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The Mary Sue
The Mary Sue
Sanchari Ghosh

Woman from Miami asks looksmaxxer Tinder match on a ramen date, then discovers he looks nothing like his TikTok videos: ‘He’s ickmaxxing’

If you browse the internet, especially social media platforms like TikTok, you’ll encounter a group of people, mainly young men, who identify with the term looksmaxxer. Rooted in the Icel subculture, looksmaxxers usually try to enhance their physical attractiveness through extreme grooming, dieting, and sometimes aesthetic procedures. If you are someone who is fairly active online, you must have heard of Clavicular, one of the most popular looksmaxxers out there.

Four days ago, TikTok user @choppedanduncbutfree posted a video sharing the story of her ramen date with a looksmaxxer. She mentions that she had been talking to this person for about six months after initially connecting with him on Tinder, but they never met in person despite the guy showing interest in meeting her. One day, when @choppedanduncbutfree wanted to have ramen, she decided to invite the man she had been chatting with on Snapchat for several months. However, things didn’t go as she hoped. You’ll find out more about that soon, so keep reading.

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