Life can’t be constantly full of sunshine, daisies, rainbows, and cute cat pics. Life’s a very broad and varied thing and you can’t avoid a certain amount of sadness, pain, and awkward moments that later make you want to go live as a hermit in the woods.
The ‘Sad Cringe’ subreddit documents these exact moments. Moments that stay with you longer than your average meme because they’re all happy-go-lucky. They show the vulnerable (yet still at times funny) moments that we’ve all found ourselves in, one way or another.
Have a look through some of the saddest and most cringe moments below, upvote the ones that really made you pause for a bit, and once you’re done, check out our first article about r/sadcringe and the things that make you cringe until you get sad right here, dear Pandas.
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This Boyfriend, Who Tried
Oh Boy
I'm giggling out loud. There's something funny and sweet about being childish with a chatbot only to find out it's not a replicant but a real human. #peepeepoopoo-oopoopidoo
Ouch
What's the deal with liking someone's pic from a while ago? It could just mean they're nostalgic, not a stalker.
Since our last article about the ‘Sad Cringe’ subreddit, their community had continued to grow by leaps and bounds. So while they had 882k members in late August 2020, now, in early July 2021, they’re boasting a whopping million redditors who have joined their community. Odds are, this trend will continue.
The online group, founded in 2013, also celebrated its 8th year of operating on Reddit in mid-spring.
11yo Me After Winning A Trophy, Actively Being Bullied In The Background
Troy, Whose Life Isn't Quite Going As He Hoped
You guys make 20 year plans? You guys plan an event and put it in your calendar 5 years in advance? Like ..... how you do that? I have no idea what I am going to do tomorrow, I wouldn;t dream planing something 5 years from now.
Sheesh
According to the subreddit’s mods, r/sadcringe is “a place for awkward or embarrassing situations that also make you feel sad.” They also note that the ‘sad’ part is all about how we feel when we see a particular post, not about “calling someone out” for being sad. In other words, the focus is on how you feel, dear Pandas.
Previously, moderator Niceboihappy shared with Bored Panda that the number of followers the subreddit had rose since the start of the Covid pandemic. However, the moderator also noted that the community was growing in size and how close-knit it was either way.
Savage
42 Dollars...
That Feeling Is Contagious
One of my more toxic ex's asked me if I felt something for her. I told her I felt like I had dodged a bullet
According to mod Niceboyhappy, if we ever got an unexpected response, similar to the ones featured on the subreddit, we ought to be “confident, but not too confident.” According to them, “for an unexpected response, it is probably best to just own it and make light of it.”
Sheeeeesh, Just Say No
This (Not Actually) Best Friend
Ouchie
One Way Friendship
People have a hard time understanding that a gift should not come with obligations. I do t have an obligation to keep what people give me, if I don't like it, or if I don't have the space for it. I can appreciate the gesture even if I don't like, want, or need the gift.
Poor Dude...
No One Came To His Party
‘But Thanks’
The Fourth Boy
Unlucky Mate
Don't You Know About The Bird? Everybody's Talking About The Bird
F
Smooth Operator
The Truth Is Sad
I Have Never Felt More Sorry For Someone Ever
Yikes
Well That One Hurt
Christ
this once happened to me... there was one particular aunt who was pissing me off, like asking me to change my DP and stuff, so i took a screen shot, and instead of sharing it to one of my cousins i am really close with, shared it to the annoying aunt with the caption : can this annoying person keep her opinions to herself... to make the matter worse, her number was saved as annoying aunt. i dont think she commented on anything else in the family group 👽👽👽
This Guy Who Was Literally Just Trying To Do His Schoolwork
Bruh Moment
It's usually not considered attractive for a woman to look "manly". I guess she thought the customer had mistaken her for a man.
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She shouldn’t come to New Zealand; “bro” is very much gender neutral here.
I was gna say that too u read my mind dude, I call ppl mate or bro or dude regardless of gender 🤷♀️ I wonder if anywhere other than here does that? Aussie is likely to.
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Nobody orders attitude from Uber, she does that pro bono. Seems like misdirected anger tbh but if that happened to a customer who was also having a bad day, there'd be an echo chamber of anger and complaints on that delivery platform 🤦♀️
I had someone chew me out for that once. I grew up in California, and "dude" is like "pronto" or "aloha." I don't remember what the context was, but my response was "Oh, DUDE!" and this Boomer Karen starts going "'Dude'? I do NOT appreciate you calling me 'dude'! I am not a 'dude,' and that is disrespectful." Erm. It was just an exclamation, not in reference to anyone in particular. Calm the eff down.
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Why did she even get into a conversation with him. The guy made a small error but in his defence he didn't see the delivery person and assumed most delivery people are guys. Nothing to get het up about. She must have been having a bad day.
Did he mean to actually type out, "Looks good Bruh" ?? Seems plausible to me.
