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Humor and awkwardness go hand in hand. If you find yourself in an uncomfortable situation, laughing it off could be one of the best ways to respond.
You can also join an online community like the Awkward Relate Facebook page. Here, you can share experiences with people who often find themselves in the same cringe-worthy predicaments. With 3.7 million followers, it’s safe to say you will connect with at least one person.
We’ve collected the best ones that touch on forgettable wedding speeches, family revelations, and social media discoveries. Some of them, however, are just about relatably funny moments from daily life.
Scroll through and see if you can count the number of times you say, “Yup, I’ve been there.”
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Traveling Lady Railfan 1 year ago
Collective punishment for the entire class based on the actions of one or two kids is lazy on behalf of the teacher/administrator. The only positive to it, it teaches kids at an early age that life is not fair. That teachers and principals (bosses, adults) are not fair, and will do things that are wrong because it is easier for them. This is a good lesson to learn young.
Game Guy 1 year ago
It's the Private Pyle theory. Every time the problem child screws up, everyone else gets punished and then pressures the problem child to straighten up. People love that theory but forget that it led to Private Pyle shooting the DI. ;)
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Panda Kicki 1 year ago
Why is grounding even an option? I took the same arguments to the head master when I was 9. Ice cream, yes. promote critical thinking.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Reminds me of when I got expelled in the 4th grade. I was suspended for a week and I was supposed to work on a group project. Two working parents, I completed all my homework but because of my parents work schedules I could never get it turned in on time. The teacher punished my group-mates as well as me. I really hope that teacher is finally dead now.
Bewitched One 1 year ago
Were you suspended or expelled? Expelled means you cannot come back (time period being indefinitely or until the end of the current school year most of the time) but suspension is more like a grounding.
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SparkDragon 1 year ago
Why would you even consider grounding? She was asked for feedback, so gave honest, calm and rational comments, based on historical prescient. Much ice cream!
Cheryl Lohr 1 year ago (edited)
We all feel that way and yet there are still people out there that insist on doing that. Give the girl ice cream!!!
sadmrguna 1 year ago
My comment above was supposed to be a reply to Savahax.
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Kari Panda 1 year ago
If it were me, I‘d talk to the teacher and explain to them that I do not approve of collective punishment. I fully side with the kid.
Big Willy 1 year ago
She got someone else to fill out that answer. The handwriting is different from the one above it.
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Eliyahu Rooff 1 year ago
Well, it demonstrates that she has a sense of fairness and that she paid attention when someone was teaching about war crimes. Further, it shows that she's looking for ways to apply what she learns.
Dread Pirate Roberts 1 year ago
Absolutely ice cream! It's b******t when teachers punish the entire class for the bad behavior of one or a few select students.
DarkViolet 1 year ago
Banana split. Vanilla, Rocky road, and Mocha Almond Fudge ice cream. Hot Fudge, whipped cream, chopped peanuts, and three maraschino cherries.
Andy Frobig 1 year ago
I challenged the hell out of my teachers. If they can't win an argument with a kid, they deserve the consequences
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 year ago (edited)
The handwritting and the mispelling of "Geneva" suggests otherwise. Also, as a teacher, I can vouch things like these absolutely happen.
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Since we’re on the topic of awkwardness, let’s begin with conversations. We’ve all been through those uneasy discussions that involved a lot of silence, making you want to escape to the nearest exit.
However, you don’t always have to run and hide. Writer and mental health researcher Arlin Cuncic, MA, advises finding the humor in the situation, much like these memes and posts.
In an article for VeryWellMind, she wrote, “Keeping the mood light will help to break the ice and move the conversation forward.”
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Here’s the situation: you’re in an elevator with a co-worker, and they begin some small talk. As someone who isn’t a fan of these chitchats, you start feeling like the walls are closing in. What do you do?
Cuncic advises having open-ended “go-to questions” you can pull out of your pocket when the need arises. One example could be, “What have you been up to?” It shifts the spotlight onto them.
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k1ddkanuck 1 year ago
Technically, hyenas are actually part of the felidae family, making it closer to getting a new kitten than a new puppy. A friend of mine told me this years ago, and I absolutely didn't believe it at first. But sure enough, it's the case.
Small talk with a stranger is an entirely different ballgame. You don’t have anything in common with the other person and know nothing about them, which leaves you with mundane, cliché topics like the weather.
