The Terrifying World Of LOOKSMAXXING - Incel Obsession Turned Tiktok Trend

[@syntaxerror396]

This video found me at the right time. I'm 17 and have never felt uglier, i've been stuck on the looksmaxxing side of tiktok and youtube and it truly is hurting me more than helping. I'm so tired, I do everything I can to take care of myself and it still isnt enough. My skin is horrible no matter what I do, and I feel like I need cosmetic surgery to even look somewhat normal... my entire teenage life all ive been focused on is looks. The second I turned 13, it all went downhill and I stopped living all because of looksmaxxing on social media. Please just try to love yourselves, its hard I know, but I'm trying too.

[@christhedoll]

I'm 54.. being a teenager/20's was the worst.. try not to let all these fake tiktokers and youtubers bring you down. If you can, focus on things not on the internet that make you happy.

[@ocmaria]

I am so sorry you are hurting. Offering you a virtual hug, please hang in there - I hope you can recognize the good parts and focus less on what you dislike about yourself. You are worthy!

[@protect_trans_lives]

This sounds stressfull a.f. I'm sorry that you're in this situation. Thank you for being open about this in your comment. I bet a lot of people will feel seen because of that. :) Try to be kind with yourself, if you can. + I hope you'll be in a better place soon.

[@honeybee347]

As someone who felt 'ugly' when I was a teen, I look back at photos at myself back then and regret how hard I was to myself. I promise you, it gets better. Stay at your own pace on making changes . Ignore the people that reinforce those insecurity best you can. You can do this.

[@itsonlyme4759]

@syntaxerror396 Many of us felt like we were ugly as teenagers but believe me as you get older it will matter less and less. You will reach a point where you actually don't give a 💩 what other people think. In the meantime concentrate on people and activities that make you feel good about yourself. Above all remember YOU are enough, YOU are worthy and YOU are loved 💜

[@ZomBeeQueeen]

It’s fascinating how the incel movement mirrors the feelings of inadequacy and rejection that women and girls have historically endured by their loooks, but with a key difference: where women often internalize these struggles as self-loathing, this group externalizes them as anger and hatred toward the opposite gender. That shift in response speaks volumes about social dynamics and entitlement.

[@user-oz9lt1zv5k]

Agreed, unfortunately men are now catching up with the unrealistic beauty standards women are faced with, its just branded differently

[@gimmeurkidney]

yes its actually very interesting. theres such thing as "femcels" where again women tend to view themselves as the problem where as incels project their loneliness as anger for the opposite gender. super strange how it works

[@ambersmith2612]

It’s interesting as well the immediate harm most people (NOT JAMES) clock with little boys and looksmaxxing but don’t with girls and inappropriate skincare, cosmetic surgery and stuff ( they’re just called annoying or fast) like we WANT girls to hate themselves but with boys it’s unacceptable

[@emilyk5168]

Yes. This reminded me of girls doing exercises to make their boobs bigger or the pro-Ana communities of my youth. We are moving the wrong direction.

[@patty-pat-pat]

I think thats because men go through life thinking they are the star in their own movie and everyone around them needs to fit the script to that movie, or they are met with anger and violence. How dare you go off script? This is MY movie, my life! How dare you do this to me!

[@Kaeracter]

Seems like "soft maxxing" is a term to make the whole idea more approachable. It actually reminds me of some tactics cults and other high control groups use to gently, slowly attract new people to their ideology. I think if a parent finds their kid using the term soft maxxing to describe anything they are doing, they should intervene to change the mindset asap. The incel community would be such a horrible place for young people to stumble on.

[@JamesWelsh]

100%. It’s like….an excuse people use to get into it too. Like oh it’s just self care! Next thing they know they’re hammering their faces

[@protect_trans_lives]

I mostly agree depending on what you mean by intervening. I don't think you can "change" a kids mindset. Maybe just talking to them about it and assuring them that they aren't alone is a better approach here, but maybe thats what you meant anyway.

