Why Do Guys Spread Their Legs When Sitting on The Subway?

bustle.com ^ | 8/7/14 | Gabrielle Moss

[a little elbow grease]

There are only a few sure things we can count on in this crazy, ever-changing world: The moon's regal orbit around the earth. The gentle change of the seasons. And the fact that, on any given subway car, there will be at least one man with his legs spread across multiple seats. A problem as frustrating as it is mysterious, the man who takes up multiple seats on public transit with his splayed-out legs inspires all sorts of questions among his fellow riders: Is the leg-spreader exercising his male privilege, or, as some defenders would have you believe, merely attending to the unique spatial requirements of his balls? Is he blocking off empty seats to his left and his right with his knees out of obliviousness, or passive-aggressive malice?

(snip) --- And yet, despite all that scrutiny, I found that I still had questions about the dudes I saw stretching out daily, luxuriating on pee-smelling rush-hour trains as if they were fine European spas. Did it actually feel good to stretch out like that? Physically? Emotionally? Would it feel good if I did it? Would people be angry that a woman was slouched and spreading? Would I even care?

I decided, for the length of one weekend, to become a slouch-and-spreader. To truly understand the phenomenon, I decided I'd act like the worst examples I had encountered in my own commuting life: I wouldn't budge for a knee nudge or exasperated expression. I would hold my ground. I would embody the worst of slouch-and-spread assholery to the letter. I would try very hard to imagine that I had balls, and that those balls were desperate for air. And by the end of the weekend, I hoped to understand what made the slouch-and-spreaders slouch and spread.

[TheRightGuy]

all the better to fart you with, my dear

[a little elbow grease]

That young fellow is cool. He has a great personality.

Thanks for that.

[a little elbow grease]

"Hahaha..... It's just bad manners and the folks who say they are so well endowed that their "package" needs extra space ....are likely tellin' porkies.

If they are riding in a car, an airplane or a bus/train with forward facing seats this stuff doesn't happen so it is a conscious choice to be a d#ck while claiming under certain circumstances they just gotta give it air, hahahaha."

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I think you got it right there, Sa-teef.

Here is wishing you a pleasant new year and meaningful life.

[a little elbow grease]

"Airing out the nuts. If they get too sweaty, you can get a vicious rash."

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..... too much information.

;-)

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

“Why Do Guys Spread Their Legs When Sitting on The Subway?”

My boys need some room too.

5.56mm

[a little elbow grease]

"Besides, what do you ride a train maybe once or twice a year? No one in their right mind would get on the subway. Or live in a place where you had to."

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I must admit, I've never been on a subway in my 72 years.

It's not on my list.

:-)

[CodeToad]

Why do women wear pushup bras?

[a little elbow grease]

"a MAN-ACTING-BAD problem. Also, if you were to write about women acting like turds it would not get into print. Write about men if you want to make money"

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Too many women get a little uptight when you notice or casually look at their nice *ss.

Hey, back in the 60's and 70's women use to check out my baseball player butt all the time.

No sweat ..... I just thought of it as a compliment.

[a little elbow grease]

"“Why do women primp their hair” at stop lights........answer...No balls to scratch....."

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lol.....

Why do women primp their hair at stop lights ...... because they are done picking their noses and texting?

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

gabrielle@gabriellemoss.net

Tell her to repeat the experiment while properly wearing a prosthetic penis and testicals under her garments, and report back. Only THEN will she be even close to understanding.

“Properly” as in not in front, but half underneath.

[a little elbow grease]

"She's got a baby on board - more comfortable for her that way."

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You may be right, but I don't believe she was pregnant.

[a little elbow grease]

"keeping legs together heats up your balls killing sperm"

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..... birth control?

[a little elbow grease]

"A regular hick dead."

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lol

[a little elbow grease]

ROFL

[a little elbow grease]

"Why do women wear pushup bras?

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Because they can't stand on their hands?

[RinaseaofDs]

Of course, everyone assumes she’s trans, and hasn’t had the surgery yet.

Yes, dear; you are discriminating against trannies.

Boggles the mind.

[Jewbacca]

“Unless you have to P really bad.”

True and proof of concept. A man putting his legs together is literally squeezing his muscles (hence why it helps prevent urination).

It’s also exceedingly difficult after a short time.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

You may be right, but I don't believe she was pregnant.

If she isn't preggers she's sporting a belly full of donuts!.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Only a woman would ask that question.

[a little elbow grease]

"Of course, everyone assumes she’s trans, and hasn’t had the surgery yet.

Yes, dear; you are discriminating against trannies.

Boggles the mind."

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To whom are you talking. Voices in your head?