dantheclammanM to WikipediaEnglish • edit-23 months agoVicarious embarrassment (feeling embarrassed on someone else's behalf, sometimes considered the opposite of schadenfreude)en.wikipedia.orgmessage-square4arrow-up122arrow-down10
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minus-square@WoahWoahlinkEnglish7•edit-23 months agoAren’t their like muscles in our neck that we only use to express this feeling? Maybe I’m losing my mind. Edit: the platysma muscles. Aka the cringe muscles. We typically only make them visible when we’re experiencing second-hand embarrassment.
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink2•2 months agoThat’s the face I make when I see gore porn in a horror movie. Like somebody losing a fingernail.
minus-squaredantheclammanOPMlinkEnglish1•2 months agoMe watching a certain genre of film like King of Comedy or Uncut Gems. I often struggle to make it through. Clearly I need to exercise my platysma muscles
Aren’t their like muscles in our neck that we only use to express this feeling? Maybe I’m losing my mind.
Edit: the platysma muscles. Aka the cringe muscles. We typically only make them visible when we’re experiencing second-hand embarrassment.
Sounds plausible to me
That’s the face I make when I see gore porn in a horror movie. Like somebody losing a fingernail.
Me watching a certain genre of film like King of Comedy or Uncut Gems. I often struggle to make it through. Clearly I need to exercise my platysma muscles