30 Cringe Things People Do But We Accept Them For Some Reason
InterviewWhile most of us can internalize that we all have different preferences, some people’s actions are so annoying that we can’t help but shake our heads in frustration. Even worse, through constant repetition, certain actions end up becoming accepted or at least tolerated by the majority of society.
One netizen asked “What's something other people do that you find really cringy?” and people online gave their examples of things that have become too normalized. We got in touch with No-Hamster7526 to learn a bit more, so get comfortable as you scroll through and be sure to upvote your favorites.

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Gender reveals.
It was fine when it was just cutting into a cake, then everyone had to turn it into a one up contest
Exactly, when they don't clean up afterwards. People are just so selfish now :(
Load More Replies...Ding ding ding! I think that is the true message! Without polluting hand-cannons etc.
Load More Replies...I think gender reveals are fine when intimate and personal. My brother sent me cookies in the mail to reveal they were having a daughter. I thought it was very cute (and delicious!) The huge reveals are the problem.
I think done respectfully, gender reveals can be fun. What annoys me about them are the extreme people go to where the environment and sometimes other people get hurt. Also, where the parent shows visible disappointment in the gender is annoying AF. I get gender disappointment is a thing and doesn't necessarily mean the baby isn't going to be loved but if you are going to record it and be an a*s about it don't do it!
Cutting into a cake/cupcakes/sweets/ whatever and reveal the colour inside? Fine. If you wat to, go for it. Putting a dissolving tablet into a glass of champagne that'll colour the drink red or blue or something similar? Fine, go for it if you want to. Gifts with toys or clothes inside that reveal the gender when unwrapped? Well you need baby clothes anyway, don't you? Colour changing cups that reveal the gender when getting hot or cold? Fine, if you want to. Little satchels that burn in different colours if thrown in a fireplace? As long as it's non-toxic, have fun. Opening a celebratory capsule that reveals coloured streamers that are attached to the capsule? Well, if you have to, fine. But why creating trash? But you do you. Anything you leave for others to clean up or can't be cleaned up especially in nature? Please don't do it. It's horrible.
I hate the blue and pink stereotype. It's such an absurd thing to me that BABIES are given certain names and "assigned colors" and wardrobes based on how they look. WHY ON EARTH are you making SUCH A BIG DEAL out of what chromosomes your child has? It's ridiculous.
Ultrasound tech - It's a girl - Me phoning each person in the family and telling them it's a girl
My preferred method of gender reveal is going onto say Facebook and posting 'It's going to be a boy/girl'
child pageants - grown adults dressing their kids in skimpy outfits and parading them around on stage, so many parents living their lives through their children despite most of them just wanting to live ordinary lives. starting high school beef with one another, makes me wanna rip my skin off
That's barely the worst of it. Indoctrinating young girls into a world where looks are the most important thing. Sure there are pedos but the misogynistic training is worse.
Load More Replies...yeah and these people say its 'drag queens who are grooming kids', get out. it is child pageants, it is MESSED up.
Is this an American thing? I can't remember seeing it anywhere else outside of US.
Probably but I also have heard of this being a thing in India and South East Asia.
Load More Replies...And yet the Christian hypocrites ignore this as well as the Christian men lusting after lil girls is sickening disgusting hypocrisy
People who flaunt helping others online. Like the ones who clearly do it for clout.
My friend’s gf does this, she constantly looks at the camera, smiles & poses, waves, asks the homeless (who looks *so* uncomfortable) to wave to the camera too. NO.
And before the “but but it raises publicity!!!!” crowd comes along: if you want to do that, do it in the back room of the soup kitchen or something. No one cares about my volunteer group taking photos of ourselves because we don’t exploit people who are in a situation where it’s difficult to say no.
Publicity isn't always a good thing either. The stigma that's still connected to homelessness will follow them when they try to get out of it. And if they're in an influencer video, broadcast for the world to see, this could seriously harm their chances of finding a job and making a career for themselves. It could hinder them badly on their way out of their situation if it comes up during job interviews or promotions
Load More Replies..."There's no limit to the good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."
Those people suck my situation sucks but those people are leeches
12th Century Rabbi, physician and philosopher Maimonides said that anonymous giving was a good deed performed for its own sake, and favored donations where neither the donor nor recipient would know each other's identity.
Only if its ised to realy help those people and not for the sake of the camera and likes.
If they are filming it's for likes. People who truly wish too help don't do it for views
Load More Replies...I gotta say, I have mixed feelings about filming yourself being generous, helpful, or the like. It seems self serving, and even scammy. Too often these people are asking the viewers to make donations, It's like a church. They say they're doing good deeds, but what percentage is ACTUALLY going to the needy, and not the greedy? Yet the thought of seeing a person in need getting stuff, or food they need, simply by being on camera, and maybe motivating others to do good deeds, while giving temporary relief...the kindness might actually be the start of positive change for someone.
Omg I'm sorry I read that wrong as it was the OP's GF. SORRY!!!!
Load More Replies...Bored Panda got in touch with No-Hamster7526 who made the initial post asking for people's ideas. They were kind enough to answer some of our questions. First and foremost, we were curious to hear why they wanted to pose this question to the internet.
“I just created the Ask Reddit post because I thought it'd keep me entertained for a while,” they shared with Bored Panda, which does seem like it’s a pretty common reason to get thousands of internet users to share their thoughts. However, the post itself ended up with over three thousand comments, more than enough to keep someone reading for days.
filming urself crying for social media
Filming yourself for social media, period, just stop. You want to film you and your drunk friends doing trick shots, please do. You want to show me how you make a burrito with pizza rolls and scrambled eggs, hell yeah. You want to film yourself acting petulant, entitled and crying because the Starbucks batista spelled your name wrong, please f**k off. "Hashtag" "over it".
