If you read Bored Panda, you've probably heard about the subreddit r/Cringetopia — an online community whose members torture each other with the cringiest content they can find. But if you missed it and this is the first time you're hearing about this corner of the internet, fire up our earlier publications here and here and catch up.
Nobody is too good to get a pass from these folks. Whether you're just a "prank YouTuber" using dirty tricks to clickbait viewers into watching your video, or a famous singer who is having a quarantine meltdown in a multi-million dollar home, if your behavior caused someone to suffer from second-hand embarrassment, chances are, it will earn you a feature.
While covering the subreddit, we noticed there was one group of people who consistently ended up there. Parents. And believe me when I say it, moms and dads know plenty of original tricks to make themselves the stars of r/Cringetopia. So we at Bored Panda decided to see how many we can find.
Eventually, we decided to expand our search beyond the subreddit, going through the entire internet and compiling this list for you to enjoy. Or hate. Think of it as a collaboration between us and r/Cringetopia.
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It’s Time To D D D D D D D D Duel
It's Great That My Parents Still Love Each Other After 30 Years, But I Wish My Mom Knew How Group Messaging Works
We managed to get in touch with the moderators of the subreddit and one of them, Fjallmadur, was kind enough to have a little chat with us. They said that it's pretty hard to pinpoint who exactly appears on it the most.
"It really varies with what kind of content gets posted here. This subreddit definitely works on counterculture flavor of the month type of things, so if something stupid is getting popular on the rest of the internet, the users of this subreddit are probably going to criticize it," Fjallmadur told Bored Panda.
As of this article, r/Cringetopia has 1.7 million subscribers, so it's natural that the mods have plenty to do. "We have a great team that handles the subwide rule-breaking and sitewide rule-breaking content. Of course, things slip through the cracks, and people who live online get very offended if something that they disagree with comes across their monitor, but our team does the best that we can to stay in compliance with the Reddit admins," Fjallmadur explained.
With so many people belonging to the community, moms and dads have their representation too. "I'm sure there are parents here. I am a parent myself," Fjallmadur said.
Sometimes Insane Is Just A Birth Defect!
Is This Funny Or Nah
A few years ago, the TV channel Gold also got interested in the subject. But they wanted to hear it from the kids. So they asked over 2,000 people what their most embarrassing parent moments were.
Coming in first place with 57% was watching love scenes in films with parents. Closely behind with 48% was what often comes afterward: parents discussing the act. Number three was parents using "youth" language (think YOLO, LOL, and OMG). Next, public displays of affection between parents with 36%.
While you could make the case that parents and everything related to sex is quite terrifying when you have to experience it as their child, I think we all can agree that holding hands and a little tongue is way better than shouting and throwing plates.
My Father Tracking Me While I’m On A Date
Found In One Of My Pregnancy Groups
Came Across This Parent On Twitter
Like Fjallmadur said in earlier interviews with Bored Panda, people recently have gotten offended and tried to incorrectly label r/Cringetopia as a right-wing, white supremacist, and anti-LGBT subreddit. "That is the furthest from the truth," the mod highlighted.
"We have a very diverse team of people from all walks of life, and we continue to discuss mod policy amongst ourselves with everyone, whether they be new mods or ones who've been here from the beginning, to decide what gets removed and what stays. Tensions nowadays are high, of course, but we are committed to providing a subreddit that breaks the walls of division and allows a place where everyone can enjoy cringy content regardless of their principles."
I Have Several Questions
Mom Wants To Get Her 5 Year Old Child A Tattoo
Great Parenting
I guess an important thing to remember is that appearing on r/Cringetopia (or on this list) doesn't automatically mean that everyone is mocking you to the core of your existence. It's just that people think you acted funny once.
Of course, it's scary. Neurologists and psychologists have proposed that the pain of social rejection is similar to the pain of physical injury, yet more memorable than the latter. No wonder we avoid it.
But nobody's perfect. So why not just laugh at yourself?
Really Bad Parenting
Dad Is Such A Show-Off
My "Mother" When I Commented Facts On Her Anti-Vax Posts
Shooting A Schools Computer Because Your Daughter Is Talking To Boys...
I'm going to go out on a limb and say this dude owns more than one red hat.
I Dont Even Know What To Say
Sobering
Parental Love
Listen To Your Parents
So Creative
Broke Single Mother
This post must be.related to the one saying "I wish we could chose our baby's father" :)))
My Mom Is Putting Up Cameras In My Room Now
The Reddit user talked to Bored Panda about the unusual situation: “My mother is out quite a bit, so maybe that was the reason she put up the camera. Maybe she felt that she needed to watch me while she was out, but she never told me the exact reason.” They also said that they have “already confronted” their mother “with the argument that what she's doing is illegal and an invasion of privacy. So now I've taken them down and plan to keep taking the cameras down if she puts up more.”
This Sticker
Eventually She Will Hate Her Parents For This
Kviiilyn. Wow. Unique. Her best friend must be Airwrecka (pronounced Erika).
He's Your Son, Not Your Boyfriend.
I’m Sure This 10-Year-Old Kid Made His Own Informed Decision To Support Trump After Reviewing His Stances On Public Policy
Parents Of A Friend, Found On Facebook:
Dad Posts This Convo He Had With My 8 Year Old Brother. Then Tags 40 People To Make Sure They All Like His Sexism. 😐
I Rolled My Eyes Way Too Hard.
Parents Who Do This And Then Wonder Why Their Kid's Getting Bullied At School
Come On Child Support!
