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Whether it’s accidentally saying "you too" when a waiter tells you to enjoy your meal or walking in the same direction after you’ve said goodbye, we all get embarrassed every once in a while. Sometimes these moments get so uncomfortable, you wish to just curl up and hide from the world.

Well, at least we have the Internet where we can embrace our collective awkwardness. TikTok user Ryan Maxwell finds some of the most mortifying stories on social media and creates funny videos reacting to them. More than 2.6M followers must be loving the hilariousness of it all because the whole series is going viral.

Below, you will find the best experiences we collected from his account, so upvote your favorites and don't forget to share your embarrassing moments in the comments! And keep scrolling for Bored Panda's interview with Ryan, where we talk about his sense of humor and the "Embarrassing Stuff" series.

Ryan Maxwell, a digital comedian who has more than 2.6M followers on TikTok, created an entire series of videos about "Embarrassing Stuff" people have done

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Ryan Maxwell is a comedy TikToker and content creator. The videos that he posted absolutely blew up on the platform and reached millions of people in just a few months. His popularity can be attributed to his ongoing TikTok series, like "Dumb Stuff from the Internet" and "Embarrassing Stuff" (the one you can see in this post). His comedy reaction videos create a positive vibe in the community and cause some serious laughs.

We were able to have a little chat with Ryan about his sense of humor and the inspiration behind his videos. It turns out that right now he works in the nuclear sector and before that, he was a primary teacher. According to him, it is a far cry from what he does on social media.

Today, he finds himself back in his hometown, in West Cumbria, enjoying the rainy Lakes and planning to move to Manchester or London in the new year. 

Thinking about the popular video series, he said that the idea to start them simply came from his sense of humor, which is so basic and immature. "I’m the person whose stomach hurts from laughing when someone trips over," he admitted. 

A few weeks ago, he saw a thread on Instagram about different embarrassing incidents. Although right now, Ryan can't recall exactly where he saw it, he just remembers how hilarious it was. The TikToker and his friend were laughing so much from the stories people shared, he decided to make a video out of it. "When I did, people came in droves commenting their embarrassing experiences, and I guess it’s just gone from there," he explained.

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The content that Ryan posts is appreciated by millions of people across the world, and one of the reasons why is because it often seems like there's no coming back from such mortifying moments. He had a real-life story to share with us: "Just this weekend, a friend of mine jumped on a tube as the doors were closing, by herself, while the rest of us watched it speed off with her on it on the platform. It was hilarious; my friends and I were in stitches, but so was the rest of the platform."

The TikToker thinks that this is probably why such situations are funny to so many. "They’re often stupid things that actually aren’t that embarrassing but for some reason, we all mutually die at the thought of them happening to us," he explained.

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It's no secret that when you remember at least one awkward situation from your life, others start popping up in your head. Ryan had another story to tell us and it involves accidentally sending his boss an awkward text. "I accidentally messaged my (at the time) new boss about a one-night stand I've had; I’d meant to message a friend of mine and they had the same name!"

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When it comes to picking out the most memorable story from the "Embarrassing Stuff" series, he said it’s definitely the moment one person had at a funeral. That person wanted to say "'this is terrible' / 'at least she’s in a better place' and it came out as 'she’s in a terrible place.'" Hearing this is painful and funny at the same time because you know that it's just a natural human mistake, but the circumstances are truly unfortunate.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again, group projects should be outlawed!, can't there be a petition for this in uni classes?

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However, when our minds play tricks on us and we end up making a complete fool of ourselves, it’s good to know that we can at least commiserate on the Internet about it. Ryan is really grateful for his followers: "It’s a great community that is coming together on my TikTok—all funny, no harm, and the sillier the better—so everyone is welcome!"

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

These contents are worth being shown in International Comedy forum

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

"Your time is near it won't be long.....You've got to go when you're called upon"

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

I got you beat. I asked for chunkin niggets from a young black kid taking orders at McDonald's

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

And thank you for shopping at Walmart, save money, live better.

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I'm a teacher. I once tried to ask a student to remove his headphones jack from the computer. I heard myself saying "Dude, jack off!" and then 25 teenagers erupted in laughter... *facepalm*

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

I blasted out laughing and crying to this on the bus stop next to like 10 ppl and now they propably think im crazy

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

Disclaimer: This only applies if you're having their livers with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

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

To be fair it can easily happen, the way they practically throw the items at you, I feel a slight mad panic every time I’m packing there.

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

Soooo, no need for the breathalyzer Haahaha. I'm not as think as you drunk I am ossifer.

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

I said similar to a Big Issue seller. I bought his last magazine and I said “oh that’s good, you can go home now” and he said “if I had a home I wouldn’t be f*****g selling these, would i?” and in my shock and embarrassment of my own stupidity I replied “ok, there’s no need to be so shouty”.

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

This happened to me with a former (male) boss. Was in his office before a one-to-one, and I spotted a picture on his desk and picked it up and said “is that your dad?” He glared at me and said “no, my wife”. I didn’t last much longer at that job.

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

Let's face it. We were all crying. He's just the only one of submitted it for marks.

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

Well that's an achievement if your normal accent is not British. Some of us answer the phone like that all the time. LOL

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