How about we just say filming yourself doing ANYTHING then posting it on social media. Enough with the narcissism and need to trick others into thinking you live a charmed life.
Load More Replies...This should be so much higher on the list. The ones that really get me are the people filming themselves during a huge crisis. Really? You're going to stop to set up your camera, film, then edit and post when you find out someone you love is sick? No. You're going to support them, not exploit the situation for likes.
Deep feelings seem personal, to me. Sharing with a trusted person in life is cool and even healing. Public sharing of that stuff? I can relate to a lot of what I see expressed, but I'm not sure I'd be able to do that. Go ahead, it's okay. We'll scroll past if if bothers us. ;)
Especially after the loss of a loved one. I've seen mothers crying because their child died. I mean, really?
If there’s one time when someone deserves attention, it’s when their child has died. This site posts endless articles about some petty fight someone had but a video of a mother crying about her dead child is too attention-seeking? Really?
Load More Replies...You people on this site who write huge paragraphs in comments to prove how good u r are just as bad. Virtue signalling attention seeking nonsense
Attention seeking is the lowest form of existence. Try something useful in your life instead children..
“Tough” bumper stickers like “I don’t retreat. I RELOAD” like sir we’re in the Taco Bell drive thru who are u shooting at?
Okay, this is the only acceptable reason to have one of these bumper stickers.
Load More Replies...That's right brother! These colors don't run! Let's go Brandon! Trump 2024! But remember 9/11 was an inside job and my child is an honor student at Falcon Eagle Westside Elementary and I have a baby on board. Also, I have a pair of testicles hanging from my trailer hitch and a pair or Reindeer horns on my grill cause it's Chrismuss time! Yee yee yee!!
Don't forget the confederate flag sticking out the bed of the truck!
Load More Replies...Same with people who have balls hanging off the back of their truck -_- that says douchebag all over it.
Well, they're very quick to shoot. Just ask their wives.
Load More Replies...Misguided machismo. I always want to tell these "tough guys," "why don't you step off that pickup truck and run five miles. Let's see how tough you are."
Or "Keep honking, I'm reloading" Road rage anyone? We get it, you got a small pee-pee :-D
Talking badly about the poor and homeless. Any sort of talk where a person is devoid of empathy will make me cringe.
Living in a huge city I thought I knew the story behind every homeless person. Then I got a job at a social service agency working with the homeless. Come to find out I knew nothing. But I did hear some of the saddest most horrifying stories and met far too many women who fled their homes with absolutely nothing to escape a violent abusive partner. Some of them the police would just dump off at our door. I'll never forget one woman who was barefoot, no purse, had been beaten to a pulp by her husband and they had just moved to the city and had no family or friends there. Thankfully we were able to send her to family. The burnout rate at those jobs is high.
Like the conservatives parasites who force people deeper into poverty thanks again Christian Hypocrites
what i find interesting is that this is right below the filming homeless people post. we need to learn a happy medium, raising awareness while not being invasive or selfish.
Most people are one pay check away from homelessness. You have no idea how quickly it can happen. Show some empathy. Karma is a b*tch
I volunteered and helped, I gave and helped folks with benefits, housing and disability issues... Hard to show empathy when someone asks you where they can score some good drugs because 'I look like someone who knows'. Dude, I work next to a church and am currently taking the government benefit system to court, no I don't know where to score!
Watch the comments fill up with the exact kind of people you’re talking about lmao
As No-Hamster7526 noted, “I got hundreds of comments at a time, so it was hard to sort through them,” when we asked them if they had any personal favorites. “I think there was one about someone telling you heaps about something you don't care about,” they shared as the one they related to the most.
People filming for social media, and acting like everyone around them just walking by is being rude and getting in their way. Where I live (a pretty beach town) I see this s**t every week, at least. I’ve literally heard people say “uh, can you leave?” to random strangers
Those people are the worst form of humanity. Well, them and Republicans.
Load More Replies...I went to the Harry Potter studio tour, unfortunately there were several influencers there. They made seeing all the exhibits really difficult, my daughter may have "accidentally" bumped one of them while pushing my wheelchair. It seemed to be a popular occurrence with one couple because they kept grinning at me and being obviously helpful to make sure I got to see everything!
The same muppets are posing for videos in front of Harry Potter advert/Christmas tree in King's Cross Station. In rush hour.
Load More Replies...I'm a little surprised that someone hasn't gotten sufficiently annoyed to just rip that device from their hands and give it a toss.
If anyone is trying to do some c**p for Instagram or blocking the path to take a photo or video, you can bet I won’t stop. Don’t block the way!
There was a brilliant one in London when this man sat down on a park bench and the person filming LOST IT, because this guy 'ruined the shot' by sitting down on the bench, in a public space.
That was fake. There was someone else recording everything.
Load More Replies...And then they call people Karens for nor catering to them, as if public spaces are actually their private spaces. I despise these parasites.
Can I leave? Yes. Will I leave? Aw he!! no. This is a public space, so I don’t have to.
Guys that HAVE TO BE the “alpha male” in a group. Talking over people. Trying to be the toughest person around. Talking s**t for no reason.
It’s so gross it literally gives me goose bumps. I’m like bro, just be you. If you’re a badass, you don’t have to prove it.
Agreed. Both sexes are equally full of s**t.
Load More Replies...yeah those dudes are very annoying. the best is when they get too intense and you ask them to just calm down and they get even more intense, just proving the point that they are not what they think they are.
