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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 82 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I’ve never read anything about the looksmaxxing subculture that made me think it was anything other than people with severe body dysmorphia egging each other on. The least ethical 60s psychological experiment conceived by the most coked up 60s psychologist couldn’t have come up with a more fucked up method of seeing how far people will go.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Eh... I wouldn't be surprised if they did exactly this in the 60s, just with more LSD involved in the experiment.

[–] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

i heard of people drilling holes in their skulls for spiritual reasons in roughly that period so this tracks

[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That’s afaik mostly an urban legend, originated from the “third eye” book by Lobsang Rampa.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

well, looks maxxing is so last year, now we have ball maxxing

https://instinctmagazine.com/what-is-ballmaxxing

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

Mine don't need maxxing, but I do iron my sack to get the wrinkles out.

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

who the fuck would want bigger balls, that just sounds uncomfortable for everyday life

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Great way to move around.