In such cases, Cuncic offers two options: giving a genuine compliment or keeping quiet. You can try the former, but chances are the other person is likely not in the mood for small talk anyway. Feel out the situation and see what works best.
Awkward situations come in many forms. Sometimes, it happens during family gatherings with your in-laws. In this case, you should step aside. According to educator and etiquette expert Sara Jane Ho, you’re better off letting your partner handle things.
“If you want to piss off your in-laws, let your spouse do it, not you,” Ho told CNBC.
There are times when someone’s name just slips our minds, and that could be another embarrassing moment. However, you wouldn’t want to come off as rude by doubling down and saying you forgot who they are.
Ho recommends a smoother approach. Say you’d like to keep in touch, then have them input their social media handle or personal number into your phone.
Let’s switch the conversation to you. How do you handle awkward situations? Do you run from them, or do you face them head-on? Let yourself be heard in the comments!
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Anna Boes 1 year ago
Feet, carts, horses and at most cows on one, built into softer ground so the stones could move and the sand could take the impact of the weight - other side trucks, cars the weight of baby elephants, non-stop, and a surface that does allow for way faster travel while at the same time not quite as good at dealing with the heavy and fast impacts... do you wanna go back to walking twenty miles into town?
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Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
Due to a typo on a news page, I saw athletes trying to run 5000ml yesterday :)
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TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago (edited)
"You're an adult, do it yourself!" wouldn't be the most responsible answer
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Satan Laughs 1 year ago
In California the youngins say BRUH. That’s what we get for saying DUDE in the 90s.
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Brenda 1 year ago
My cousin LOVED chocolate chip cookies as a toddler. My mom taught her that they were called sh!t. Uncle & aunt & cousin at fancy restaurant for anniversary. Waiters and waitresses ohhing and aching over cousin (blond curly hair, bright blue eyes, adorable). Time for dessert. When asked what she wanted, cousin sweetly says "Sh!t, please." Aunt mortified, Uncle calls my mom long distance from a payphone. "Truce, truce!". He had taught my sister to say "Damnit!" when someone told her no, or she didn't get her way. I can only imagine what he would have taught me!
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Chihuahua Mama 1 year ago
Or when you have water stuck in your ears and you feel it finally drain while lying down
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
There's no timestamps on the original texts. So do you think he quickly photoshopped this image after the girl guessed lion, or he just had a bunch of premade images with different animals standing by and just had to post the appropriate one?
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Jeremy James 1 year ago
Good luck! If my identity could get you money, don't you think I would have tried that by now?
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k1ddkanuck 1 year ago
Guest at restaurant: I'm gluten free, nut free, soy free, dairy free, sugar free and low carb/keto. What can I get? Every server ever: Dafuq out
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Barbara Wilcock 1 year ago
The struggle is real. Especially if there is a sleeping cat on your chest
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Multa Nocte 1 year ago
You don't have to worry about this if you are a responsible pet owner and spay/neuter your pets.
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I_need_a_nap. 1 year ago
My dad once got mad at me because I answered the phone in .02 seconds, I don’t think my family understands that I am never busy.
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Kathrin Pukowsky 1 year ago
I know it's just a joke, but I took the time to think about it and it's fairly simple. It would have been hard for our ancestors to miss the fact that new mothers produce milk. Observing the animals around them would've informed them that other mammals do that, too. You can even come up with a tragic story of a mother dying in childbirth, and her tribe going "Whaddowedo?" and catching a goat with a kid.
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Jeremy James 1 year ago
The exhaustion when you call on a holiday and they say, "Let me pass you around."
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Ben Aziza 1 year ago
When people start removing user reviews it is simply because they don't want you to be able to chose what you want to watch. Same with the new search system of Youtube. It is the advertisers that matter most. If a person can pick the videos Then how in the hell can the ad agencies BE SURE the underage kids will watch Logan Paul promoting bitcoin gambling to them?
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Michelle C 1 year ago
Me to a T....and when someone says something about it I yell "I'M ON VACATION!!!"
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Rocket Surgeon 1 year ago
For variety I used to write all 20 lines one letter at a time. "I, I, I, I, I, ... W, W, W, W, W.... i, i, i, i, i...
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Joseph Dixon 1 year ago
I don't look good in pictures or real life, so I avoid them completely!
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Figured out I'm getting older. Left a full shift at 830 pm, intending to drive 14 hrs to N Car. Got as far as S WV, needed a cat nap. Something about seeing the sun again without sleep does it every time.
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