The internet has made cringe entirely unavoidable. If you grew up online, you have been guilty of cringe behavior at some point. Don't act innocent. Maybe you made an embarrassing Facebook post a decade ago or maybe you tried way too hard to be funny in the comments of an Instagram post. You may have deleted them, but the internet is forever. For better or worse, people have forever access to the most embarrassing things you've done on the internet. I'm not saying that's a good thing. It's just…

Yikes.

Icks everywhere

A rollercoaster ride

So embarrassing

A special place

What's the most cringe-worthy thing you've ever seen out in the wild? Like as an immediate witness. Surely, you have at least one experience that was so cringe that it's seared into your memory, right? Maybe you saw someone's prom-posal go terribly wrong? Maybe someone trying way too hard to be cool? Maybe just a really bad presentation by one of your peers? For me, it was the weird kid in middle school who performed his original rap at the talent show. It was a diss track of sorts, but you cou…

Eww

It's common to regret things we say from time to time, but making a mistake in a conversation or sending an embarrassing message in a group chat is nothing compared to the potential horror of posting something on the internet that you deeply regret later. Justine Sacco's infamous tweet is a reminder that deleting a cringeworthy post may not be enough, as it could already be too late. It's important to remember that anything you say or post on social media, including revealing photos or comments…

They keep on coming

PSA: Don't fat shame a baby

More shenanigans

How do you do, fellow kids?

Happy Saturday cringe fans! We're back once again this week for another healthy heap of second-hand embarrassment. What better way to spend your day off than to look at content that makes you feel slightly better about yourself? Cringe has existed since the dawn of the internet. Well, it has kind of always existed. But the internet revolutionized the sheer amount of cringe that is disseminated and consumed by the masses. Back in the day, you'd just have to laugh at the weird, embarrassing guy i…

Confession time: Back when I was in college, I was proud that all my friends were dudes. It sort of felt like I'd won their acceptance, and they liked me more than the other women who lived in our co-ed dorm. The reality is that we just became friends because I had developed a nasty habit of chain smoking outside where many of the international residents smoked all day, and had social anxiety that stopped me from making meaningful friendships with women. Thankfully, this embarrassing phase didn…

The facepalm. A classic motion that immediately conveys the inner feeling of the palmer. Almost always, those are shame and exasperation. Usually, it’s impulsive. One of those go-to motions when you hear about the egregiously stupid act someone has committed or a particularly shameful news story. It’s a classic; deified by one of the internet’s oldest and most popular Advice Animal memes: Jean-Luc Picard’s famous facepalm. It’s one of those images that strikes an immediate, visceral reaction fr…