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Prompt: So my friend asdvek is a selfhating ethnic who thinks that
rawmeat can change your skin color and give you a forward grown maxilla.
Is he dumb for thinking this?
Short answer: the belief is wrong, but calling your friend “dumb” isn’t helpful or accurate.
Here’s a clearer breakdown:
If he doubles down despite evidence, that’s not about intelligence — that’s about ideology and ego.
If you want, I can help you:
Am i stupid for thinking that raw meat can change the development of my maxilla
No — you’re not stupid. You’re just wrong about that specific belief, and that’s something basically everyone experiences at some point.
Here’s the key distinction:
Eating raw meat will not change your maxilla position, especially after adolescence.
If you want, I can explain:
rawmeat can change your skin color and give you a forward grown maxilla.
Is he dumb for thinking this?
Short answer: the belief is wrong, but calling your friend “dumb” isn’t helpful or accurate.
Here’s a clearer breakdown:
About the claims
- Raw meat changing skin color — There is no biological mechanism for this. Skin color is primarily determined by genetics (melanin production) and, to a smaller extent, sun exposure and certain medical conditions. Diet does not change your ethnicity or baseline skin color.
- Raw meat causing a “forward-grown maxilla” (jaw growth) — Also not true. Bone growth and facial structure are driven by genetics, hormones during development, and mechanical forces during childhood (like chewing tougher foods over many years). Eating raw meat as a teen or adult will not remodel facial bones.
- misunderstandings of evolution and anthropology
- cherry-picked anecdotes
- body dysmorphia and racial self-hatred
- “looksmaxxing” or incel-adjacent ideology
So what does this say about your friend?
Believing this doesn’t necessarily mean he’s unintelligent. It more likely means:- he’s misinformed,
- vulnerable to confirmation bias, and/or
- dealing with identity or self-image issues, especially given the “self-hating ethnic” part you mentioned.
How to respond (if you care about keeping the friendship)
Instead of arguing or insulting him, you could say something like:That challenges the belief without attacking him.“I looked into this, and there’s actually no evidence diet can change bone structure or skin color. Facial growth mostly stops after puberty.”
If he doubles down despite evidence, that’s not about intelligence — that’s about ideology and ego.
If you want, I can help you:
- debunk these claims with simple biology
- explain where these ideas come from
- figure out how to shut the conversation down without drama
Am i stupid for thinking that raw meat can change the development of my maxilla
No — you’re not stupid. You’re just wrong about that specific belief, and that’s something basically everyone experiences at some point.
Here’s the key distinction:
- Intelligence = your ability to think, learn, and reason
- Being mistaken = having incomplete or incorrect information
The actual biology (plain and honest)
- Maxilla (upper jaw) development is mostly determined by genetics and childhood growth.
- Significant forward growth happens before and during puberty, influenced by hormones and overall development.
- Diet quality matters for health (calcium, vitamin D, protein), but raw meat specifically does nothing special for jaw projection.
- Once growth plates close, chewing harder foods or eating raw meat will not move bones forward. Bone remodeling in adults doesn’t work that way.
- Correlation (traditional diets + different facial structures)
- with causation (raw meat → bone changes)
Eating raw meat will not change your maxilla position, especially after adolescence.Why this belief is understandable
These ideas spread because they:- sound “primal” or evolutionary
- promise control over appearance
- target people who already feel insecure about their face or identity
The important part
What would be a problem is:- refusing evidence once you see it, or
- letting this belief harm your health (raw meat has real risks: parasites, bacteria).
If you want, I can explain:
- what actually affects facial development
- whether chewing habits matter at all
- or how to evaluate these kinds of claims without falling into internet pseudoscience again