I saw a video of an alpha, in a bar, who taunted another male who was minding his own business. This other male happened to be a mixed marshal arts fighter. In an instant, Alpha was on the floor out cold...
Pretty much why I've always got along with females (even though they can be just as extra if not more) over other dudes and best believe I'm straight, have a wife and a son and all the other fun stuff. Just can't stand the typical crass, d**k and fart joke, macho, Axe body spray, Affliction t-shirt and Tapout shorts wearing a**holes ot the world. Men are fu**ing stupid.
I avoid people like that of either gender. The quiet ones usually have something more worthwhile to say :-)
Calling the man your dating "Daddy"
It's a sex thing that has always existed and will always exist, I'm afraid.
Load More Replies...My last boyfriend was older and people would tease me and say, 'do you call him daddy?' vom, that is so gross.
Alright, after reading all of the comments, I have GOT to throw out another view here. I call my husband Daddy, not because he's MY daddy, but because he's our kids' daddy. My grandparents early married years were back in the 40's and 50's and they called each other Mama and Daddy. It used to be common. I still heard them calling each other that in the 90's. After having children our new titles are no longer only husband and wife, but Mama and Daddy. Not creepy, not incestuous, no daddy issue stuff. Just referring to each other in our new titles. Showing respect to our spouse as our child's other parent. Also, less confusing to the kids. I hate when I hear snotty little kids referring to their parents by their first names because that's all they hear. It's not cute, it's disrespectful. Ok, rant over. Just really wanted to explain how it's not always some creepy thing. Thanks all.
Then you dont do it and dont worry what other consenting adults are doing its none of your business u judgemental twats
Most of the answers here ranged from annoying to downright bad for society. This is both a representation of how many bad things have become normal as well as an indication that the word cringe has perhaps lost some of its nuances. As No-Hamster7526 told us, the appeal of the thread came from it being so universal, “Everyone has something they find cringe.”
People who don't pick up after their dogs on walks. My neighbour makes this massive production of flicking a few leaves or pieces of grass over her dogs turds and leaving them on peoples lawns while making out she is a paragon of community responsibility.
Its your dog, and poo bags are cheap if not fashionable.
When I lived in Brighton there was a woman on our street who would draw around dog poo with chalk and be so passive aggressive about it, it was brilliant. pick it up!
The street wardens where I live spray it bright pink. It's not their job to pick it up so they just make it obvious.
Load More Replies...And for gawd's sake pick up the little baggie and throw it away, don't just fling it in the bushes!!! >:-(
Poo bags are provided for free here in Czech Republic and many people still don't pick up after their dogs
How about u watch where you are walking im not putting it in a plastic bag to end up in a landfill, its natural its better off on the ground
Who needs to buy poo bags when there are so many plastic bags left after grocery shopping? Carry a couple in your pocket all the time.
I live in a place where reusable bags are used for grocery shopping. I use bread bags, cereal box liners, and other things to clean up after my cats
Load More Replies...I didn’t know people didn’t pick up after their dog. I thought this was a known thing??? I mean occasionally you can see someone not pick up bc they forgot a bag. But as I would so. I go home. Grab one and go back and pick it up. So if you only saw me leave you wouldn’t realize I was going back. But if you forget a bag that’s what happens. Obviously everyone isn’t forgetting abag and going back.
It's really bad in my neighborhood, tons of people don't pick up after their dogs. My very small front courtyard is fenced but had no gate, and someone was letting their dog poo in it, constantly. I really got fed up, and got a gate.
Load More Replies...My dog, Max, poops like a cat. He will literally dig a hole, poop in it, then cover it back up. Sorry but I'm not digging up a poop hole. My other dog, Jake, though, will poop on your head and not give a s**t. His poop gets picked up.
Post personal (often medical) details about their children on social media
That should go for much younger children as well. I think France is introducing some laws to that effect. Other countries should follow ASAP.
Load More Replies...How about the one woman in the news who took her daughter out of school so the daughter could focus on her influencer job??
Posting medical information about anyone other than yourself is foolish and dangerous. And posting medical info about yourself is risky enough already.
And their school. And their schedule, candy they like, friends, clothes, full name, bike route...
Mommy/family vloggers give out complete medical info on their kids, including filming them at doctors appointments or even when they're in the hospital. I bet there are going to be a lot of pissed off young adults in about 10 years when they realize what their parents have done. There are quite a few families who have been posting their children's daily lives since they were born - like certain ones with multiples (triplets, quads, etc.) who have made their living off of exploiting their kids on YouTube. What's sad is that the kids think it's normal.
Nah especially those youtube families that will post all the personal things about their children, and dont offer support to the kids and just bust out a camera. Its so creepy. The Norris Nuts is a big one that does this.
Agreed. I would take it a step further and say parents should not really post images or anything about their kids online. The only people who need to see pics would be friends or family. Keep it to emails. Social media is a burning bag of dogshit filled with creeps and weirdos.
Something about people talking about how tough and scary they can get irks me so badly. Someone the other day described themselves to me as a Doberman because they were “cute but people know not to f**k with them because they’ll bite their face off” and my innards curdled from the second hand embarrassment.
I love the ones who tell you their hands are registered weapons. Yeah, ok pal. Where do you get the registration form, the DMV?
Crackerjack box. It's the prize inside! :-D
Load More Replies...“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.” ― Plato
Lol there's a difference between being a boss and being bossy. Kind of a silly comparison, but the reason I love the John Wick movies is because you have all these standard Stallone type of movies where the 'badas$' walks in and has to announce he is the coolest of the cool. Meanwhile John walks in and he doesn't have to say almost anything in the whole movie and you just KNOW he's a badas$. He has a presence and also the skills to back it up. He doesn't have to flaunt it or announce it. No one who has to proclaim why they are great, awesome, in charge, etc, is ever actually that.
