Uglymaxxing — or ugly maxxing — in the context of male maxxing can have two different meanings:
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The first type of uglymaxxing is about an involuntary celibate searching for dating partners who are perceived as “ugly” (whatever that exactly means), because it’s thought one would have less competition with other men for these “types” of potential partners, which would finally result in a better chance to “score.”
Another thought here — loosely connected to the above — is that there are (or might be) women (either “ugly” or not) who are attracted to “ugly guys.” Hence, by optimizing one’s own ugliness, one might be able to have success in scoring a date or finding a relationship.
The second type of uglymaxxing is when an involuntary celibate would deliberately — often out of desperation, after having tried everything to become looksmaxxed — neglect their physical appearance or even embrace perceived “ugliness” as a form of resistance to and rejection of conformist beauty standards.
The activities involved in uglymaxxing could include wearing non-fashionable clothing, not taking care of one’s body, abstaining altogether from any sort of grooming activity or “polite behavior” (like, for instance, overdramatically chewing bubblegum or openmouthed yawning in someone’s face), or even deliberately aiming for a face that is/looks as deformed and asymmetrical as possible, and so on.
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One could say that it’s an attempt of becoming free, that is, liberated from the pressure of “the societal need” to attain certain beauty ideals. In addition, by trying to be as physically appalling and repulsive as possible, one would actually become a voluntary celibate, which could be interpreted as a coping mechanism.
Interestingly enough, uglymaxxing is exactly the opposite of looksmaxxing, the latter a practice aimed at maximizing the attractiveness of one’s appearance to increase one’s “sexual market value” by adhering to and relentlessly pursuing generally accepted beauty values.
Uglymaxxing in this sense can also have a less dramatic meaning, basically just referring to accepting who and how you are, embracing your authenticity and individuality, and not succumbing to every fashion or beauty trend.
