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 Most of the stuff people call cringe isn’t cringe. 

The only thing that’s actually cringe is insecurity. 

Insecurity is always cringe. 
 I thought you don’t like the word in general brah 
 Yep. I think it’s a control word and in general I don’t like control words. 
 True. Aka trying hard to succeed is “cringe” just be lazy bro and ask for handouts keep it real nigga 
 So cringe.  
 Google “Henry Cejudo”. 
 Homeschool your kids. Give them a better chance. 
 The use of such words, is a message to others see the world as I see it, think like me.  If they are Alpha enough and you don't follow their linguistics reprograming of you, then you'll be cringe next.

Just another innocent conversation, taking place on a typical street corner, not dissimilar to yours, in a town or city like where you live.  But these are the calls from the minds of the dead, grasping out from the far reaches of the Twilight Zone. 
 know what’s cringe? 
you typing cringe so much.

(this is what my kid would say.)