[@ishathakor]

@@protect_trans_lives tbh i think you can change a kid's mindset. obviously you aren't gonna convince them overnight but kids are very young and still usually quite open to seeing new perspectives. i have gotten my cousin who has been dealing with tween hygiene problems (around that age a lot of kids become really gross and start neglecting hygiene) to change her mind about washing her face by talking to her about it over a few months. she used to think it was stupid and now she thinks it's cute and fun. she still doesn't do it consistently but the entire way she approaches it mentally has changed.

[@albertqhumperdinck]

Not me wondering if I might accidentally use my gua sha too frequently only to learn that teenage boys are HITTING THEMSELVES IN THE FACE WITH HAMMERS. 🤦‍♀

[@JamesWelsh]

😩😩😩😩😩

[@Call-me-Al]

I have seen multiple xrays of old timey cobbler's bones (edit: they used their legs to hammer the shoes against) and more, and face hammering doesn't sound like it would result in good looking faces...

[@isoldelujan]

❤

[@ishathakor]

frrr i was wondering if i was too harsh with my facial massage and then i find out people are trying to restructure their skulls...

[@thatveganchick668]

I’ve heard a wise man say, “Perfection doesn’t exist!” 😉

[@lucyfer6g6]

What ?? I thought he says "makeup has a theory"?? Strange........

[@thatveganchick668]

@@lucyfer6g6 😂

[@ImTrIgGeREdd]

It’s quite funny that they think it’s their looks that are the problem and not their generally terrible personality. They’re focusing on the wrong problem.

[@marycanary86]

the way its intrinsically linked to incel/alpha male culture makes it double toxic. the pipeline from mewing to andrew tate fandom isnt terribly long

[@osteophagus]

It's so sad because the vast majority of the guys I've seen in those communities look perfectly fine and any "weirdness" is normally just teenagers in their awkward phase that we all go through or are pre-pubescent and obviously aren't going to look like a grown man because they're like 14. They won't/can't admit that the reason they're forever single is either a) their personalities or b) bad luck. I have a friend who is lovely and just the sweetest girl but she still struggles to date. It just be like that sometimes, it doesn't automatically mean there's something wrong with you. And every man I've seen on those sites that I wouldn't consider attractive myself, I've known or seen multiple men irl who look very much like them who are happily coupled. They need to focus less on looks and focus more on basic hygiene, health, and being actual nice guys. Making a girl feel safe, respected, and happy is going to go a lot further than looking like a magazine model.

[@beachfairy]

The mewing version of 'looksmaxxing' has been online for ages & seemed harmless, but the way it's taken off lately is crazy & it's just gotten more & more extreme! The subreddits have so many people who genuinely believe in looksmaxxing & it's concerning when so many of them seem to be so young. Like you said, a lot of them notice the facial changes they want because they're literally going through puberty! This is just another pipeline to eating disorders & getting unnecessary surgeries due to dysmorphia & self-hatred IMO, as if enough people don't struggle with that already 🙄☹️

[@JamesWelsh]

Yeah when I started KZbin all those years ago, mewing was popular then too! Mewing can have some issues like TMJ(?). But it’s rare so I edited it out of the video lol

[@JamesWelsh]

And yesssss 100% agree that it’s just another pipeline to disordered eating! Honestly it’s like the 90’s all over again

[@albuszx]

It's just like this kind of toxic environment to take a medical theory about muscle force and bone development and turn it into something totally appearance focused... and yeah, it's been around for a long time, I remember the TV ads for that horrid "exercise ball" you'd bite on

[@piedpiper1201]

all these guys are using ai, filters and photoshop to change their photos too, its scamming

[@JamesWelsh]

Such a scam

[@anderson-gb8rp]

Really? And women don't do that? Also MAKEUP.. HELLOOOOO!!!! You're an id!ot!

[@kateg22]

Happy Holidays to you and yours James!! Thank you for all of the information, inspiration and entertainment.

