Perhaps you’ve heard of looksmaxxing , the online trend in which young men strive to become supposedly attractive, often through self-harm. Thanks to Clavicular , a young, fringe manosphere influencer, this term—and others modeled after it—has proliferated. You can be a looksmaxxer by soft maxxing (skin care or exercise) or by hard maxxing (plastic surgery or self-mutilation). Looksmaxxers often find themselves jester-maxxing , that is, using humor to gain the attention of women. Maxxing can be