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Friends claim influencer injected himself with gold to gain “superhuman” powers before his death (townflex.com)

submitted 2 months ago by stermy4u@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] stermy4u@lemmy.world 264 points 2 months 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 160 points 2 months ago (6 children)

its a hammer, actually. Bonesmashing.

https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-bonesmashing-and-does-it-work-the-controversial-incel-tiktok-trend-explained

[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 89 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 2 months ago

I see you out there thumbmaxxing

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 23 points 2 months ago

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

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

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

Thumbs are for hitchhiking and being Fonzie.

[–] qualia@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Osteoblast-maxxing

[–] BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

🤣🤣🤣 im ded

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

At least take some gold with you

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 months ago

Same. Oddly prophetic

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months 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 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

They look like the YouTube thumbnail for a bad GMod edit

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

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

[–] BadlyTimedLuck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

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