I Studied Cringe for 18 Months - What it is and How to Avoid it (ft RWBY)
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I think cringe is also directly related to feeling emberassed for the other person / people. It's the idea that I would be embarassed if I was in their shoes.
AnimeUproar Genyu force?
AnimeUproar usually the term for that would be second-hand embarrassment but i agree w ur tryna say.
AnimeUproar
Yeah i agree with you
AnimeUproar I think so too. In spanish we call it "pena ajena" (shame for others?)
lol in Germany we got "Fremdschämen" Fremd means strange (stranger/foreign) and "schämen" is being "ashamed" so basically being ashamed for someone else, that way it isn't bound to the parameters mentioned in the video
i always saw cringe as just second hand embarrassment
Ensec for sure that is too
Hardcore cringe
The thing is that cringe can be felt when watching people or animals being harmed as well though
Primethread thats called disgust not cringe
idk, people hurting themselves on bikes creates cringe for me, look up a "people hurting themselves" compilation.
while you were out partying, i studied the cringe
While you still learning to spell your name, I was conquering galaxies and grasping the concept of cringe.
You won't have my likes! Okay, actually you can have one like.
That's pretty cringe ngl
So the way to avoid being cringe:
1. Be yourself
2. Don't try to impress someone
3. Only do something because you really understand how it work, don't just try to imitate it
Am I right??
very
Question is when will it ever end??
@LMD Sun everyone copies and paste cuz we're biological sponge evolved robots, but focus on what makes you happy including goals towards that and doesn't destroy you and what you care about. nobody wants you to be free and only happy on their own terms. 3. do what you understand like the man above said. don't try to impress anyone be it commoner, scientist, celebrity or whatever cuz they're robots to. you're not a special robot but you are built to preserve your life and interests. also everybody parrots that what you want is shit. don't pay them mind. if your cringe is natural, love it be self aware and joke about it. if you're self aware while cringing it's funny as fuckto those who get the memo. just make sure your brain isn't always off and you don't always sound unintelligible to people you need help from. you need a self disciplined persona, but when you become successful being yourself fly your persona. and you'll change based on what you learn and loose your alter ego maybe. it's hard for me to get my alter ego back i miss him. he liked explosions and tok'n leik diss.
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Nah. Lol
This is the thing i was looking for
"How to Avoid it"
Don't tell me what to do with my cringe! I embrace it with open arms.
sooo do you hug your screen or yourself?
now that's what I call _E D G Y_
embrace the writhing
Nice.
I think you might have passed over something in your definition. "Of or pertaining to actions and groups that are consider outside of social norms". For example: furries.
"I studied cringe for 18 months"
That's pretty cringe
I would say using a noun as a verb is cringey... But is it more cringey than correcting a random stranger's grammar without even properly speaking the language yourself or continuing an English text in French? Je me sais pas..
**Overdramatically throws head back in laughter via cringy asterisks role-playing technique.**
Your comment is cringe.
*WE WILL START THE CRINGE-CEPTION*
@@wherebuysilverware4656 That was also cringe haha!
bOi you just posted cringe your going to lose subscribers!
Cringe is instinctualy placing yourself in the subject's perspective - You feel you're performing the cringe yourself, and therefore you feel embarassed FOR that person.
That's cringe. That's why something can be cringey to someone and not cringey to another.
No cringe is just trying to insult someone by saying they did something a way you didn't like and so it must be bad; its like being a slacker and telling someone who actually cares about their life that they try too hard. It's just like being a complete idiot and telling people who study too hard or know more than you that they are losers. on teh other side of the coin its like collecting manga and telling everyone (as so many anime protagonists do) that "2d woman are 'better' than 3d women".
No.
I just read this comment in your voice 😂😂
It's this cringe?
Darkness Prevails Its also subjective, but yea I agree
Yeah, the modern noun cringe is basically the english equivalent of the german Fremdschämen, you can finally strike that word from the list of german words that have no english translation.
Life is just one big cringe compilation.
agree
couldn't have said it better
@@thestrangeandstupidone8116 same
You missed one.
Rather common actually, where someone does something that isn't socially acceptable and is completely unaware of their faux pas, and is perhaps even proud of it.
Doesn't quite fit in with your definition, but there you go. You are now an even more expert on cringe.
not quite, i knew he was missing something... but if you think about it...
that person thinks he is being socially acceptable, but isnt, and thus we have the contradiction that causes cringe.
French grammar Nazi here, - fopah +faux pas
Thank you.
Dogmatik you mean spelling nazi
Its when people try something and yet dont give it their 100, and are hesitant even though they've already started. It isn't just impression, as sometimes they arent impersonating at all and it still comes off wrong.
Example:
Basically, fucking insecure ass kid trying to explain a joke but is too insecure and shy to actually explain it and keeps falling back into his comfort zone, trying to end off the conversation and making it awkward even though in a normal scenario it wont be awkward/cringey, whilst hes still talking and trying to explain his joke.
