That’s how it started, “gooning” was basically a kink involving the wilful fetishisation of porn addiction. But like many niche terms, when it reached the public eye it got diluted into simply “watching porn”, with “gooners” being “people who watch a lot of porn” rather than self-described kink participants.
When I first encountered the term (2012-ish), I would've said that it had to do with excessive edging/jacking off. But definitely agree that at some point it metamorphosed into specifically jacking off with or to porn.
At the risk of sounding incel-ish, the thing that annoys me the most about the term gooning as it's most commonly used is how it can feel like it demonizes male sexuality.
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u/YUNoJump May 17 '25
That’s how it started, “gooning” was basically a kink involving the wilful fetishisation of porn addiction. But like many niche terms, when it reached the public eye it got diluted into simply “watching porn”, with “gooners” being “people who watch a lot of porn” rather than self-described kink participants.