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If there’s one thing the internet has taught us, it must be our enduring appreciation of a good cringe. Urban Dictionary defines the term cringe as “when someone acts/is so embarrassing or awkward, it makes you feel extremely ashamed and/or embarrassed.” But the feeling is way better felt than explained in words.

If you’re already a self-confessed cringe addict who dove down the cringetopia hole and experienced the most cringeworthy moments of life, then we've got this new treat for you. Welcome to The Cringiest Posts Twitter page that does exactly what it says in the title – shares the posts that make you curl up like a tortoise out of the sheer cringe and then cringe once more.

Below we wrapped up some of the funniest, I mean cringiest examples, so enjoy with caution!

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    Jellicle bat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well froggy, first of all stick your tounge back in

    TheAquarius1978
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try onlyfans, probably more on your level....

    Vasana Phong
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why why why, do these people take selfies/pics with their tongue out, I don’t get it

    Jp@nda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my God i don't know i just want to find this girl and grab a pair of metal tongs and shove it back in her mouth. BP do your thing

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    Passerby
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe in a documentary about people who are cringey and spoiled beyond belief.

    RezFidel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And how is that that garbled faceslug supposed to help you?

    UpQuarkDownQuark
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tongue out, eyes closed. Tongue out, eyes open. What versatility! 🎭

    Eline
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She can play a lizard.

    Pittsburgh rare
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you have any talent besides sticking your tongue out? I need some more info to email the Netflix people

    bob van wijk
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dreamed that once as a kid, that I was a movie star in a movie and I knew nothing about it. They had just taken a pic and put my face on someone else or something. This was in the 70s, ages before they made those deep fake things with Mr. Bean. https://youtu.be/oc81HVDr7WQ My son had an app in which you can put your own face in some movie. I can finally make my dream come true. Yay! I'm Jack Sparrow now.

    Will Cable
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another shallow vacuous nitwit

    Al Christensen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm developing a series with the working title, "The Tongue with No Brain." I think she'd be perfect.

    Bluebrains
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Entitlement at it's most obnoxious. Like girl do it yourself all we care about are cats. :(

    Daycare Attendant Sun
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But I'm pretty, you guise! That means I can do anything! /s

    Seanette Blaylock
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With the grimaces and the flopping tongue, hard to tell whether she's actually all that pretty.

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    Justme
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same idiots who constantly pose with kissy faces and peace signs *cough* Kardashians

    Matt MacFarlane
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get that gawddam tongue back in your yap. Ya look like a freaking moron.

    wifeofweasley
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    first of all put your tongue back in.. just ewww why is hers so thick??

    BeepBeepBoopBoop
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought that was normal? I mean I can flatten mine or make it look like that

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    MeOw
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your thing duhhh 🙄🙄🙄🙄

    Kathryn Baylis
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Put your tongue back in your mouth. Then try to state, clearly and coherently, exactly what you would bring to this Netflix series you’re fantasizing about starring in. Twits on Twitter aren’t going to make it happen for you. No one is going to make it happen for you—-YOU have to make it happen for you. You have to have talent. You need connections. You have to audition. You have to get an agent. You have to get a SAG card, which means you need to go to a cattle call where you don’t have to have a union card, manage to get a tiny part in a union production, which will then qualify you to join the union and be able to work more. BTW, most aspiring actors never become famous. Some might be able to cobble together a career as an extra, character actor (but only if they’re good), or playing bit parts. Problem is, you have to ALWAYS look for a job, while trying to wait tables or something to pay bills. So, if you’re not an energetic self promoter, you’ll never work. Basically, what you want is just a pipe dream, for which you don’t have one iota of the talent and drive to make a career from. Idiot.

    Anne Roberts
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do some women think that sticking out their tongue is cute? It looks dumb.

    Paul Brown
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is up with the tongue thing? I've seen Miley Cyrus do it and it looks kind of stupid.

    v
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's the name of this supposed Netflix series she's going to star in? Madi Licks Everything She Can?

    Candy Rude
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha I think that's a WHOLE different kind of show on a totally different site. LMAO

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    best turtle
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i would rather watch fox news then whatever show she's playing a leading role in

    UpQuarkDownQuark
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can’t go that far. I’d still watch her show first. I’d watch a show about nothing but a raccoon farting before I’d watch Fox News…though at that point they’d be a little hard to tell apart.

