A lot of talk about this Guardian article. Here's the part that catches me:
**I’ve always been someone who cannot tolerate embarrassment. I hate being embarrassed more than just about any other emotion and I’ve always skipped content based on cringe humour like Meet the Parents, Borat or Nathan for You. It makes my skin crawl and it makes the contents of my stomach try to crawl out of my mouth.**
Look. Life is fucking awkward.
The people who understand that, like Trump & Musk, use it to their advantage in virtually every transaction they enter. They WANT you to squirm. "Squirm & Cringe" are their home court advantage.
When people write articles like this, that then go viral, the cringies know they are winning.
So, pipe down Rebecca. Go see if you can find a therapist that does behavioral conversion therapy.
You'll be ok. You won't melt.
#uspol
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
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