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[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 4 months ago

except that this isn't about the emotion of cringe but about cringe culture, the general notion that it's a-ok to make fun of individuals and/or subgroups for behavior that makes you cringe.
maybe you're too old or too young or just lucky enough to have missed it but there was a time where unironic "cringe compilations" were a thing. people got harrased, doxed, and genuinely harmed because of it.