an observation of commuting on the ttc and leaving the subway via the escalator at king station during rushhour:

the hordes of shuffling people funneling into the escalator reminds me of a zipper. a very strange zipper that takes a jumbled mess and forces it into a two columned interlocking pattern (as opposed to the usual input of two descrete columns).

another thing i noticed is that since its so crowded and noone can make a full stride, people walk by shifting their weight from one foot to another and pivoting. it creates this neat reverse-pendulum effect with their upper bodies that mimics exactly how the mondoshawans walk.

it’s also fun to pretend all these shuffling people are zombies: you have to zombie-walk along with them in order to avoid detection followed by an inevitable de-braining.