I try to remind myself that "cringe" is an arbitrary concept and 90% of things marked "cringe" have no actual reason to be shunned, made fun of, or bullied. It's all an arbitrary concept to force people to be all similar for the benefit of nothing.
@hellomiakoda As a person who has often been shunned or bullied for no good reason except to encourage conformity, I appreciate the sentiment and affirm it
@hellomiakoda Given that the purpose in encouraging judgement of “cringe” is generally to uplift one speaker or group (generally, jerks) by stamping on another, I’m just likely to double down harder on whatever it is the jerks don’t like.
@hellomiakoda I wonder how many cringe things X number of years from now will be considered guilty pleasures people wonder anyone should have ever felt any shame over…