[@JamesWelsh]

Thank you!! And to you!

[@wetookachonce6021]

As someone who is a teenager, looksmaxxing seems to be just a big meme. I see everyone in school joking about it, but no one really seems to take it seriously! Edit: I know there is a small percentage of people who would take it seriously, as there is with everything. Was just sharing my experience to give people hope! :)

[@lindyloohoo]

Tbh good to hear. Teens have it hard enough already

[@kirbybike]

Most people won't take it seriously, but the most vulnerable young people will and they are more likely to get too into it and hurt themselves. Then they'll get made fun of online for being so gullible that they took it seriously, when nobody gave them the education to avoid getting tricked in the first place.

[@teri2466]

Good to hear!

[@ducky19991]

I was thinking the same, im older gen z but my sister is younger and I mostly only hear it as a joke

[@Jess-737]

Most women don’t take plastic surgery seriously either (I don’t know a single one). But we all know there’s that small percentage who take it to the max. The TV show Botched exists because of them.

[@MrsCurioCheerio]

12:18 man... handsome squidward really did a number on this generation

[@desertunicorn1734]

😭😭😭

[@avalonzukowski7571]

Thankyou for sharing this video. As a mum of two boys, these trends can be worrying.

[@ladygravenly]

Agreed!

[@BeatriceCowley-x4p]

This is worrying because you're so vulnerable when you in your teenage years and as you travel through your early adult life (boys and girls and young men and young women) Anything that tells you or simply implies your not good enough is so dangerous. Few of us are lucky enough to be 100% happy with how we look. We don't need anyone making our insecurities worse. We are hard enough on ourselves. Some of this stuff sounds like torture

[@rootsm3]

The documentary on the Mew family is really wild if you haven’t seen it. “Open Wide”

[@JamesWelsh]

Omg nooooo I have to watch it!

[@mummysyummy1978]

@@JamesWelshi just saw it’s on prime, but not available in the uk😩🤦‍♀️ if you find it anywhere, can you let us know please? Xxx

[@stinkusbinkus8758]

I used to think i was hideous until one day I realized I was comparing myself to people whose literal job it is to be conventionally attractive. I guarantee you, ESPECIALLY if you're young, you're normal looking lol. You're being force-fed content of people who fit the mold telling you how to shove yourself into it. I have a big nose and no bone structure whatsoever, yet here I am living happily and loving myself because my distinct nose and moon-face are what make me recognizably ME. Don't tear yourself apart trying to fit some impossible standard. Be a kind human being, and people will be drawn to you regardless of your jawline or your canthal tilt or whatever else. Goodness radiates from much deeper.

[@RuthDeane]

I’m so glad I grew up before social media was a thing, even before internet use was mainstream! I do feel sorry for teenagers who end up getting drawn into communities like these online and believing their only worth could come from looking a certain way. It’s really sad. A really interesting and thought provoking video James 💜💜💜

[@johanneshalberstadt3663]

Nothing about "Looksmaxxing" is about selfcare.

[@birdbrain1279]

The funny thing about Mewing in particular for me is, that its just how i hold my tongue anyways! Im not a teenage boy and very glad that the looksmaxxing comunity has no affect on me, but when i found out about mewing i was just shocked to see that these young people actually think that something like mewing will change their facial structure. Now the reason for my normal tongue holding position ist because im zhe german. Because (as it turns out), the language you grow up with hugely influences the way your mouth, jaw, and tongue are positioned when resting. While i, for example, keep everything closely pressed together, other languages would have the jaw more slacked, with the tongue not touching the roof of the mouth. Learning this is also of great help for me when learning the pronounciation of new languages and how dialects work. While American english is more at the back of fhe mouth, almost the throat, with a lot of room for air in the middle section of the mouth when speaking, german heavily uses the front and the teeth while speaking, which also results in the stereotypical sharp german accent, becaus we often dont have enough room for the vocals and over use our teeth for what would be softer sound like the popular "th".

