Cringe Explained
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4 ай бұрынWell hello there! In this video, I hope to give a brief overview of our scientific understanding of embarrassment and cringe, which, as you may have guessed, isn't the most scientific of terms. You might call it vicarious embarrassment. So what causes cringe? Is cringe a good or a bad thing? Let's explore, while watching some cringe.
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References
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26093... - Neural pathways of embarrassment and their modulation by social anxiety - PudMed
greymattersjournal.org/thats-... - The Neuroscience Behind Embarrassment - Grey Matters
www.researchgate.net/figure/B... - Bilateral Anterior Cortex Activation - Research Gate
radiologykey.com/insula-and-p...
Insula and Parainsula Areas - Radiology Key
@andrewsmithphoto 4 ай бұрын
I remember people calling me "cringe" when I started dressed like a wizard.... Now with my bag of crystals I have transcended human fears and ego. I live a sage like existence free of all concerns.
@NSGrendel 4 ай бұрын
Yeah. Try working in desktop support and still hearing that appellation.
@supersleepygrumpybear 4 ай бұрын
You sound like a drug dealer...
@theothertonydutch 4 ай бұрын
Henlo Gendolf.
@jestagoon8408 4 ай бұрын
Legend.
@dt5072 4 ай бұрын
Lol at bag ofcrystals very subtle meth joke
@bargu 4 ай бұрын
I love how there's a bunch of clips of Todd Howard just existing.
@TowerWatchTV 4 ай бұрын
It's the (Tell us this is cringe without telling us this is cringe) moment.
@lukeholman3180 4 ай бұрын
Well the clips “Just Work”.
@WG55 4 ай бұрын
An excellent compilation of cringeworthy things. I'm surprised Gal Godot et. al. singing "Imagine" online at the start of the 2020 lockdown didn't make it in.
@rogue-taxidermy_griffin 4 ай бұрын
"et al." 😭 I know that's the right way to refer to this but it's so funny to see outside of academia
@WG55 4 ай бұрын
@@rogue-taxidermy_griffin I got the idea from the video citing "Müller-Pinzler et al." 😁
@supersleepygrumpybear 4 ай бұрын
I clapped when her body double showed in the last 3 DCEU movies.
@jtgd 4 ай бұрын
Or the Microsoft heads dancing horribly trying to rile people up for excitement
@EbonyPope 4 ай бұрын
There are no countries where blasting your music on public transport is acceptable. Only countries where those people sometimes carry guns like I learned in Brazil.
@D.B.Z.Cooper 4 ай бұрын
I cringe, therefore i am.
@D33_G33 4 ай бұрын
id buy that tshirt
@jliller 4 ай бұрын
I think it there's a distinction between cringe the verb and cringe the noun. Cringe (the noun) is a subset of embarrassment. Cringe is when someone does something embarrassing without realizing they're embarrassing themselves. It must be earnest and self-inflicted. If the person is aware of the embarrassment (ex: slipping on a banana peel) or the embarrassment is being brought on by someone else (i.e. being tricked without realizing it) then it's not Cringe. Rebecca Black's "Friday" is one of the greatest examples of Cringe. It's really bad, but she seems completely oblivious to that fact in the video. Larry David's characters are intentional Cringe. Watching someone trip and fall is awkward, perhaps even second-hand embarrassment. You will probably cringe as a reaction, but the act you are cringing at at is itself not Cringe.
@leftpastsaturn67 4 ай бұрын
Classic clip of Chris (from Westchester County, as he insists on telling us), the flat earther who once claimed he was 'being followed' by helicopters, whilst parked between two of the busiest heliports in the world. His wife summed up very succinctly what everyone else thinks about his schtick.
@Wallyworld30 4 ай бұрын
Her summary was. Wife: "Would you stop with the Bullshit? Christ, Idiot!" Dude, why is she so hateful to her husband? That's next level hate. She needs to learn to love her village idiot or divorce him.
@toericabaker 4 ай бұрын
i love hearing ppl describe the phenomenon of cringe
@ifound15min 4 ай бұрын
I cringe at people saying things are cringe. Then i cringe because ive just said something is cringe
@chimpinaneckbrace 4 ай бұрын
Kids these days love “the cringe”.
@Psilocybin77 4 ай бұрын
It terrifies me to know that grown adults use words like "cringe" and "based".
