Ok, I undersold it a bit. This is a blog post of a Yelp review of some straight dude who had the misfortune of ending up in the extra degenerate part of the "club":
The 2 brits are gay and going to a gay club but dont try to determine if the guy they met 2min before is also gay? It would be more likely they would try to pick up the guy for sex, not only going to "the coolest club ever " without hitting on him.
Guy is too oblivious and stays too long.
Clubs like this are very insular and don't like "tourists" or casual curious people.
I mean, it’s almost certainly exaggerated for effect, but everything I’ve read suggests this is fairly “on par” with the reputation of the place…
It is, however, recommended on many “tourist” lists. Which seems odd, all things considered.
Then again, Berlin is known as a party town, so I suppose it fits that “mould”.
From my understanding of it, the guy either stumbled into the BDSM-fag section of the club (see the Wiki page), or on one of the nights where that section takes over the main hall.
I’m also not so skeptical of situations like this occurring.
I’ve regularly met randos in hostels and been convinced to go clubbing with them that night, occasionally with the intention of something sexual (with the women, obviously. I don’t think I’ve ever had a gay male try to get me to go with them), with no prior knowledge. Occasionally that has landed me in some less than ideal places, overseas. So I would honestly believe it.
The only outlier for me is, as you point out, that they weren’t upfront about their proclivities. But who knows, honestly…
Ok, I undersold it a bit. This is a blog post of a Yelp review of some straight dude who had the misfortune of ending up in the extra degenerate part of the "club":
https://archive.is/xcOx4
There's no photos, but you'll probably want mental eyebleach after reading it, lol.
The comments, however, are entertaining.
Fuck, I can't believe that they recommend this place to tourists, of all things...
Freaks.
Reads like a made up story.
The 2 brits are gay and going to a gay club but dont try to determine if the guy they met 2min before is also gay? It would be more likely they would try to pick up the guy for sex, not only going to "the coolest club ever " without hitting on him.
Guy is too oblivious and stays too long.
Clubs like this are very insular and don't like "tourists" or casual curious people.
I mean, it’s almost certainly exaggerated for effect, but everything I’ve read suggests this is fairly “on par” with the reputation of the place…
It is, however, recommended on many “tourist” lists. Which seems odd, all things considered.
Then again, Berlin is known as a party town, so I suppose it fits that “mould”.
From my understanding of it, the guy either stumbled into the BDSM-fag section of the club (see the Wiki page), or on one of the nights where that section takes over the main hall.
I honestly hate to think, though…
I’m also not so skeptical of situations like this occurring.
I’ve regularly met randos in hostels and been convinced to go clubbing with them that night, occasionally with the intention of something sexual (with the women, obviously. I don’t think I’ve ever had a gay male try to get me to go with them), with no prior knowledge. Occasionally that has landed me in some less than ideal places, overseas. So I would honestly believe it.
The only outlier for me is, as you point out, that they weren’t upfront about their proclivities. But who knows, honestly…
You also get sucked into cults, so you're not a shining example of normality here...
Maybe they thought they were going to turn the guy gay.