Awkward

If you're feeling down on yourself or like life has dealt you a raw deal, take comfort in the fact that you're not one of these horribly cringe-worthy individuals. From horrifying social media posts, to regret-filled pieces of "art," we're willing to bet these cringe pics will make you feel a hell of a lot better about yourself and your situation.

Awkward encounters happen to everyone, but unfortunately sometimes they involve famous people. Imagine meeting Keanu Reeves and the only memory he has of you is that you accidentally spilled your drink on him - it's a horrifying thought, to say the least. 

The following Twitter users unfortunately experienced similar situations with other celebrities.

Tom Hanks made a very meme-able facial expression last night at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards during Ricky Gervais's opening monologue. In the speech, Gervais urged award recipients to refrain from making political statements in their respective speeches, during which the camera cut to Tom Hanks making a very uncomfortable wincing face.

Now please enjoy some of the resulting memes!

Literally everyone experiences embarrassment from time to time. Of course, some more than others, and we feel for those poor souls. This Twitter user documented her experience with a fellow cafe patron that kind of just sums up those awkward run-ins that make one immediately go red in the face.

As long as social media has existed, women have been the unwilling recipients of cringey, creepy solicitations, and more recently - graphic, unwanted imagery. And as new social media sites and apps are becoming popular, the messages are multiplying. Fortunately many women are not afraid to SHUT. IT. DOWN. These are their stories.

Let's leave being a social butterfly to all the extroverts out there, shall we? Some of us just like to stay home and watch TV in complete solitude sometimes, dammit. Is that too much to ask for? We don't think so, so here are 17 memes that all you antisocial nerds can relate to.

Let's be real people, the English language is hard...like, really hard. And completely nonsensical at times even for us native speakers. So we can kind of understand when people f*ck things up, like the following embarrassed people!