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?

  • Lojcs@lemm.ee
    28·
    6 个月前

    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

  • ryannathans@aussie.zone
    9·
    6 个月前

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

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
    8·
    6 个月前

    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.

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
    7·
    6 个月前

    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.

  • will_a113@lemmy.mlEnglish
    81·
    6 个月前

    Are you talking about min-maxing, or like “chillin’ out, maxin’, relaxin’ &c” ?

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        5·
        6 个月前

        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.

  • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
    82·
    6 个月前

    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.

      • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
        1·
        6 个月前

        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.

  • flambonksciousEnglish
    2·
    6 个月前

    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).