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50 People Who’ve Hit New Levels Of Cringe And Got Posted In The ‘Cringetopia’ Online Group
Watching cringey stuff is painful. Our eyes are running away from it, our gut is repulsed, maybe even our muscles are involuntarily contracting. But we can't help it. Teens congratulating their classmates because they are black, a woman licking a toilet bowl in hopes of starting the 'coronavirus challenge'... For some reason, we need to see how these things play out. Even if our body is refusing to allow it.
The subreddit r/Cringetopia is a gold mine for this type of content. With 1.1 million active members constantly sharing some of the cringiest things they can find on the Internet, it's just getting bigger and bigger, too. Continue scrolling and check out what they have collected so far!
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It’s Actually Quite Sophisticated Stuff
Frieder Paulus, a psychologist at the Lübeck University in Germany, told Quartz that embarrassment is social: it tells us when we have violated a social norm and makes us feel bad for doing so. But it's not clear why exactly we have the capacity to cringe or as scientists call it, feel vicarious embarrassment.
We feel others' embarrassment because we are empathetic—we imagine how someone else thinks and feels because it determines how we treat others and cooperate with one another. Feeling second-hand embarrassment might be just a byproduct of a more important trait, much like how the belly button is a symbol of the umbilical cord.
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#2
Imagine The Conversation
#3
Posting Buzzfeed Is Practically Cheating
#4
Hysteria Has Always Been Everywhere
Sargundeep Singh 4 years ago (edited)
Why do some people just spew garbage from their mouths about the things they do not know about? It's awful if a tornado drill image can be twisted to form such hate in people.
#5
Cringe Post Followed By A Funny
#6
He's Also 1 Million Times More Useful Than She'll Ever Be
#7
Rather Be Single And Homeless Than Paying Half Rent
#8
Yikes
#9
The Definition Of L
#10
Yes
#11
Whitewashing
#12
Ummm Yeah That’s A Big Yikes
#13
I Always Think That Too...
#14
This Would Haunt Me For The Rest Of My Life
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago (edited)
It should. Even picking up a child without the parents' permission is questionable.
#15
This Animal Crossing Shit Is Cringe But Entertaining As Hell
#16
Oof
#17
Just Do The Challenge, Man
#18
I Hate This Sub But This Fits Here So
Jayne Kyra 4 years ago (edited)
If you send someone an unsolicited d-pic , you deserve that message sent to everyone. Your parents, your grandparents, your employer, any friends remaining, and the rest of the world so they know what a disgusting human you are.
#19
How To Ba Hypocrite 101
#20
Saying “Ok Boomer” To A Distinguished Scientist Because You Can’t Actually Defend Yourself
#21
What Can I Say
#22
Disney Keeps Taking This Down
#23
Honestly More Sad Than Cringe But Wtf Netflix
#24
Nobody Cares!
#25
What Is Even The Human Race Anymore
#26
This Aged Like Milk...
M O'Connell 4 years ago
Well, both were charismatic. They just chose to use that charisma to do horrible things. Try and use yours for good.
#27
Stop Being Norwegian, You Racist
#28
This Is Why I Can't Go To Anime Con
#29
Accidentally Uploading A Picture Of Yourself On Your Catfish Page
#30
When Your Mom Accidentally Shares Erotica In The Family Chat
#31
Oh Lord
#32
Oh God...
Maddie Star ⭐ 4 years ago
I can't believe this. What the actual f... I really hope this isn't true and just someone trying to stir some s**t.
#33
What Is Wrong With People?
#34
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Todorokie-dokie 4 years ago (edited)
Honestly, the Post Title (Required) is the funniest thing in this post~ I just... can’t stop laughing for some reason.
#35
Dentists Gonna Have A Field Trip With This One
#36
I See A Lot Of Vegan Cringe I Here But I Think People Who Are Anti Vegan For No Reason Can Be Cringe Too
#37
Dude Is Flexing His Louis Vuitton Bag On Auschwitz Train Tracks
#38
Bro Get Help Please
#39
This Man Is 22
#40
Ok I Know Tiktok Comes Round A Lot Here But Holy Crap This Is Disgusting..
