We can also share our masturbating with others. We can attend jack off clubs, we can go on
Bateworld and find other bators, we can meet people in other places as well. All these are ways of both experiencing bating - that is getting our sexual pleasure through the act of masturbation - and doing so with others.
But what can get lost in this practice of sharing our bates is the self pleasure aspect. When you are particularly focused on yourself and your penis. When you are so deep in that pleasure that you want nothing more than to play with yourself - often referred to as gooning. That is when you remember why you enjoy masturbating so much.