I'm not scared of Dobermans.... it's the Mini-pins you have to watch out for! :-D
Doberman are crippled dogs. They look far better with a tail and normal ears.
They're perfectly fine until people who get them as a fashion statement crop their ears and tail.
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Those TikTok videos where someone just stands there without speaking, pointing at bits of text as they appears one by one on the screen, pulling a different pose/expression for each text.
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I've stopped reading BP articles that state TikTok in the opening article because I don't want to scroll through a thousand selfies.
or these dumb "reaction" videos where they just stare blankly into the camera while a video plays above/besides them.
Huh what????? Do I need to start watching TikTok to see what they're doing?
People who video call in public and talk loudly, especially in trains or busses, I recently dealt with a customer who was on video call and had to show me a coupon in her phone and her whole family saw my face and I cringed and was so uncomfortable that I told her to put it away or I’m not authorising the coupon.
In the past month, I have had 5 instances of women on loud speaker on their phone coming into public toilets in my local shopping centre and jabbering away while they take a p**s, flush etc...wat is happening?
I'd start making REALLY loud constipation and fart noises or just sing really loudly.
Load More Replies...Well, they’re talking on speaker phone and everyone around can hear the conversation. I just put my 2 cents worth in. You don’t want me to participate in your conversation, then turn speakerphone off. Otherwise, it’s fair game.
Omg. I was just on vacation. And people around me on lounge chairs around the pool were watching movies on their phones without headphones on. I never said anything but I wanted to. I thought it was understood to everyone that it’s rude to do That. Everyone is trying to rest and sleep in the sun by the pool. Except this monster.
On every damn train there's at least one person talking loudly on the phone (and for ages) or listening to loud music. It drives me crazy!
Just yesterday in a subway/ tube/ underground station a woman on the adjacent platform, talking on her phone was f-bombing so much I started teh stopwatch on my phone and timed -bombs per minute, It was a low of 4 ns as high as 6, but I think we can safely say she was carpet bombing teh station
I wish you could call the fire department on these people and they could have a hose turned on them for doing this in public. I am so tired of rude people who cannot get off their f*****g phones for 5 minutes to engage in society or have respect for others. I do not need to hear about your baby daddy or who you have to bail out of jail, or the rest of your life on public transit.
I don't video call, but I may speak loudly because I'm 63 and can't hear that well.
When they think everything that’s traditionally feminine is useless or stupid. I hate misogyny. Women shouldn’t have to compete with men to be taken seriously.
Browntabby has issues...I hope they are young and have room to grow because a lot of their comments are cringe central.
Load More Replies...This is a mixed bag... Some things are considered "feminine" BECAUSE they are useless and stupid (like high heels and makeup and submissiveness), and some things are actually really useful and helpful, but are devalued because women are the ones who do them (sewing, caretaking, teaching, cooking, etc.). And has anyone ever noticed that men doing these "feminine" things are often praised and paid more for them (chefs, doctors, fashion designers, etc)?
You're literally the first person to mention it. You have some sort of incredible persecution complex coming through in this thread. It's tedious.
Load More Replies...Brag about how mentally unstable and "psycho" you are. Like... dude, I legit hear and see things and I'm paranoid all the f*****g time. It's not fun. It's not something to be proud of. Just stop.
The amount of people claiming they have 'anxiety' who are simply having a totally normal stress response, and actually have no idea what it means to have clinical anxiety disorders is... really high. Same with people joking they are 'a little OCD'.
I myself have been in a mental hospital and if I lose my temper with these fake lunatics I ask if they have been in the old or new hospital and in a closed ward or an open ward. There is usually no need to continue on the topic. If asked, I will gladly tell you about being in treatment to reduce the stigma associated with it.
There's been a big trend on people pretending to be autistic on Tik Tok recently. Horrible.
On roblox there’s people roleplaying as mute autistic 2 year olds with every disability or neurodivergence on earth (mostly maple hospital and daycare related rps)
Load More Replies...Anyone self diagnosing with a mental condition - why would you even want to be labelled as such - and are you getting therapy? No? Then STFU, you're excusing bad behaviour.
You know what annoys me all the time? People who assume that if a person doesn't have a therapist then they don't know what they're doing. This whole therapist thing is getting out of hand already. Keep it to yourselves people. I don't need to know, nor do I care, that you have a therapist, as if that makes you "Legit" somehow. It's culty already
Load More Replies...I really hate how a specific mental illness becomes the “in” thing to have. Bipolar? That’s me! No, you’re what’s called moody. ADHD? Then how come you can sit & play video games for 8 hours non-stop? OCD? No, you’re just annoyingly picky & a clean freak. Anxiety disorder? Have you had panic attacks so severe you’re sure you’re gonna die & your entire body is shaking so severely you can barely walk? Feel like you can’t breathe & you’re suffocating? No? It’s called stress. Quit thinking this stuff is the fashion of the month. We suffer. The thing is, our suffering is in our minds & you can’t run away from your brain. You can shut things down for awhile with drugs or alcohol, but it comes back. The only way you can make your head shut up is to kill yourself. Bipolar? Many times we come down from mania/ hypomania only to realize how much money trouble were in because we spend money at the speed of light when we are. NOT FUN!!🤬
YES! Or someone saying how "OCD" they are because they like to straighten up their countertops.
All the people who claim to have ADHD and/or autism, claiming mental illness as a fad or as a way to make themselves feel special or quirky.
It’s also not a competition as to who is struggling the most. If a person is struggling, they are struggling. No matter how well or poorly you are doing. The key is, are you trying to get help.
