• BoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    19 days ago

    It would’ve happened regardless. I’ve been going to gyms since the 90s and nudity in locker rooms was very common up until the 2010s. The last time I saw a dong in the locker room was around 2015 or so. Less people shower in the gyms nowadays, and when they do they are vigilant about covering with a towel. There used to be a stereotype about old men that would blowdry their balls in open view of everyone and it really was true. They’d also start conversations with everyone while doing it like it was the most normal thing in the world. But they just all suddenly…disappeared. I wonder what happened to all of them.

    • Kefla [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      19 days ago

      There used to be a stereotype about old men that would blowdry their balls in open view of everyone and it really was true. They’d also start conversations with everyone while doing it like it was the most normal thing in the world.

      Tbh, it is / should be normal. They’re just genitals, you’ve got em too, there’s no reason to make it weird. I know wrinkly saggy old dude balls aren’t pretty, but neither are wrinkly saggy old dude jowls and you’re not gonna expect him to cover those up

    • Abracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      18 days ago

      For me, they disappeared with the old location and never reappeared at the new one.

      It also went from sauna & steam rooms in each locker room to just a single co-ed one each, on the pool deck. A big downgrade for my partner who really doesn’t want random guys talking to her in the sauna.