I can 100% remember the cringe moments of others, and let me tell you, they affect me as much as my own.
Still remember that time a coworker invited a bunch of people to a talk to show them a cool tech he developed. When he was done, nobody clapped and everyone started basically insinuating that it was useless while he was still standing in front of everyone.
It was pretty painful to watch.
Yike
Jeez that’s harsh. Did the people even consider that he’s a human and has feelings?
A “Jump to Conclusions” mat?
I remember that time this kid named Mike had his hand raised to go to the bathroom. But he never got called on. Eventually he peed his pants. There was a pee puddle in the chair. 2nd grade.
That’s a teacher who would be deeply embarrassed by their failure.
It was a super old nun. She probably forgot about it by that evening. Even my parents are that they were all pretty mean there.
In fact a new school opened a year or two after I started high school and almost everyone transferred their kids out of that school.
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I literally did one of those classic TV trope embarrassing moments where I said basically “Ew I don’t like that person” and they were right behind me. It still haunts me to this day…
I remember when my roommate came home completely plastered and peed in the refrigerator and then passed out in the middle of the front room.
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There was this guy I knew from a group home who used to like… cosplay being in the military or a firefighter. Worst hygiene known to man. Would perpetually wear either a full firefighter uniform or a fatigues. He was like 18 and never enlisted nor did he work as a firefighter. I did not like him at all to bother getting to know him well enough to find out why he did this. Anyway. A hurricane hits our island and we run out and we’re in the middle of a park that trees are being unrooted in and we’re laughing and dancing around like idiots laughing at how strong the wind is. This dude, who we shall call Charlie just to give him a name and because I don’t remember his, was in his full firefighter outfit. Helmet and all. Then a cable breaks and starts sparking. So this fucknozzle walks over closer to it to figure out what it is and then calls 911. We all back off to a safe distance and huddle in a bus shelter (not much better given glass). Watch as the fire department pulls up. Like 2 dudes go take care of the issue while 5 guys are standing around this poor bastard and just laying into him. Now you might be going “Where’s the cringe? Maybe he had some issues or something. Don’t make fun of that.” I’m not. What was cringey was what happened next.
The hurricane ended up screwing up a lot of shit and we were out of power for a few days. During this period, Charlie is getting more and more frustrated because firemen keep showing up all over the place. He, however, is still wearing the firefighter outfit because his fatigues are soaking wet and the laundry is out. Power also went out during a cycle and apparently the door didn’t unlock so he’s just staring at his other clothes through a porthole. So the firemen show up at our building at one point during all of this to figure out something or other. He’s talking to staff. I’m sitting in the lobby with a friend. Charlie comes down and sees the fireman. Fireman sees Charlie and then immediately calls him by name and says “This is where you fucking live?” Apparently Charlie had been harassing the fire department for months. Kept calling them. Kept asking stuff. Would report the most nonsensical stuff that he misunderstood the rules over. Kept nagging them. There was a suspicion as well that he stole the uniform from them. While this fireman is telling the staff this, Charlie shrieks at the top of his lungs and walks over and pulls off his overhauls and takes out a lighter and lights fire to it. Or tries to. It catches on a couple of frayed fibers for a second before going out. He then keeps yelling the N word over and over again while trying to repeatedly light fire to it. Dude just looks over at the staff and says “Control him” before leaving.
I will never be able to scrub the image of this dude, no pants on, ass stuck up in the air, trying to light a pair of flame-removedant overalls on fire with a Bic lighter while shrieking the n word over and over and over again.
Not even the weirdest shit he did. Was definitely the last thing though. He moved out a couple days later. Not a solitary fucking clue what happened to him after that and I don’t want to know.
I think we all have a charlie somewhere in our lives
Maybe I live an extremely boring life, but I definitely do not have a Charlie in my life.
I was having trouble too until I started reading through the comments, the one about somebodydrunk peeing in the refrigerator, reminded me my ex-boyfriend was so drunk one night he got out of bed and peed on his office chair which was on the way to the bathroom. I had to guide him to the toilet. Looking back I’m glad at least he got out of bed to start peeing.
Oh good, these comments brought the anxiety back. I felt relief for all but three seconds.
This doesn’t always help, but what I try to do is remember what I was thinking when I saw someone embarrass themselves if it was noteworthy enough that I still remember it. I’m usually empathetic or sympathetic rather than contemptuous, and I usually don’t think they’re an idiot or that there’s anything wrong with them. The few times I do feel contemptuous is when they fucked around and found out doing something stupid or shitty, but if it’s just an accident or something that could happen to anyone, I’m not laughing at them, I’m understanding.
FUCK
Thank you for reminding me: I am the center of the universe, believe it!
How was the fairy cake?
I
ran outnever had one - can you send meanothermy first one ever… to try it out? :-P
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I feel seen.
Oh, no need, I am already good at it.
