Clavicular was brutally dismissed after trying to chat up hot gay men at the beach

This story originally appeared on Out.Controversial influencer Clavicular just got taught a lesson that not only does his misogynistic brand of self-improvement not work for women, but it doesn’t work for gay men either.The leading voice of the “looksmaxxing” subculture is going viral for a bizarre interaction he had with a group of gay men he cold-approached at a beach in Miami. Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, is the face of the manosphere-adjacent “looksmaxxing” subculture where young men try to improve their social standing and attractiveness by focusing on everything from skincare and fitness to more extreme measures like injecting black market testosterone, taking methamphetamines as a weight loss drug, and smashing their face with a hammer to increase jaw size.In the now-viral clip that has amassed close to 3 million views, Peters and fellow looksmaxxing influencer Hexumlite approach a group of shirtless gay men on a beach before Hexumlite announced that he is “a bull.” When the men ignore the influencers, Hexumlite asked, “Do you know about bulls?” before explaining that he’s “trying to beat hypergamy,” a term colloquially known as “marrying up,” which looksmaxxers invoke to explain their belief that women only want to date rich and conventionally attractive men.“I’m JBG-maxxing. I’m trying to beat hypergamy,” Hexumlite said. Within the looksmaxxing community, “JGB” stands for “Just Be Good-looking,” but the caption of the video jokes that Peters was “Just Be Gay maxxing.”“Women are getting so picky dude, I f*cking hate it bro,” Hexumlite continued.But when Peters said, “Yeah, it’s over. It’s over,” the men who were trying to relax on a gay beach finally clued them in, “You’re on the wrong beach.” This is almost as embarrassing as the time a group of transgender women told Peters that his hyper-masculine version of a glow-up was invented by women like them who are the "OG looksmax