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    Spittnimage
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She thinks her tongue will make her a star?

    Fussy1
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure her tongue can make her a star, a triple XXX star that is!

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    Kitty Purry
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The tongue thing ppl do is just so repulsive.

    Lauri Joy
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep..mini Kim k in the making. She's getting attention. Who would really be surprised if it happened? This is our current reality unfortunately.

    cwa92464
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guess Twitter starting a show Idiots of Twitter

    Jane Cortez
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fortunately the added effect of her tongue lolling stupidly out of her mouth just adds to the realization that she isn’t very bright.

    DEW
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're supposed to comment about her ability to stick her tongue out. Nobody else in the world can do that right? LOL!!

    Mokayokok
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It makes it 10x's worse that she's sticking her tongue out in the same manner that a 5 year old would.

    Jp@nda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey now! Give five year olds some credit, heck four year olds know better than to let their tongues flop outta their mouths like that

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    Lu
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get the tongue thing - wasn't this from 10+ years ago when Miley Cyrus started in. There's nothing appealing, charming, or cool about it.

    Analyn Lahr
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does she think sticking one's tongue out is attractive or something? Cos it's not.

    Jenny Fullerton
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I cannot abide this ridiculous “ tongue” fad , it makes you look like a moron. Just let the toddlers have their own moment please

    RoanTheMad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Netflix could make a series on "the worst people ever that will make you cringe with your asscheeks" and she can star in that.

    DJ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Start by keeping your tongue in your mouth.

    idrow1
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything about this is cringe.

    Sonia Ward
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is she looking for a role as a lizard with the tongue thing going on?

    𝖊𝖆
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They’d be perfect for a non-speaking role. Can play the murder victim in the first 5 seconds of a show where they just play dead, don’t move or anything. Already got the facial expression/pose down

    Edgar
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Onlyfans is not enough for her ?

    And i was like WTF!!
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is up with sticking the tongue out in the pictures/videos? Does it make you look cool? I dont get it

    elcee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    movie about a girl who has something seriously wrong w her by the looks of it : P

    J
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teach her how to keep her tongue in her mouth, that picture won't get her taken seriously.

    Ephemeral Mochi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been trying to figure out what this means ever since I first saw it.

    Gypsy Lee
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t get the tongue. Are people aware things that are dead have the same tongue out look? Netflix, to my knowledge, doesn’t employ dead people, nor those that would kill profits.

    Amanda Hunter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Put your tongue away dear, it's unbecomming.

    enfys
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Presumably a non-speaking role.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do people (usually female) stick their tongues out in photos? Do you not realize how completely STUPID you look?

    Janelle Collard
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does Netflix have shows about tongues?

    Jacob Stone
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    cringetopia would be a good fit

    Patricia Healton
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are supposed to cut off her tongue and her nails.

    Seanette Blaylock
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'll have better odds if you can prove you at least have the IQ points to keep your disgusting tongue IN your mouth where it belongs. No one's going to think you can learn lines, etc., if you can't handle something that basic.

    Shawn Barry
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think it's netflix that will make you a star. you should try some of the Gonzo studios in Hollywood.

    Kathrin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she could play the licker monster from resident evil. seems about right XD

    Joroches
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This post has been doing the rounds for years, I can't believe there is anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

    TheEndIsNigh🇨🇦and🇬🇧in🇺🇲
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean...considering all of the "reality stars," and Tik Tok, Instagram, YouTube, whatever "Influencers" who have become "famous" for simply posting online, is it really such a stretch(because this has become such a disgustingly normal part of our society) that someone who has grown up with this as their reality would think posting their picture and desire to be an actor on Twitter is how you go about it? Maybe she's not dumb (although I will concede very naive), or "spoiled," but a product of her environment. 🤷‍♀️ idk, I'm trying to be less knee-jerk judgemental about people.

    Alexandria Z
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poof your a nutflake. Oh netflix, Sorry I don;t know

    Bibmibap
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teenage girls get shat on constantly. Sure this is cringy, but ffs, she's a child. What dumb s**t did you do when you were 17?

    M Kawai
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if she'll see this and realize how stupid her post was?

    Dre Mosley
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A documentary on the day in the life of an OnlyFans content creator, perhaps? Hey, could be interesting.

    Lene
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Netflix has a series with ppl having their tongue sticking out while they carress their cheak with a finger? Is that a thing? Because... I assume that person is posting the most "netflix series"-relevant photos person has, to go along with a tweet like that?

