🤔 Oh sure, because nothing says cutting-edge #science like grown adults #LARPing as ancient mariners in a hollowed-out log, right? 🚣‍♂️ Just imagine the funding pitch: "Let's pretend we're prehistoric, but in a way that makes even cavemen cringe". 🙄
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/science/anthropology-ocean-migration-japan.html #AncientMariners #PrehistoricFunding #CuttingEdgeResearch #CringeWorthy #HackerNews #ngated
Scientists Retrace 30,000-Year-Old Ocean Voyage, in a Hollowed-Out Log

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and migrated offshore.

The New York Times
Ah yes, because what the world really needs is a CPR class for a 1966 chatbot 🤖🧟‍♂️. IEEE bravely reanimates #ELIZA, proving once again that tech nostalgia can be even more #cringeworthy than your uncle's disco moves at a wedding 💃🕺.
https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/02/11030922/27sQDLuL7Uc #CPRforChatbots #TechNostalgia #ReanimatingHistory #HackerNews #ngated
CSDL | IEEE Computer Society

30 Of The Most Awful Dresses Roasted On This Facebook Group

The worst dress fails of all time.

Demilked

I am displeased about the tech-connected oligarchy that appears to be emerging in the USA. I am also displeased about this article which demonstrates a hatred of men and male things.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/i-knew-one-day-id-have-to-watch-powerful-men-burn-the-world-down-i-just-didnt-expect-them-to-be-such-losers

The essay is written from the perspective of female privilege. The opinion piece also contains the word "cringe" so many times as to make the whole thing cringeworthy.

What a combination: misandry plus overuse of the incredibly overused slang word "cringe."

The article might be effective if it didn't contain so much anti-male sentiment and language, and such excessive use of the word "cringe."

Can you imagine the knee jerk uproar if anyone dared to post such drivel about women?

An editor at The Guardian should have sent that document back to the writer for a serious rewrite before publishing it.

#misandry #femaleprivilege #cringe #cringeworthy

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl

The Guardian

Only beginning to plumb the depths of uncomfortable, awkward, and embarrassing statements made in public by people who should be more self-aware, but have more money than sense.

#culture #leadership #cringeworthy
https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/113810615399414824

Techmeme (@Techmeme@techhub.social)

Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of "culturally neutered" companies that have sought to distance themselves from "masculine energy" (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-10/mark-zuckerberg-slams-biden-administration-on-joe-rogan-s-podcast http://www.techmeme.com/250111/p9#a250111p9

TechHub

#Cringeworthy interview with #Britain's self-perpetuating elite, with a PR baby-sitter to mind his words for him:

"The family nanny, Veronica Crook, greets me with a smile. Crook was Rees-Mogg’s nanny from the day he was born and is now nanny to him and his six children."

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/18/jacob-rees-mogg-on-abortion-religion-and-reality-tv-ive-been-called-worse-than-a-nazi

Jacob Rees-Mogg on abortion, religion and reality TV: ‘I’ve been called worse than a Nazi’

The former Tory MP’s opinions include banning abortion even for rape survivors and scrapping net zero. Now, he’s following his heroes Donald Trump and Nigel Farage into TV

The Guardian
No, ABC, do not get a regular guest on breakfast television to run their own series. At least, not with that script writer, and not with that camera team. #ABiteWithAlice #Cringeworthy
@Npars01 @ThomHartmann #Cringeworthy without a single solitary doubt.
MAGA supporter denies child gun death stats in cringe-worthy interview 

Jason Selvig of The Good Liars talked to a Trump supporter to learn his thoughts on abortion and gun control. The MAGA gentleman was wearing a T-shirt with a "Trump…

Boing Boing
I really do have to say that after 3 weeks or so of playing #FFXIV, the #dialogue writing in English is horrifying bad. I wish my Japanese were good enough to read the original script, because the English is so full of improperly used anachronisms and archaic speech patterns that it's terribly #cringeworthy. It's pretty clear they've hired Western writers of low quality for this game, and that's just inexcusable, considering the wealth of #SquareEnix. JP-to-EN #translation is always bad, but…