Or its when they are insecure/shy over a certain situation, or just not comfortable with it (Same shit), and when they are presented the situation they feel uncomfortable, and rather take in the new experience, they either mask it as if they already been through this new experience, or jump back into their comfort zone and completely reject it, not physically like saying no (as that is still delving yourself completely into the new situation, adding more experience), but just mentally too insecure to believe that they themselves can be in the presented situation . I feel like this is the cringe you're talking about.
Easy to avoid, once you find out what the fuck it is.
Know your lane, comfort zone, and when you hop out of it dont keep a leg behind. You need to fully jump out. Dont impersonate as if your comfort zone/lane is different/bigger than it is, rather when you DO try to become what you see is impressive (Which is why you would impersonate) just fully involve yourself into it and take it as an experience, not a mask over who you really are.
Which actually just contradicts everything I said, so yes. It is impression.
My sister once defined cringe as "secondhand embarrassment" and that definition works 99%of the time. You see someone fail so hard, you're embarrassed to be in the presence of such epic failure.
theres a word for it in german. Fremdscham.
Being a cringeologist is pretty cringe.
It's genuinely impressive, so it can't be cringe.
Perunavallankumous I agree, I was saying it more as a joke.
Waxican cringeception
Recestii Cringelord cringeology
Kinda cool though \_^^_/
I agree with this thery on the whole but I do think that the "Trying to copy" should be replaced with the "Trying to have a certain effect" since completely original things can be cringy too. There's even a sort of cring when someone tries to be original, but isn't.
Good job finding those clips by the way. Consider my gut wrenched.
yeah, i think that's what he meant, that would just be a more refined way of saying it, but yeah this whole thing is pretty all-encompassing.
I'd say cringe is applied when something either attempts to project itself as impressive and fails, or manages to fail a mundane activity in an exceptionally disasterous fashion - usually with a high amount of social exposure.
+Dexxus - A mundane activity? You mean like walking up a flight of stairs? I don't see how something like walking up a flight of stairs only to turn around to chat with someone, slipping on a puddle of mayonnaise while turning, rotating around the guard rail and into the adjacent dumpster would be cringy.
That last one sounds more "embarrassing" than "cringe" to me but, as Uniquenameosaurus pointed out, it is subjective, so you're not wrong.
A really insightful video but there's one piece of the cringe puzzle that is left unsolved- Cringe culture in general. Like people who make fun of ANYONE who likes Undertale, or anyone who likes Cuphead, or just anything "cringey". I feel as if cringe culture is actually an after-effect of people who think they are superior than others because they don't like those things. The problem with cringe culture is the fact that people who like said things or partake in the fandoms or anything, aren't trying to impress anyone. They're doing it out of passion yet this cringe culture still exists around them.
Mugi Kotobuki watch his toxic fandom video.
noathegod 1 OH RIGHT I FORGOT THAT WAS A VIDEO OF HIS. Thanks for reminding me
Well a thing that makes "undertale fans" cringey in the eyes of many people might be not the fault of Undertale but of the kind of person "Undertale fans" are associated with. Like the weird tumblr people who preach the game to be the wholesome game jesus and are generally weird and cringey people rubbing their cringe off on a genuinely good game.
Gosh, the cringe culture is so cringey.
Cringe culture is cringey in and of itself because people are trying to take the moral high ground over not liking a fucking videogame.
Wow, a genuinely insightful video on youtube? What planet am I on?
I'd like to add that I think empathy has a really strong impact on how we register cringe emotionally (empathy being feeling someone else's emotions). I think that we feel bad when we see someone acting 'cringy' because we can recognise that they're failing to act impressive and so we feel what they should be feeling, which is basically shame.
This is part of what I find really weird about cringe. If you were told that a group of people on the internet came together in order to watch videos of people acting socially inept, you'd expect that they were laughing at them or shaming them rather than empathising with the person being cringy. In a certain sense they do make fun of them, but that's always secondary to the cringing.
Also, important to note that "cringe"/"cringey" has been co-opted as an insult that basically means what you're saying. I.e you should feel shame for how embarrassing your actions are to yourself, but without the connotation of empathy. Saying something is "cringe" can just be a short, snappy, condescending way of saying "you're embarrassing yourself." I just want to point out that It's not always the case that people calling others cringe are, unbeknownst to themselves, secretly admitting that they're empathizing with the person they're calling cringey. Sometimes they're just being dickheads.
There're plenty of insightful videos out there (but I get what you mean.)
Cringe and shame go hand and hand. Second-hand embarrassment and the resulting shame feelings are probably the gut reactions that make for the *Cringe (verb) and flinch* kind of reaction we physically have and then empathy becomes a factor when we choose how to respond. Telling them to stop, they're trying too hard or etc can be empathy. If we disregard the first reaction to make fun of them, then it's not empathy. If we disregard the first action to comfort them, it's sympathy rather than empathy.
