Cringe is as cringe does. Even though the internet is full of wonderful things like cat pics, wholesome local news, and articles written by yours truly, it’s also home to the vast and spooky wilderness where you’ll find the most bizarre and cringe-worthy posts. And it’s the members of the ‘Cringetopia’ subreddit that bears the heavy burden of documenting the cringiest examples to share (and publicly mock!) with the world. These cringetopians have a duty to show us what to never ever do while at the same time providing us with some hilariously weird content.
We’ve collected some of the best recent posts that will make your face contort, your mind reel, and your lips say, “Oh God, why?! Please, no!” Remember to upvote the cringiest pics that hurt you emotionally (and maybe even physically). Oh, and if you haven’t had enough internet for today, then be sure to check out our previous posts about the ‘Cringetopia’ subreddit right over here: Part 1 and Part 2.
What the 1.3-million-strong ‘Cringetopia’ community teaches us is that cringey posts are more common than we might think. And we’ve all no doubt done embarrassing things that we still remember in the shower or late at night when we should be sleeping. However, ignoring these feelings and running away from them is far from healthy.
We had a talk with a couple of the subreddit’s moderators to learn more about how the massive community is managed, as well as how to live with the cringey things that we’ve done in the past (spoiler warning: it’s to take responsibility for your mistakes and live life with courage). Scroll down for our interviews with them, as well as for our chat about embarrassment with award-winning social psychologist Vanessa Bohns, the author of the forthcoming book ‘You Have More Influence Than You Think.’
#1 Dork A** Losers
#2 W H I T E P E O P L E A M I R I G H T!!!
#3 The Woman Is The Cringe One Here, In Case Anyone Is Confused
#4 Keep Your Neck
#5 $4k Rent
#6 So Much For Independent
Fjallmadur told me that the best way to confront embarrassing and cringey situations is to fully admit to them. “A person should own up to their mistakes and embarrassments because it makes them a better person. If you’re too concerned about doing something that may make people laugh at you, then you’re never going to live,” the mod noted to We that being afraid of embarrassing ourselves can’t have a wider impact on how we tend to live our lives.
“The jocks think the geeks are cringey, and geeks think the jocks are. And everyone thinks bronies and furries are cringey. Someone will always be there to make fun of you,” Fjallmadur said, urging people to not mind the critics. “Live your life the best you can.”
Meanwhile, redditor Tejmar, another ‘Cringetopia’ moderator, told We that the people behind the community are absolutely awesome and laid back. “I can say this mod team is one of the friendliest and easy-going groups I’ve been a part of,” they praised their colleagues.
#7 Cultural Appropriation
#8 Facepalm
#9 Want Another Baby But Your Husband Doesn’t? Just Get Him Drunk
#10 Easy Mistake
#11 Just Stop
#12 She Is Not The Cringe But Those 6k Neck Beards Are! I Freaking Love Her Idea
Earlier, I spoke with social psychologist Vanessa about other aspects of embarrassment as well. She noted that we ought to embrace our embarrassment instead of shying (or running!) away from it. Not only does it help our reputation, it also helps us accept the fact that we can’t always be perfect.
“We spend a lot of time and effort presenting an ideal version of ourselves to other people. When something happens that contrasts with the image we’ve been projecting—when we say or do something that shows we actually aren’t as graceful or as smart as we’d like people to believe—we feel embarrassed,” Vanessa told We previously.
#13 Uh
#14 Whats The Point Of This
#15 What The F Is Twitter
“Discovering you were wrong about something most everyone else around you has long known to be true is one of those moments. In that moment we learn, ‘Wait a minute, maybe I haven’t been presenting the image of being smart or worldly that I thought I was presenting all this time,’ which is embarrassing,” the social psychologist noted that embarrassment occurs when reality doesn’t align with our view of ourselves. In short, embarrassment denotes a contrast between our subjectivity and objective reality.
“One thing that’s interesting about embarrassment is that, for as much as we might experience it as painful in the moment, it’s actually very socially adaptive. Being embarrassed signals to other people that you care about what they think. And that actually draws people in to you.”
#16 When You Just Want A Legitimate Business
#17 Wow Real Help
#18 That Is A Good Question
The expert continued: “So blushing, burying your head in your hands, laughing, acknowledging how embarrassing something was, are all totally healthy ways to react.” So while embracing our embarrassment is the healthy (and socially useful) way to react, trying to cover up our own faults and mistakes creates the opposite, negative effect.
“The unhealthy way to react is to pretend you’re not embarrassed, that you didn’t make a mistake, or to get angry. Those things undo the positive effect that embarrassment typically has on other people by conveying insincerity and pushing people away rather than drawing them in.”
#19 Huh
#20 Gatekeeping Children’s Names?
#21 People Who “Fix Art”
#22 Airsoft
#23 Height Of Stupidity
#24 I Am Terrorist
#25 Prime America Moment
#26 Classic Twitter
#27 This Is Not Cute
#28 Now Listen Here You Little S**t
#29 47
#30 That’s Totally How It Works
#31 Legit Cringe Here
#32 Yikes, That’s Awkward
#33 The Future Of Abortion
#34 Entitled
#35 Feels So Bad Man
#36 This Made Me Cringe
#37 The Kid Who Never Pays Attention In Class And Blames Everyone Else Made This
#38 I Want Death
#39 That’s A Flex
#40 More Of A Sad One
#41 Much Boomer
#42 I Don’t Even Know What To Say
#43 That Hurts
#44 Imagine Being The Parent And Getting This Email About Your Child
#45 Homemade Tattoo
#46 Oof
#47 This Is Exactly How A Split Personality Looks Like. Enjoy The Cringe!
