VIDEO: Why Are You So Scared of Being Cringe? By Fads

If awkwardness sounds the alarm, cringing is what happens when it goes off.

Melissa Dahl

Every PERSON you interact with creates their own, unique VERSION of you.

...Cringe is Empathy?

You don't find something inherently embarrassing about them, but rather they've violated a Social Norm that you've deemed to be... Necessary in that moment.

Because they have the confidence to break a usually arbitrary social norm.

Contemptuous Cringing: You're empathizing and then... Judging.

Rather than understanding that... Authenticity and Expression are... Good Things.

Even if they can evoke feelings of Discomfort. 💖

Compassionate Cringing: Understanding and acknowledging that plenty of things in life are going to make us feel awkward.

Things that we do and things that other people do.

But... It's how we react to this proverbial alarm being sounded that determines our strength of character. Whether or not we pass a judgement on those immediate, unconscious feelings that we have. 💖💖😎👍🏻

Finding things cringe XD is rarely a reflection of the external world, and far more of a reflection on our own...

• insecurities,

• norms,

• judgements

• and biases.

But ... tackling all of those is a fair bit harder than just declaring everything you don't like to be ""CRINGE.""

So.. maybe we could.. all try being a bit more cringe, and allowing other people to do the same. It can make the world a more AUTHENTIC and nicer place to live, for us and for everyone else. What do you think?

Sweet way to end off a video, this guy's a genius.

Kiss yourself. *smooches you* 👄💖