# Masturbation etiquette

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-etiquette/628040>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 12, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-etiquette/628040 "2012-07-12T19:04:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-etiquette/628040/41 "2012-07-13T19:45:34Z")

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I’m no prude, I swear, but I just can’t envision any circumstance where I’d say “masturbate” out loud. To anyone. I’ve discussed the _subject_ of course, but the word itself is creepy to me for some reason. Overly clinical. \<shrug\>

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**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-etiquette/628040/42 "2012-07-13T19:48:32Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Once or twice in human history someone forgot. It’s been 200,000 years, dude!

You don’t forget before you masturbate though. If you do, you have no business masturbating in the first place.

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-etiquette/628040/43 "2012-07-13T19:51:10Z")

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The master has spoken. 😉

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-etiquette/628040/44 "2012-07-13T20:49:47Z")

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Not only should you acknowledge walking in on someone masturbating, you should take a seat and get a good look at his technique to critique or use it to improve your own.

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-etiquette/628040/45 "2012-07-13T21:19:33Z")

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> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> Not only should you acknowledge walking in on someone masturbating, you should take a seat and get a good look at his technique to critique or use it to improve your own.

Why stop there? Why not offer to lend a hand? It’s the polite thing to do, anyway!

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**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-etiquette/628040/46 "2012-07-13T21:19:46Z")

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> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> Not only should you acknowledge walking in on someone masturbating, you should take a seat and get a good look at his technique to critique or use it to improve your own.

Whats this, To Catch a Masturbator?

Why dont you take a seat over here…

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