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Going Down, Uptown: Extreme Bad Subway Behavior
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Jen Chung
Published Oct 7, 2010
Modified Oct 7, 2010
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We can't stand it when people eat their takeout on the subway, but this takes it to another level: This extremely NSFW video appears to depict a man pleasuring a woman on an uptown 5 train—here's a link to the video (NSFW!!). Our tipster tells us the footage was taken at 11 p.m. on Tuesday—and, yes, you can see other people taking photos or video footage. We can just imagine what Subway Douchery would say about all this.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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