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"ref": "2021 December, Michael Halpin, Norann Richard, anonymous quotee, “An invitation to analytic abduction”, in Methods in Psychology, volume 5, London: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1",
"text": "Women's exploitation also applies to incels, with one commenter complaining about a recent interaction by stating, \"she just needs someone to entertain her when there are no Chads [i.e., attractive men] around and I am perfect for jestermaxxing [i.e., acting as entertaining company] unironically because I am interesting.\"",
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"ref": "2022 January 14, Magdalene Taylor, “Incels Actually Defined This New Dating Trend Correctly”, in MEL Magazine, archived from the original on 2023-07-08",
"text": "A Chad, for example, can be funny without jestermaxxing, because his likeability doesn't hinge on his humor. Someone who jestermaxxes, however, must be entertaining to women in order to keep their place among them, much like a jester in a king's court.",
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"ref": "2022 January 14, Daisy Maldonado, anonymous quotee, “Incels have coined a cringe new dating term called 'Jestermaxxing'”, in Indy100, archived from the original on 2023-03-21",
"text": "One person wrote on the Lonely Men subreddit: \"I jestermaxxed hard in middle school, just made myself look r*****ed. ¶ \"Don't do it. Chads can get away with most things because of the halo effect.\"",
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"ref": "2022 January 21, Jessica Lindsay, “The problem with 'jestermaxxing', the incel-coined term for men making women laugh”, in Metro, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-24",
"text": "Those who intentionally jestermaxx, however successfully, are also starting connections off on a disingenuous footing.",
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"ref": "2023 June 29, “Stop telling actual kids \"it's over\"”, in Reddit, r/shortguys, archived from the original on 2023-09-22",
"text": "I jestermaxxed early in back in freshman year and became the \"funny\" friend and even though I had already been fucked up height wise, knowing peoples true colors fucked me up even more.",
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"ref": "2023 August 23, @delawarecryptid, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-09-22",
"text": "They [incels] get really mad at dudes uglier than them who successfully jestermaxx their way into a gf as well lol",
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"text": "Women's exploitation also applies to incels, with one commenter complaining about a recent interaction by stating, \"she just needs someone to entertain her when there are no Chads [i.e., attractive men] around and I am perfect for jestermaxxing [i.e., acting as entertaining company] unironically because I am interesting.\"",
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