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

submitted 2 months ago by Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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

[–] chaos@beehaw.org 10 points 2 months 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.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

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

[–] tranarchist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

hey, it's for femcels too

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Femcels are a subset of incels