Parents Have Not Been Warned About A New TikTok Trend Known As 'Hellmaxxing'

October 19th, 2021 - 4:17 PM EDT by Adam Downer

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The teens have certainly been up to their fair share of juvenile shenanigans on the ol' clock app recently, as trends where they record themselves committing blatant petty theft and vandalizing their neighbors' properties with beans have recently gone viral and brought the consternation of parents and politicians down upon TikTok. While these are just two among dozens of moral panics related to TikTok we've seen in the site's lifetime, you can rest assured knowing that there's no emerging trend known as "hellmaxxing," despite what Twitter may have told you.

Yesterday, Twitter user @wormwood_stars tweeted a supposed screenshot from Yahoo showing a story in which parents show concern over the growing trend of "hellmaxxing," an alarming trend in which teens allegedly "commit so many sins the devil won't have them."


Rest assured, a simple Google search will show that no such story exists (though it will take you to forum posts about incelmaxing). It's a bit. However, the satirical take on the countless number of "Parents concerned over [x tiktok trend]" articles was spot-on enough that many users commented upon it as if it were real, only to get disheartened when they couldn't find out more about this hot new hellmaxxing craze.


Others were very excited to try out hellmaxxing for themselves.


If you want to try hellmaxxing, there's nothing stopping you. Except for numerous laws, but other than that…



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