The act of cringing is basically getting embarrassed on another person's behalf. I think it only applies to when they are trying to be impressive, since I don't think cringe is the right word to describe something like a person's nudes being leaked.
Seeing such an insightful comment that brings about legitimate discussion from someone with that Pfp baffles me. But I do respect what was said...I feel bad that I know where it’s from
Cringe can never be avoided, due to trends being in fashion and out of fashion from time to time.
people who cringe at everything are the worst.
People who cringe at cringing is pretty cringe
@@StrikebackTuesday No it's not, they're just annoying.
Llopeztube LpTzoid cringee
@@StrikebackTuesday ?
thanks like i don’t hate myself enough
Teachers singing about math or whatever will always be cringe because the intention is to get students interested and it's an attempt to connect with the kids, which it doesn't accomplish
In fact, this is a less extreme example of the most classic example of cringe that dates all the way back to the 90's- out of touch adults rapping, which is the same basic principle but even more obvious
This exactly. I feel a good example is the Rappin' for Jesus video.
The teachers are trying to imitate the shitty TV trope from like 80s/90s sitcoms, of the 'cool teacher' who "really connects with the kids". But that never actually existed outside of TV. And trying to look cool is never cool- it's always cringe.
Lazypackmule Thank god I'm not the only one who has that math teacher.
The only people that fit into that trope without being cringey are the individuals that actually have a passion and understanding of the subject matter that all the rest are merely imitating. It's the difference between, "If I do this thing the kids like, they'll like me" vs. "I actually like (and am decent at) this thing the kids like too".
I think it's more a word that people use to describe something they dont like or that they don't understand.
in the past, it was used to define something that cause you disgust or embarrasment, but in this days, people tend to use it for everything, usually to insult somebody else.
dayum
As a fat girl, and also aspiring actress, its totally reasonable that you're addressing stereotypes and connotations that certain things have, because they're just kinda.. true. This isn't me trying to be like "gnfjg fjn you have my approval and only because of that can you keep this video up" or whatever, I'm just appreciative that you're not trying to be overly sensitive, yet still acknowledging that it's a sensitive topic and approaching it with respect and a technical eye. Thanks dude
you forgot people who cringe at stuff just because they're from a certain group they don't like
but, the study in your video is actually really good, nice work
*snap*
this is going in my cringe compilation
bomb
Eh, i get cringe from a lot, lot, more than underlined here, but i guess you're not wrong.
aserta maybe you just think you're better than everyone.
And that's cringey.
y-yeah cringe is like
mayby this person wanted to start a conversation, mayby he just wanted to get it out there
and youre speaking like you know how he feels, thats cringe
LuminousIris hmm, yeah, rollplay/studer in text is very cringey because they are trying to imitate speech, and behaviors, in text form... witch you know, really DOESNT work because they obviously aren't doing those things, and probably don't have a stutter, so it all is extremely cringey.
The higher your standards the more cringe you will perceive. I think this covers a very broad spectrum of cringe.
There's also another factor he didn't really go over - context, or your involvement and relationship with the situation - but his is more covering things where you don't have a personal connection or anything.
This actually fits almost every instance of cringe I've ever remembered experiencing, kudos
Nah, see, cringe is when you see someone else in a situation and just get a burst of empathy where your experiences etc lead you to think you would be incredibly embarrassed in that situation. Your definition works for you, as imitating something but failing makes it clear to you that it should be embarrassing, and thus you get that sudden burst of cringe, but I get cringe from things that should be disqualified as they're not going for the imitation route as I would still be incredibly embarrassed to be in such a situation. For example, the first incredibly cringey bit in RWBY, for me, was immediately after the first action sequence, where Ruby is being a complete fangirl. This caused me cringe because "Oh fucking Christ can't you see how embarrassed you should be?", not because "Wow, you were pretending to be cool, but now you're not, how cringey.". It doesn't fall under imitation of being a badass, because after that fight scene, it's clear that Ruby does have the credentials to back up a badass attitude, and it's not an imitation of being a fangirl, as pretending to be such a thing when you're not generally falls under mockery. Basically, it's cringe because you would be incredibly embarrassed in such a situation, even if the person in the situation does not realise it.
So a better question is: what is the cause of emberassment.
I got my ideas, but am intriuged to hear others.
@@ineednochannelyoutube5384 i was about to ask the same question
Your hypothesis for what is cringe totally makes sense. I always heard people calling RWBY cringe, but I couldn't see it as that no matter how many times I watched it because I just saw the passion oozing from every frame, which is one of the reason i prefer the early seasons over the later ones even though they are significantly lower in quality.
567swimmey
For every joke that could be considered cringe, there was one that was legitimately funny, so I don't blame you.
