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Caught Sleeping on the Subway

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All photos courtesy of Asleep on the Subway.

Watch out subway sleepers, while you're catching some z's, you are also being watched, photographed and blogged about. Asleep on the Subway has been gathering images of tired straphangers, and has started to get contributions as well, leaving no subway line safe to sleep on!

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  • You are in a public space, so deal. If you do not want you photo taken stay home. My god, people it is a photo, and will not steal your soul.

  • As someone who "steals souls" on a daily basis, I think I'll be contributing many photos to this site.

  • aydiosmio

    "...but this is going a bit too far."

    ah... those immortal words.

    Silly site, pointless -- otherwise I would submit my own photos of some FUNNY sleepers. Too many blogs. If you're bored, start anything but a blog!

    Public place, no reasonable expectation of privacy. Don't bother bitching.

  • SeasTooFarToReach

    there's just no privacy left in this world. nowadays everyone thinks they are paparazzi or something.

    i'm as annoyed as the next person whenever someone starts falling all over me or letting their bad breath around me, but this is going a bit too far.

  • mikechan

    oh no... i bet ill find myself on this

  • donner

    This site is MUCH more entertaining:

    http://www.cutethingsfallingasleep.org/

  • Future Taliban

    "Even though this is fucked up is it just me or is anyone else imagining these people giving air blowjobs?"

    Uh, that would be JUST YOU, plus a few other pervs currently housed in the Sex Crimes section of Rikers.

  • babyhitler

    wow. that's a stretch. going from air blowjobs to rikers. What's next? not thinking churning butter doesn't look like masturbation?

  • Future Taliban

    Wanna see some REAL snoring?; take pics of a Senate or Congressional session.

  • babyhitler

    Even though this is fucked up is it just me or is anyone else imagining these people giving air blowjobs?

  • Colochita

    I do not think this is, or should be, illegal.

    However, it pisses me off. Hey, dummy – people are sleeping on the train because they are TIRED, whether from working, going to school, taking care of families, or all of the above. Why is it funny to you that people take the chance to close their eyes and rest when they can?

    Also, those two dudes in the first pic on the site are SO not thugs.

  • chuzzlewit

    my stepfather took a picture of my mom like that on a car trip one time - they lasted about another year after that.

  • spiritross

    I think the first comment is the best

    And I hope it isnt some ironic bs

    This dude should be put in his place

    He has no right no matter how fun he thinks it is and innocent he thinks he is

    He's a subway peeping tom and should be arrested

  • zodak

    sleeping after a long day at work is not a big deal but my pictures are of girls sleeping on empty cars late at night.

    they serve as reminders that they should not have been sleeping in that situation & are lucky nothing happened to them.

  • NannyState

    Of course you did that as a "public service"!

  • gimme

    what's next? sleep assault on the subway?

  • Rocknrope

    I've been sleeping on the subway since I was 13 and had to get up at 6am to get to school from the Junction all the way to the upper east side. Why someone would want to photograph and snark on it, I have no idea, but I agree with the others who say its rude and somewhat invasive. I'm sure if this were just "women sleeping on the subway", people would be up in arms.

    "Haha, look he's sleeping! What a dork!"

    Lame.

  • BMMDan

    its no fun without video

    sleepiesbob.blogspot.com

  • JacqueMehoff

    shutting one's eyes is a time honored subway tradition.

    it's the only way to avoid confrontations.

  • schizofriendly

    Absolutely.

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