What is Socially Acceptable But Totally Cringe?

Am I the Genius?

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Education, Self-improvement

4.6 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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0:00.0	Why do people keep doing this? It's socially acceptable, but totally cringe.
0:07.0	People who apparently think it's okay to have a conversation on speakerphone while out in public,
0:12.0	regardless of where. Not telling someone there's something wrong with their looks that they can fix in a few seconds.
0:18.0	I'll tell people if they have food in their teeth or if they
0:20.9	have a hair standing up or whatever it is, as long as it's not on purpose and it can be fixed in seconds or a quick trip to the nearest mirror. Forcing food on people. If I tell you I don't want food or I'm full, please believe me. It's awful trying to go on a diet when your co-worker keeps trying to force you to eat the office cupcakes.
0:38.7	If you tell them you're on a diet, they feel compelled to reassure you about your weight.
0:42.8	If you try to politely decline food, they keep asking, are you sure?
0:46.6	Just one cupcake won't hurt.
0:48.4	There's no winning.
0:49.8	Just tell them, sorry, I don't eat anymore, and they get really confused.
0:54.7	That culture and retail where someone can complain about some small slight or defect that
0:59.1	doesn't affect anything in the slightest, and corporate will bend over backwards, rewarding
1:03.6	the customer and punishing the employee for following the rules they set in the first place.
1:08.7	Not only does this behavior breed resentment among your employees,
1:12.1	it also trains your customers to behave horribly in order to get free stuff. Ah yes, Pavlov's buttholes.
1:20.1	We have one child. She is six. People constantly ask me if I'm having another. I say sure,
1:26.9	and I leave it at that. Then it becomes,
1:29.0	Why haven't you had one yet? Is it you? Does your husband not want any? I'm polite still and I say,
1:34.8	it just hasn't happened yet, but thanks. Then it's followed with, why though? She's big already. You
1:39.8	don't want a large gap between them. Have you been trying? Seriously. I hate that I'm too polite to say the
1:45.7	truth, that I've had six pregnancies go wrong already, so just leave me alone about it.
1:52.5	Speaking ill of your significant other constantly. If they're so awful, why are you with them?
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