24 Socially Awkward Moments Of 'Sad Cringe'

Cringing at something is a universally experienced, unpleasant feeling that's felt when something embarrassing, awkward, or otherwise out-of-touch. It's kind of like secondhand embarrassment, but more… icky. There are a lot of things out there worth cringing at, even many bad memes can cause a sense of cringe. Though one of the worst times to experience cringe is when the thing being cringed at is also, like, super sad.

Sometimes people do things, say things, or have things happen to them that are just sad, but it's also really awfully embarrassing and definitely shouldn't have been done. Overall, it's just a difficult situation to be in and a bad way to feel about anything. For some reason though it's way too entertaining to see, it's like watching a car crash, just can't look away from the terrible scene. For a place that collects these sorts of interactions and events, Reddit's /r/sadcringe has plenty. Scrolling through the subreddit is a rollercoaster of emotions, here are just 25 of them.