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Michael Knigge🇩🇪 German word of the day:
Fremdschämen
(To be ashamed for someone else)
Sammy G 🇨🇦☕🍸@kniggem Oh, so like what literally everybody feels about Elon Musk!
So‑Called Vaughn@kniggem Nice; Spanish has ‘vergüenza ajena’ (lit. foreign shame) Not a single compound word, but elides nicely.
Alas, in English one is stuck with cumbersome constructs: “I’m embarrassed for you/him/her/them” or “Were I ___, I’d crawl under a rock in shame.’ 😂
Matthew L. Reznicek@kniggem See also Department Meetings.
LaMonica Curator@kniggem most effective only if shame triggers counter intention to enact change. Self shame can be used for change. But theoretically energy exerted for shame for others yields no positive result. Thoughts? Is projected shame a wasted effort?