[@sheatemyheartt]

same, because of wearing retainers my dentist told me to do that so apparently I've been doing that my whole life 😭 and I really don't think it made any difference

[@TansyBlue]

That's really interesting thanks!

[@solarts2599]

All the jaw muscle training stuff makes me laugh a little bit. My dentist has suggested I get botox in my jaw to weaken the muscles because I grind my teeth so hard at night and it has not given me a beautiful chiseled jawline, it has given me slightly messed up teeth and dreams about chewing my bite guard to pieces.

[@TaylerBootz]

It feels like the world is getting worse and worse. This is so depressing.

[@kvarner6886]

"Male grievances" may be my new favorite phrase. Thank you, James.

[@CreekSideLagotto]

My kid is 12 and he’s aware of what this is he doesn’t really care but he knows. And now thankfully I have a better understanding. Thanks James this was really important to know.

[@malaikaanjum2517]

yeah and there’s this one kid i saw on reddit who performed buccal fat removal on himself..

[@JamesWelsh]

Omg I was going to do a whole section on self surgery but it was a bit much especially as I didn’t want to post teenagers mutilating themselves 😭

[@cienciandre]

What!????

[@jenikat]

Oh no!!!!!

[@McTheOneAndOni]

Omg...

[@Kmoonee]

Significant change can happen when you redirect your energy toward stepping away from social media. Much of what people see and compare themselves to online is not reality. It’s essential to have more conversations about how easily our brain chemistry can be influenced and how susceptible we are to distortion.

[@AndreaLT520]

This is terrifying.

[@MG-op5rl]

So much information! I’d heard about all this before but never had it presented so thoroughly. Thank you.

[@kateg22]

One of the perks of binging James Welsh videos on a sunday -- Getting to see this post this early!!

[@JamesWelsh]

🥹🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@dnycebushton5008]

ikr...what is it about today? I've watched at least 6 of his videos today. so relaxing.

[@MikuHatsune159]

to me, it's just the masculine side of creating self-image problems, just as much as the BBL or slim thicc or whatever looks we popularize or make trending. disturbing stuff but it's just sad that how far it can go will ruin lives.....

[@poshdelux]

I don't know about you but I'm more into book-maxing. Because once my looks start depleting, people will like me for my company.

[@hannahlee9989]

This I can absolutely get behind xxx

[@galaxieflora1078]

I used to think the rise of social media would actually cause more realistic and varied beauty standards because anyone can post whatever (not just a select view decided to be on magazines or TV/film etc), without the approval of men in suits or a need for photoshopping. This is the case in some circles, but overall, it feels like beauty standards have also gotten stricter and in some cases, even more bizarre and nitpicky.

[@user-rq6tw4zp4w]

Looksmaxxing is so toxic, ugh😑

[@helenelittmann8875]

My observation has been that young men can continue to develop jaw line through their 20s, so that people i was in college with could look quite different at 30. Whereas by and large, women get their adult face by about 18. Also that teenagers can be miserable because they are a little bit slower in physical or social maturity than some of their peers. But honestly everyone kind of catches up and usually finds their people in young adulthood.

[@Boooo_39]

For women it usually changes gradually until their mid 20s

[@blaah9999]

Wait LooksMaxxing isn’t just buying all your makeup and skincare at TJMaxx?!

[@stellakydd7301]

As a teacher that is truly disturbing.

[@jojomarch]

God this is terrifying

[@Heather_isms]

This is interesting, yet alarming. I'm sure my sons (27 &22) have thought about their appearance, but this "looks maxxing" is damaging to the younger people.

[@sheilahbuettner8452]

Oh my gosh...people are actually whacking themselves in the face with hammers? Tiktok is a scarier place than I thought.

[@joanbecenti8938]

We are headed toward an age where we might all look the same with transforming surgeries and techniques in the near future. Individuality has gone.

