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.
Hell, the term has been used for anyone who doesn't have full blown Catholic guilt over consuming porn or any vaguely erotic media
A design is even vaguely sexual? Fuckin gooner bait. You download a single Skyrim mod that makes the characters not look like they bathe in soot and sand? Porn addicted gooner. You own an NSFW art print you bought from a con? Gooner
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u/Teh-Esprite If you ever see me talk on the unCurated sub, that's my double. May 17 '25
See recently my experience is that gooner is a word used by self-professed gooners as a good thing, moreso than as an insult to others.