THE GREY HANDBOOK - everything you should know if you're new here

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If you are new here I welcome you to this loving and supporting community that will definitely be helpful for your if you follow this guide.

Before this read the rules and FAQ. This will clear up most of your questions.




1. What is a grey?

A grey is a user below 500 posts. This name comes from the fact that your username has the color grey till hitting 500 posts.


2. Repping

Repping (the act of reacting trough the reputation system) is a important part of having a conversation here. It is very disrespectful not to rep and can make users hostile against you.

Example:

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If you still don't know how to rep it's by pressing the ๐Ÿ‘below a post/thread
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If you hold the button or hold your cursor above it these options will appear

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As mentioned in the rules every reaction except ๐Ÿ˜ก gives a rep, which is seen below your post count.

3. Solutions



When you ask a Question in the Looksmaxxing Questions subforum
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and get a great solution for your Question the least you could do is give a Solution by pressing the checkmark on the right of the post that helped you.
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It's seen as very disrespectful to not give the solution.
You can only give a solution if you asked the question. You can up or downvote any answer except your own tho.

So do this little courtesy for getting your question answered for free.

4.Private messages

You don't unlock pms directly after registering as a user. You have to be active enough to unlock it. From my knowledge this doesn't mean exceeding a post/rep count but just being active for a few days.

When you unlock it you'll be seeing these two options
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Avoid using chat.

It looks like this and you cant insert images and has some visual issues on dark theme
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Use the conversation feature instead. It looks more like normal threads and you can insert pictures.
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Note that I called them private messages but they may or may not be private. So beware :whistle:

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5.Abbreviations/slang

Here are some things you might see here and what they actually mean

mirin = admiring
dnr = did not read
avi = avatar
smv = sexual market value
foid = woman
neet = Not in Education, Employment, or Training
jfl = just fucking lol
ldar = lie down and rot
larp = live action role playing
incel = Involuntarily Celibate
trucel= True involuntary celibate
volcel= Voluntarily Celibate
KHHV= Kissless Handholdless Hugless Virgin


These are just a few that come to mind if I missed something here that you don't know feel free to pm me.


Thanks for reading.
 

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Mirin the thread op this should definitely be pinned.
@TechnoBoss?
 
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@mohi_100 @turkcelfatcel @Micrognathic
 
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Everyone should check out this thread on their first day. Amazing details. Great work as always, brah
 
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Nigga felt like a veteran immediately he reached bluecel status jfl
 
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being grey should not be normalised and encouraged
why are you making a handbook to help them
 
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If you are new here I welcome you to this loving and supporting community that will definitely be helpful for your if you follow this guide.

Before this read the rules and FAQ. This will clear up most of your questions.




1. What is a grey?

A grey is a user below 500 posts. This name comes from the fact that your username has the color grey till hitting 500 posts.


2. Repping

Repping (the act of reacting trough the reputation system) is a important part of having a conversation here. It is very disrespectful not to rep and can make users hostile against you.

Example:

View attachment 4511202


If you still don't know how to rep it's by pressing the ๐Ÿ‘below a post/thread
View attachment 4511210

If you hold the button or hold your cursor above it these options will appear

View attachment 4511213
As mentioned in the rules every reaction except ๐Ÿ˜ก gives a rep, which is seen below your post count.

3. Solutions

When you ask a Question in the Looksmaxxing Questions subforum
View attachment 4511258
and get a great solution for your Question the least you could do is give a Solution by pressing the checkmark on the right of the post that helped you.
View attachment 4511288
It's seen as very disrespectful to not give the solution.
You can only give a solution if you asked the question. You can up or downvote any answer except your own tho.

So do this little courtesy for getting your question answered for free.

4.Private messages

You don't unlock pms directly after registering as a user. You have to be active enough to unlock it. From my knowledge this doesn't mean exceeding a post/rep count but just being active for a few days.

When you unlock it you'll be seeing these two options
View attachment 4511332
Avoid using chat.