[@jessicazaytsoff1494]

In my long past youth, the looksmaxxing information came from 16 magazine and Cosmo.

[@Pugetwitch]

0:27 can I just take the time to say I love your accent🔥 a lot of times, especially on KZbinrs channels, the narrators can come off as so contrived, but your voice in particular is that wonderful blend of syrup and sass that I need!🎉 I hope you have a wonderful holiday season And get all the best gifts that you've been needing!

[@wr3ns.d1ary]

i have two brothers (fraternal twins) and one of them did speech therapy age 3-10, part of that was “tongue on the spot” (basically mewing) whenever he would see sticky notes we had put up everywhere or while watching tv. he did it for a few hours a day, and of the two has the softest jawline (they have around the same body composition and do lots of sports). if it would of worked for anyone it would of been him since he started so young

[@justkiddin84]

I really suspect that some of these young men are having surgery, then claiming they used a hammer. Or as James says, over dieting-resulting in possible EDs.🙁 It so sad that kids are so isolated from the world and each other.

[@aimeecentaine]

This stuff scares the crap out of me - I have a nephew that turned 13 this year and is possibly exposed to stuff like this.

[@bmet102]

It's really sad and scary for the younger generations. When I reached adulthood at the end of the 2000s I was hoping that the world was changing and kids wouldn't be under so much pressure in hr next generation. But I feel like it's so much worse now with short form online content. I wish kids were just able to be themselves and enjoy their youth.

[@SabSab-mg6qm]

I am so thankful social media wasn’t around when I was growing up.

[@Snowdogification]

You are so great at giving primers on complex topics!

[@loveit7484]

Wow. I had no idea this was happening. As a female it pains me. To me, the most attractive quality of a man is their acceptence of themselves, their humor, confidence. Heres the thing looks may attrack you to someone but if there is nothing else, it gets old. Ultimately, the most attractive quility in any gender is people who are comfortable in their own skin. This is a sad trend. Thank you for sharing this information.

[@LouistonMcgillicutty]

“imagine being a teenager..” was dark and sinister enough

[@sharky99]

Im so glad social media was BARELY a thing when i was 17-24. Its so hard being that age anyway but now with everything you see online... so rough.

[@stacia1525]

Thanks James. This was very interesting. I hadNO idea that these sites targeting males. Wow! That hammering footage was shocking…

[@itscjhey]

James, I know you know this, but I want to reiterate it: it is SO important for a male influencer like you to be talking about this. These boys and young men will just fall deeper and deeper down these rabbitholes without someone TALKING about it in an informative, and discouraging but empathetic way, and especially someone who can talk to these young men on their level. Thank you for this video, and gosh, I hope it reaches the people it needs to.

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

If we call it the handsome industry, can men just start - in much bigger numbers - learning about their bodies & caring for the outside so it looks pretty good? A lot of this nonsense seems rooted in boys being afraid to get questions about style and appearance answered by people with expertise. Admittedly, there’s a lot of toxic BS they are up against. I’m shocked by how difficult it can be to get my adult son to use any skincare, even the most minor. I gave him D&D themed lip balm which thankfully was well made, & got cracked lips handled… (thank you Etsy lol)

[@DutchIsraeli]

This really gets to me. Poor kids. Girls were never safe from this, but now boys too..? What are we doing to them? 😢 from a 50 year old mum of 3 teenage boys.

[@jessicazaytsoff1494]

I was hoping as a society we were going to have a more equal culture but instead the dangerous beauty standards that Women/girls have to deal with got cloned, put in a blue wrapper, and remarketed.

[@femmedandy]

It's kind of sad that they felt they had to invent their own beauty space and call it something else.

