People stuffed onto a train in Tokyo, Japan (train stuffing Tokyo)
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked as the standard illustration of Tokyo's rush-hour crowding whenever commuting and density come up.
What it is
Short 2006 footage of station staff in white gloves pushing commuters onto a packed morning train at a Tokyo station on the Toyoko Line.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2017 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Cites mcny · 2017-11 · on “Who’s Sitting Next to You on the Subway? An R Train in September”
Can you imagine the lawsuits if we were to have staff push people here? [this video] By the way, as bad as things are in New York MTA, I find it much better than the stupidity of the path train (panynj). We have like four routes to manage and we can't do that properly.
Cites anabis · 2018-04 · on “Why Invest in Cities? There's Always Another Boise”
Most people commute by train. We are improving, but the morning commute is something foreigners consider particularly wacky, and not something that they want to repeat everyday. [this video]
Cites taeric · 2020-03 · on “Keeping the coronavirus from infecting healthcare workers”
It would need testing to show they don't have a prevalence of "mild" cases. Not to mention we should have numbers on how often they wear masks. Last I saw, it was not everyone that did that. Edit for reference: [this video]
Cites iszomer · 2021-12 · on “Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on public housing applicants”
Japan has also been known to cram passengers into trains during rush hour. I imagine this practice has probably been fervently deprecated due to covid19. [this video]