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Day: December 20, 2025

Eye Contact: The Forbidden Dance of the Underground

20 December, 2025 woody 0 Comments Tourist Guide to the Tube 10:03 am

Londoners avoid eye contact with the same determination that cats avoid baths. On the Tube, looking directly at another human is almost taboo, not because anyone is unfriendly, but because Tube travel is a sacred…

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