RWBY made me cringe the hardest in my life, that's what you get for trying to be anime and failing bad
In german the word 'Fremdschämen' exists. It means that you feel shame on behalf of someone else. I think that's what cringe is. You would be ashamed to be in that situation and if you would act like that.
Isn't that just... uh, empathy?
Yoooo! you people aren't giving me enough 5 word phrases to hide in my videos: www.patreon.com/Uniquenameosaurus
Also I have twitter now: twitter.com/Uniqueosaurus
As someone who's amazing at avoiding cringe without even trying ,it's been 4 years and I've been in 37+ fandoms (9+ of them are infamous for being cringey)
I haven't an idea
I think the best way to define cringe is simply taking yourself seriously, while appearing silly, ignorant, childish, foolish, etc. to others. And that's why what is and isn't cringe-inducing is subjective, because what we find silly, ignorant, etc. is subjective.
Okay thank you. Your voice is what I imagine soy milk sounds like.
Sir God bless you
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Dear 31 weirdos, why?
I really love your insightful and in-depth analysis’. I never used to watch 20min+ long UA-cam videos but you are such a worthy exception. I actually just watched that mentioned RWBY video, so this is great timing!
Cringe has been misunderstood a LOT since 2015 (i guess??), cringe is now "HaHA lOLz YOuRE fRoM **x fandom** oMg CRInGE GiVE mE thE BLeacH LmAO" i thought this was gonna be one of those videos making fun of kids on DA with sonic ocs, this is actually pretty good! keep it up
Honestly, I rarely ever find cosplays cringey. To me, when they strike a pose (even if their costume isn't perfect), it's another example of how much they're into it and having fun. They get a chance to be a favorite character for a day, so they're just committed to that mindset, even if they aren't good at costume building.
Great video! Never really thought about what causes cringe until now, good insight. Though, after watching the video. why'd you use the term "impressive" as opposed to "being taken seriously"? Sounds like it would fit better.
Not everything cringe is failing to be "impressive" per say, but more like something taking itself seriously (even a joke) and failing at it. If it has ironic humor or self awareness then it isn't cringe due to the awfulness being the point, but when somethin is actually trying to present itself as one thing but fails, it's cringy.
For me, what is considered cringy is when a character performs an action that would embarrass me if I attempted it. I know this is the case, because growing up, I had to watch TV on my own since whenever something cringy occured while I was around others, I had this strange idea that I would be ridiculed for the cringe taking place, as if I was the one performing the cringy act.
This video was very insightful into something I never really understood. It followed a bunch of other terms coined only recently which flew over my head. And actually, as an artist aspiring to eventually make comics there's one really difficult term I've been having trouble with because it has some weird stigma or something to it, known as "Edge". I feel like there are more examples of edge and unspoken rules about it than concrete rules to define it that I never really understood it. Especially since the only definition I could find didn't hold up with everything I heard to be called-out as edge. And I find the feeling of "Edge is bad" to be very difficult to deal with when I don't understand its... everything.
That context out of the way, I'd like to request a video about edge since you have a very insightful way of explaining and making point and arguments and if I feel confused about it, I imagine others could be too.
Honestly, I think I’m the only person who thinks Jaune is legitimately funny in season 1. I never found him cringey, I just thought his naivety was goofy and endearing. I think I’m gonna make a video addressing this concept so thanks for the idea man. Good vid!
Good video as always. If only the uploads didn’t come once a year.
Edit: I’m in the wrong. Checked your video feed. And for some reason even though I have notifications turned on and I’m subbed. Your vids aren’t showing in my sub box. 😐
HMMM.
What was the last video you watched of mine?
Oh UA-cam
*Cues credits and sitcom ending theme"
When you say "sub box" do you actually mean the subscriptions page? Because so often I see people complaining that they don't see videos because they think that the homepage is the sub box.
Oh, maybe I should check the channel to see if the same thing is happening to me.
UPDATE: Nope.
It was the ASMR one.just went through the ardous task of going back through my sub history for two weeks ago and managed to find it, however i had 3 good mythical morning uploads right next to your toxic fandoms video since they uploaded shortly after you. i got notifications for all 3 of theirs and none for yours.meh no wonder i missed it.I have the bell on but didnt get shiz.
should be noted i have 142 channel subscriptions and this happens with a few of them.
cringe is when you are embarrased of something someone is doing around you
Yeah, the idea of transference of embarassment from the subject to the viewer is something that's missing from this analysis.
well as he says it’s when someone thinks they’re impressive when they’re not, which is basically “they should be embarassed but don’t realize it”. It stops being cringe if you think they fully realize it should be embarrassing but decide to do it anyway.
+Juanelgod
No, that's called being "embarrassed"...
Juanelgod
That's second hand embarrassment lol
Not really since that is just considered embarrassing, not really cringey. Feeling embarrassed because of someone's actions isn't the same feeling as cringe. Edit: And yes, even if one of the definitions of cringe is ''an experience of an inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust.'' I must point out that the feeling still feels quite different.