#48 Tryna Sample The Whole Buffet
#49 Anon Uses Hentai Logic To Lose His Virginity
#50 That Happened
#51 Found This On An Instagram Physics Page
#52 Why Is It Always The Minions?
#53 A L P H E T
#54 Found This On Facebook
#55 Simp Gets A Username Tattoo Of Egirl And She Deactivates Her Account
#56 And Then Constantly Calls Every Lois, “Hey Lois Can I Get Mc Chicken”
#57 That’ll Show ‘Em
#58 Delicious
#59 Oh Wow, No One Can Handle My Music
#60 U Aren’t A Man Of Culture
#61 Twitter Moment
#62 Bro This Woman
#63 Holy S*** Man
#64 Jesus Neckbeards Just Don’t Give Up
#65 Terrifying
#66 Potato Pride
#67 Jesus Christ
#68 I Found This On Pinterest
#69 This Was Posted Non-Ironically By My Edgy Cousin. She Didn’t Notice The Beans
#70 Just Looking For A Single Crumb, M’lady
#71 A Much Sadder Tail Then Even Darth Vader
#72 Logan Paul
#73 That’s A New Low
#74 I’m Not Gonna Say Anything Other Than A Certified Internet Moment
#75 Pretty Cringe
#76 This Redditor’s Bio. This Ain’t It, Chief
#77 Probably Would Die As Soon As I Enter The Ambulance
#78 When You Got Your Results From Ancestry.com
#79 The Duality Of Cringe
#80 Damn
#81 Imagine The Shame
#82 Power Of Makeup
#83 Um
#84 What The Hell?
#85 Not The Horse Riding Lessons!
#86 Introducing The Carpeted Shower Floor
#87 Eminem White
#88 Awoo.
#89 Redditors
#90 I Love Twitter
#91 I’m Sure That’s How It Went
#92 Down Atrocious
#93 These Posts
#94 Hummus Is Gay Now Fellas
#95 Dinner Hangout Hype
#96 Does This Count?
#97 Pretty F***ing Cringe Of China If You Ask Me
#98 Feels Bad To Laugh
#99 A Kid In A Discord Server I’m In Posts Sh*t Like This Sometimes. It’s Almost Scary How Dumb He Thinks We Are
#100 That Family Tree Is A Whole Tesseract
#101 What The
#102 Fortnite Bad
#103 For Real I Hate This
#104 For Once, I Think I Side With China On This One?
#105 Read. Another. Book
#106 Only Real Gamerz Will Understand
#107 So Many Of Us Are In The Same Boat Bro
#108 Haha Girl Bad Boy Good
#109 This Poor Man
#110 He Speaks Japanese
#111 F
#112 Excuse Me!!!
#113 Yeah Man I Feel Horny When I Look At My 2k Rupees Note
#114 Vice Journalism At Its Finest
#115 Astrology Isn’t Real
#116 Op Got Exposed
#117 Can You Hear This “Tics And Roses”?
#118 This Article
#119 Clickbait Like This
#120 Love The 92/8 Ratio
#121 “Normalise Girls Cheating”
#122 E – Rejected
#123 “I Like Anime And Kpop”
#124 Mmm Yesss, I’ll Wear This To Class Today
#125 Flashback To When I Tried To Tell My Crush I Liked Her In Binary
#126 S**tty Thing To Say Ngl
#127 All Hail Master Elon
#128 Are You Kidding Me
#129 Mom Groups On Facebook Are In A Whole Different Realm
#130 My Highschools New Mascot
#131 Some Good Ol’cringe
#132 Real Fans Googled His Name You Effing Fake Fan!
#133 Read Another Book
#134 What The F**k
#135 He Couldn’t Hold Back
#136 Reddit Strong
#137 Remember Osvaldo Getting Doxxed? Well Now He Got Swatted
#138 What A Prick
#139 I Just Wanted To Enjoy Something After School Man
#140 She’s Insufferable
#141 Furry Paradise
#142 Niece Or Not
#143 That’ll Teach Em
#144 Nevar Forget
#145 Ooooooo Scary Hacker Ooooo
#146 I Think I Finally Found Some Pure Cringe
#147 When The Bed Is Sus
#148 Classic
#149 No U Dont
#150 Gets Doxxed For Calling Cardi B Trash
#151 This Had 7k Upvotes
#152 A Friend Of Mine Posted This To Her Story. I Don’t Get It
#153 Koreaboo
#154 Hm
#155 I Don’t Know Why This Is Hurting Me So Much To Look At
#156 When You’re Begging For Likes
#157 2007 Kids
#158 We Live In A Public Bathroom
#159 Reddit Headquarters
#160 For Sh*t Sake
#161 “Georgy, This Is The Store That Sells The Juul, My Mom Gave Me 20 Dollars Lets Go Bro”
#162 Anyone Else Starting To Find This A Bit Repetitive?