[@MoonLightt57]

I wanted you to cover this so bad lol

[@rosienrb]

Personally i would prefer a normal looking guy who washes and is kind and respects me as a person to a sexist whos just sooo handsome. Imo when i find out someone has a horrible personality that just makes them look so much uglier to me. Seriously just be kind and talk to women like humans and wash and you will be fine

[@user-lu8ue4ns4w]

Idc if I sound like the grumpy grandma now at only 29 lol, but these younger gen are really something else. That hammering stuff is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen and I am definitely judging 😂

Why does it take something happening to a man/boy/male for it to be brutal, alarming, something to change? Women/girls have been dealing, warning and speaking about this for decades. So disappointed in this presentation

[@StefaniaRomanoff]

I think this affects both men and women we compare ourselves we are more connected to everyone and plastic surgery is at an all time high

[@jenikat]

I sometimes wonder if kids will ever get to be kids again.

[@coco63626]

This is so interesting. I've heard the term on passing content but god i didn't know it went this deep.

[@MrPAULONEAL]

the 90s were my teenage years.

[@breannadelgado1546]

ahhhh never this early!!! I love your videos and content, you are so amazing. Happy holidays love💜

[@Potatoegainz]

This was so important to talk about! Fantastic video 🫶🏻🖤

[@piercechoon]

I notice all this looksmaxxing is quite imbedded into some gen z male individuals around me... as a gen z teen, I have male friends and people around me who truly believe that looks are everything and has been followed this looksmaxxing trend closely... whether its becoming jacked or trying to get a jawline... It's like a herd mentality that as an onlooker, I feel quite sad about since I felt it was driven by insecurities and shame. I truly hope that they understand their worth and be more compassionate to themselves and see themselves beyond just looks even for those who do not actively follow all the looksmaxxing tips, I still notice their self improvement driven by insecurities and shame...

[@neurospicyrainbow]

I feel so bad for anyone who deems themselves as ugly. Ya never know what will happen in life and looks are such a small portion of them. Also the internet is not real life and it can warp what real life actually is. Let me tell you here and now, this amazing quote by Maya Angelou, “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

[@ladygravenly]

Male representation of beauty pressures is equally important. Thanks for this.

[@ladydbldbl]

I had a physiotherapist suggest this tongue placement to help my jaw with TMJ at 17 and it is a habit I haven’t changed. It helped with pain, but at 53, I can’t say it’s done anything for my features. How interesting to learn what this technique has become.

[@lindyloohoo]

I was just looking at lingerie because i wanted to feel beautiful for my bf… but like i already have a lot of that clothing and im already gorgeous

[@Kelly_Ben]

Hell yeah, girl! I've just got to wear it now and then... 😂

[@JamesWelsh]

Oh well that’s okay then

[@strongerbynature5842]

honestly i could have gone my morning without hearing the words "hard maxxing" together in a sentence XD

[@amavel9192]

I love your videos, James!! Happy holidays! 🥰

[@alfredmeneses5496]

IMO mindset is the big difference when it comes to defining the line between self-care and self-sabotage. It’s important to learn to love yourself and accept your perceived “imperfections” and realize that you are not alone in having qualities that make you unique and not like anyone else. Social media makes it so that the world is perfect, the person watching the media is not, and therefore the person needs to do something about it to “fix” their imperfections and until they do so, they can’t love themselves. In my experience, my relationship with the gym and food was so toxic when I did it for the purpose of bettering myself because I didn’t think I was “good enough”. But when I changed my mindset to working out and eating well because I already love and accept myself and feel I deserve to treat my body well and to elevate myself, then that made the biggest difference. It opened me up to skincare and soon after makeup. But I didn’t get into skincare and makeup to “anti-age” and hide my imperfection, but rather to embrace the process of aging and enhance and amplify what I believe makes me already beautiful and amazing.

[@alexisasheep6554]

I feel like we need to talk more about guys and body image/dysmorphia. We talk about it all the time with women, it's no different for anyone else. We're all just human. Also in general just don't trust this incel shit, if they don't see women as human then they don't see each other as human. Why else would they have that bizarre rating system? In what world does that make sense?

