Oof — when people do embarrassing and cringeworthy things in public, it’s both extremely hard to watch, and also impossible to look away. It’s like watching a car accident, only it’s completely silent and a stranger pisses their pants in front of a room full of people because they f*cked up their talent show. Yeah — I’d take the fender bender any day.
It’s hard to say which is worse — dying from embarrassment, or watching someone else die from embarrassment. Sometimes the struggle is just too gahd-damn real, and you find yourself making strained and distressed faces when that girl makes a joke in front of the class about losing limbs only to find that her new teacher has a prosthetic. Almost as bad as that time when Ryan Seacrest tried to high five that blind person on American Idol. #neverforget
So the next time you’re at a party and you see a cocky bro try to bench press a girl and then dislocate his shoulder, just relish in the fact that it’s not you. And don’t look for too long because all of that awkward energy will inevitably rub off on you and you’ll find yourself in their big, wincing shoes.
These 21 people witnessed some of the most unbearably cringeworthy things ever:
Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.
Oof — when people do embarrassing and cringeworthy things in public, it’s both extremely hard to watch, and also impossible to look away. It’s like watching a car accident, only it’s completely silent and a stranger pisses their pants in front of a room full of people because they f*cked up their talent show. Yeah — I’d take the fender bender any day.
It’s hard to say which is worse — dying from embarrassment, or watching someone else die from embarrassment. Sometimes the struggle is just too gahd-damn real, and you find yourself making strained and distressed faces when that girl makes a joke in front of the class about losing limbs only to find that her new teacher has a prosthetic. Almost as bad as that time when Ryan Seacrest tried to high five that blind person on American Idol. #neverforget
So the next time you’re at a party and you see a cocky bro try to bench press a girl and then dislocate his shoulder, just relish in the fact that it’s not you. And don’t look for too long because all of that awkward energy will inevitably rub off on you and you’ll find yourself in their big, wincing shoes.
These 21 people witnessed some of the most unbearably cringeworthy things ever:
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Written by Laura McNairy
Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.