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Today, Explained

The darkness behind looksmaxxing

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When streamer Clavicular bashes his face with a hammer or does meth to stay skinny, it's not just himself he's hurting. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Illustration photo of a male TikTok influencer hammering his cheekbone. Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

By now, you've definitely heard that clavicular got brutally framed-mogged by an ASU frat leader.

0:06.3

Yo, Klav, two words. Frame-mogged.

0:09.1

Maybe you heard that he mugged the Dime Square Jester Gooners.

0:12.3

You probably know that clavicular, Little Man Tate, and whitish supremacist Nick Fuentes,

0:16.5

danced to Heil Hitler and Vendome, and then Klav got fight-mogged in the club during Fashion Week in New York.

0:27.8

Or maybe you're lucky, and you have no idea what I'm talking about.

0:31.3

A remarkable new online subculture has young men clockwork-orring, bashing their faces with hammers and snorting crystal meth to drop weight,

0:38.4

all in the interest of being the most handsome boy.

0:42.1

Coming up on today explained clavicular and the looks maxers.

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