Sonder - the profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it.
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What if you actually can distinctly remember other people's embarassing moments?
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I knew a guy who got caught masturbating in his car in a public parking lot
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This guy has me dead to rights.
If you need me, I'll be in the closet crying.
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I feel 3rd party embarassement (I am embarassed seeing someone else do something cringey) more than 1st party (feeling embarassed by my own cringe) so I know this ain't true. I think about how embarassing YOU are all the time.
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As you get older, something else happens. The people that were present at that cringy moment of yours die off. You may find yourself the only living person witness to the event. It helps. Not as much as it should but it does help.
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I definitely have some other people's cringe moments living rent free in my mind for years
I like turtles.
I can accept that now.
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I fucking do. Now what?
If I worries about every single cringe thing I've ever done, I'd be in constant agony.
This meme is definitely not true.
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Donald Trump pooped his pants on live TV and drag remembered
This but unironically.
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