Whatever might divide us, there are some fundamental things that unite us, no matter our background, color, or creed: our love of cat pics, our desire to have longer weekends, and—finally—remembering incredibly awkward moments from the past that make us cringe internally and facepalm to this very day. Remember that super embarrassing thing you did in the 6th grade/during that party at college/last week at work? Yeah, it’s time to think about that all over again.
However, what’s far worse is being unable to recognize when someone's making an utter fool of themselves and making others feel very uncomfortable. Sometimes, people are so oblivious, others can’t help but screenshot their messages and online posts to share with the world. It works as the perfect how-to guide on what we should never, ever do, and Bored Panda has compiled for you this list of all the times people weren’t aware of their own cringe.
Upvote the pics that made you lose a bit of faith in humanity and let us know which of these screenshots you loved/hated the most, dear Pandas. Though keep in mind that however embarrassed we might be by our memories of acting awkwardly, it’s best to embrace these feelings instead of running away from them. Then, we have to move on from them instead of lingering on them constantly because it’s bad for our mental health. In short, we have to learn to be kind to ourselves. No matter what.
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Girl What… The Level Of Narcissism And Complete Lack Of Self Awareness I Genuinely Don’t Know How People Get Like This
Wrong Number
Your Phone Is Now Hacked
Bored Panda had a chat about how to make our mental health our priority in life with British psychotherapist Silva Neves. He explained that at the core of our mental welfare lie the ideas that we should be compassionate to ourselves and that we should work hard to make looking after our mental health a daily habit. “Be kind to yourself,” Silva told Bored Panda.
“I think we should make our mental health a priority every day because if we have poor mental health then we cannot function in other areas of our lives,” the psychotherapist explained to Bored Panda that the need to put mental health at the top of our hierarchy of priorities is very clear. If we don’t look after our mental health, everything else can fall apart.
Uhoh
Overly Protective Girlfriend
Aged Like An Egg Left Under A Moldy Carpet For 3 Years
“Looking after our mental health should be a daily routine like we have a daily routine with looking after our body: taking a shower, brushing our teeth, eating food,” Silva said. He noted that taking care of our mental health doesn’t have to take hours and hours: it can involve a series of small steps that, nonetheless, have a large impact on our welfare.
“A daily mental health routine is to take some time to breathe deeply and consciously, having a short moment of quiet and self-reflection enquiring with how you are doing, connecting with a good friend or a pet, having a quiet cup of tea, listening to your favorite music (and dancing to it if you wish), laughing. These are only a few of the very many quick ways you can look after your mental health every day,” he explained.
Rihanna Attempting To Swim In Peace
Breaking Up With 4 Dudes At Once
I hope all those guys got together and had a beer to celebrate dodging a bullet.
Cousin Swol
A while back, I also spoke to Vanessa Bohns from Cornell University about how embarrassment has its positive sides. By fully embracing embarrassment instead of hiding from it, you can reap some seriously great social rewards.
“Displaying signs of mild embarrassment can actually be socially constructive and make people feel more sympathetic towards you in the face of your faux pas,” Vanessa told Bored Panda in a previous interview that showing these signs can actually strengthen your relationship with the people around you. On the flip side, pretending you’re not embarrassed or feeling awkward when you are can cause your social capital to drop.
How Do I Know I'm The Real Mom?
Damn
Got Arrested For Being Selfish, Plz Feel Sorry For Me
Thank you. I thought it said "dueling," was very confused.
Load More Replies...One of my best friends died because of someone like this asshole. He was just 28 years old, whole life ahead of him, and had just started a career as a highschool teacher. Whoever this is can go to hell along with their horrible frozen tamales.
It's high time that DUI was considered a terroristic act. After all, you are driving a 2 ton killing machine and you are taking the risk that innocent people get killed.
Take his driver's license, not allowed to drive anymore. Some countries have this law.
Not the US, and specifically where I live in Wisconsin. It almost seems like a badge of honor to have at least one DUI here. My daughter had a co-worker who got her first DUI at 21, hit the back of a stopped cop car with it's lights going; got her second at 23, when she ran into a house. One person was hurt, because she bounced off a car first. Luckily, not fatally. She has since gotten 2 more, and she's about 28. And still has her license. We suck.
Load More Replies...Everyone should understand, specially teenagers, that getting DUI is not going to make you a celebrity, if you're lucky, you could just get a ticket, but worse, you could be in jail. Imagine the worse thing that could happen. And having a NICE FACE is not gonna save you either.
I hope the topping is what it looks like and they're paying penance for jeopardizing others.
Ew looks like there is a pube in the bottom left....hope he ate it.
bro i litirally quit on this page this is total BS you got arrested and just ate tamales for the rest of the f__ing night
Oooh, I love the added touch of hair in the (kind of) lower left of the tamale. Looks rather scrumptious if I do say so myself.
