“Something about a GIF is like pop music or fast food: instantly consumable,” said Reddit user 88Remmer, who moderates several of the most popular porn GIF subreddits, like r/bestporngifs (currently at 175,000 members). Not all porn GIFs, for the record, need mass appeal they often thrive because they serve niche tastes and sexualities that tube sites don't cater to. “I've been making porn GIFs for over five years now, and I think it's the best way to express and share my sexual desires creatively,” said the Footprince, who runs the Sockfetishgifs Twitter account (often crossposted to r/socksgonewild), despite identifying as asexual himself. On top of all that, you need to have a good eye for deliciously succinct sexiness. You not only need to be proficient with certain editing tools, but also patient enough to search for videos that will translate well into the GIF format. While seemingly simple, making porn GIFs requires its own kind of craft. “Something about a GIF is like pop music or fast food: instantly consumable.”
“The perfect GIF is the climax of a certain porn scene or video, e.g., where an actor unclasps their bra to reveal their breasts, or pulls down their briefs to reveal a throbbing penis, or the moment where full penetration occurs,” said Reddit user SparklyRen, a lawyer in his late 20s who identifies as gay and moderates various subreddits like r/GayPorn and r/GayGifs (currently at 92,000 members). Many of the folks we talked to - from aficionados to NSFW GIF creators themselves - say it is by far their favorite, if not their only, form of porn consumption, and for good reason. But the short-form format isn’t all that’s unique about porn GIFs. Porn GIFs distill any variety of adult video into a looping image that can last from mere seconds to a full minute.
When the GIF became the internet’s preferred visual language, it simultaneously became the preferred lust language for many consumers of adult entertainment. “See some nice, tight ass? So nice that you just had to share it on Reddit? Well, /r/HeSquats is here for you.Welcome to Porn Week, Mashable's annual close up on the business and pleasure of porn. The mission of this subreddit is to flaunt the ultimate male rump.
In response to this unique subreddit being shared in the thread, commenter bestbuddy42 replies with one long affirmation: “ yaaaaaasssssss.” r/HeSquats As you can tell by the name, /r/ForearmPorn is the go-to place for ogling pictures of dude forearms, throbbing veins and all. We’ve said it once, and we’ll say it again: Roll up those sleeves, and let them sexy forearms breathe. This pose enables the female to work the muscles in the region, resulting in an over-pleasurable time for the male… making it the best sex position.” r/ForearmPorn As its moderators explain, “Pronebone the powerful sex position in which the female lays flat on her front while enjoying penis penetration from behind. This subreddit is devoted to sharing images and videos of women in the so-called “pronebone” sex position. The moderators of this subreddit oh-so-subtly explain, “ This sub-reddit is dedicated to the art of scissoring or also known as tribbing, tribadism, pussy grinding, bumping donuts, touching tacos, clam jousting, bumping fur, polishing mirrors, horizontal lacrosse, etc… ” Though I do like getting thinner!” So wholesome! /r/Scissoring I’m losing weight right now, but that’s primarily for health reasons rather than vanity. “It’s great to remember that I don’t have to look like all the people in the ads or on TV. “I also enjoy r/normalnudes for those days when I’m feeling particularly inadequate about my looks,” commenter LittleDinghy writes after posting this subreddit.
Such honest nudity provides a much-needed reminder of what we look like without fancy camera angles and so forth. The term has no reference to the persons attractiveness, so treat our submitters with respect regardless of their looks, good or bad! Not posed sexually, not photoshopped, no tricks to look better. It means normal nudity in the sense of what we all normally see in the mirror at home. Normal Nude Definition: The ‘normal’ in normal nudes does not mean ‘average’. Rather than displaying performative sexual scenes, r/NormalNudes is dedicated to sharing nudes that resemble what we see in the mirror after, say, taking a shower.