During a recent appearance on This Past Weekend, comedian Matt McCusker opened up about the looksmaxxing subculture, expressing concern about younger generations getting caught up in it.
McCusker began by explaining that he had been watching content on the topic, specifically referencing an interview by journalist Andrew Callaghan.
“There’s like this world of guys that are like, you know, looksmaxxing is like, your only hope in life is to become as attractive as possible,” he said. “But now they’re doing these things where, like, injecting a bunch of peptides. These are like young, like, you know, early 20s, go on TRT, you’re hitting the peptides, and you know the thing that gets like sensationalized is like you kind of tap your jawbone with a hammer, cuz like it’s called like bone hammering or whatever.”
After reading a description of bone smashing aloud, Theo Von responded with a sarcastic observation. “If that’s the case, everybody in Stockton would be beautiful,” he said.
McCusker then expanded on what he sees as the philosophy behind the trend and why it concerns him.
“A lot of it’s just internet stuff, but there is the underlying philosophy where it’s like, you know, the dye has been cast for you, and if you’re not like, you know, super attractive… it’s like guys are kind of becoming girls now where it’s like, I just got to be prettier,” he said.
He continued:”It’s called the bone structure hierarchy, where like the way your bone structure is, that kind of determines your whole fate as a person, and if you don’t ascend, you’ll become this like, it’s just like sad and very bleak and like this really nihilistic thing where it’s just like, dude, you can just be a dude. You don’t have to be like, I need to ascend. I need to ascend so I can mog.”
McCusker also took a moment to break down the concept of “mogging” for host Theo Von.
“Mogging is like, so you can be height mogged,” he explained. “You can be frame mogged, if someone’s bigger than you and you stand. If they take a picture with you and they’re looking bigger, you’ve been mogged. If they’re taller than you, you’ve been height mogged.”
What worried him most, he said, was seeing this comparison mindset spread to younger men.
“Younger guys, I think, are starting to do that to some degree, becoming very aware and conscious of like, he’s taller than me in that photo,” he said. “It’s like, you’re fine.”
McCusker wrapped up his thoughts with a blunt reflection on how unhealthy he believes the mindset can be.
“I was watching that interview and I’m like, man, this is like a really sad way to live, just being like, my suborbital is not maximal and all,” he said. “It’s like, dude, you’re a guy. Who cares?”
“I genuinely, I know people say this all the time, but I do feel bad for like younger kids,” he said.