    LizzieBoredom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A Netfix series? How 'bout Bridgertongue?

    Wysteria_Rose
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL I can hear the confusion in the response

    Benita Valdez
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No no. She's on to something. Netflix could probably do some type of documentary on the cringe of twitter; maybe call it Twidiots

    Virgil Blue
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only if you ever are unfortunate enough to run into a serial,killer miss.

    Nor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TShaw took a big risk by asking this! Imagine she replied with something really simple that he couldn't refuse without sounding petty! :-P

    PandaRave
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ever since I saw this I knew it’d be a top post in r/cringetopia. Too bad that subreddit died and there’s a new top post in a different sub though

    riviere
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i dont see anything wrong with this

    Timbob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your tongue could get a show all by itself.

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    If you've ever spent enough time browsing in the land of the internet, you must have inevitably encountered cringe-powered content at some point. It takes only one word, five letters, to be exact, to present the inexplicable feeling known as cringe. For some, it’s a curled upper lip, for others it’s a shake of the head, for the rest, it's curling into a ball that forgets any social norms.

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    According to Kaitlyn Tiffany, the term cringe took off on forums in the early aughts, when the practice of humiliating oneself online was still somewhat novel. Now, however, it’s absolute mainstream — it’s both an internet genre and a meme, as well as an insult of some kind. It's natural to wonder if we all suddenly became more prone to cringe as a group, or if there’s another reason why there’s so much cringeworthy content out there.

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    love u
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    im dying from second hand embarrassment 😭

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    Bored Batgirl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have no words and yet so many questions

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    Well, in a piece for The Atlantic, Tiffany argues that “it’s because we’ve been given more opportunities to display our cringeworthy characteristics, and also to point out the cringeworthy behavior of others.” She adds that “Whereas people used to feel secondhand embarrassment on behalf of their friends and family, or wince at their own awkward behavior, they are now exposed to the potentially embarrassing behavior of entire social networks.”

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh that's easy. You'll only need a crystal ball, a shroom picked at midnight and 3 roach heads

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    intelligent thoughts have always followed him, but he was faster

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    As if that wasn’t enough, we have spent years, a decade, if not more, in this kind of environment. No wonder our sense of cringe has become heightened to the point where “we can sniff out the tiniest flaws in someone else’s public performance, dig them up, share them around.” Tiffany calls us “the connoisseurs of cringe,” and you may wonder if that’s even a thing to be proud of.

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    Tara Moov
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor kid. At least he took it in stride.

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this is real, i don't want to live on this planet anymore

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    Meanwhile, according to evolutionary history, cringe is birthed by the fear of social rejection — a feeling similar in intensity to physical pain. Psychology professor Rowland Miller argues that people literally crinkle in embarrassment because the ability to “feel vicarious embarrassment is influenced by our ability to empathize with others.”

    Miller argues that people cringe for reasons beyond contempt; it can be compassion, too, for having experienced a feeling similar to that unfolding in real time. Cringe is then about secondhand shame and empathy — human emotions that define anything and everything we do.

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    Tara Moov
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the tattoo made her look so much worse than real life! Hope they're divorced and he has to look at this on his body forever.

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    Melissa Dahl, a senior editor at The Cut and author of Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness, suggests that cringe content is “a controlled way of facing this really deep fear.” She argues that “It’s funny to talk about being embarrassed during the year 2020 when there’s such scary things going on,” referring to the height of the pandemic. Cringe content, on the other hand, shows that there’s nothing scarier than being cast out on your own and laughed out of the group.

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    Laura Mende (Human)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What the FÜCK??!!! This can't be real... Or could it be?!

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    love u
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    kinda like bone apple teeth but stupider

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    Miocha
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    seems like someone doesn't know his root!

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    Upstaged75
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who else had to read that out loud in Mario's accent? :)

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    Caro Caro
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No need to self diagnose. We all know you're stupid.

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    Ponypower
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought the NFT was a digital code attached or with in the picture. You own a line of 1's and 0's not the picture, which means the artist that made the picture doesn't get paid, because you never bought the 'picture'. Anyways nfts booooo!

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    Tara Moov
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've got a thing for pizza, so I'm clearly 🇮🇹

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    Ozacoter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As far as I know? Homo antecessor with about 1.2my but probably there are older undiscovered remains

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