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[–] stermy4u@lemmy.world 232 points 20 hours ago (3 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 139 points 20 hours ago (6 children)
[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 78 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 17 hours ago

I see you out there thumbmaxxing

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 21 points 16 hours ago

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

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 5 points 17 hours ago

Same. Oddly prophetic

[–] qualia@lemmy.world 21 points 20 hours ago

Osteoblast-maxxing

[–] BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com 17 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

At least take some gold with you

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 18 hours 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 17 hours ago

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

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

They look like the YouTube thumbnail for a bad GMod edit