@poposterous236 4 ай бұрын
how can you say something so based yet so cringe
@D33_G33 4 ай бұрын
a slippery slope indeed
@tttm99 4 ай бұрын
I'm waiting for when people start saying "smile" and "laugh". I already hear sadface. I guess I'll have to reply "winces at stupidity" in response. I guess having defects of my own I don't say cringe at cringe. I might occasionally actually cringe instead. But I'm usually too busy laughing 😂
@jacksonsneed7689 4 ай бұрын
I LOVE that you included that clip of CC (Chris, from New York, Westchester County) with his wife calling him an idiot! That clip will never get old. 😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@mr.pavone9719 4 ай бұрын
Please link to the video, more people need to see that
@DeathBYDesign666 4 ай бұрын
@@mr.pavone9719Which video though? This guy is a very popular flat earther to make fun of and that one has probably been covered a hundred times or more by now. This guy is bonkers btw, everything this guy says is related to some conspiracy that only exists in his own head.
@philipc4272 4 ай бұрын
She's called him an idiot in at least TWO clips I'm aware of, which probably explains why he now mostly films in his car when he's alone.
@medusagorgo5146 4 ай бұрын
I was introduced to cc by Hannah reloaded and her tinfoil content.
@Wallyworld30 4 ай бұрын
That clip is both hilarious but also terrible. Why does she stay married to the village idiot if she really thinks so low of him? Either love your idiot or divorce him. Staying with him and treating him like Dog Poop is terrible for both of you! Are they still married??? Please tell me no.
@Tactical_Therapist 4 ай бұрын
That baby slapping machine 😂😂😂shit
@eval_is_evil 4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 what tha fuck
@axelprino 4 ай бұрын
Funny that when I was learning the language over a decade ago I was told that this emotion didn't have a name in English and as such it wasn't properly translatable, then the word "cringe" just appeared out of nowhere one day to fill that gap.
@sticklebacketienne 3 ай бұрын
The word cringe has been around for decades
@robokill387 3 ай бұрын
Centuries. It comes from the old English "cringan" and the modern form of the word first appeared in the 1570s.
@peccantis 2 ай бұрын
@@sticklebacketienne not as an adjective, it hasn't.
@radiak55 4 ай бұрын
One of the things that has always stuck with me when thinking about witnessing an embarassing moment or just seeing pure cringe, the fact that we respond very similar to gettign the sensation of living through that is telling of how much we have evolved our sense of compassion. Or at least, learning to assimilate and understand other members of our species. That the cognitive evolution in humans is also shown in situations like this that is mostly a reaction as a witness
@GuineaPigEveryday 4 ай бұрын
Your compilation of cringe-worthy moments is insanely elaborate and extensive, there's just so many recognisable moments that I think many of us have watched but perhaps forgotten.
@poppers7317 4 ай бұрын
2:07 I call it melanchorny
@CybershamanX 4 ай бұрын
(0:32) I can't stop thinking about those monstrous AI-generated Lovecraftian video clips of Will Smith eating spaghetti whenever I see him now... NOM NOM SHLURP NOM CHOMP SLURP NOM!!! 🤪😉
@Vacerous 4 ай бұрын
Look up Trump and Biden eat spaghetti for a real treat
@supersleepygrumpybear 4 ай бұрын
How about "Taylor Swift proves why √2 is irrational." There is something so satisfying cringe when AI portrays a celebrity in a situation you would never see the celebrity engage in.
@CybershamanX 4 ай бұрын
I will look them up! 🤪 Thanks! 😎👍☮️
@kyletitterton 4 ай бұрын
The Trump / Biden spaghetti video is arguably the best film made last year. I love how friendly they are together. But, of course, the spaghetti gets them in the end.
@Vacerous 4 ай бұрын
@@kyletitterton Carbs were the REAL villain in the end.
@paineoftheworld 4 ай бұрын
First ←so cringe
@AlfMod 4 ай бұрын
10/10
@BrendanWestBogPerson 4 ай бұрын
Yikes 😬
@SimGunther 4 ай бұрын
"Cringe. There's no other word for it. This makes me cringe. It's embarrassing." -Folding Ideas
@hannibalburgers477 4 ай бұрын
How embarrassing.. ***slide whistle***
@supersleepygrumpybear 4 ай бұрын
Yeah... Huh... It is an onomatopoeia.