Dude honestly I'm so f*****g pissed about how many kids I see who are "depressed" or "see things others don't"
Adults doing baby talk.
It's good to do with little children and pets however. It's actually proven that the slow speech, higher pitch and repetitions help babies learn language. And pets are just put at ease by it. There is a reason people do this instinctively with little kids and animals.
I had ONE date (well, like 5 minutes) with a baby talker. I literally said. "You need to go home to your Mommy". Bye.
I have 4 children... They came into the world as babies and will grow (God willing) into full grown adults who will speak and be expected to speak clearly. I have always spoken to them using clear sounds and full words. Sure I slowed down a bit or enunciated a syllable a bit more but never have I ever spoken to them in "baby talk".
The only time they should talk like a baby is when they are talking to a baby
People that make "i hate Kids, all People are horrible and suck i only get along with animals, dogs are better than People" their whole personality and never shut Up about it.
I get it, i Like dogs and Kids can annoy me too but some People Just Go too far with those Jokes to a Point where it Just gets grotesque and dark.
and with peace and love, i know people can suck but if someone truly only ever gets along with an animal that was breed throughout centuries to be obedient and love Humans unconditionally then i think there might be a chance they are the people that suck.
Sometimes when I see people communicate this sort of thing it's because they've had extensive social trauma and it has been only animals they've had anything close to consistent safety with. It's not that they suck, they're just hurt. :(
Hurting isn't an excuse to be a jerk, but I agree trauma/mental illness tends to be the source
Load More Replies...Me, a suicidal person who has been pushed around by literally everyone I've ever met:
That happens to me too. Its hard. Hope you're ok.
Load More Replies...To be honest, I am exactly that person. I have a hard time getting along with people (I'm autistic) and was bullied daily at school, which is why I especially dislike children. Animals, on the other hand, don't judge me for my social incompetence and are nice to me even though I look ugly
This is the problem...no care, only hate. It is a vicious cycle. Traumatized people who LOOK FINE on the outside because you just can't SEE all the INTERNAL breaks and bruises of the traumatized.
I once had a former friend tell me that if I didn't get my 2 year niece away from them, they were going to punt her like a football. The interaction didn't end in their favor and I never spoke to them again after that
My only friends are my cat's people suck.But if you choose to have kids good for you never got the whole im right your wrong stick
Some people don’t mind the pleasure of their own company and are perfectly happy being child free and/or even partner free. Doesn’t make them people who suck. Rather they are self aware enough to know where and with what and who in life they find their joy.
Tiktok dances
Bro in public spaces too. I mean its fine if its like a cool dance, or the area is quite and it doesnt disturb people. But the people that go out of their way to go to a tourist destination or busy places just to do a half-arsed dance with the loudest music istg
Meh. Dances can be 'cringe', but are harmless (for the most part..don't come at me). Especially compared to the rest of this list, so far.
Yeah I think it's cool seeing groups of people getting together for a common goal. It's like today's version of flash mobs or dance recitals. As long as they're not blocking traffic, and I really think it's cool to watch them and see how talented they are.
I highly disagree It's fun sometimes but I understand how you feel but like .. that's not cringe
Thank God I haven't seen one of these yet. How I miss those days when TikTok wasn't a thing...
Why, like literally how is tiktok negatively effecting your life?
Load More Replies...Make politics their personality
Or bring politics into any otherwise unrelated discussion (or inject it in a comment on Bored Panda on a story that has nothing to do with politics).
Politics should be important to everyone, to be knowledgeable about what’s going on in your municipality, state, and country. You don’t have to get obsessed over it where it’s all you talk about and end up getting into endless conflicts with your friends, family, classmates, or coworkers, but being ignorant about current events helps nobody. Also, learn to accept that people aren’t going to agree with your every opinion and that DOES NOT MAKE THEM A FASCIST OR BIGOT!
Says the fascist bigot who would certainly justify starving kids to save capitalism.
Load More Replies...People who pick any one thing as their personality, really. Humans are complicated creatures and should have many facets to their personalities.
People who brings politics into a discussion where it isn't warranted can f**k right off into the sun.
Yea, cause kids don't starve when we aren't talking about it.
Load More Replies...I'm not that way, but I recognize that some people have to be that way to make up for those who don't care enough about government to have any interest in it.
I assume this means partisan politics and personality cults? In which case I agree, it's not authentic identity. But we are all political in the social sense. Some of us by no choice just because of who we are and how we live is in itself political and we are more vulnerable to political whims. I wish it wasn't that way.
Some of us just can't accept 7 children starving a minute because a bunch of selfish people are more annoyed by hearing about than they are by it happening.
Load More Replies...Saw my first " Jesus is my savior and trump is my president" hat the other day.
Here in American, there's millions who have become like this on both far ends of the political spectrum. Both are equally despicable, but something about those Trump people scares me more than others.
Explicitly telling the price of stuff they own
The only time I do this is if one of my thrifting friends likes my sweater because when I say "thanks, it was only a dollar!" then we can gush over what bargain babes we are
Big difference between bragging about expensive things you own and bragging (or just being excited) about a great deal you got.
I'm a bargain shopper, too. Talking about the cost of an item seems to be acceptable when it was a bargain, but not for expensive items. I suppose one is a journey and the other is just a brag.
Or the whole "fit check" thing. Where someone (YouTubers/TikTok) will tell you where they bought each item of clothing they are currently wearing. It makes me want to punch them. And it's always people who shop at Lululemon for some reason. Congrats on being scammed in to buying overpriced clothes just for the name brand!
Really? You paid $300 for those shoes? I got them on a 2/fer for $50 EACH.
