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Who says "...maxing" nowadays? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 10 months 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] 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 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] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

hey, it's for femcels too

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Femcels are a subset of incels

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