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Who says "...maxing" nowadays? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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?

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I've been climaxing lately.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, of course, I've also recently been trying to use the command line as much as possible

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

ive been madmaxing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

As long as you’re not doomwanking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

You keep at it buddy. You'll get to that summit someday.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Wish I could say the same :/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yea I should rewatch Climax. That movie is a masterpiece.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Derived from video game lingo and also the concept of “resource-maximizing”.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

hey, it's for femcels too

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Femcels are a subset of incels

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait, people used these unironically?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Ironic slang is just slang that hasn't grown up yet.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Me because I started ironically and can't stop

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is like the main way slang spreads, it seems. Or at least how it does today.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

gamer lingo from 2000s has been brought back to life for IRL?

shite...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Originates from a greentext on 4chan where anon's retard brother coined the term and it's caught on since

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you talking about min-maxing, or like "chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' &c" ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Shootin' some b-ball outside of school.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Runescapers definitely do.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not worth criticising, it's just confused and alienated people attempting self-improvement. That's a positive thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pokémon trainers dynamax. https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dynamax

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Dynamaxxing hahaha

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

it's used a lot on /tttt