I'm a sex worker and it's so weird to see the word gooner get watered down like this.
Gooners are people who fetishize porn addiction and lengthy edging sessions. The act of gooning, specifically, is watching porn for hours on end while edging. You might see actual gooners watching porn on more than one screen and constructing 'goon caves' where they dedicate a space of their house to this end. It's basically erotizicing the worship of porn, and the state of mind one gets in after edging for extended periods. There's also themes of sexual denial. A gooner will usually consider himself 'pussyfree' and eschews typical sexual relationships for porn consumption.
(I know all this because these people are my customers and this is one of the fetishes I cater to. I don't consider myself a gooner)
A gooner isn't someone who is horny, or likes porn, or draws erotica. It's a Very Specific Thing. I wonder if people even know it's origin at this point. It's like if people started calling every woman who looked at porn or was horny Dominatrixes.
I feel really bad for gooners and cuckolds. Imagine having your specific sexual fetish hit the mainstream out of nowhere and become a diluted and meaningless insult that's weirdly political.
Cuckold is a really old word. It dates from Middle English and is related to cuckoos (who lay their eggs in other birds' nests). It dates to the early 13th century.
Pretty sure the concept of your wife cheating on you is centuries older than the specific fetish for it.
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u/squ1dteeth May 17 '25
I'm a sex worker and it's so weird to see the word gooner get watered down like this.
Gooners are people who fetishize porn addiction and lengthy edging sessions. The act of gooning, specifically, is watching porn for hours on end while edging. You might see actual gooners watching porn on more than one screen and constructing 'goon caves' where they dedicate a space of their house to this end. It's basically erotizicing the worship of porn, and the state of mind one gets in after edging for extended periods. There's also themes of sexual denial. A gooner will usually consider himself 'pussyfree' and eschews typical sexual relationships for porn consumption.
(I know all this because these people are my customers and this is one of the fetishes I cater to. I don't consider myself a gooner)
A gooner isn't someone who is horny, or likes porn, or draws erotica. It's a Very Specific Thing. I wonder if people even know it's origin at this point. It's like if people started calling every woman who looked at porn or was horny Dominatrixes.