Why are laundromats sexy?

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

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

Remember the Levi's classic ad 1985, now I feel old.

Because if people wanted to see angry people who don't want to be there, they would just go to a laundromat in real life.

It's kind of what I liked about Baby Driver, the movie acknowledges that a laundromat is kind of a weird place to hang out for a date, but the awkwardness lets the passionate feelings they have for each other shine through.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Yeah I'm tired of all this laundromat sexy-washing.

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

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

Everything Everywhere All At Once

I want to know what TV shows you are watching

Most of the stuff I watch have something bad happen in a laundromat, like getting chased by armed thugs

I have never seen a laundromat romanticized in a movie as far as I can recall.

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.

Don't believe everything you see on TV. There's a reason it's called "the idiot box".

I think it's because they are a setting where people are there for a separate purpose to meeting a partner, which allows for romance to be portrayed as spontaneous. Also, clothes (particularly underwear, pyjamas and towels) come into contact with the body and imply intimacy.

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

It makes me wonder how many people don't own washing machines. I mean I consider that was essential as a fridge.

Well I mean people have to strip naked in the laundromat to wash their clothes. What, you guys don’t do that?

For real though, I’d guess it’s just because it’s sort of a meet-cute type of location since patrons may kill time there while their clothes wash and dry and might chat with other patrons while waiting.

Lol having sex in a laundromat is not going to go over well

I mean you can't have a rags to riches romance take place where all the riches are.

In all seriousness, it's probably the culture. A lot of countries/cities do have settings where laundromats are slightly less angry because it's the preferred norm for getting things done.

That, sadly, does not include my local laundromat, which I'm reluctant to tend to during late hours. One could say it's like the real Five Nights at Freddy's there.

See, movies and TV shows are so unrealistic. Dry Cleaning is where the action is.

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.

Be the change you want to see. Strip naked in the laundromat, lead by example...

I immediately thought of this sexy flight of the Conchords music video:

https://youtu.be/N5gZgGckJDo

Is this about My Beautiful Laundrette?

Because it smells like home