@lounowell4171 4 ай бұрын
"Fight Club and Toxic Masculinity"
@macncheese2392 4 ай бұрын
The wendy williams fart was a beautiful moment in tv history. Not cringe at all
@katamarankatamaranovich9986 4 ай бұрын
she shouldn't have paused after "I mean"
@macncheese2392 4 ай бұрын
@@katamarankatamaranovich9986 i just love how its completely audible. Its like when trump was on that phone call and you clearly hear the Pffffffft just erupting from his ass 😂😂😂😂
@macncheese2392 4 ай бұрын
@@katamarankatamaranovich9986 i just love how its completely audible. Its like when trump was on that phone call and you clearly hear the Pffffffft just erupting from his ass 😂😂😂😂
@galleryofrogues 4 ай бұрын
“She must’ve ripped FAT ass!” -Ethan Klein
@Mr3Machine 4 ай бұрын
As someone from Ireland, what IS up from people from everywhere outside British Isles playing music loudly on buses?!?!
@RoloT007 2 ай бұрын
It happens plenty in England mate, seems to be contagious.
@higgsbonbon 4 ай бұрын
"cringe is dead" *proceeds to embarrass themselves
@AcuraAddicted 4 ай бұрын
I'm just happy Georg released a video that is not on topic of another chemical component that is killing us all.
@LordZordid 4 ай бұрын
That Baby Burping Robot from the Useless Duck Company is hilarious!
@CrowScratcher 4 ай бұрын
I sold my brain to the lowest bidder.
@MrKurtank 4 ай бұрын
I never watch enough, always enjoy when I do. Thank you.
@Satorotas89 4 ай бұрын
Georg your selections of clips here is absolutely unreal
@alekpo2000 4 ай бұрын
its always nice to hear you making an analisis, keep it up man
@RM-el3gw 4 ай бұрын
it was kinda hard watching this collection of videos. The anchors playing wii curling had me in tears
@TiffyVella1 4 ай бұрын
Thanks once again Georg for your insight. Cringe--well I personally feel it if I ever look back into my own past at some shit I did 3 minutes ago when I was still immature, and I feel it deeply in my stomach and chest and entire psyche and then I don't sleep well for 3 nights (or 30 years) because of deep and recurring social rejection nightmares etc etc. When looking at others I tend to think "ok that was a bit embarrassing but you're human and we aren't perfect so there you go" kind of thing. Kindness to others, but goodness I wish we could be that kind to ourselves. May I mention how meta you got at the end there, asking for patrons. You deserve to be paid, no cringe in asking for money even if you are British. I feel immense cringe that I enjoy your work and haven't yet paid you for it.
@goransekulic3671 4 ай бұрын
And much laughs were had! Thanks Georg!
@KabukiKid 4 ай бұрын
I always loved the slang of "douche chills" to refer to cringe. I think I first heard that one from Howard Stern on the radio back in the 90s. "Oh man, that guy dancing over there is giving me douche chills." lol It just sounds funny. :-) My one friend would even shiver after saying it. lol
@Galamoth06 4 ай бұрын
You could have just played a clip of that guy saying "I'm the Joker, baby!" and just called it a day. Easily the second most embarrassing thing I've ever seen.
@RichardPonsford-kv2uy 2 ай бұрын
Brilliant channel, and criminally underrated.
@Alexander_Stern1 4 ай бұрын
I feel like the word “cringe” has become meaningless with the way it’s been constantly repeated. For a lot of people, it just means “bad”. I want to say, “replace ‘cringe’ with ‘secondhand embarrassment’ and see if it still makes sense in this context!” That’s what I would say, but I’m afraid that it would be cringe.
@ahmedp8009 4 ай бұрын
We love Todd Howard, it's just that ever since he rose up the ranks and took more executive roles, his involvement in making games diminished... That and his sweet little lies, of course.
@robertban871 4 ай бұрын
we dont all love Todd, dont speak for people. you love Todd. but we dont ALL love Todd.
@kylegonewild 4 ай бұрын
@@robertban871 I see you're just now encountering hyperbole for the first time.
@fermentedcinema4892 4 ай бұрын
This is perhaps the best ensemble of humanity ever.
@3212333222333 4 ай бұрын
OK what is the baby spank vomit robot?!?!?!?! How have I not seen that before!? I needed a good laugh!
@tttm99 4 ай бұрын
We, the silent cult of "we're not cringing or weirdly saying the word 'cringe' in isolation, just laughing our arses off 😂" celebrate this!
@robokill387 3 ай бұрын
I think it was meant to be a baby burping robot, but malfunctioned.
@EbonyPope 4 ай бұрын
There are no countries where blasting your music on public transport is acceptable. Only countries where those people sometimes carry guns like I learned in Brazil.
@kingcosworth2643 4 ай бұрын
NY Subway????
