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Bonesmashing Looksmaxxing

2026-02-25 17:50:27.830417+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Ya know when you see something that's definitely there to troll the older generation, like Tide Pod challenge or whatever? This is so fucking stupid I can't believe it's actually real, on the other hand it is the 2020s, so "so fucking stupid" is completely believable. GQ: What is Bonesmashing? Inside the Extreme Looksmaxxer Technique

As looksmaxxing enters our lexicon, the practice of bonesmashing—tapping your face with a hammer to shape your bone structure—is trailing close behind.

"Retrophrenology" was supposed to be a joke. Although this also probably isn't de- douchebagifying the incels, so, yeah, doesn't work in practice either.

Via Charlie Stross.

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