I was charged with drink driving and gave up my license for twenty years because I couldn't take the risk of doing it again and maybe killing someone.
Good for you for recognizing that you would not be able to control yourself. You certainly saved some lives, almost certainly your own. And how have you been Scagsy? Thought I recognized the Leeds logo! 20 years ago must have been a dark, terrible time for you. Hope things are going well for you these days.
Load More Replies...He was drunk while driving, and is acting like he didn't almost kill someone.
Load More Replies...Vanessa noted, however, that we should strive to prevent our embarrassment from turning into shame. While blushing a bit is perfectly fine and even healthy, deep-seated shame leads to serious long-term problems.
“What you want to be careful not to do is to let embarrassment morph into the more destructive self-conscious emotion of shame, where you feel so badly about a minor mistake that you start to think there is something wrong with you and feel the need to completely disappear and hide away yourself,” she said.
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Apparently You’re Supposed To Obsessively Check Tinder Every Second Of Your Life
Gotta Keep Busy On Those Snow Days
So even if we do mess up and post something cringey on social media or send out a message that makes others feel very uncomfortable, we have to embrace our embarrassment and prevent it from morphing into shame. At the end of the day, we have to forgive ourselves and focus on our mental health. And that means being kind to ourselves no matter our mistakes in public. Though… that requires being aware of these mistakes in the first place!
The Shortest And Most Bizarre Conversation I've Ever Had
Iq +500
The Super Bowl Is Older Than America
He Left His Flash On
I approve of the dirty look the whole restaurant seems to be giving him
I Lost My Grandson In Walmart
My Roommate Tried To Get An IKEA Delivery To Our Apartment. They Called And Refused To Drive Into Our Complex, Saying She’d Have To Grab The Bookcase From Their Truck And Drive It To Our House. After Irritatedly Doing So In Her Pjs And Barely Speaking To Delivery Guys, She Got This Message Today
Sure, This Definitely Happened
Then I rose, humbly waved, and tipped my hat to the teacher, saying "M'lady".
Very Big Brain
Friend Just Sent Me This. Sweet Recovery Bro
Nope
CEO Of A Neighboring Company, They Decided To Join Us And Close. Giving Us Their Clientele For A Percentage Out Of Profit. Texted Him Our Emails, He In Return Lost The Contract And Business. Making Him Send Us His Clients With No Profit
Mia Farrow Wishes Her Adopted Black Daughter Happy Birthday On Twitter, Googles "Mia Farrow And Her Black Children" To Find A Picture Of Her To Post
Girl I Hooked Up With Tries Desperately To Get Me To Hang Out And Eventually Fakes A Pregnancy In An Attempt To Hustle Me For Drugs/Money
Instant Regret
You’re Joking, Right?
What’s Your Diversity
Great Faceswap 👌🏻
These Iraqi Workers Gave Back 30.000 Us $ They Found, And They Were Rewarded With 1 Copy Of The Quran
A Classic
I Didn't Know Where To Post This. But This Kills Me Hahaha
When You Need Asterisks For Your Asterisks
Inner Monologue As Tinder Opener
Guy Messages Me This Through My Facebook Ad...
Miley Cyrus’ Brother Dmed Somebody In My Insta Feed Because She Commented “Gross” On A Pic He Posted Of Himself Choking His Fiancé. Not Sure Where To Post This
What has Miley Cyrus to do with this? It's a douche acting like a douche on social media. Who cares about his family ties and who cares about him?
He Tracked Her Down To Find Her Real Name
I Wonder If He Will Take Me To Court? 👀
Make him refund your make-up, dress, perfume and time for that date.
Me, 6 Years Ago On This Day Thinking I'm Popular
Let me correct that for you 🙂. Notifications:7(all from apps) messages:1(from mom)
Influencer Doing Deadlifts In The Middle Of The Street
That Time In 2014 That I Meant To Text My Sister About My Stepmom’s Gift, But Actually Texted My Stepmom. Funny Now. Was Not Funny Then
What do I do? To be honest ... I'm sending this message to Mary, pretending it was a mistake :-)
The First Tweet From Our New Congressman...
What The
Delivered Lunch To A Guy At His Workplace Today Who Had Trouble Taking A Hint
Do Not Praise A False Idol
I Would Be Creeped Out...
Yikes
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There is nothing cringier than posting social media interactions and portraying them as reflective of how people interact with each other IRL. The lesson that this thread really ought to be teaching is how socially destructive social media is.
There is nothing cringier than posting social media interactions and portraying them as reflective of how people interact with each other IRL. The lesson that this thread really ought to be teaching is how socially destructive social media is.