[@shanchahua]

I feel so lucky to have been a teenager during the 80s, before the internet. Back in the day, being "ugly" was perfectly acceptable and so much easier, and i didn't have an entire freaking world telling me every day that, no matter what i do, i will never be enough

[@makeupbyevef]

how have i never heard of this?! this is so deeply saddening. what has society become?? 🥺

[@bmet102]

The thought of biting on a towel gives me a visceral reaction of disgust. The idea of that texture on my teeth 🤢

[@Remnants_]

I hope these young impressionable guys stumble upon your video. Having a kind, good looking guy telling them this isn’t the answer, is going to do a lot more to help them than most other options. Also, even small chips in the bone from a hammer, will potentially cause someone’s body to create more bone in uneven lumps where the break was. It’s going to the opposite of what they intend. Just in case anyone needs an explanation why hammering your face is a bad idea 😅.

[@bernadettemcgoldrick4817]

Great video. ❤

[@JamesWelsh]

Thank you!

[@darkstar940able]

Looks in my experience make someone less attractive. I dipped out on a date with a hot guy bs he was a dick. And dated a unconventionally attractive guys for years bc he was fun.

[@serafia_]

This is just all the old pro-ED things just wrapped in a new glittery wrapping paper.

[@alyssaburrell9866]

Sometimes I hate being part of gen z, if it’s not the tide pods it’s this

[@JamesWelsh]

Omg the tide pods 😩

[@ducky19991]

Every generation has their own version of toxic beauty standards. As an older gen z person, I have never heard anyone talk about this BS in real life, it's just chronically online

[@AnaGolightly]

tide pods were millennials no?

[@ducky19991]

@@AnaGolightly no 😂

[@maybemablemaples2144]

​@AnaGolightly that was the milk or cinnamon challenge afaik

[@pokytheturtle1757]

Can you please make a follow-up video dragging QOVES Studio? I think their type of content is a big driver behind these kinds of unhealthy trends. They try to use science to “prove” why certain looks are “objectively” more attractive and such.

[@BlinWonderland]

Just came here to tell you that you are one gorgeous man. Love the hair. Thank you for your content!

[@yourpookiescrapmetal]

love the jaded london shirt! i have the white version

[@Ghostofthegallow]

I really worry for young men of today cause they are growing up with this awful bulshit being and demonized a lot instead of given healthy coping mechanisms

[@zevrxn]

i tried to do the mew thing and found out it's just the normal way i keep my mouth closed???????? and now i'm very curious about other people's mouth postures because i always thought that was just the way everybody kept it.

[@carrierae6964]

😮i audibly gasped when i saw the guy using a HAMMER on his face😮

[@ca8e8ac41]

Apparently ive been mewing my whole life 😂

[@shortcake66]

I’m sorry- “At-home orthodontics”…?!?

[@cookie_crumb2]

idk how people can bite on a towel without gagging 😭

[@lalayastill610]

Did u say at home surgery?😮

[@hilmir]

this is actually a direct response to the overall sentiment shared by Z and Alpha about the state of the world, and how broken it is. if you cant fix the world, you can at least fix your jawline. it sounds hilarious but its true.

[@MrPAULONEAL]

I thought people kept their tongues against the roof of their mouths anyway.

[@davidsentosa779]

I think the jawline change obsession or mewing is not only toxic, discriminative, and shaming but also racist because not everyone genetically was born with the same bone structure and not everyone looks like those white/Caucasian male celebrities.

[@lifewithklc]

WTEF?!?! 🤯😒.

[@MrPAULONEAL]

TMJ

[@mylifewithmarmalade4624]

This is giving me pro Ana forum vibes. Unfortunately body dysmorphia is under diagnosed in boys and men already, and I’m pretty sure this “trend” is only going to make it worse. The tie to incel culture is both predictable and makes it all so much worse. If you’re a parent/teacher/coach/grandparent: please watch your boys. They are every bit as at risk as your girls.

[@thegayfirebirb7223]

Great video so far, like normal lol

[@JamesWelsh]

Thank you!!