>Generally of giving space always whenever possible
>Also in favor of anticipating more people are likely coming
>
>That in mind me and a young man entered a subway car
>We sat across and diagonal from each other
>Both sitting on the end of our respective three person seating
>space
>
>Next stop three people got on
>Mind you the car was empty except for now five people
>
>Two sat next to me, guy and girl
>Which was a bit awkward given it was an empty car
>But
>The third dude since he was talking to his friend sat opposite
>them
>Right next to the first guy across/diagonal from me
>Instead of leaving the empty space
>
>We connected over that
>All three broke all sorts of space rules
>We looked at each other like 0_o
>Part of me debated whether it was homophobic
>But really that's a stranger and there was plenty of room
>And it wasn't cold so wtf

There are so many times in life when personal space has to be compromised, why do they have to go out of their way to get an extra fix?

I don't get that at all. Even if it's cold.