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Hey there, this is my first time making a post or even making a thread in this format in general, so I apologize for any issues. I started looks-maxxing in May 2023. Like a little nerd who was a beginner and thought that I was now superior, I yapped about it to my brother. He mostly ignored it, and pretty quickly I stopped telling him about it and started acting like a normal person who is trying to improve themself. Eventually, since he watches a lot of yt shorts (he's stupid, ik), he found looksmaxxing content and became obsessed with it as I had. I remember being very annoying to him when I first discovered it, but he beat me in that. Every day he bothers me, absorbs 3 hours' worth of looksmaxxing content (it's the same thing over and over again but in different videos), tries to take pictures of me to measure different factors of attractiveness, uses my products without my permission (eventually I gave in and let him because he throws tantrums to our mom), and in general is mad annoying. Every day, every chance he gets. I tell him to keep things simple, not obsess over models' Umax ratings and geek over A10 hunter eyes, and absorb meaningless repeat content. He is the definition of brain rot. I was hoping this phase would go away quickly, but it's been 2 months. Now, I notice he is listening to subliminals (hidden audio that is meant to change your life by unlocking your subconscious mind). He has dark brown eyes, genetically, and wants green eyes (or at least hazel-green or amber). Nobody in our family has ever had green eyes, mostly brown, and a few blue. He is genuinely obsessed with it, and says that brown is ugly and that he actually has always had green-hazel-amber eyes. He also claims to have heterochromia, as well as other unique and rare features (I know he just wants to feel special). I have told this to him upfront, but he never listens to me. Now he has started using subliminals to try and get hunter-green eyes. I have heard of subliminal messaging before, and it makes sense if you are trying to fix your mindset, help with sleep, focus, etc, but some random audio doesn't just unlock your "subconscious mind" and make your eyes green. He also wants to start making subliminals. I am fed up with this behavior and have repeatedly told him that the reason why he doesn't get girls is because of his personality (I would know due to my own behavior). I even tell him to "personality max" hoping that he will understand it better if I attach "-max" to the end of words as he does. He doesn't. I know this is a rant, and thanks for reading up to this point, but I need genuine advice on how to snap him out of this. Even as I am writing this, he is telling me he has amber-green eyes. Please give me ideas, anything, to help me save him. It's too long that I've let him go like this. I appreciate all of your replies, and forgive me if I have made any mistakes since this is my first time. Thanks.