@NoMoreCrumbs 4 ай бұрын
You could imagine cringe as being the realization of the mortifying ordeal of being known, I guess
@unduloid 4 ай бұрын
How _dare_ you accuse me of empathy! Good sir, I will not stand for such slander!
@GrouchyOldBear7 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
@maleksamman1948 4 ай бұрын
Man, where do you find *all* of these clips that perfectly exemplify cringe? You've subjected yourself to great pain to make this video...
@glass7923 4 ай бұрын
Alright, alright, I'm going! JESUS.
@7ropz 4 ай бұрын
love your content georg
@lasdernas 4 ай бұрын
wasn't expecting CC; Chris, from New York, Westchester County in this, but i'm glad he's here
@zitrodivad 4 ай бұрын
this has now become a quintessential must watch video of the internet
@pootums3643 4 ай бұрын
great video!
@Dman333WS 4 ай бұрын
I am an EMPATH! Finally! Thank you Master for helping me break through the Matrix:)
@NecromancyForKids 4 ай бұрын
When I see someone falling down, I don't cringe in embarrassment. My body feels empathetic pain, because I know how much even a simple fall can hurt. We're far more fragile than we often think.
@kingcosworth2643 4 ай бұрын
That wife telling her husband to quit the bs will always be amazing
@Imgema 4 ай бұрын
Cringe is the second hand embarrassment.
@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI 4 ай бұрын
0:54 Oh man that's CC the flat earther in his classic clip
@MagicAccent 4 ай бұрын
Where is the clip from?
@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI 4 ай бұрын
@@MagicAccent His name is CC & he’s a flat earth “KZfaqr”… I’m not sure what his channel is called & pretty sure he’s deleted the video but I first saw it on SciMan Dan’s channel. Dan debunks these flat earth fools because someone has too I guess.
@amphibia95 4 ай бұрын
Awesome video!
@TowerWatchTV 4 ай бұрын
Cringe by definition should mean doing something nobody else would think is normal and feel confident about it. It can be both positive but also negative.
@saltoftheegg 4 ай бұрын
This is kind of how contrapoints defines it in her video on the subject. It's way better imo 🤷
@WG55 4 ай бұрын
Is this the most science ever in a Georg Rockall-Schmidt video? 😮
@LateralTwitlerLT 4 ай бұрын
I feel cringy when I hear youtubers say "me, personally".
@theEumenides 4 ай бұрын
For me, it's when people say "as per usual."
@VictorMetske 4 ай бұрын
With no accompanying audio I still cringed at M. Night sitting on the couch with Graham and other celebrities.
@dr.stevebruhl9358 Ай бұрын
My sister had a choreographed dance routine at her wedding reception to “I’m sexy and I know it.” Yeesh
@michaelmyles8584 4 ай бұрын
I do not know how to answer other than it was a good summary of who, how and why not for the maybe.
@user-ps8ym1sq4y 4 ай бұрын
3:15 that scene from Curb when Larry calls the guy a c*** for not betting!! hahahahaah, one of the greatest scenes in TV history!!
@LucBoeren 4 ай бұрын
I'm content having watched this video. It was satisfactory.
@robloggia 4 ай бұрын
The word cringe makes me cringe. Seriously.
@NathanOakley1980 4 ай бұрын
Too bright, too many lights!
@alun7006 4 ай бұрын
Excellent as always. How many hours a week do you spend watching archive footage?
@jordane19969 Ай бұрын
Likely evolved to cringe to prevent yourself from acting unusual and being shunned by your tribe. A nomadic group probably wouldn’t want to be around around a weirdo that they can’t trust, so the feeling of embarrassment forced you to act similar to everyone else
@amosbeedle9875 4 ай бұрын
"Total sausage" is now my favorite insult 😂
@novelezra 4 ай бұрын
The levels of embarrassment felt by the team at Lucasfilm upon being shown Phanton Menace for the first time, must have been immense. I imagine it felt like a reverse prolapse, if that makes any sense at all.
@powerdude_dk 26 күн бұрын
No I won't leave! I'll even see the ads after the video, just in protest! ..... 😂😂 ...with sound
@casbyness 2 ай бұрын
I'm surprised that Peepshow (by Mitchell and Webb) didn't get a mention, given the whole series revolves around perfectly-crafted cringe that employs masterful story techniques and tropes dating back to ancient Greece.
