QAA Podcast Looksmaxxing (Premium E243) Sample
May 9, 2024
Delving into looksmaxxing, the hosts explore bizarre techniques like tongue pressing, face hitting, and growth hormones. Originating in PUA and incel forums, looksmaxxing has become a tiktok trend. They also discuss jester maxing and its impact on beauty standards, relationships, and psychology.
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Don't Put All Points Into One Trait
- Recognize when a single-focus culture (like 'maxing') oversimplifies complex life goals and sacrifices other areas.
- Avoid investing all effort into one attribute at the cost of broader wellbeing and skills.
Origins And Cultural Spread
- Looksmaxing grew from incel/PUA forums and repackages niche internet neuroses for wider youth culture.
- The trend democratizes body dysmorphia by spreading obsessive beauty metrics to many young people.
High School Lunchroom Example
- Jake describes seeing his high-school sibling's friends obsessing over looksmaxing memes at lunch.
- He uses that example to show how the meme became a primary mode of teen communication.