Because Reddit is a marvelous Internet playground where just about anything goes, there's an entire "subreddit" (the site's term for a forum, basically) devoted to forearm porn. It's exactly what you would hope/expect — buff selfies from guys showing off their forearms.

They then usually get lots of fawning-bordering-on-creepy compliments on their musculature. What's not to like? (The creepy part, sure, but other than that?)

1. "A customer at work said that Popeye would be jealous"



If someone said that to me, it would mean there was spinach stuck in my teeth, but OH WELL. Best comment in this thread: "fuck man now I want some chicken." I don't even understand a little bit.

2. "I'll keep this simple"



Somebody here is DEFINITELY pouting.

3. "Didn't know this sub existed"



What a happy discovery, though, because now there's a home for the 734 iPhone photos of your arms. Snarky home decor note: You'd think with those muscles you'd be able to mop those stains on the floor away.

4. "I'm pretty proud of them"



I just love the composition of this photo — the raw male figure juxtaposed with the kitsch purple scrubbing brush. In the future, this will be considered a seminal moment in the controversial "millennial selfie" art movement. Picture it in an art gallery, please.

5. "Hairy forearms are the best"



Guys, slovakmuscle.com is a website that exists. Yeah.

6. "Just heard about this, curious what you think about my forearms"



Alternate phrasing for this question: "compliments, please?"

7. "Heard folks like forearms? How are these?"



The textbook "oh, I just happen to have these photos and I understand it would be well-received here. I didn't take 17 different shots to choose between or anything, no way."

8. "So apparently people like these forearm things..."



The faux-modesty is really getting old now.

9. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't putting this here for attention"



And there you go, sepia-tinged honesty is always the best policy. Best comment here: "love the shower curtains." Anyone who can pass right by a naked man for some cutesy cartoon fish is on a higher wavelength altogether.

10. "For all you lady out there with an accountant fetish!"



Needs more calculators. Best comment in response, though: "I'd let you crunch my numbers any day." SOMEONE ACTUALLY TYPED THAT.

11. "Chad White"



Technically not a selfie, but I'll be damned if I let the opportunity to post a photo of male supermodel Chad White pass by.

12. "Lumberjack arms"



And yeah, also not a selfie, but the forum basically lost its shit/took off its collective underwear and asked to be felled like a tree over this photo. Which seems reasonable.

13."Hubby's forearm"



You get the impression these forearms are never more than a few feet away from that arm-toning gym equipment in the background.

14. "My dream has always been to be able to post here"



Sure, why not? It's always good to keep your goals manageable.

At one point recently someone also posted a photo of some guy saving a baby deer from rising floodwaters in Bangladesh, but it didn't prove as popular. Rarely are cutesy animals not popular on the Internet, but there's an exception to every rule and forearm porn is, yeah, exceptional.

Meanwhile, Reddit also offers a forum for "chesthairporn," and if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go lose myself there for the next six days, because THIS:



Photo credit: courtesy of /r/forearmporn; Imgur

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