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Re: Show HN: Site Mogging

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Post by xg15 »

jszymborski wrote: post #8
embedding-shape wrote: post #6

I don't know what "site mogging" is, but apparently "emsh.cat mogged simonwillison.net" with the following description: > emsh.cat wins due to its superior use of negative space and a more intentional, minimalist typographic hierarchy that creates a sophisticated reading experience. While simonwilliam.net provides high information density, emsh.cat achieves a more polished and modern aesthetic through its refined lay…

Mogging is gen z alphabro/incel speak for "dominating" another that gets used ironically. If I'm taller than you, I might say "get heightmogged". This is used to absurdity, where one is able to get mogged in any number of varieties, including having the nicer website "sitemogged?" https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mogging

So it's basically "owned", just a generation later...

Didn't know Jacob Rees-Mogg was so popular with the kids... (please not)

Re: Show HN: Site Mogging

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Post by TrackerFF »

Mogging is vocabulary from the incel-community whcih has unfortunately become mainstream. As with so much other incel garbage (like x-maxxing and x-pilling).

EDIT: Around 16 years ago I was very much into bodybuilding and fitness, and spent a lot of time on the bodybuilding misc forum. Around that time the incel community started to take shape, and you had forums like PUA hate and other dark corners of the internet. These people were also very active on the bodybuilding forums, and would try to steer users over to the incel communities (interesting note: These communities started out as a place where unsuccessful men could vent over having spent money on pick-up artists, without any results).

Those places had a very distinct lingo, which is the very same that you see today with mogging / maxxing / pilling / etc. They even had a glossary.

Were those words older than those communities? Yes, very much so. But they've been completely hi-jacked, and any modern usage comes from those communities.

Re: Show HN: Site Mogging

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Post by imzadi »

kryogen1c wrote: post #2

Maybe im not in the target audience, but i had to look up what mogging is because its not explained anywhere

There's an interesting Behind the Bastards podcast about the rise of incel culture and its push into mainstream. It's called "From Elliot Rodger to Clavicular." They talk about the language of incels and how their vocabulary tends to end up in the mainstream at a surprising rate compared to other fringe cultures. "Mogging" is one of those terms that comes from incels.

Re: Show HN: Site Mogging

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Post by TrackerFF »

kryogen1c wrote: post #2

Maybe im not in the target audience, but i had to look up what mogging is because its not explained anywhere

It's incel-speak for dominating someone.

"IQ-mogged" would mean that person A was dominated/overshadowed/etc. by person B because person B is very smart.

"Height-mogged" would mean the same, but due to height.

Re: Show HN: Site Mogging

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Post by amiga386 »

xg15 wrote: post #11
jszymborski wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mogging is gen z alphabro/incel speak for "dominating" another that gets used ironically. If I'm taller than you, I might say "get heightmogged". This is used to absurdity, where one is able to get mogged in any number of varieties, including having the nicer website "sitemogged?" https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mogging

So it's basically "owned", just a generation later... Didn't know Jacob Rees-Mogg was so popular with the kids... (please not)

"owning" generally requires doing something to the other person, such as defeating them in an online shooter

Whereas you "mog" simply by being within range of the other person, you don't even have to interact, but a third party can see your natural advantages over that other person, thus "mogging" them.

Re: Show HN: Site Mogging

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Post by endymion-light »

Not sure about this one - my slightly terrible portfolio website that i'm in the process of completely revamping (bemben.co.uk) managed to mog simon wilsons webblog (https://simonwillison.net/) - which is a far better website in all aspects!

Maybe introduce some additional stats like load times, content analysis etc - and tweak the prompt slightly - just because a website looks slightly newer, doesn't mean it's better at all!

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