However, other sexy spaces are elite in other ways, excluding those that don’t have the right tastes. Hydrate requires hours of drinking, dancing, and, for some, a familiarity with drugs, all skills requiring cultural knowledge and patterns of consumption. Online communities, like Grindr, require an iPhone or Internet connection and use specialized lingo. At the Hole, one must be willing to absorb the stigma, as well as handle raunchiness and nakedness without being self-conscious, both of which are also skills.
