I have read people write and heard people say words like “jobmaxing”, “hobbymaxing” and stuff like that. I guess I understand what these words mean, but I am confused as to where the “…maxing” thing comes from.
I had totally normal people talk to me like this, but I also somehow connect it to Andrew Tate and people like that. Is using these words - to you - a telltale sign of a guy who has issues with women? Or is it something you also would say in a normal conversation (assuming you treat women with respect)?
And does anyone know where these terms originated from?
I’ve been climaxing lately.
Yes, of course, I’ve also recently been trying to use the command line as much as possible
ive been madmaxing.
As long as you’re not doomwanking.
You keep at it buddy. You’ll get to that summit someday.
Wish I could say the same :/
Oh yea I should rewatch Climax. That movie is a masterpiece.
4chan, and it’s maxxing. It’s used used for ‘productive’ things incels do (for the improvement of their life) instead of dooming over how they’re incels
This, and see also “minmaxing,” the process of optimizing something (usually your character in a game) to get minimum penalty and/or maximum benefit, usually ignoring anything like realism or storytelling and focusing entirely on the stats and numbers.
Derived from video game lingo and also the concept of “resource-maximizing”.
hey, it’s for femcels too
Femcels are a subset of incels
Wait, people used these unironically?
Ironic slang is just slang that hasn’t grown up yet.
Me because I started ironically and can’t stop
This is like the main way slang spreads, it seems. Or at least how it does today.
gamer lingo from 2000s has been brought back to life for IRL?
shite…
Originates from a greentext on 4chan where anon’s removedbrother coined the term and it’s caught on since
You’ll hear it a bit if you hit the gym every day. It’s a positive thing.
I have no idea what it means in incel-speak.
Its a term that originates from lookism communities and image boards. Looksmaxxing was people doing everything they can to improve their attractiveness. Hyper focusing on aspects of the face like jawline, skull shape and eyes trying to achieve a specific look. The term became memed by other communities as a way to say I’m hyper focused X.
Are you talking about min-maxing, or like “chillin’ out, maxin’, relaxin’ &c” ?
Shootin’ some b-ball outside of school.
As an avid 4chan user in 2003-2008, the highlight of one of the years of secondary school was one day when our teacher did a quiz thing that was like “who can stand up and recite the entire intro to Fresh Prince”
that person was me. I was that person.
Pokémon trainers dynamax. https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dynamax
Dynamaxxing hahaha
Same, I associate it with incels. Wikipedia even tells me,
Proponents of “looksmaxxing” refer to simple practices as “softmaxxing”, including proper hygiene, skincare, hairstyles suited to one’s face shape, exercise routines, wearing fashionable clothing
Soooo, incels need a special term to make hygiene palatable to them. Uhuh.
Not worth criticising, it’s just confused and alienated people attempting self-improvement. That’s a positive thing.
To each their own, but I think inceldom as it is, not what it was briefly when coined by a Canadian lesbian in 1997, is absolutely worth criticizing.
Runescapers definitely do.
It’s coming up in an odd way in the mountain biking community, where they talk about min-maxing.
The idea is minimum budget, maximum effect for that expense (what’s the best I can do with the bike I’ve got, rather than going the ‘full midlife crisis’/orthodontist approach of spending $15-25k on what’s basically the latest handbag bike).
it’s used a lot on /tttt
