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 some of those angry lonely people are writers, and they have a lot of time to think.

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Correct answer.

The people there are mainly bored because they are waiting. And sometimes creativity arises out of boredom.

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

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And a naked, bloody clown playing patty cake with his imaginary friend while his clothes wash.

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How do you know they’re a clown if they’re naked?

They might just be a juggalo

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That’s even worse!

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Yes, very different movies.

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And a frustrated Mr Bean trying to do laundry.

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We’re back to sexy!

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That one episode of Friends

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Uh oh, the laundry’s done!

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I see it mostly in anime.

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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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Wow, what kind of lame laundromats have you been visiting?

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My last three laundromat visits involved anal.

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Nah, it just felt like it because it costs so much to start the machine.

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Just put a few quarters in her

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You’re supposed to remove your clothes from your anus before you go to the laundromat.

I won’t make that mistake again.

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They did? Try cleaning out better before the anal so the bedding doesn’t get messy.

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The laundromat has angry people who don’t want to be there,

I live in a college town. The laundromat nearest me has a bar.

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Or maybe it’s a bar with a laundromat as lots of stains happen in bars.

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I’ve seen one laundromat/bar like that, and instantly thought it was genius.

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I miss Sit and Spin in downtown Seattle. Cafe in the front, bar and event venue in the back and laundry on the side.

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Leaving the dancefloor to move your laundry from washer to dryer would be one of the most surreal experiences I think I can imagine.

Similarly, ‘hell yeah ____ is doing another live show tonight, better grab my dirty laundry’

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