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SCAREMAXXING

Maximizing frightening experiences until being scared becomes the day's main practice.

THE REACTION IS THE METRIC.

What is SCAREMAXXING?

Scaremaxxing is a one-off humorous use of the suffix for repeatedly frightening oneself or another person. It demonstrates how quickly a single repeated behavior can be promoted into an optimization identity.

Supposedly maxes

startle frequency / fear exposure / reaction content / adrenaline / repeatability of the joke

Adherents believe

  1. One scare is an event; many are a system.

  2. Fear produces reliable reactions.

  3. Repetition turns chaos into protocol.

  4. The reaction is the metric.

  5. A niche behavior deserves a name.

Typical practices

  • watching horror clips
  • setting up harmless scares
  • seeking haunted attractions
  • recording reactions
  • repeating the same joke

Spotted in the wild

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