• joshieecs [he/him,any]
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    4 years ago

    thesis: that thing is cringe

    antithesis: to call a thing cringe, is an act of bullying and is passive-aggressive

    synthesis: passive-aggressive bullying by means of cringe: "the thing that is cringe" is the claim that "to call a thing cringe, is an act of bullying and is passive-aggressive"

    we are each both the bullier and the bullied, caught in a never-ending cycle of cringe,

    • gayhobbes [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Nah it's just a shitty way to tell someone you don't like what they said by trying to invoke some sort of shame by exposure argument. It only seems to work on younger people because I'm too old to give a fuck.

    • butt [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      You've forgotten the moral imperative and have, thusly, posted cringe