is it just wanking? If so, why are people talking about it
Edit - turns out that yes, it is just wanking lol
Edit Edit - honestly, I find it strange that so many of these things have special words. ‘edging’ , ‘creampie’ , and now ‘gooning’. These are all very mundane activities, lads
It’s masturbation in quantities that people know full well is unhealthy but has been renamed to make it an identity and a point of pride.
This can be anything between those that spend 2-3 hours masturbating per day to those that masturbate for 48 hours straight non stop.
My personal belief is that it was intentionally amplified by marketers in the porn industry to bring it to mainstream in order to have this group of people grow as they’re the vanguard of porn culture. Now rather than identify negatively with what they do they identify as gooners proudly.
The mainstreaming of the word has flattened its meaning into any act of masturbation being a goon session.