ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to gamingcirclejerk@lemmy.world · 23 days agoBlack people? In my japanese fantasy game?!slrpnk.netimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1187arrow-down1imageBlack people? In my japanese fantasy game?!slrpnk.netByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to gamingcirclejerk@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square66fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMacaroni_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-222 days agoSecond hand cringe and embarrassment just reading it
minus-squareChrister Enfors@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoHonest question: Isn’t cringe actually just second-hand embarassment? That is, isn’t cringe when you see someone else doing something embarassing?
minus-squareMacaroni_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 days agoYou might be right. English is my second language so maybe I interpret them differently. For me they describe two similar reactions, but quite different feelings.
Second hand cringe and embarrassment just reading it
Honest question: Isn’t cringe actually just second-hand embarassment? That is, isn’t cringe when you see someone else doing something embarassing?
You might be right. English is my second language so maybe I interpret them differently. For me they describe two similar reactions, but quite different feelings.