This thread is making me realize how often I must do innocuous things that (for some reason unknown to me) make other people feel irrationally embarrassed. Every time I walk out the door I'm probably making someone quietly weep with shame on my behalf.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Monday, 17 December 2012 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
posting that ^^^ was probably humiliating, for instance
didn't even have to leave home!
their prob imo
― first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Monday, 17 December 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
i hope they enjoy those salty droplets of barely concealed disgust
― passion it person (La Lechera), Monday, 17 December 2012 04:20 (eleven years ago) link
anyone calling their SO "babe" or "baby" ever
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (zachlyon), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 05:34 (eleven years ago) link
dudes standing behind their girlfriends and rubbing them during rock concerts.
― wongo hulkington's jade palace late night buffet (silby), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 07:12 (eleven years ago) link
Patting their heads and rubbing their stomachs?
― ledge, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
I would have put that on the angry thread tbh /bitteroldman
― ledge, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 09:26 (eleven years ago) link
i'll rub my babe anywhere i like, deal
― first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 09:51 (eleven years ago) link
"ironic" "racism" : yes I understand you are probably mocking attitudes you do not hold yourself whilst also enjoying the trangressive naughtiness but STOP NOW.
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:13 (eleven years ago) link
hold on, yeah I know that's neither innocuous or irrational.
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:14 (eleven years ago) link
otm about comedy improv, i tried to watch video of asssscat, the upright citizen's brigade thing and made it like 8 minutes, I was shrouding my face with my fingers like it was castration footage eventually.
looking at posed photos of people smiling in social situations
being in a store less than 30 minutes before it closes, especially any kind of food service
cashiers remembering me for any reason
seeing people explicitly trying to "network" in social situations
being reminded that i actually exist to other people as a living being and that my words and actions are being interpreted
robert de niro doing comedy acting
applying for food stamps
― slam dunk, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
― kinder, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (zachlyon), Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:34 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is hilarious when it's Jeff and Hayley on "American Dad," though.
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
eating in a restaurant that has great food, but is nearly empty and the owners/wait staff are way too friendly. seems to coincide with restaurants that are already a little awkward -- 20 page menu, weird specials, hovering waiter who brings out a free appetizer you didn't ask for.
― mh, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
eating alone
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
i'll be honest, i've even been embarrassed by the act of chewing.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
there have been some good ones lately
i like the ones where people are embarrassed to even exist -- like "why am i here and why won't you stop looking at me"those are the ones i identify with
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
embarrassment that I have done things on this thread that embarrass others to witness
― mh, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
chewing is tough it's true. and i chew v slowly so i often have an awkward dinner thing of having to make the choice between speaking with my mouth full or making people wait for what feels like three forevers for me to reply to them.
― Shane Richie Junior (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
Trying on clothes in public. I went to purchase a couple of new suits recently, and just trying them on, having the tailor measure and mark up everything, the whole process is weirdly embarrassing.
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
xp see, the ones where someone else is embarrassing to you are quite different imoseveral times this week i have been the older woman blasting various types of music, possibly including gangnam style, out of her car and singing with verve!
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
basically, having a body is embarrassing
I was thinking more about rock concert grinding and calling women "baby"
oh god what have I admitted
― mh, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
some guy i didn't know tried to do that to me (from behind!) at a dinosaur jr show in the 90sat least you're not that guy
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
Dinosaur Jr! Was it during "Freak Scene"?
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
brb gotta burn my time machine and destroy evidence
― mh, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
It started about 1/3 of the way into the show -- can't remember what song was playing when I noticed it -- and for a while I was like wtf is going on back there and then I remember just turning around and being like "what are you doing?" and he stopped. I thought it might have been an accident, but he looked pretty embarrassed. It's extremely unfortunate that what I remember about that show is not the music, but this guy's boner. Oh well.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
:(
embarrassed for humanity now
― mh, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
Hey at least I remember something. It was post Green Mind, so the place was pretty packed and I was toward the front -- there were lots and lots of people behind me, including people who only clearly only knew (and clapped for) the radio singles. I think this guy was one of those. That is the end of my story.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
I think I acted in an inappropriate way in my younger years in such situations but that's a rational embarrassment
― mh, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
LL I had that happened to me once as well! ugh. gross. Except I just elbowed him in the stomach because it was in the middle of a song I liked and I really, really didn't want to see his face.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
A friend of mine ended up making out with a girl at a Fugazi show in the 90s once - I don't believe either of them was being gross or creepy, it just ended up happening. He was mostly embarrassed because Fugazi is not the kind of band you generally end up making out with a stranger to.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
i get embarrassed whenever straight guys discuss girls in front of me as if i am privy to the conversation
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
Same here, and I'm straight.
― pplains, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
i am almost always embarrassed when we have functions at work with guest speakers. i think I'm just embarrassed for people who have to talk to a room full of strangers, even if they are good at it I feel embarrassed by the ~situation~
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
i get embarrassed when i hear my own teacher voice or if i have to raise my voice, but other than that, speaking in front of a group is no big thangdon't cry for me argentina
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
I hate hearing my own voice recorded and played back!
― mh, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
not me! i like it. i used to hate it, but then i decided that i sound alright. it's part of my "get over yourself" mission.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
you and your darned rational thought and self-actualization
― mh, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
xxpost LL I wouldn't be embarrassed for you anyway bcz teaching somehow doesn't fall under my embarrassment umbrella
except me being embarrassed about trying to teach many years ago, lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
I get embarrassed when someone mishears a question from someone else, even when it's innocuous. The classic example being where/when:Person 1: "Where's your birthday party?"Person 2: "Oh, Friday night at 8."<brief pause where Person 1 knows they were misheard, doesn't want to make Person 2 awkward>Person 1: "Um, cool. And (over-enunciating) where are you having the party?"
Blech. Don't think that classes as empathy, as Person 2 never seems to notice, or care even if they do.
― CraigG, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
Walking into a single-occupancy public restroom that someone just stank up and knowing that the person after you will assume you were the culprit.
Being stricken with a sudden bout of food poisoning or somesuch the first time you're over at a new friend's place, where the bathroom is right next to the room where everyone else is and knowing that they all know What You're Doing In There.
Also: pretty much everything single-occupancy-bathroom- and/or poo-related. Wholly irrational but deeply embarrassing.
― Oral Kiosk (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
ppl clapping between movements at classical music concerts
― clouds, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
i like that
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
u can just ~feel~ the consternation from the sort of uptight 60 yr olds who comprise 80% of classical concert audiences
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
Irrational fear of buying toilet paper, especially in high quantities. It's never Happened, but I keep fearing the store clerk that will wrinkle his brow, look at me with a broad grin, and ask "So, Poopin tonight, eh?".
― NINO CARTER, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
― clouds, Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:09 AM (7 minutes ago)
OTM. Also, applause for soloists in the middle of jazz shows, before the song is over.
― WilliamC, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
concert etiquette in general is embarrassing to me
why are u standing and clapping
― clouds, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link