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Oh no the witch letters have formed the horny configuration! (lemmy.today)

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[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Your own example would be more akin to watching a documentary vs reading about it. No one actually dies by you doing so.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today -2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

That's not like any of the examples. Someone is equating reading smutty romance to public masturbation.

I honestly didn't see this going in this direction, I'm pretty fascinated by the reaction here.

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Someone is equating reading smutty romance to public masturbation.

..to public watching nude images, not to masturbation.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

... that men sometimes goon it crazy style in public.

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Gooning can also mean "to be in a state of sexual arousal"

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The only "someone" I've seen talking about public masturbation is you. :/ The "Goon it crazy" was clearly a hyperbole, given the this posts' context.

And I'm not too surprised about the reaction. While the OP (from Bluesky, not you) definitely made a brand new sentence, the take is not particularly bright.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today -1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The “Goon it crazy” was clearly a hyperbole

So ...so was the sentence?

Did someone take a lighthearted meme community too seriously?

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

The OPs' sentence? Yes clearly.

Yours? I'm not entirely convinced. Or at least it's not only a hyperbole, given your other comments in this thread.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 0 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

"Goon crazy style" is slang for watching porn. It also happens to be a hyperbole, since watching porn clearly isn't as bad as jerking yourself to a medical condition.

What should the non-hyperbolic version of "let’s compare dropping bombs to reading about the war." (assuming that's the sentence) have been?

To me it appears that you tried making a comparison of VerilyFemme's comment under a wrong assumption (eg. that it was about public masturbation), and now are trying to cover it up by calling it a hyperbole.

Anyway, as you stated I'm here to laugh, and not to write reports about misunderstandings taken to the next level.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 12 hours ago

I polled my friends and family. We all agree gooning it is slang for jerking it, even my mom said so.

I didn't misunderstand anything.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 19 hours ago

Gooning always meant masturbating to me.