@gnarkillx360x 4 ай бұрын
The bit about the lemons got me 😂
@CharlesVanNoland 4 ай бұрын
Happy Chinese New Year!!! We're no longer in the Year of teh Rabbito and now in teh Dragon jahre. Live long and prosperousify this years!
@quietdignityandgrace 4 ай бұрын
Hiptang cures the Cringes.
@jameslangley2196 4 ай бұрын
LinkedIn = cringe. If David Brent was a social media network it would be LinkedIn
@katamarankatamaranovich9986 4 ай бұрын
>Feelings of jelousy and envy >shows the picture of Tod Howard at The Game Awards where his game won nothing.
@aegisfate117 4 ай бұрын
He was saying those were Todd's feelings of envy and jealousy you nub
@Dancingonthesun 3 ай бұрын
Cringe means youre not comfortable with something, it says more about you than what you're commenting on
@JD-qq8fz 4 ай бұрын
Tomorrow is saturday, and sunday comes after
@gabili 4 ай бұрын
Is there a playlist of all the clips you played? I knew maybe half
@bigbigbigbigbigman 4 ай бұрын
So to summarize I hate cringing at cringe because I hate empathy.
@davidh.4944 4 ай бұрын
There's an unusually high frequency of people clinging to the fronts of cars in this vid.
@ivyg6178 4 ай бұрын
We were raised in the same cave, Georg.
@JvS1711 4 ай бұрын
Can we get a list of clips? I don't recognise all of them, but some are intriguing.
@thisisfyne 4 ай бұрын
This video convinced me that celebrities, for the most part, are very cringe.
@GuineaPigEveryday 4 ай бұрын
I'm curious what your opinion or thoughts are on the recent string of tax write-off's at WB, seems to be a strategy that I can see many other companies pursuing now that every studio is run like some investment bank.
@r_and_a 4 ай бұрын
would you link the study in the description, please? (also would extra appreciate copying it here so don't miss if you update it 😇)
@tjroelsma 4 ай бұрын
I think cringing has become much more of a thing since so many people seem to be well past any shame. The behaviour of these people is nothing but shameless, yet they themselves seem to think it's righteous, morally upstanding or whatever other excuse they've convinced themselves of.
@mauricegarvey4631 4 ай бұрын
What is the hand gesture thing across the forehead at the end ?
@phluphie 4 ай бұрын
A clip from "Shaioln Soccer". Cool. I like it.
@ghiblinerd6196 4 ай бұрын
0:41 this is what I picture Damian does all day
@davidanspach1624 4 ай бұрын
I'm gonna get a girlfiend just so I can go "babe wake up georg rockall-schmidt posted a new video."
@camelopardalis84 4 ай бұрын
Aren't there shelters in your area with cats nobody wants?
@sergio7D 4 ай бұрын
I need a follow up video with the context of every clip showed here
@derek96720 4 ай бұрын
Cringe is just a word that young people use because they have no confidence in their own personality, and feel they need to be second-hand embarrassed lest they are ridiculed for enjoying something.
@Krillinjustchillin 4 ай бұрын
Will Wheaton hookin y’all up this week.
@bielaggs 4 ай бұрын
I accidentally called my chemistry teacher "dad" once, he replied back that he didn't know he had a child
@tjimicole2677 4 ай бұрын
I'd like to do a study on the "chicanery" scene from Better Caul Saul, where essentially a character goes on a long rant that begins sane before devolving into something incredibly embarrassing for them. At what point in the rant does the audience member switch from dramatic engagement in a justifiable expression of outrage, to a vicarious embarrassment for the character once they've gone too far.
@krmdfan4067 4 ай бұрын
Fremdschämen! 🇩🇪
@sipsdrewshin9169 6 күн бұрын
Whoopsie Goldberg is a walking caricature
@scottanderson2458 4 ай бұрын
The 3rd brain in scan L 6:30 looks well embarrassed
@scottanderson2458 4 ай бұрын
Regardless of Will Smith's cringeworthy antics at the Oscars, he should cringe like fuck when he sees himself shill for the Dubai tourist board, a place which puts foreign construction workers in a state of indentured servitude. What a maroon 🙄
@dominictemple 4 ай бұрын
Unsurprisingly, as someone who finds cringe and embarrassment hard to watch, the clips included here made me feel embarrassed. But at least I now know why.
@The_Last_Data_Hound 4 ай бұрын
I definitely empathized with Larry David trying to find Jake's Way...
@mrmajeika6101 4 ай бұрын
lol great to see CC from Winchester County
@BretRBoulter 4 ай бұрын
My brain is a total sausage.