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Who says "...maxing" nowadays?

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 , (edited )

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

PerogiBoi ,
@PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca avatar

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

chaos ,
@chaos@beehaw.org avatar

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.

tranarchist ,
@tranarchist@lemmy.ml avatar

hey, it’s for femcels too

agamemnonymous ,
@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works avatar

Femcels are a subset of incels

friend_of_satan ,

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

Rai ,

Dynamaxxing hahaha

FlashMobOfOne ,
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

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.

Randomgal ,

Wait, people used these unironically?

brisk ,

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

wesker ,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I’ve been climaxing lately.

NichtElias ,
@NichtElias@sh.itjust.works avatar

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

HubertManne ,

ive been madmaxing.

RizzRustbolt ,

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

bradorsomething ,

As long as you’re not doomwanking.

Rai ,

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

WhatsHerBucket ,
@WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world avatar

Wish I could say the same :/

will_a113 ,

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

RizzRustbolt ,

Shootin’ some b-ball outside of school.

Rai ,

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.

sunzu2 ,

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

shite...

tranarchist ,
@tranarchist@lemmy.ml avatar

it’s used a lot on /tttt

Vanth ,
@Vanth@reddthat.com avatar

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.

PatheticGroundThing ,

Me because I started ironically and can’t stop

ryannathans ,

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

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