Everybody always presents laundromats in tv shows and movies as this sexy place where you meet horny singles who aren’t wearing underwear because it’s in the wash.

But in real life, that just isn’t true. The laundromat has angry people who don’t want to be there, and nobody EVER has sex, or takes their clothes off.

So why are laundromats always presented like that?

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    Because people who never needed to use an annoying thing like to imagine and romantize how they would use it. Completely ignoring reality.

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    You must watch very different movies than I do. I immediately envision something dank and dark with flickering lights.

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    I’ve definitely experienced romance in a laundromat, it was a place where I had basically nothing but time and was freshly out on my own. It was a place I could focus on texting someone I was falling for.

    Also it’s one of those things I will struggle to avoid any chance I can get in the future because that time translated to an hour and a half long chore that’s mostly waiting where I couldn’t do much else. It fucking sucked lol.

    Oh also there’s a bar with live music in a laundromat that I’ve been to, alcohol and punk music can definitely up the vibes

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      Daydream, “lots of time to ‘daydream’”

      Let’s be honest half the stuff a guy writes is about how to win a girl over and the other half is having sex with said girl.

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    aren’t wearing underwear because it’s in the wash

    ??? Do these people only have one paif of underwear??

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        I have multiple pairs of underwear but I hate h going to a laundromat, so I used to wait until I was absolutely out of everything and the clothes I was wearing were oversoiled.

        I have laundry facilities at home now, but when I’m double-plus depressed, I still will wait until I have absolutely nothing to wear.

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    In my town, junkies hang out at the laundromat begging for money. The cops show up regularly and haul them off. I saw prostitutes outside of it once, too

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              Congrats on being privileged to never need to go through that hell, and talking down to those who did.

              I don’t need to justify myself to you, but my response to the other poster was completely valid. If he’s using terms like “meth zombies” and denigrating public facilities that allow addicts to enter because of their presence then he deserves every ounce of contempt he gets.

              I’ll accept a thank you for the explanation but any other response will result in a block.

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                Theres a difference between addicts and junkies. Junkies have my empathy but I really understand why someone wouldn’t want to spend prolonged times in the same space with one.

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    The scientific reason is that the 350 watt drum connected to the dryer motor vibrates at 55 hertz which stimulates the female solar plexus. This creates a chain reaction and urges males to assert dominance and proceed with a mating ritual. When you combine this with the enticingly large sums of cash at a typical laundromat, you can see this is a devastating combination. The scantily clad hot body people is a side effect, not the cause.

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      That reads like something out of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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    It’s a fantasy. If you lived in Hollowoodland where everyone is beautiful, wouldn’t you want them all to be in their underwear, sweat glistening on their bare skin, getting all hot and bothered? It sure would beat the reality where everyone is ugly, fully clothed and just wants to get the fuck outta there ASAP.

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    Seattle used to have a combination laundromat/bar that was called Sit and Spin.

    Never had a chance to go. I imagine it was a very horny place. Also at the time median age in Seattle was like 23.

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      Seems like a brilliant idea. There should be more laundromats with liquor licenses.

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      I lived downtown Seattle in the 90s, close enough we just walked to Sit and Spin with our laundry. Best way to do laundry ever.

      Also they were reasonably priced since they made most of their money off the cafe (which had really good food).

      I’ll have some of those memories for life.