But if you’re looking to feel uncomfortably entertained for a few minutes, we’ve got just the content for you. We’re featuring the Images That Make You Feel Pain page today. The pictures might confuse you, and you may even utter an ’ew’ or two. But they are entertaining, even if you are not a fan of cringing. Some people attribute it to schadenfreude; that we like to take pleasure from someone else’s misfortune. That’s why we love trashy reality TV and chuckle at an image of someone burning their pizza to a black crisp. But cringe is not just about laughing at someone else. It’s not ‘punching down’ comedy. Kaitlyn Tiffany writes for The Atlantic about how in the old days of the Internet, cringe was about empathy. For example, we felt embarrassed watching the Star Wars kid, proclaiming, “It’s hard to watch.” We thanked our lucky stars it was not us in that video and felt dread for the person who was in it. “The speed of the digital is such that we get everything now now now! So, when we combine speed of access and distribution with blatant disregard for editing and filtering—and then pour in a big scoop of cringe? Goodbye, intent. Goodbye, context. Hello, outrage.” “A consumer culture that asks these questions about incisive, daring, shocking, boundary-pushing, cringe comedy is not a culture served by wildly unfiltered digital content,” the comedy expert cautioned. Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