Valerie needs therapy. Why would she think he wasn’t talking about the food?
I hope he used a method of tip that he can put a stop payment on. Lol Show Valérie who's bro!
Valerie, I think your number one problem is between your ears. Stop the self-critic you're feeing withyour own self loathing. Be much kinder to yourself, and not so quick to judge others.
If Valerie used to be Stanley but is trying her best to look feminine, calling her 'Bruh" would probably hit a nerve and make her very sad/angry/defensive, right? Try to see it from that viewpoint. And not every gender/non-gender enjoys being called 'hey guys'. I'm guilty of it too but I think we need to be more careful nowadays. Times are different.
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Perhaps Valerie shouldn't be working with the public. Not everyone is cut out to be in a service position - many people just get antagonized by contact with others...
Some people are always on edge, looking for a way to be nasty. They be need'n some lov'n . . .
This is common, I call literally everyone 'dude.' Valerie needs to chill.
Funny. Some people call everyone 'girlie', don't they? It's gender neutral.
Load More Replies... Valerie or Karen? He is just a client. Not your soul mate to whom you should give your self-esteem to.
And she is just a driver. Not someone deserving of your racist, misogynist insult.
Load More Replies... Hahaha just read it again I read looks good bruh it's good looks bruh. Now even I have confused myself.
ngl, I didn't even realise the "typo" I instantly just read it as "looks good bruh" as if they were referring to the food, which is perfectly normal... Valerie probably IS ugly if she has that kind of shitty attitude...
People just need to learn to not get so upset over pissy little things. It's all about context. The customer had no malicious intent so Valerie could have just ignored it instead of getting all huffy and butthurt.
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Friend Of Mine Didn't Get The Reaction He Hoped For
Friend Of Mine Sent Me This....
My Tinder Sad Cringe
Found For Sale At A Second Hand Store
No
I Mean Atleast He Is There
Facebook Never Disappoints
No One Showed Up To The Speeding Dating Event
This Was Painful To Read
Must’ve Wanted A Different Game
The Time My Grandpa Tried To Mail Willie Nelson A Cd He Recorded And It Got Returned. I Feel Bad For Him...
This is standard behavior for musicians. They can't open it without risking being sued at some point in the future if any element of a song they write is similar to something on one of these cds that people send them. So they have to return them unopened, and document that they did so.
This Channel That Always Asked Stuff Like This And Never Gets Positive Responses
Well questions like that tend to backfire. Everybody upvote this comment!!!! Starting my stopwatch
A Short Story
Everything Musk Go
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"People are rude for no reason, and it's somehow the other person's fault!"
I'm so offended by what you said, how you spelt it, the punctuation and also the font is disrespectful. Now I will call you every expletive under the sun. How dare you accidentally offend my perfectly reasonable expectations!!!! /s
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The problem is we have raised several generations of cruel, selfish, egotistical and arrogant snobs. And they think it is ok to "post their cruelty".
Ok, 17 and 35 - am I the only one distracted by the fact that they took a shot of their screen instead of a screenshot?
Note: this post originally had 46 images. It’s been shortened to the top 45 images based on user votes. #46 got a double whammy on this one.
Haha, major ouch! When you even fail at being cringey and sad... Can we give them fail of the week as a consolation price?
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Some heartbreaking stories here. Some humans are true scum. We can only root for karma.
In junior high, our class was getting paired up as the teacher called out names. The most ''popular" boy in my grade's name got called out and got my name attached to it. Soon as it got paired up, the WHOLE CLASS (including my so called bff and her group of friends) went "OHHHHH NOOOO!!!" Made me feel sooo bad!
Some of these, I highly question whether the person posting was bullied or if they were themselves, THE bully.
"People are rude for no reason, and it's somehow the other person's fault!"
I'm so offended by what you said, how you spelt it, the punctuation and also the font is disrespectful. Now I will call you every expletive under the sun. How dare you accidentally offend my perfectly reasonable expectations!!!! /s
Load More Replies... The problem is we have raised several generations of cruel, selfish, egotistical and arrogant snobs. And they think it is ok to "post their cruelty".
Ok, 17 and 35 - am I the only one distracted by the fact that they took a shot of their screen instead of a screenshot?
Note: this post originally had 46 images. It’s been shortened to the top 45 images based on user votes. #46 got a double whammy on this one.
Haha, major ouch! When you even fail at being cringey and sad... Can we give them fail of the week as a consolation price?
Load More Replies... Some heartbreaking stories here. Some humans are true scum. We can only root for karma.
In junior high, our class was getting paired up as the teacher called out names. The most ''popular" boy in my grade's name got called out and got my name attached to it. Soon as it got paired up, the WHOLE CLASS (including my so called bff and her group of friends) went "OHHHHH NOOOO!!!" Made me feel sooo bad!
Some of these, I highly question whether the person posting was bullied or if they were themselves, THE bully.
