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Video: Man Performs Sleep Dance Standing On Subway
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Ben Yakas
Published Mar 8, 2012
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We all know that sitting down is killing us, right? Actually, to be totally clear, sitting down is making us depressed, and THEN killing us. So we're quite impressed with the man in the video below, who is able to sneak in some zzz's while standing on the subway. Though he doesn't seem to open his eyes, he is able to perform a delicate dance, pulling back every time he seems about to fall over. With his quick moves, he resembles David Byrne from Stop Making Sense...or, um, a particularly drowsy marionette! Best of all, we commend him for getting in some decent commuter workout time even though he's afflicted with Subwaysomnia.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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