So either he always had some mental health issues, or the lack of nutrition he did to keep the body he had lead himself to make very bad decisions because his brain couldnt process correctly anymore.
I’ve never read anything about the looksmaxxing subculture that made me think it was anything other than people with severe body dysmorphia egging each other on. The least ethical 60s psychological experiment conceived by the most coked up 60s psychologist couldn’t have come up with a more fucked up method of seeing how far people will go.
So either he always had some mental health issues, or the lack of nutrition he did to keep the body he had lead himself to make very bad decisions because his brain couldnt process correctly anymore.
I’ve never read anything about the looksmaxxing subculture that made me think it was anything other than people with severe body dysmorphia egging each other on. The least ethical 60s psychological experiment conceived by the most coked up 60s psychologist couldn’t have come up with a more fucked up method of seeing how far people will go.
Eh… I wouldn’t be surprised if they did exactly this in the 60s, just with more LSD involved in the experiment.
i heard of people drilling holes in their skulls for spiritual reasons in roughly that period so this tracks
That’s afaik mostly an urban legend, originated from the “third eye” book by Lobsang Rampa.
nah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Huges
Wow.
well, looks maxxing is so last year, now we have ball maxxing
https://instinctmagazine.com/what-is-ballmaxxing
Mine don’t need maxxing, but I do iron my sack to get the wrinkles out.
who the fuck would want bigger balls, that just sounds uncomfortable for everyday life
Great way to move around.
Surely this is satire.
idk, it was covered by some large publications
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2026/05/08/ballmaxxing-trend-has-men-infusing-saline-into-their-genitals/
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/ballmaxxing-more-dangerous-than-you-think
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/men-warned-against-viral-ballmaxxing-trend-which-causes-irreversable-damages/ar-AA22UyvN
I think the copious amounts of drugs he was doing probably had a lot to do with it. Oh and the injecting gold part.
he had some before the ayushcha binged, the drug put him over the edge.