Now, for starters: Anyone who has been on Tiktok, or any social media app for that matter, probably noticed the overexcessive use of abbreviations/slang from the Looksmaxxing community and numerous edits with tens or hundreds of thousands of likes. It even made it into some news channels, can you believe it? For example, PSL and JFL. I can guarantee that half of the people who use these do not know what they mean. They also tend to believe that it's directly tied or the same as incels.

But why?

As we all know, (mainly) Clavicular has made the whole Blackpill and Looksmaxxing topic more mainstream than it ever was before. With that visibility, it has also increasingly become something people mock or deride. Children (and people in general) regurgitate terms they do not know the meaning of. The best example I can think of is my little brother. He constantly talks about Marlon and "Blackpill mogging", and it's obvious he doesn't know what any of it means. Children being exposed to this is not only extremely harmful to the reputation of Looksmaxxing, but it could potentially even be dangerous to them (the children) if they're unsupervised. If those children get exposed to extreme measures or maybe even to trolls trying to be harmful, they don't know what's wrong or right. Whats also important to mention is mental health. Children don't really know how to deal with their mental and emotional issues and insecurities as much as teens or adults.

The effects.

As I've mentioned, people that do not have any knowledge about either of those topics often automatically confuse it (or can't differentiate them from) incels and misogyny. This alone ruins the chances of people who are just trying to improve themselves. It's basically a slap in the face towards anyone in the communities - heck, even against mens' mental health. I am honestly sick of people, especially women using these terms as a joke. The reason I specifically mention women is that a huge majority of them can't really relate to us on a deeper level. Often times, they're the first ones to make fun of you (or think you're a complete weirdo) if they find out you're doing ANYTHING related to Looksmaxxing. But that's a conversation for another time and kind of besides the point.

In conclusion, Looksmaxxing obviously was never supposed to be this mainstream. In the end, it turned into something people laugh at rather than a self-improvement niche - something that people are mocking without understanding it.

Whatever, excuse my low quality rant. I was kind of bored. Next post will probably be longer and have better arguments and I'll elaborate further.

PS: Sorry if this post was hard to understand, English isn't my first language