#41
Wow, So Relatable!
#42
Caption: "Waited Outside Her Hotel For 46hrs Straight For This Opportunity. Worth It"
#43
What A Simp
#44
Domino's Or Sex?
Pamela24 4 years ago
Teaching "abstinence-only" simply doesn't work. Teach the kids about safe and consensual sex and about birth control. If you really care about fewer children getting pregnant and requesting abortions, this is the only reasonable way to go. (Nothing wrong in abstinence as an idea, though.)
#45
What A Hero
#46
"Haha I'm So Quirky"
#47
I'm Stuck In A "How To Play Fortnite" Speech. This Is A College Class
#48
I Think He's Lost His Mind
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Bored Little Panda 4 years ago
I like elon musk made an appearance SEVERAL times during this article.
I'manoob! 4 years ago
It literally went from cringy and somewhat wholesome fun to frikin sex, racist, and news related bullcrap. 41094728_6...c9feff.gif 
Toujin C'Thlu 4 years ago
The internet doesn't make people stupid, it just makes stupid people more visible.
Sasy 4 years ago
I have said it before, and i will again...big companies need to start saying they will look at everything when hiring, they will see you eat a pod, lick a toilet, disrespect atrocities, be racist, homophobic etc and you will never get a job. They need to do it so that kids see and make better choices, because something is not working.
Octavia Hansen 4 years ago
These people make me look like a genius. Shame so many are still in the gene pool. Now I can sleep the sleep of the just.
Ripley Dog 4 years ago
My friend's little dog got out right as we were finishing up a walk, came running up to my dog and I didn't realize he bit her in the nose. She had 11 pups so she just rolled him and scared the pee out of him (even though he tried to bite her again), looked really surprised when I was like "whoa!" Then I was so off-kilter that when my friend reached out her hand I F*****G SHOOK IT. I forgot she loaned me a coffee cup I was still holding. I now have to fake my death and move to Mongolia.
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago (edited)
Ripley Dog - I enjoyed your post, though enjoyed isn't really the right words it's more schadenfraude XD (if it helps, off the top of my head, i regularly respond with "you too" when a shop person says "thanks for shopping at [example]" then scurry away. Or my son's favourite tale to reminisce over: when we were walking into the supermarket and the wind flipped my dress up [thank God I was wearing leggings so it wasn't as bad but still!])
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Bored Little Panda 4 years ago
I like elon musk made an appearance SEVERAL times during this article.
I'manoob! 4 years ago
It literally went from cringy and somewhat wholesome fun to frikin sex, racist, and news related bullcrap. 41094728_6...c9feff.gif
Toujin C'Thlu 4 years ago
The internet doesn't make people stupid, it just makes stupid people more visible.
Sasy 4 years ago
I have said it before, and i will again...big companies need to start saying they will look at everything when hiring, they will see you eat a pod, lick a toilet, disrespect atrocities, be racist, homophobic etc and you will never get a job. They need to do it so that kids see and make better choices, because something is not working.
Octavia Hansen 4 years ago
These people make me look like a genius. Shame so many are still in the gene pool. Now I can sleep the sleep of the just.
Ripley Dog 4 years ago
My friend's little dog got out right as we were finishing up a walk, came running up to my dog and I didn't realize he bit her in the nose. She had 11 pups so she just rolled him and scared the pee out of him (even though he tried to bite her again), looked really surprised when I was like "whoa!" Then I was so off-kilter that when my friend reached out her hand I F*****G SHOOK IT. I forgot she loaned me a coffee cup I was still holding. I now have to fake my death and move to Mongolia.
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago (edited)
Ripley Dog - I enjoyed your post, though enjoyed isn't really the right words it's more schadenfraude XD (if it helps, off the top of my head, i regularly respond with "you too" when a shop person says "thanks for shopping at [example]" then scurry away. Or my son's favourite tale to reminisce over: when we were walking into the supermarket and the wind flipped my dress up [thank God I was wearing leggings so it wasn't as bad but still!])
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