I think another factor to cringe is the lack of social awareness someone needs to be accidentally make someone cringe.
Cringe is bad enough when someone fails to imitate something then backs away accepting their defeat. However when someone fails at something and is oblivious to why they failed, or even worse the fact they failed in the first place acts as a cringe amplifier .
Another great video Saurus!
I'm rly thankful for that vid, genuinely made me look back at myself and seek for improvement
I'm cringe whenever I want to be , why? I was cringy for 5 years straight.I studied it more than English. You can ask me anything.
I love RWBY, but thats just cause im fine with some cringe. Of course some people wont enjoy certain styles of writing, and i wholeheartedly agree with your assessment that RWBY is cringe. Its just i still enjoy it, and feel it is used as a tool to keep the mood light rather than something unintentional
Now I have a video to send people when they don't understand what I mean by cringe. The most succinct meaning I can give is seeing something just utterly emberassing due to either a complete contradiction or someone failing horribly at something.
This is an interesting take on cringe, and it touches on what psychologists discovered. Cringe has to do with empathy. It's feeling embarrassment for other people ("vicarious embarrassment"). This can happen when you think they're "trying too hard," or when they're not trying hard enough (for some people). For me, cringe happens when someone fails and people call them out on it (either by being an unreceptive audience, or they literally tell them to stop). Having that happen to me is embarrassing to me, so when I see it happen to someone else, I cringe on their behalf, because I think they're embarrassed, and I understand how it must feel.
A lot of videos I think are too long, but this one for once is actually too short for what it is.
idk.. I still think Einshine is cringe.. but I can't say he was trying to do much.
Although I still am subbed to him.
The Unknown Otaku I mean he left the internet so I guess it doesn't matter anymore
I feel like I probably should have mentioned cringe culture in this somewhere. But honestly its a well known thing that people call a lot of shit cringe as more of an insult than anything else.
Uniquenameosaurus I saw another comment that pointed to a difference between functionally descriptive "cringe" and the petty insult which essentially means "I think you should be ashamed of yourself." The former believes the subject is simply naïvely unaware of themself and comes from a place of their own empathetic repose (I.e. actually themselves cringing) while the latter comes to it from a much more combative mindset, not necessarily experiencing that empathic wince, simply ridiculing the subject for doing something shameful.
I love your video. It made me feel like I can speak more eloquently about a topic that I only understood impulsively before.
Overall I agree with your assessment, but I have a few specific things I want to mention.
I think you really touched on something by mentioning perceived intent as fundamental to cringe. I think that presenting it in front of a live studio audience, in your example, is important to effectively intentionally conveying cringe simply because it removes the doubt of intention since so many other people have perceived the same thing. I think that other methods, such a presenting the laugh track plays on the Big Bang Theory are created for similar reasons such as enforcing how people should interpret the perceived intent behind various actions.
I have a mild criticism of your word choices. I think that "imitation" actually goes a step too far in describing the phenomenon, and if it was replaced with "impression" or "image" whenever it occurs. I think that this would likely solidify the idea that "cringe" is when people latch onto a method of presentation that isn't appropriate for the context of their ideas. Although I completely agree that "cringe" usually occurs when people imitate a popular and well-known social construct that projects their idea. If this is a correct interpretation of your intent I mostly agree with your choice to use imitation, though I doubt many people's ability to perceive this without the correct mindset.
If I might add an observation of my own:
Interpreting something else as cringe may be a value judgment based in the interpreter's belief systems, social perceptions, expectations, and understanding of crafting an "image." Ironically this could mean that people who put more effort into doing well by conforming into a particular system (such as through your "challenge" example with cosplay) might be the ones who most notice that an action is cringe-worthy. In this way, cringe may assume that someone is working with the same values that you have and work towards the same objective, at which point cringe could be feeling that someone is directly acting against the status quo to an embarrassing degree.
This also means that the best way to avoid undesirable cringe is to develop an understanding of expectations and symbols as much as possible and present an idea in a way that can be interpreted as clearly towards the intention as possible. However, this doesn't prevent cringe, as some may choose to take actions that others will interpret as cringey even with this understanding, much like those cosplayers who are just doing cosplay for self-expression.
This might mean that "cringe" is more of an expression of how things do not fit in a status quo according to the beliefs of the perceiver. As an example, I'm sure that some people thought Avatar: The Last Airbender was cringey, because it was an anime not created in Japan. Many people have or had set definitions for anime being developed in Japan, and as such Avatar probably many people's beliefs. I'm sure the entire idea of the show was considered cringey American weeaboo trash by many and was dismissed off-hand because of that perception of social norms, despite the quality of the show and it's ideas.
Put another way, I think that cringe can be defined as "a vehement feeling of embarrassment towards another based on their method of presenting ideas compared to one's own standards."
I hope my try harding has helped develop your theories on cringe further.
