ballsacks.

Video unavailable from my location.

Try http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/01/29/watch-kristen-schaals-manspreading-takedown-on-the-daily-show/ or Google Kristen Schaal on manspreading.

 

[dismal]

The only conclusion here should be to make bigger "men only" subway seats on subways, just like building codes require more women's toilets to accommodate their gender specific crotchular needs.

 

[arkirk]

Just out of curiosity, if it's not a problem when standing, then shouldn't putting your legs together while you are still upright and then sitting while the manparts are all out front take care of this?

I had to do an experiment to see. But sure enough. When I sit down my ball-sack gets pinched, even though I have my legs exactly the same width apart. I have quite muscular thighs. That may be an explanation. There´s a lot of meat there to push against stuff.

It just clarifies the nature of thinking of that agency....get the slaves to work as cheaply as possible and keep them always at attention with their balls neatly tucked between their legs and their sack lunch in their laps. What if a woman spreads? Do they have separate offense: womanspreading?

 

[DrZoidberg]

I had to do an experiment to see. But sure enough. When I sit down my ball-sack gets pinched, even though I have my legs exactly the same width apart. I have quite muscular thighs. That may be an explanation. There´s a lot of meat there to push against stuff.

It just clarifies the nature of thinking of that agency....get the slaves to work as cheaply as possible and keep them always at attention with their balls neatly tucked between their legs and their sack lunch in their laps. What if a woman spreads? Do they have separate offense: womanspreading?

I´m not sure anybody would take offence. We´d all applaud.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

That would be a violation of Section 1050.7(j)(1) of the MTA Rules of Conduct:

No person on or in any facility or conveyance shall:...occupy more than one seat on a station, platform or conveyance when to do so would interfere or tend to interfere with the operation of the Authority's transit system or the comfort of other passengers;

But if anyone in a position of power had the sense to figure that out, they'd probably also ask themselves why they're so fucking stupid that thy would arrest anyone for such a minor offence in the first place.

If the train is full I have no problem with tickets for those who are occupying more space than they actually need.

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You know where there's always room for my weiner?

Show

ur mom

Necrophiliac!

 

[ronburgundy]

Are they ticketing people for this even when there are other available seats?


BTW, good one, ksen.

 

[Jayjay]

I find myself being more disturbed by the word "manspreading" itself than the act itself. It sounds like a portmanteau, but is not.

Anyway bigger people need more space. Men are usually bigger than women. Should we start ticketing fat or tall people of either sex for taking up valuable space?

 

[Under the Rose]

I want standards -- if there's enough p.c. showing that you could stow your Marlboros there, I want some citations handed out.

Or, you could carry a pocketful of unpopped popcorn kernels. See how many you can land in there until they cover it...

Mini-ice cubes are so much more gratifying, lol.

Funny that I am not grossed out by blood, guts and gore and find the nude human body generally interesting and non-emotion invoking, yet 'plumber's crack' makes my gorge rise regardless of the gender giving offense.

 

[credoconsolans]

I find myself being more disturbed by the word "manspreading" itself than the act itself. It sounds like a portmanteau, but is not.

Anyway bigger people need more space. Men are usually bigger than women. Should we start ticketing fat or tall people of either sex for taking up valuable space?

Fatter or bigger?

Your legs can still be about shoulder wide when spread with little problem.

If you're a fatty, though, I see the problem.

 

[mojorising]

I was a victim of manspreading on a recent flight from Gold Coast to Canberra.

I managed to get control of the armrest by getting seated first but my neighbour used manspreading to encroach his knee 1 inch into my personal seat-space

Thus forcing me to try and keep my knee away from his knee to avoid the dreaded man-on-man knee-touch which is even worse than the elbow nudge

I wish I could afford to fly business.