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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I’ve been climaxing lately.

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

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ive been madmaxing.

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

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As long as you’re not doomwanking.

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Wish I could say the same :/

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

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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

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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.

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

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hey, it’s for femcels too

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Femcels are a subset of incels

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Wait, people used these unironically?

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

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Me because I started ironically and can’t stop

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This is like the main way slang spreads, it seems. Or at least how it does today.

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

shite…

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