Thanks again for taking the time to make this video.
I legit did not see that shirt your avatar wears sloppily as a lab coat until the moment you called it a lab coat at the end. I just thought it was a lazily worn hoodie or something all this time.
For the world's #1 shining example of cringe you need look no further than our cringelord and savior Tekking101. He has eaten the cringe-cringe devil fruit and has mastered the art of the cringe-iness.
Wait, that’s supposed to be a lab coat? I thought it was long jacket, or a trench coat
This is the first video of yours I've seen and it's really good I can't believe I didn't hear about you before.
This explains a lot because I laugh super easily and people think I’m cringe when I laugh at my own jokes a lot even tho ik there not that good
Rwby volumn 4-5 fight scenes, now thats cringe right there.
i havnt been keeping up to date on the series....
but they fight scenes where like the only good things in the earlier seasons...
they are bad now? D:
Adam Eason horrible. And the story is stagnating and isnt that great. Theyre trying to make up for the lack of fighting scenes with world building and character development, but they fail to acknowledge what made RWBY, *RWBY* . Look back at the trailers and you’ll see what i mean.
Stevey Peppers I mean the lead animator Monty died. So that really makes it... harder to make it what it used to be.
Well of course. But instead of solving the issue by hiring someone specifically for martial arts choreography, they forgone that entire thing and just had some random fucking shmuck whos only experience is watching 1 bruce lee montage on youtube probably. There's a behind the scenes vid for season 5, its really bad.
Stevey Peppers I can't tell you anything, dude. The way they handle it is the way they handle it. Red Vs Blue didn't always have Monty, and used shoddy Photoshop and still worked out. They find something when they see it's what they need.
Wow... This is something i never expected XD
That's what happens when people take something trivial seriously, and i love it!
i love this, it is well written and understandable. i personally know i am cringe when it comes to jokes. . .ok mostly BADD puns.
that said when is did you drop RWBY yet volume 5? i honestly would love to see your review. personally i think it is THE weakest volume to date. mind you 60% of why i watch it is for the fights sooo...
Hey friendo, are you going to make a video about rwby volume 5? I had a lot of issues with the volume but I'm not entirely sure how I'd express them so I'd be excited to see you talk about the volume
RWBY looks like it was made in mmd
Wait, it isn't ? I'm a stranger to RWBY, I thought it is literally made in MMD.
+TheWallachianBard I beliebe it was actually made in unity.
Well hey if you can't make fun of yourself. Don't make fun of others. That's why I like the last last part of the video where he roasts himself.
Also, speaking of RWBY, what was your opinion on Volume 5? Are you planning on making a video about it. I know there were a lot of mixed opinions on it so I was curious about your take on it.
Good video. Always love your work, and the breakdown of cringe is something I want to see more of these days since we all often mention cringe without really understanding it.
This is perfect to me
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Hey, this finally got its payoff! Plot threads finally came together in a perfect little bow... Unlike RWBY.
Well thought out analysis and an Ippo bar scene. Have a like, a subscribe, and a bell. You seem like a genuinely fun and nice guy so I'm glad I found your channel ^_^
So, I've been an enthusiastic viewer since your Nichijou video blew up. Ever since then I've loved every installment, from the humor to the video you vented your frustrations with being dealt a shotty hand and pushing through(which I related to very well). And while I may not always agree, I enjoy the cases you put forth. I've always avoided commenting because my compliments can seem patronizing in text form.
I know I took a paragraph to get to the point, but screw it. I've been wondering if you planned on tackling My Hero Academia. And if you think the character are the main pull of the series, or if it's the tone of overcoming the odds and ones own inexperience/weaknesses?
How to avoid getting called cringe: Dont be yourself. (this is a joke :’)
Why are you uploading a video at 1 in the morning
Alden Grant because timezones
I do know... Boiling cringe to uncanny immitation seems to specific... It is more like an emotion on its own... It is more like when a creativa expression fails to be esthetic and just feels dumb or out of place.
This question has been on my mind actually, so I'm glad that you got to this topic! I still think you should put up more on your theories about comedy because there really aren't any good ideas about what makes something funny yet. Plus you only posted one video on the topic. Idk, make videos on whatever's on your mind, but there's just a severe sinkhole when it comes to humor analysis. So I think you could change that I little... Keep making great vids man!
Well, glad that RWBY ditched the whole anime-imitation thing for the most part. Their humor is still abit stale, but that's easily overcome by the choreography and pacing.
Shawn's Legacy
Choreography and pacing that are now shit. The humor is non existant now as well.
I wouldn't say that. They did go down in quality, though.
Choreography only comes back once a season and just plain sucks otherwise.
TRIN-SAMAAAAAA
*ahem* Sorry.
this is cringe
lolgube010 this is cringe
this is cringe
Tommy Linger this is cringe
But not the op ;)
This is indeed something most people would call cringe
Wow, this is actually really really spectacular. This goes much more in-depth than I thought it would.
