Search Engine

An Anthropology of Gooners


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A reporter spends a year diving into a subculture of young men online who unite around their extreme commitment to constant, unadulterated porn consumption.  Why are they doing this, what is it doing to them, and what does their existence tell us about the internet we’re all stuck on?

The Goon Squad by Daniel Kolitz for Harper’s Magazine

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