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Title: Is this sign real?
Post by: Roger Bacon on August 02, 2012, 12:07:48 PM
 ???

I don't get it? ???

Tried to google, couldn't find any real answers?  Why can't you smile at strangers?  Bizarre as hell IMO.
Title: Re: Is this sign real?
Post by: Danjo on August 02, 2012, 12:51:04 PM
It's real...found this: ''When tourists come to the Big Apple, sometimes they are oblivious to our cultural habits. It may be socially acceptable to smile at strangers in places like Florida or California or Chicago or the rest of the country, but not here. Please allow us to read our copy of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest minus the creepout. If you plan on visiting New York, please be sensitive to our needs.''    
http://subwayartblog.com/2011/02/21/tourist-information/ (http://subwayartblog.com/2011/02/21/tourist-information/)
..so,as far as I can tell.. ???
Title: Re: Is this sign real?
Post by: bighead on August 02, 2012, 01:55:24 PM
Quote from: Danjo on August 02, 2012, 12:51:04 PM
It's real...found this: ''When tourists come to the Big Apple, sometimes they are oblivious to our cultural habits. It may be socially acceptable to smile at strangers in places like Florida or California or Chicago or the rest of the country, but not here. Please allow us to read our copy of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest minus the creepout. If you plan on visiting New York, please be sensitive to our needs.''    
http://subwayartblog.com/2011/02/21/tourist-information/ (http://subwayartblog.com/2011/02/21/tourist-information/)
..so,as far as I can tell.. ???
  I have been to and from and in that station a million times and I never saw that sign.
Title: Re: Is this sign real?
Post by: Danjo on August 02, 2012, 04:23:18 PM
Fake then.. ???
Title: Re: Is this sign real?
Post by: sync pulse on August 02, 2012, 11:13:21 PM
It's satirical "street art"...a clever counterfeit made to look like a genuine NYC subway sign...the humor is more subtle than most...
Title: Re: Is this sign real?
Post by: sync pulse on August 02, 2012, 11:17:10 PM
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Title: Re: Is this sign real?
Post by: Roger Bacon on August 03, 2012, 07:41:44 AM
Awesome!!

 8)
Title: Re: Is this sign real?
Post by: Danjo on August 03, 2012, 11:30:56 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Is this sign real?
Post by: Steelrabbitt on August 12, 2012, 09:50:38 PM
Quote from: sync pulse on August 02, 2012, 11:13:21 PM
It's satirical "street art"...a clever counterfeit made to look like a genuine NYC subway sign...the humor is more subtle than most...

This. There's stuff like this all over NYC/Brooklyn.
Title: Re: Is this sign real?
Post by: POB on August 16, 2012, 01:20:53 PM
Fake
Title: Re: Is this sign real?
Post by: bighead on August 16, 2012, 06:41:41 PM
Is this sign real?  (http://orientalreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/US-dollar-pyramid.jpg)
Title: Re: Is this sign real?
Post by: Rhino on August 17, 2012, 07:33:04 AM
lol that's what it's like in Toronto too. no eye contact... walk fast... point a to b. I freak when I go to my summer home on a lake in a small town and people all stare smile and make eye contact. so different. Having a 2nd home in the bush or cottage country is also a toronto thing too.  :)