I was taught from childhood that telling people what one paid for anything is very rude. In the same category is ASKING anyone what they paid for something or where they got it.
Explaining something in a condescending tone - and incorrectly.
"Condescending" is when you talk down to someone, for those of you who don't know ;)
Thanks. For a moment there I thought you were going to patronise me.
Load More Replies...Doctors and nurses. They do not listen and talk over you, usually in a patronizing tone. Especially if you have questions. Out of the 10 docs I have seen in the past year, only two did not speak to me like a 8 year old.
I take paper and pencil with me and am not afraid to look things up. It helps.
Load More Replies...Honestly, I hate that too. But it makes me wish I brought popcorn, when someone is incorrect about what they're explaining. That's really joyful to me
Mansplaining. I was a professional bookkeeper & my former employer INSISTED that I could create this report for him. I explained that NO, the accounting software did not do that. I could export the data into Excel and MAKE a report, but it would take some time. He kept insisting. I finally just stood up and just shoved my chair at him and said, "Okay - show me how it's done." The idiot just stood there and said if I REALLY knew the program, I should be able to do it. I am certified in about 13 different accounting programs. I just told him to call our CPA, who told him our software wouldn't do that, but that I could export the data into Excel and create a report that way. I was not at all gracious and just asked him outright, "So, do you feel like a monumental jackass right about now?"
Being annoyed by other people’s joy.
I enjoy watching other people's joy when it's justified and deserved. What does annoy me is watching pretentious YouTubers buy a family tickets to a baseball game then expect to be praised and earn their spot in the Hall of Fame next of fu**ing Christ himself because they did a good thing. Doing "good deeds" shouldn't be about views and more money.
Hate this!!! Hate this. Hate this!! So many people cannot be happy for other people. And I don’t understand why. It has NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. Unless they got something you were both in the running for and you lost to them. Then you have a leg to stand on here. But I’m talking. Your friend gets an inheritance. Your friend gets married. Your friend gets a dog. Your friends buys a giant house. Your friend runs a marathon. Your friend went on vacation. People who can’t be happy for others when it wasn’t any skin of their own back, are gross.
I love seeing people smile and be happy! I like to try and make people laugh or help where I can. It's my whole reason to exist
Your whole reason to exist is to make others happy?! That's a lot of pressure and work. What happens when you fail? You cannot force happiness on others to make yourself feel good.
Load More Replies...Or downplaying someone’s joy. As in, don’t know why they are so excited, it’s only a second date. Or whatever.
Back when I was in grade school any time I was happy a kid would bang his head aginst a wall.
It has annoyed me a lot in the past... OK, you're happy, good for you... But SHUT THE HELL UP, WE'RE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND YOU ARE TRYING TO DRY-HUMP EVERY PASSENGER INTO EMOTIONALLY VALIDATING YOU!
Sometimes they seem completely oblivious to anything but their own joy.
Spit I'm a guy and sure I did it it as a kid but it's so low class for adults to do it.
My brother does this thing we call the ‘snot rocket’ where he blows a giant blob of snot out of his nose and onto whatever nearby surface, it’s so nasty. We’re trying to train him out of it.
OMG I hate this. And I don't get it. You don't need to spit! It's your spit! Swallow it!
But if you can't breathe because the phlegm is in the way then hock that s**t up. I have to do it sometimes and I hate it but I always make sure there is no one around. Swallowing it can make you vomit
Load More Replies...I see this happening more and more, just average guys who're with their kids out in the park and then they spit the biggest loogie known to humans on the ground, preferrably one they had to dig up from the back of their throats. Disgusting.
I hate seeing it - it's DISGUSTING!!! Saw my grandson do it at ag 15 and I YELLED at him!! Said, did you ever see your dad do that???????? But he had a step dad and bros and who knows what he saw them do. ugh
Or nose "hocking". Seriously? You need to blast your snot on the street?
recording while on public transportation.
during peak hours.
idiots.
.......The Tube Girl Trend. That s**t just looks uncomfortable for everyone around them.
Just start singing Baby Shark really loudly and as off key as possible 😬
At first, I genuinely thought this said "riding on public transportation. during peak hours." I was very confused (albeit briefly)
Post inspirational quotes online that they don’t live by.
Can you put that on a poster, maybe with a sunset over a lake or a bird soaring above a forest? It's the only therapy I'd ever need!
Load More Replies...Even worse is when they post the quotes which are obviously aimed at a particular situation, looking at you Khloe Kardashian, but then deny everything or don't want to talk about it.
Grab a cold one, some popcorn, sit down, put your feet up and watch the world burn. You deserve some entertainment - Me
Watching the world burn isn't entertaining its depressing
Load More Replies...There was a shop in town that had Biblical verses all over its walls inside. If you dealt with them, you found out that they preferred posting to practicing.
Load More Replies...The word for the day : hypocrite. Be sure to use that in your next scrabble game :-)
Done with posting inspirational c**p. Now, I grab random quotes from Bored Panda that I find funny and post them to give my friends a good chuckle.
People who demand attention. Need to be the loudest in the group/room. It’s exhausting
some of us do this because we don't get enough when or where we need it so we do stuff like this so we can get good or bad attention
Well, sometimes people do this because they were neglected when they were younger. (this is not always the case.)
I am unfortunately a person who’s like this but I’ve started to consciously reduce my volume and work on myself. I’m speaking less than I do during discussions so that others get attention
Man not everyone thats loud is an attention seeker or a pick me. Im so sick of introverted people going out of their way to shame extroverts online for being loud or outgoing sometimes. A lot of ppl are just like this, and theres no reason to call them out for doing whatever the f**k they want.
obnoxious/pretentious people especially in public. i’m a freshman law student, and whenever my class goes out to hang out there’s this one mate who heavily uses legal jargons, references, and terms around other people just to let them know that we’re law students. it’s so annoying. like chile we’re still on our first semester lmao.
