• okay [none/use name]
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    I feel like a lack of self-awareness is kind of a defining feature of what I'm talking about?

    A few other things that I would define as "cringe" specifically in the context of online leftists, which is probably more relevant here:

    • tankie vs anarkiddy shit
    • "look at me owning this chud" posts
    • definitive, scolding proclamations about what other leftists must or must not do (not that this is what you're doing but I have seen some of it here)
    • overuse of Soviet imagery and the word "comrade" (I acknowledge this is a controversial take)
    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      Uhh in my country comrade is a mainstream word used to refer to either party members or close people. Is America really so fucked by anti communist propaganda that the word comrade is considered "cringy"

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        Is America really so fucked by anti communist propaganda that the word comrade is considered “cringy”

        Yes, America is that fucked by anti communist and anti-Russian propaganda. To the vast majority of Americans, the word "comrade" would sound very distinctly and self-consciously Soviet.

        • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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          Okay as a non American that is really weird, many African countries use the word comrade a lot for example. It has almost no Soviet association here

      • HKBFG [he/him]
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        Is America really so fucked by anti communist propaganda that the word comrade is considered “cringy”

        Yes. Anything left of radlib gets labeled tankie.

      • ComradeMikey [he/him]
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        100% its akin to m’lady larpers but instead of medieval chivalry its 1920s revolutionary speak

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      Don't take this the wrong way but how old are you?

      • okay [none/use name]
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        Not gonna say my age but probably older than you. The things I listed feel very high-school to me tbh. Maybe it's mean to be annoyed by harmless kids and I don't really care enough to attack people over it but hey you brought it up.

            • gayhobbes [he/him]
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              You don't have to answer, man, I don't know why this is such a big deal though.

              • okay [none/use name]
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                It doesn't really have anything to do with anything

                • gayhobbes [he/him]
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                  Sure it does. A lot of younger folks are much more susceptible to cringe stuff than older folks. The shit I cared about at 25 isn't anything comparable to now. That's how I can usually tell someone's younger is their fixation on CRINGE.

                  • okay [none/use name]
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                    Yeah for sure. Young people are excruciatingly self conscious. I'm not quite sure why you would interpret what I'm saying as a "fixation on cringe"

            • steely_its_a_dildo [any]
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              i used to be cagey about my age on the internet before too (40 btw) but that was when I still cared what teens thought of me.