This is quite useful information, thank you.
Would you be willing to do a video on how avoid such ordeals in writing? Especially avoiding the negative connotations of "Edge" and the like?
What’s wrong with being cringe?
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Two of you explanations for why RWBY was cringe I disagree with. Other than that, good video. I agree with your definition of what cringe is. Just disagree with some of what makes RWBY cringe.
1. I love Jaune. He's hilarious. One of my favorite characters. His failed attempts to court Weiss brightened my day. I didn't find them to be more or less cringe than they were purposefully intended to be.
2. This is one I have to agree with, but only because comedy can be subjective. I am personally easy to please and found most jokes to be funny and the laughter to not be forced.
3. Meh. I was able to forgive minor inconsisencies and many mistakes early on because I knew they had such a low budget. I also personally loved the chibi Ruby and sister dust cloud fight you showed as examples here. I thought they were cute.
Honestly, for me a lot of what makes RWBY cringe is its writing. It... could use a bit of work lol
Yeah, some of it comes off as a first-draft. It does have its good moments, though. I really liked that whole bit with Ren, Nora, and that freaky centaur grim.
A new video finally i love your content to much to wait for this long
Ok so what I learned on how to not be cringey is to not take yourself so seriously and have fun while having confidence in being yourself.
1:44 am
Why?
It's almost 4 am here.
Brandon Gray Better question: what is 1? Like, why do we use that symbol to indicate that quantity? Why is it ever 1 am? What hour is it, really? How many hours have passed since mankind first appeared? I don’t even know if you are human. You could be Apathy...
Parcel Form
*hits blunt*
I mean
That made sense
You made me doubt my existance
Darkthz ? Dang it, that’s not supposed to happen. My skeleton lied to me
Brandon Gray
Or are you a UA-cam living in a teenager?
I am looking at you re:zero episode 13.
Oh shit, I totally forgot about that. You're absolutely right.
If you haven't already looked into it, once I heard that people cringe because of self confidence issues. Personally I feel like I've gotten a little more confident in the past couple years and I've been cringing less. No clue how true it is. But it seems like its worth looking into.
I think I've become immune to cringe with the enormous amounts that can be found on the internet, so because of that I have a harder time than before recognizing when it happens. Oh god, what if I'm being cringy without even noticing?!
Instagram is cringe.
RWBY looks like an anime license game from 2005. It's beyond me how people can watch something this ugly. It's really cheap looking and it having a Japanese dub for some reason doesn't make it any more watchable it only makes it so you recognize most of the voice actors. I'm guessing the only reason even Japan wanted something like this was because of the cute girls. They are in some cross over fighting game now together with Japanese IPs. So I guess there's that.
but anime games from 2005 are cool, so i'll strongly disagree with you
Considering Kemono friends is a really beloved show worldwide I don't particularly understand your line of reasoning also yeah Japan likes it for 3 main reasons: one cute girls, two fight scenes despite volume 4 and 5 not being as strong it has really good moments like Qrow vs Tyrian and Raven vs Cinder, and three the fact that this is essentially the first indie "anime" as it is not done by a professional high budget company but as a passion project which really appealed to them.
How would having a Japanese dub make it easier to recognize the voice actors? Surely it's easier to tell who's voice it is in English than in Japanese, I recognized Yuri Lowenthal as Mercury in a second.
Rin I love rwby for the story aspect. Some characters and certain fights but even I will admit the first three seasons looked god awful but 4 and 5 actually look very smooth and beautiful. Like certain cgi anime. You can’t deny it though. Rwby has still somehow got famous despite its bad looks the first few seasons.
@@FixTheWi-Fi Kinda an old comment, but it's because the voice acting industry in Japan is incredibly bigger than the English one.
Dude, you have no idea how interesting this video was. The concept of cringe is something I've been devoting a lot of thought to over the past year or so, mainly triggered by my introduction to cringe culture via Pewdiepie and other UA-camrs, and personally knowing a few people irl who I find cringey. It's really a fascinating topic.
I've been following you since before that video and oh my god I'm so glad you finally figured it out, and with a theory that covers a lot of cringe as well. One thing I did want to bring up were moments of cringe that come from someone doing something and not realizing why what they're doing is wrong, such as someone trying to shake a blind person's hand or misunderstanding a game show question and losing money by missing the question. While the second can be chalked up to them trying to appear confident and missing the key parts of confidence (IE a reason to be confident), they both induce a feeling of really wishing you could stop the person and being unable to, which results in cringe. Do you think that compulsion to stop an awkward situation results in the cringe, or is there an underlying factor that groups these situations in with the ones you described ?
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Tldw: What makes something cringe is a high ratio between someone's belief they are X and how X they actually are. ie: someone believing they are an intimidating badass when they are in fact an overweight teenager with a cheap katana they can't use.
