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[–] stermy4u@lemmy.world 157 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I keep hearing the term looksmaxer and every time it's a person that looks like they were hit with a snow shovel repeatedly.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 98 points 3 days ago (6 children)
[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 55 points 3 days ago (4 children)

bone smashing? I must have the manliest left thumb on earth.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 days ago

I see you out there thumbmaxxing

[–] jim_v@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Thumbs are for hitchhiking and being Fonzie.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 10 points 3 days ago

There's some money to be made in that. Try OnlyThumbs.

[–] qualia@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Osteoblast-maxxing

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Everytime i read about this i think of Hammer Smashed Face by Cannibal Corpse.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 days ago

Same. Oddly prophetic

[–] BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

At least take some gold with you

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 days ago

Ew, you mean that's real? I thought it was an AI image. I thought there's no way a real person could be that hideous. But if he literally smashed his own face with a hammer to achieve it, then perhaps a real person could truly be that hideous...

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 1 points 3 days ago

I get the feeling that this is a joke for all but the most stupid people

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

They look like the YouTube thumbnail for a bad GMod edit

[–] BadlyTimedLuck@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Coincidentally, they all remind me of handsome squidward from spongebob, who became handsome after multiple slams to the face from a metal door.

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

He looks like a shitty render out of a lousy Half-Life clone.