Same thing for medical professionals. I can blow your mind with talking about how a patient of mine ended up needing a laparoscopic colecystectomy, but it’s easier and less arrogant to say that they needed a gall bladder removal.
I sometimes did this when I was in school studying biochemistry, and it was 10000% because I was insecure af
I once did a summer acting course for adults and by week two it was like the Kids from Fame.
Have you met those philosophy-students who will insist on nonsense philosophical discussions every time you hang out with them? "What makes this a chair? If I remove a leg, is it then still a chair? Let's together find the essens of chair." And then you just avoid them until the bar closes or they get too drunk to speak. Whatever comes first.
My name is "Dr So&So" as if doctor is a name and not a title to show your arrogance.
And if you point this out to them, they just plead nolo contendere.
It's funny if you see them interacting with the police and trying to show off their superior knowledge of the PACE act. Saw it once with a police officer who was a twenty year veteran officer, if anyone knows the correct arrest rules it was him.
Anything that has to do with eating in front of a camera
I rather enjoy videos where people travel to places and showcase/taste the food and snacks there. Really interesting.
What about eating disorder recovery videos I feel like that's the exception.
My son enjoys videos made by people traveling and trying and describing different dishes. I find these less annoying, more boring, but to each their own with these types of videos. But those mukbangs…. 🤮
i agree, however there is 1 person i can watch do that, Josh on GMM.
It's these videos that make me want to throw my phone in the trash. I do not understand for the life of me how anyone wants to hear someone else chew their food. Like wtf??!! Not only that but watch them eat it?? I mean even if we're sitting across the table from each other, I'm not watching you eat or listening to you chew! You'd think I was violating your soul .. but its perfectly okay to record yourself for strangers to watch and listen? 😶
Back when I used Facebook, I found it cringy when people boasted about how happy they were with their spouse . Why are you telling us this. ( it automatically made me say to myself that they must be having problems) Or people who would come on and say life is great and everything is working out for them. I am so superstitious, I feel like a piano would fall on my head if I went around boasting how happy they are.
People filming themselves at the gym is another one. Uggh, just stop it already.
Cringiest thing I did on Facebook was keep the world updated on how my divorce was going.
When people do that, they’re really trying to convince themselves. Nobody buys that story they’re telling.
Not always. I'm not super active on fb, but occasionally I'll gush about my husband, because he IS amazing. 21.5 years, and I'm still discovering cool things about him. And he's my favorite human.
Load More Replies...My Facebook is private and my "friends" are only people I actually know. Anything I post I'm fine with them knowing about. I'll never get how anyone could have thousands of people they've never met all up in their business!
If they are renewing their vows it's a last ditch effort to show everyone the depth of their love. It's actually the kiss of death.
My first time around was during the pandemic, so we had to get legally married in court without much celebration. When my husband and I renew, it's going to be because we never got the big party.
Load More Replies...I quit Facebook in 2017 and never looked back! I was becoming a d**k.
Sometime people have gone through a lot of bad relationships and they probably just want to share they are happy... And if it's the kind of thing where people want recognition then realize we live in a society where stability is a mark of success and people will want others to see it... People treat others better if they project success...
For me the same with any social media, if in word ,or foto, or film, showing everyone how wonderfull their life is. People realy feel bad when they are depressed when they look at that and feel like everybody has a vreat life accept for them. And no, most of thise people have giant trubbles, but those they don't show.
I do agree all this is cringe, but I've known plenty of people who talked up their relationships and were actually happy and stable. I see this idea a lot on BP and I don't think it's always a cover. I still hate it, though. Even when it's some of my closest friends doing it.
Many people post too much personal information on social media seeking attention.
My husband is my best friend. We've been together for 30 years. We still have a blast together, and he makes me laugh daily. Before I ditched Facebook (gave it up 3 years ago), I rarely mentioned him in posts. Never felt the need to. Meanwhile, I had acquaintances who were always posting how great their spouses were. One was an absolute train wreck behind the scenes. I had a front row seat because she wanted my advice. Others, I didn't know specifics, but they're no longer together. When I see people gushing about their partner, I'm immediately suspicious. I worked with a woman who would post on FB things like, "Husband's name, you are my world. Thanks for all you do." Then in person she'd be telling everyone what a complete a*s he is. How she is going out for drinks after work so she doesn't have to go home to him right away. Okay...
Talk too loud, especially when they are on the phone and it is speaker.
I talk loud, it's my default volume. I can't help it. 😕 But I never put my phone on speaker. Putting someone on speaker in public irks me too, especially in cars and it's so loud, people can hear the whole conversation from 10 meters away
I specifically close my windows when i answer my phone in the car, hands free so not dangerous but playing through the stereo system
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Posting an hour worth of concert footage on Snapchat stories
**puts on old man glasses** IN MY DAY... You'd be kicked out of the concert for bringing a tape recorder. Now, I guess there's just no realistic way to stop people recording.
And it's not even good to watch. The camera is jumping all around, you can't see anything clearly for more than a second and all you can hear are the people next to the camera talking or singing. Seems stupid to even waste the bandwidth on recording it.
I don't go to concerts anymore, too many people holding up phones or tablets recording the whole thing.
I love taking SOME pics of a gig, so I've got them, but the phone is out for maybe half a song. usually about mid way through, then it gets put away again for the rest of the night. it's nice to have some pictures, but it's better to be able to fully enjoy the experience.
