I know that most of us enjoy decrying social media as the downfall of humanity from time to time, but I don’t think we should lose sight of its upsides. TikTok is a perfect example of this mixed offering. On the one hand, it is taking a sledgehammer to our already fragile attention spans and …
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The Cringiest Parenting Texts of the Week (January 2, 2024)
Happy New Year! 2024 is upon us, and it’s prime time for setting goals that you will surely hold yourself to in the coming year. For some of you, that might mean limiting contact with your family. For others, it could mean finally going to therapy to learn how to hold your own in a …
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The Cringiest Parenting Posts of the Week (January 1, 2024)
Advocating for natural, at-home births has always been a part of the crunchy mom community. Growing up, I knew a mom who birthed three out of her four kids in a kiddie pool in her living room. One of those births was even live-streamed on Vimeo. No offense to this woman or anyone else who …
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The Cringiest Cringe of the Week (December 27, 2023)
Did you know that «cringe» didn’t always mean what it means today? There are many definitions of cringe, most of them boiling down to experiencing «an inward feeling of acute embarrassment or awkwardness.» Thanks, Google! However, there are more specific definitions of this pervasive word. According to Miriam Webster, the top definition of cringe is …
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‘Dating in this generation is a nightmare’: Player gets dragged for proposing ‘exclusive friends with benefits’ relationship
One day, sometime in a hopeful distant future, people will stop posting about the miserable love-related trenches in which they find themselves. Today is not that day, as we are presented with yet another example of why it’s hard to blame many of those who forgo romantic relationships altogether. Without further ado, I humbly present …
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‘You don’t look French’: The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (December 26, 2023)
I’ll be honest, a few years ago I thought that the internet had probably leveled out in terms of how addictive it was. There were just so many different sites, apps, and distractions that it seemed impossible for its time-wasting potential to expand even more than it already had. You know what comes next: I …
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The Cringiest Parenting Texts of the Week (December 26, 2023)
As I sort through all sorts of cringe parenting texts, I start to see some patterns emerge. It’s wild how many times I’ve seen texts from different parents that all basically say the same thing. They’re always sidestepping their past behavior and blaming their kid for distancing themselves from them. They are willing to insult …
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The Cringiest Parenting Posts of the Week (Christmas Edition) (December 25, 2023)
Merry Christmas, everybody! If I were you, I probably wouldn’t be spending Jesus’s birthday scrolling through humiliating posts from Facebook moms, but then again, I’m not you! Maybe you don’t celebrate Christmas, or you unwrapped all of your presents in a mere 20 minutes! There’s only so much you can do to fill your time …
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20+ Cringey Facebook Memes That Might Make Your Boomer Relatives Chuckle After Christmas Dinner
It’s no secret that older people can have some problems with adapting to technology. Many seem to love nothing more than uploading cryptic Facebook statuses and leaving out-of-pocket comments on strangers’ photos. Perhaps their most beloved social media pastime of all, though, is interacting with tragically dated and unfunny memes. There is a whole subsection …
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The Cringiest Cringe Pics of the Week (December 20, 2023)
I have committed so many acts of cringe in my life, so I might as well share some with you. After all, I’m going to be throwing so many stones at cringe people; I might as well admit that I’m no better than the cringey people who lie in these pics below us. When I …
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