My Mom Accidentally Got Hold Of My Instagram Acc And Sent This To My High School Friend. I Didn't Know This Happend Until Now
The above sentence is in the Indian language "Telugu" It means "If you want you also play" and "It's good"
Think About My Child's Genitalia!
Responsible Parenting
Holiday trees are pagan, not Christian. Bringing a live tree into your house and putting lights on it is sympathetic magic to hasten the return of Spring.
Yet Another Awkward Family Photo
My Mom Friend Sent This To Me Today
yet, somehow, they believe in the fiction that is their religious brainwashing
Can I Post This Here?
My 2nd Year Of College (20f) I Went To My Friends 21st Birthday And I Texted My Mom When I Arrived To Let Her Know My Phone Was Going To Be Charging Across The Room, She Had My Locations On - Less Than 20 Minutes Later The Cops Were At My Friends Door. Wasn’t Invited To Many Parties After That!
My Mother's Cringe Bumper Stickers. No My Flash Wasn't On It Was The Reflection Of The Sun.
Rogue Karen Upset About Inclusion
Dude all boys need to get this info. Have u seen how clueless they r about female bodies
I’d guess the child she’s referring to identifies as female. Simple solution is to do the talk to all the kids; that’s what’s been happening in the U.K. since at least the 60s.
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I assume she’s having a fit over a trans girl being included in the girls’ class, in which case she needs to sit the hell down.
At my school we split into boys and girls then learned about our sex and their sex Ed. It gave us a safe space to ask questions. The boys at my school knew just as much about periods as the girls. It was brilliant
It seems that’s how this school operates as well. The woman is having a fit and outing a trans girl to the other parents because she is to be included with the girls class.
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Kids are embarrassed about these topics because their parents are embarrassed about them. It's learned behavior and it needs to be destigmatized.
i've done quite a bit of volunteering in the space of menstrual hygiene for the underprivileged, this attitude is not rare in urban spaces, in fact it's often overlooked and such comments only further the indoctrination of children that menstrual hygiene should be shushed up. they think guys should be left out of such education, which is strange, as they continue telling me (a guy) about how it causes them 'to think [perverse] things' and makes them 'unruly'
Karen thinks the problem is trans inclusion, while it's her own internalized misogyny all along! The comments here about destigmatizing menstrual education/discussion are great.
i bet her husband leaves the tampons off the shopping list when he shops.
good sexual education is important for everyone. and not just the basic "normal" stuff. The amount of idiots ive seen, both male and female, those with a phd and those without, who have no idea about the ins and outs of their own sex, let alone that of others, is bewildering. Not sure how we survive.
Really? For me, boys and girls watched the same video about this because it was important to the teachers that we both knew about what the other gender went through, and it really helped me to understand things better!
This is obviously a transphobe trying to exclude a trans kid. What a horrible person.
Everyone, regardless of gender, should know this info. And why do parents leave it up to schools to teach their children about their bodies?
You hit the point! And considering that her 9/10 year old daughter is already embarrassed to get the light version of boy/girl TALK points directly at her frigid, over religious, ashamed mother. Hope the girl got the talk! Learned that there is nothing to be ashamed of and eventually will grow up to be a strong woman who knows about here bodily functions as well of those of a male.
He might grow up to be the kind of classmate who has "supplies" in his locker if you get caught unawares someday.
When I was in the 5th grade, they did the separate talks and in the 6th grade we were all together for 'the big talk'. To this day I can still see the boys' faces as they learned about menstruation!
.....so is tbis a transgender girl who she is misgendering? Or is it a transgender boy who needs to be there cuz he'll end up with a lot of the girl hormones?
At my school they only did one class, boys and girls together. My mum had to fight to be allowed to take my brother (grade 4) along the same year I (grade 6) attended because (it was meant to be grade 5 & 6 only) she felt it made sense for us to both be learning as I would probably discuss it with him anyway. It went well for us.
How dare a boy be interested in the feelings and physiological questions that girls have!
Really, a 10 year old will figure out all on her own that it's time to be embarrassed by having a boy in that class?
i hoenslty never got why Schools taught sex ED that really should be a parent?guardian's job if possible. that said. guys should lean about grils and girls shold lean about gusy when the are t he right age ^^
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All of us who grew up without any of the current technology have so much to be grateful for.
Yeah, back in my day all the cringe was safely on a Polaroid nobody else could see. Technology hasn't changed us much, just made us better documented.
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I think I've figured it out; on BP, cringe means "I don't like it". A lot of these were odd, yes, but cringe?
To me cringe is like I'm so embarrassed I could just cringe
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This thread could just have been titled bad parenting 101. I thought I had it bad. Poor kids
...so texas and 20 other states can opt for no abortions after 6 weeks... and, well *gestures at all of the above.
A lot of these are too messed up to believe, but sadly they're probably all true.
Most of the posts were disturbing to me. I feel sorry about these kids and families ...
All of us who grew up without any of the current technology have so much to be grateful for.
Yeah, back in my day all the cringe was safely on a Polaroid nobody else could see. Technology hasn't changed us much, just made us better documented.
Load More Replies... I think I've figured it out; on BP, cringe means "I don't like it". A lot of these were odd, yes, but cringe?
To me cringe is like I'm so embarrassed I could just cringe
Load More Replies... This thread could just have been titled bad parenting 101. I thought I had it bad. Poor kids
...so texas and 20 other states can opt for no abortions after 6 weeks... and, well *gestures at all of the above.
A lot of these are too messed up to believe, but sadly they're probably all true.
Most of the posts were disturbing to me. I feel sorry about these kids and families ...
