You ever see someone do something out in public — or online — and react like this?
Well, that’s why we’re here today — to witness 43 people being sad and cringey at the same time…and make ourselves totally uncomfortable in the process! Sound fun? Here we go:
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First, we have this mom, who was drawn like this by her kid:
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This Taylor Swift fan who is way, way, way too invested and needs to touch grass:
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And Jared Leto, who made a surprise visit to a movie theater on the opening night of Tron: Ares…and found it half empty:
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This woman who, basically, was dumped by her AI boyfriend:
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Both of these people who are more invested in AI than #2 was invested in Taylor Swift:
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And this guy who either wrote that himself or…actually he totally wrote that himself:
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This guy who said, “I do admire Hitler”:
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This class, which, after being caught using ChatGPT, were then caught using ChatGPT to write their apologies:
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And our old friend, whose podcast stats dropped even faster than the Try Guys dropped him:
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Basically EVERYTHING happening here:
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This guy who is not leading with confidence, like, any confidence at all:
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And this man at a minor league baseball game who I am 99.99999999999999% sure no blondes will be approaching:
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This creepy customer who handed this to a waitress the second they opened for business:
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This OnlyFans model whose business isn’t doing great:
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And this customer who should maybe give the previous model a try:
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This guy who thought he was on a date:
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This jilted would-be fiancé:
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And this mother who actually bought this for her home:
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Oh look — it’s another person WAY too attached to their AI:
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Ditto for this person (do they not realize an image like this is based on their previous interactions and says more about them than the AI?):
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And this dude who — after a woman posted on a subreddit dedicated to writing — sent her this cringefest:
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This woman who put all this awfulness out on the internet:
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This poor kid who had the cringiest prom from hell:
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And this guy, his grandma, and the quote “You’re a real Chad”:
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This revolutionary who went to Whole Foods and got all fired up:
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This dude and his angry, self-loathing spiral:
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Elon, who despite having all the money in the world, can’t keep himself from giving everyone the ick:
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This coworker who — in one of the most awkward things I’ve ever heard — asked another coworker this without realizing it wasn’t anonymous:
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And, in another coworker edition of “There’s no coming back from that,” this woman:
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This poor boyfriend and friend who, I’m afraid, is in denial:
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This guy who posted this totally true, definitely not made up story online:
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And this guy who posted this equally true, definitely not made up story:
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This guy who bought Tinder Gold but really didn’t need his time on the app to be turned into an infographic like this:
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This shy guy nightmare:
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And this whole “ugly” situation:
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This exchange which has to be the worst 21 Questions anyone has ever played ever:
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This person trying to quit smoking who has me all 😬 😬 😬 :
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And this person I am sending a virtual hug (and who deserves a better friend):
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This anti-science malarkey:
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Both this aspiring rapper…and the fact this subreddit exists:
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And this dude, who’s so insecure about his height that he, well, just read:
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Finally, this guy, who is having a totally one-sided (and creepy) conversation: