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AcidBurn@retrofed.com · 26 pts · 14h (2 replies)

Cringe is one of those words used to put down people who are happy just doing their own thing

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 13h (1 reply)

I'd say the programme curb your enthusiasm is pretty cringe.

Or is it different when it comes to comedy??

lolrightythen@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 11h

I think the term applies in the same way to both. Larry David is content doing his Larry David thing. I find it uncomfortable more often than not, but different strokes for different folks, right?

aketawi@quokk.au · 16 pts · 13h (1 reply)

in the words of Keith Ballard in his coming out video, "cringe is an inevitable byproduct of sincerity."

outlawcarl@fedinsfw.app · 1 pts · 12h

Aww i thought i was coming up with that idea lol, thats a much better way of butting it than i had..

lemmygarden@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 13h (1 reply)

Ok but there's a bunny on the tarmac and that could be a concern

tetris11@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 12h

the dope fiend pulled out a spanking shotgun

timmaeus@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 13h

I may be cringe, but I'm free

Miller@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 15h (2 replies)

Cringe is just the presentation of the mundane as exceptional and saying that observation is mean is just a way to cling to it for a little longer.

MutantTailThing@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 14h (1 reply)

Get a load of Heidegger over here.

Miller@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 13h

I did not think of it in those terms but you are right cringe and word chewing represent an ultra-extrapolation of Dasein into the absurd. Incidentally my grandmother met Heidegger on the kneipe stairs in Freiburg, that is not a euphemism. At least I hope its not.

zxqwas@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 11h

Think the less I care if I'm cringe the more comfortable I feel.

outlawcarl@fedinsfw.app · 3 pts · 12h (1 reply)

Ive always thought honesty or authenticity as being kinda related to cringe. Like somone who has no cringe is kinda a non person. Bit of a half formed idea but i think i am onto somthing...

outlawcarl@fedinsfw.app · 2 pts · 12h

Corrección a Keith Ballard already said this in a better way

rustyfish@piefed.world · 2 pts · 15h

Depends on how cringe you are.

Gonzako@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 12h

Those are big words for a deodorant to say

pyre@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 5h

remember kids, calling things cringe is not a replacement for a personality. have whimsy in your life.

OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 12h

I am the cringe

lugal@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 6h

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agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3h

Depends on what you're being cringe about.

Blurntout@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 12h

What if I’m both but only mean when you laugh at me for being cringe 😬

Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 4h

Overtly religious people are cringe. Doubly so if they're preaching in a corner. If that makes me mean and worse then so be it.