It looks like this and you cant insert images and has some visual issues on dark theme
View attachment 4511358

Use the conversation feature instead. It looks more like normal threads and you can insert pictures.
View attachment 4511372

Note that I called them private messages but they may or may not be private. So beware :whistle:

View attachment 4511432 View attachment 4511435
View attachment 4511437

5.Abbreviations/slang

Here are some things you might see here and what they actually mean

mirin = admiring
dnr = did not read
avi = avatar
smv = sexual market value
foid = woman
neet = Not in Education, Employment, or Training
jfl = just fucking lol
ldar = lie down and rot
larp = live action role playing
incel = Involuntarily Celibate
trucel= True involuntary celibate
volcel= Voluntarily Celibate
KHHV= Kissless Handholdless Hugless Virgin


These are just a few that come to mind if I missed something here that you don't know feel free to pm me.


Thanks for reading.
I don't rep people just to be repping them and I think it's stupid to encourage others to do so. I only rep someone if I actually liked what they had to say.
 
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@chadisbeingmade
@SlayerJonas
@TechnoBoss

Open the private messages section and scroll down :lul:
 
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thats to help them degrey
once grey
always grey


you are painting the grey over with some colours expecting change
the grey is still underneath all of those layers
 
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@chadisbeingmade
@SlayerJonas
@TechnoBoss

Open the private messages section and scroll down :lul:
the cibm one looks really great tbh could see it as his new avi
 
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thanks papi

I can now rot on this forum with knowledge
 
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unironically a good thread
 
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If you are new here I welcome you to this loving and supporting community that will definitely be helpful for your if you follow this guide.

Before this read the rules and FAQ. This will clear up most of your questions.




1. What is a grey?

A grey is a user below 500 posts. This name comes from the fact that your username has the color grey till hitting 500 posts.


2. Repping

Repping (the act of reacting trough the reputation system) is a important part of having a conversation here. It is very disrespectful not to rep and can make users hostile against you.

Example:

View attachment 4511202


If you still don't know how to rep it's by pressing the ๐Ÿ‘below a post/thread
View attachment 4511210

If you hold the button or hold your cursor above it these options will appear

View attachment 4511213
As mentioned in the rules every reaction except ๐Ÿ˜ก gives a rep, which is seen below your post count.

3. Solutions



When you ask a Question in the Looksmaxxing Questions subforum
View attachment 4511258

and get a great solution for your Question the least you could do is give a Solution by pressing the checkmark on the right of the post that helped you.
View attachment 4511288
It's seen as very disrespectful to not give the solution.
You can only give a solution if you asked the question. You can up or downvote any answer except your own tho.

So do this little courtesy for getting your question answered for free.

4.Private messages

You don't unlock pms directly after registering as a user. You have to be active enough to unlock it. From my knowledge this doesn't mean exceeding a post/rep count but just being active for a few days.

When you unlock it you'll be seeing these two options
View attachment 4511332
Avoid using chat.

It looks like this and you cant insert images and has some visual issues on dark theme
View attachment 4511358

Use the conversation feature instead. It looks more like normal threads and you can insert pictures.
View attachment 4511372

Note that I called them private messages but they may or may not be private. So beware :whistle:

View attachment 4511432 View attachment 4511435
View attachment 4511437

5.Abbreviations/slang

Here are some things you might see here and what they actually mean

mirin = admiring
dnr = did not read
avi = avatar
smv = sexual market value
foid = woman
neet = Not in Education, Employment, or Training
jfl = just fucking lol
ldar = lie down and rot
larp = live action role playing
incel = Involuntarily Celibate
trucel= True involuntary celibate
volcel= Voluntarily Celibate
KHHV= Kissless Handholdless Hugless Virgin


These are just a few that come to mind if I missed something here that you don't know feel free to pm me.


Thanks for reading.
Here b4 BOTB
 
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great post ngl gng
 
If you are new here I welcome you to this loving and supporting community that will definitely be helpful for your if you follow this guide.

Before this read the rules and FAQ. This will clear up most of your questions.




1. What is a grey?

A grey is a user below 500 posts. This name comes from the fact that your username has the color grey till hitting 500 posts.


2. Repping

Repping (the act of reacting trough the reputation system) is a important part of having a conversation here. It is very disrespectful not to rep and can make users hostile against you.

Example:

View attachment 4511202


If you still don't know how to rep it's by pressing the ๐Ÿ‘below a post/thread
View attachment 4511210

If you hold the button or hold your cursor above it these options will appear

View attachment 4511213
As mentioned in the rules every reaction except ๐Ÿ˜ก gives a rep, which is seen below your post count.

