> I don't get triggered, but it is always the NY Post that uses the term and I think that's interesting.

Except it's....not always the NY Post? It's a pretty common term used throughout NYC media

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/nyregion/for-voice-of-straphangers-a-journey-without-stops.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/14/nyregion/if-a-pregnant-straphangers-bump-isnt-obvious-maybe-the-button-will-be.html

https://www.amny.com/news/deranged-man-harlem-stabbed-straphanger/

https://www.amny.com/new-york/nyc-straphangers-speak-out-subway-safety/

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/12/09/straphangers-add-masks-to-protect-themselves-from-covid

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/02/19/straphangers-react-to-mayor-adams--subway-safety-plan

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/not-even-anne-hathaway-can-cheer-up-the-saddest-straphanger

And this is just from a quick 3 minute search.

Like I've mentioned in another post it's a term I've seen thrown around everywhere since I was a baby. Is it an outdated term? Sure. But only on this sub are weirdos so bothered by it