The early 2010s held a lot of questionable beliefs, but one person who got actually philosophy right was Sky Ferreira. Her iconic song Everything Is Embarrassing celebrated its tenth anniversary earlier this week, and if we’re being honest with ourselves, the sentiment is truer than ever. We’re all just out here, flailing around and humiliating …
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Innocent People Who Were ‘Just Kidding’ and ‘Totally Didn’t Mean To’
It can be pretty tempting to save face with a lie after experiencing humiliation from something as harrowing as getting rejected by a crush. ‘Omg, someone stole my phone and texted that to you as a joke, that totally wasn’t me. I would never ask you out lol.’ The problem is, people aren’t as stupid …
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A Fresh Compilation of Cringe for Anyone Who Needs to Feel Bad
Have you been feeling a bit too good about yourself lately? Like, maybe you’re not waking up every morning and actively jumping for joy, but you are starting to feel like everything might just be alright, at least for now. You’re starting to appreciate the small things in life, and value both what you have …
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Cringe Pictures to Deplete Faith in Humanity
When the earliest Homo Sapiens began roaming the Earth, the development of embarrassment played an important evolutionary function in the way we act socially. It showed an element of submission, so as to avoid an aggressive reaction on the part of the embarrassing person, and it was meant to regulate social behaviors so that said …
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Moments of Cringe to Make Us Feel Better About Our Own Pitiful Existence
If we’re being completely honest with ourselves, part of the appeal of watching others be embarrassing is that we get to feel better about ourselves. We’ve all had those moments that not only make us want to curl up and die, but horrify the people around us, too. What’s even better is that most of …
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Embarrassing Times People Didn’t Get The Joke
When communicating with strangers on the Internet, it’s often difficult to gauge whether someone is being serious or joking. That’s a big part of why tone indications are so popular with Gen Z. For the uninitiated, tone indicators are little acronyms someone might put after a question or comment online to indicate whether they’re being …
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A Showing of Cringe to Cause Secondhand Embarrassment
As the old saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. By the same token, one man’s cool is another man’s cringe. As a socially created thing, embarrassment is a matter of perspective. What might make another person recoil in horror might just be what we consider a normal way to be living life. …
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Facepalm-Filled Moments From the Stupider Side of Humanity
I often wonder if social media is making people stupider or if it’s just exposing the stupidity that was there all along. I’m inclined to believe the latter is true, but one thing is for sure—Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram aren’t raising any IQs. And this isn’t to say that I’m better than anyone else. On …
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A Helping of Heinously Cringeworthy Moments
All of us embarrass ourselves sometimes. Even if we think we’re the coolest person in the world, we can make slipups that there is no coming back from. Even worse, there’s probably a load of times where we have managed to make a fool or ourselves without realizing at all. At if that wasn’t enough, …
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Embarrassing Dad Shouts to Restaurant Waiter That His Daughter Finds Him Cute, the Humiliation Is Contagious
Under the table she went