Dude looks like emo Ben Shapiro...
I always cringe at superheroe suits, and it perfectly fits your explanation. For example, the flash. They are trying too hard to make Barry look impressive with his suit, while to me the thing's just really really. And also the fact that nobody laughs when seeing him in that thing is silly. This perfectly fits what you said in this video
I've dealt with a lot of cringe before (mostly in fanfics and OCs) and I'd just like to note that the person doesn't have to think they're doing a great job at it. A lot of the cringe I see comes from someone's lack of knowledge or effort into something. In that case the cringe doesn't come from the fact that the person think's they're impressive, in fact most of them will say they're just okay or even not the best at it. In those cases, the cringe comes either because the person thinks their terrible attempt is okay or simply because the person doesn't think their terrible attempt is cringe. It does tie in with what you're saying, but it's not as extreame.
I don't get cringe...interesting.
Probably says something about you. Do you get embarrassed?
donov25
Not really mate. On a different note. When I happen to watch one of Pewdiepie's videos, he tends to gets alot of cringe..it says alot about him, doesn't it...oh well I'll look in to it another time..
But this video about cringe seems about right. Have you seen the one that explains "creepy". That one is good. Most people don't know how to explain that feeling. If you haven't seen it let me know, I'll post a link to it. Oh and thank you to whoever happens to read all this. Here you go.🍦
Maybe you are sociopathic.
studying cringe for 18 months is cringy in it of itself
Back in the days RWBY looked like a random 2006-ish game cutscene, but now it looks more like VR-CHAT...
Props to you, mate. I couldn't stay dedicated to a project for this long.
Fun video, too!
2:33 For me, I see the cringe as the other way around. The girl on the left's expression and pose are really impressive to me. While the guy on the right looks like he's not trying which appears pathetic and possibly 'cringe' to me.
But I guess this goes with what you had said only a moment before when you expressed that you use to find some cosplay cringe but no longer do. Cringe can be subjective.
ms Lady Cho
Yeah like you choose to wear a costume, don't pretend u didn't
Really unironically liking something is so much better
Now we just need someone who thinks neither is cringey and we'll have a set.
You called?
And that makes a full set.
I find neither cringey. But I find finding the guy on the right cringey, to be a bit cringey.
He's chill and relaxed, and to be opposed to that or find it cringey gives me vibes of being too uptight and the sort to "try too hard", therefore it winds up cringey to me.
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*You know that time when people cringe over everything? Like. Literally everything.* Sometimes you can’t even express your feelings in a comment, as because people cringe over you. There are channel’s over there that are made to help you, and they tell you to express your feelings so they can help out. (Psych2Go for example). But some people cringe over your “hurt stories.” And other stuff. I really dislike how we cringe on everything. ✨😒✨
I love these videos. You do such a good job critically analyzing things.
The real question is have you finally dropped RWBY yet? Volumes 4 and 5 have been just awful
Jinx Jade That is objectively wrong. Never lie again.
Hm, i highly suspect you of trolling.
Nice bait mates.
"Objectively speaking of course"? Either you mixed up objectivity and subjectivity, or are way too full of yourself.
Rukifellth he was being sarcastic. It's so obvious that certain things are just opinions that many people say "objectively" as a joke. Either that or I just assumed that the Internet isn't retarded.
Jinx Jade
I think Volume 4 was alright (nothing amazing, but alright).
Volume 5 was garbage. I hate it.
I liked when rwby tried to be anime it made it more unique in my opinion
Conspiracy theories with tea Well, there aren't that many cartoons that try to be anime. In a certain way, a cartoon trying to be anime is more unique than a cartoon just being a cartoon.
Nah man, it looks awful.
I don't think it made it more unique but I don't think it was cringe either. I basically took the anime tropes as they were: stock standard anime tropes.
Conspiracy theories with tea no no no.... you see, what he was saying is that a lot of the time, 3D animation isnt that stylised, yeah proportions may be slightly different, they might put faces on things that dont usually have faces, etc, but they never look all that different, especially with how light bounces off surfaces, and how shading looks. RWBY with its 3D animation imitating 2D animation looks really unique comparatively... and it has a familiar touch too it, as a lot of 2D shows tend to use a big of 3D models if they need too.
Adam Eason the problem is rwby trying to look anime, if it tried to have it's own style it would look better, this is because the typical anime style was made for 2d, and since rwby tries to imitate that style it ends up looking like an mmd video (one with great editing). RWBY shouldn't try to imitate the style, because it ends up looking bad. And yes I know that rooster teeth doesn't want to spend money on making 2d animation frame-by-frame.
have you watched voltron?
because I think your character looks a lot like pidge, its nothing bad, I think it looks cute!
The "Mothers making big deals about stupid things in retail stores" clip you used was a satire sketch based on the character Kathy Bates played by Anne Wilkes in the Rob Reiner movie (based on the Stephen King book of the same title) Misery.