Jumpers. As in people that jump to conclusions. It seems like every online discussion becomes an argument of putting words in other people’s mouths. “You just seem the type.”
Nobody knows each other here. Just listen.
Thank you for elaborating, because at first I thought of sweater jumpers and was quite opposed to cringing.
Living near two infamous bridges made me think of the other type of jumpers. I'm glad op clarified.
Load More Replies...I try to give a break to people who don't repeat their mistakes.
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people who get mad at others for being happy in the morning. i see too many people saying “it’s to early for all this happy energy” and i’m not even a morning person myself but who gets mad at someone for being positive ????? i don’t understand and it annoys me so much
Because night people are expected to tone it down when morning people want to go to bed, but morning people don't extend the same courtesy. Morning people get all kinds of cranky if you make noise at night or bounce with energy. But giving night people c**p for being night people is socially sanctioned, while society expects everyone to be bright eyed and bushy tailed in the morning. Screw that noise
This is the right answer, and I’m not even a night person. I’m not going to answer night owls’ texts at 3am, and in return I don’t expect them to be perky at the äss crack of dawn.
Load More Replies...I get extremely annoyed when people are overly positive at any time, positivity just annoys me for some reason
I am one of the first in the building to arrive at work in the mornings when it is all very quiet, colleagues come in, one by one, a bit of small talk, coats off, computers on, etc but there is a group of 3 that come in, hyper as f..k, shouting, laughing, talking loudly about whatever nonsense they want the rest of the office to hear, what a bloody racket..... it really is horrible!
I'm cranky af in the morning. I'm not mad at people who are wakey wakey in the morning and happy, they make a good atmosphere even. But I'm sorry, I had it even when I was a very little boy. Can't help it and no, I'm not going to be a cheerful happy sparkling morning person, just because you want me to. Give me my coffee and leave me be fot the next two hours to wake up.
I am not good with mornings and need time to fortify... Walking up and DEMANDING a smile out of me will not end well.
Because "happy morning energy" people often expect everyone else to join in their energy, and take offense when you don't. As much as I wish they didn't, I understand some people will greet me with "HEY! GOOD MORNING! HOW'S EVERY LITTLE THING??!?" -- but most days the best you're going to get out of me in response is a slight nod and a "Hey." If that's not enough for you, then the rest is on you, not me -- and anything else I might say after that is just a fight-or-flight response to get myself out of there or get you to stop talking to me. ;-)
People who consistently keep up with the fashion trends, what ever happened to personal style?
Fashion - defined as something so awful that we have to change it every six months. I much prefer "comfortable".
I was fashionable for a year or so in 94, but that's just because jeans, t-shirt and flannel were what I wear anyways.
Load More Replies...I mean, maybe that is their personal style? I feel like this is a little judgey. I know a girl who dresses very goth and looks great, but she talks about people wearing 'regular' clothes as if they are just sheep following the crowd but.... so is she. She looks like the other million girls who dress like her, you know? She isn't the first person to dress goth. No one's fashion or style is truly that unique. There are plenty of people just like you out there. If wearing beige and white basic b!tch outfits every day is your thing...good for you. If dressing like a Halloween decoration is your thing...good for you, too. Do what you want.
I always say that fashion is for people that have no sense of style and need to be told what to wear.
Auto defense when asked questions
Subjective and objective, honestly. You're allowed to defend yourself when someone just crashes right through the gates with challenging and accusational BS. Tact is a lost art in social skills. Think about your approach before you get all butt thirsty about how someone reacts.
LOL butt thirsty 😂 I must adopt this term.
Load More Replies...If you’re regularly encountering this, your questions might be a bit obnoxious.
people who smoke weed and make it their whole personality like have posters with it on claim to like Bob Marley always talk about how high they got
People who brag about having a therapist, and by extension look down upon others for not having a therapist. I see that alot here on BP. Just a little free advice folks, it's no shame to have a therapist, but it isn't a goddamn flex either. Maybe keep it down a little but about the fact that you need a life coach.
I didn't see one about shaming others around you. Especially the gym ones posting about some guy/girl doing an exercise that the "influencer" doesn't understand and they make fun of them. Or posting a stranger doing whatever, and laughing at them. (very cringy) Shaming people (unless you don't pick up after your dog) needs to stop.
Reaction videos. I've seen some come up that are like 3 people deep. Just let me watch a video and have my own reaction!
I thought this was supposed to be a 'people do' thread. Not one of these have I actually seen anyone do, and I'm no spring chicken.
Although I agree with a lot of these (to an extent), I found this post generally mean spirited and cringe based on the bitterness I'm reading from a lot of the commentary.
people who smoke weed and make it their whole personality like have posters with it on claim to like Bob Marley always talk about how high they got
People who brag about having a therapist, and by extension look down upon others for not having a therapist. I see that alot here on BP. Just a little free advice folks, it's no shame to have a therapist, but it isn't a goddamn flex either. Maybe keep it down a little but about the fact that you need a life coach.
I didn't see one about shaming others around you. Especially the gym ones posting about some guy/girl doing an exercise that the "influencer" doesn't understand and they make fun of them. Or posting a stranger doing whatever, and laughing at them. (very cringy) Shaming people (unless you don't pick up after your dog) needs to stop.
Reaction videos. I've seen some come up that are like 3 people deep. Just let me watch a video and have my own reaction!
I thought this was supposed to be a 'people do' thread. Not one of these have I actually seen anyone do, and I'm no spring chicken.
Although I agree with a lot of these (to an extent), I found this post generally mean spirited and cringe based on the bitterness I'm reading from a lot of the commentary.
