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Yep, me neither. The best I can tell is that it's a new children's term. If a kid says "that's cringe", it means "I don't like that".
by pferde 7y ago
Yep, me neither. The best I can tell is that it's a new children's term. If a kid says "that's cringe", it means "I don't like that".
- Neekerer 7y agook boomer
- kls 7y agogiven that he/she is on HN, my assumption would be that they are a Gen-X'er at the earliest. Gen-X'ers saw and built the dawn of the internet/web so they still hold life outside the web in high regard and while we "get" a lot of the tech life stuff, we find participation to not be as important as younger generations. Then there is just stuff we don't see the point in, not that it's not important, rather it's just lost in generation translation.
- pferde 7y agoI'm sorry, I'm not from USA, so these US-centric tribal designations do not mean anything to me. I'm in my late 30s, if it helps.
- kls 7y agolat 30's would place you as a gen-x'er IIRC gen-X ran from 61 to 81. https://www.kasasa.com/articles/generations/gen-x-gen-y-gen-z https://www.kasasa.com/articles/generations/gen-x-gen-y-gen-...
- Invictus0 7y agoThis is not even a correct use of the meme, you are now cringe.
- viridian 7y agocringe
- throwawaylolx 7y agoFeels like OP spends significant time in some sorts of Twitter bubble ("Being blocked by someone you never heard of is a common experience online" ?) and either overestimates how prevalent his situation is or the post was not intended for a general audience.