Another subway ad that wants you to jump

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What is it with advertisers goading people into jumping onto subway tracks? We recently wrote about new PlayStation ads in England that encourage transit riders to “Take a running jump here.” Now we come across this ad from the Berlin subway, posted on Ad Hunt a few weeks ago, tempting straphangers to “Come a little closer”—and experience the client’s funeral services. Imagine what New York’s MTA would think of these efforts. They didn’t even appreciate the

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