3. Solutions



When you ask a Question in the Looksmaxxing Questions subforum
View attachment 4511258

and get a great solution for your Question the least you could do is give a Solution by pressing the checkmark on the right of the post that helped you.
View attachment 4511288
It's seen as very disrespectful to not give the solution.
You can only give a solution if you asked the question. You can up or downvote any answer except your own tho.

So do this little courtesy for getting your question answered for free.

4.Private messages

You don't unlock pms directly after registering as a user. You have to be active enough to unlock it. From my knowledge this doesn't mean exceeding a post/rep count but just being active for a few days.

When you unlock it you'll be seeing these two options
View attachment 4511332
Avoid using chat.

It looks like this and you cant insert images and has some visual issues on dark theme
View attachment 4511358

Use the conversation feature instead. It looks more like normal threads and you can insert pictures.
View attachment 4511372

Note that I called them private messages but they may or may not be private. So beware :whistle:

View attachment 4511432 View attachment 4511435
View attachment 4511437

5.Abbreviations/slang

Here are some things you might see here and what they actually mean

mirin = admiring
dnr = did not read
avi = avatar
smv = sexual market value
foid = woman
neet = Not in Education, Employment, or Training
jfl = just fucking lol
ldar = lie down and rot
larp = live action role playing
incel = Involuntarily Celibate
trucel= True involuntary celibate
volcel= Voluntarily Celibate
KHHV= Kissless Handholdless Hugless Virgin


These are just a few that come to mind if I missed something here that you don't know feel free to pm me.


Thanks for reading.
very high iq guide mirin the effort g:Alien:
 
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very high iq guide mirin the effort g:Alien:
thanks
pinning this thread would make forum better overall but mods apparently don't think so
 
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If you are new here I welcome you to this loving and supporting community that will definitely be helpful for your if you follow this guide.

Before this read the rules and FAQ. This will clear up most of your questions.




1. What is a grey?

A grey is a user below 500 posts. This name comes from the fact that your username has the color grey till hitting 500 posts.


2. Repping

Repping (the act of reacting trough the reputation system) is a important part of having a conversation here. It is very disrespectful not to rep and can make users hostile against you.

Example:

View attachment 4511202


If you still don't know how to rep it's by pressing the ๐Ÿ‘below a post/thread
View attachment 4511210

If you hold the button or hold your cursor above it these options will appear

View attachment 4511213
As mentioned in the rules every reaction except ๐Ÿ˜ก gives a rep, which is seen below your post count.

3. Solutions



When you ask a Question in the Looksmaxxing Questions subforum
View attachment 4511258

and get a great solution for your Question the least you could do is give a Solution by pressing the checkmark on the right of the post that helped you.
View attachment 4511288
It's seen as very disrespectful to not give the solution.
You can only give a solution if you asked the question. You can up or downvote any answer except your own tho.

So do this little courtesy for getting your question answered for free.

4.Private messages

You don't unlock pms directly after registering as a user. You have to be active enough to unlock it. From my knowledge this doesn't mean exceeding a post/rep count but just being active for a few days.

When you unlock it you'll be seeing these two options
View attachment 4511332
Avoid using chat.

It looks like this and you cant insert images and has some visual issues on dark theme
View attachment 4511358

Use the conversation feature instead. It looks more like normal threads and you can insert pictures.
View attachment 4511372

Note that I called them private messages but they may or may not be private. So beware :whistle:

View attachment 4511432 View attachment 4511435
View attachment 4511437

5.Abbreviations/slang

Here are some things you might see here and what they actually mean

mirin = admiring
dnr = did not read
avi = avatar
smv = sexual market value
foid = woman
neet = Not in Education, Employment, or Training
jfl = just fucking lol
ldar = lie down and rot
larp = live action role playing
incel = Involuntarily Celibate
trucel= True involuntary celibate
volcel= Voluntarily Celibate
KHHV= Kissless Handholdless Hugless Virgin


These are just a few that come to mind if I missed something here that you don't know feel free to pm me.


Thanks for reading.
Cheers โค๏ธ
 
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@chadisbeingmade can you pin this
 
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