The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz
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Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation
November 2025 Issue [Report] The Goon Squad Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation by Daniel Kolitz , Illustration by Melcher Oosterman [Report] The Goon Squad Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation by Daniel Kolitz , Adjust Share T his past January, a few dozen young men in hoodies and baggy jeans congregated outside a coffee shop in Tempe, Arizona, to mourn the death of a twenty-seven-year-old man named Nautica Malone. They arrived on foot and riding shotgun in parents’ cars; they carried flowers and votive candles, homemade p
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