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It's kind of like Peep Show, where the writers tried to engineer the most awkward social situations, only without the jokes.

chrisweekly 1y ago
Tangent: if you like cringey social awkwardness comedy (not my usual cup of tea, but in this case it's extraordinary, and hilarious), try "I Think You Should Leave". "Brian's Hat" is the 1st one I saw and maybe the best: https://youtu.be/LO2k-BNySLI?si=qEX7STkSOeCVZtK- https://youtu.be/LO2k-BNySLI?si=qEX7STkSOeCVZtK- Also "Hot Dog Car" https://youtu.be/WLfAf8oHrMo?si=jz5EKwjJZm1UMZau https://youtu.be/WLfAf8oHrMo?si=jz5EKwjJZm1UMZau
- pixelpoet 1y ago
  Nathan for You is almost physically painful to watch, the cringe is so intense I can only take a few seconds at a time.
  - twoodfin 1y ago
    Nathan Fielder is a genius. The Rehearsal is less in-the-moment cringe and more soul-soaking cringe. Amazing stuff.
  - ojbyrne 1y ago
    Canadians do it best. https://youtu.be/tXgfzxXUVsc?si=vBXu20TewUldSBJB https://youtu.be/tXgfzxXUVsc?si=vBXu20TewUldSBJB
    - ChoGGi 1y ago
      That he certainly is good at, but I loved his interview with Fabio, also that Monica Lewinsky one.
trevithick 1y ago
Also a tangent, but Microsoft was the OG for corporate cringe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ
- fzzzy 1y ago
  Developers developers developers developers!
  - all2 1y ago
    One of the best mashups on youtube came from this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE Enjoy. :)
- dreamcompiler 1y ago
  Oh my god. How strong does a company's reality distortion field have to be for people to think your friends are going to want to come over to play with a new version of Windows? I mean, why not "Let's all have wine and cheese and do root canals on each other!"?
  - Ancapistani 1y ago
    It was a different time. I honestly was excited about Windows 95. Win98 was underwhelming, and WinME was a joke that I never bothered to install on my own machines. Win2K brought back some of the excitement, but not much. Then Vista came out, and it was a total flop at first. Win7 fixed most of those mistakes, but the damage was done. Vista basically killed any chance Microsoft had at building excitement for an OS. FWIW, I think the last macOS version that I was really looking forward to was High Sierra.
    - Anamon 1y ago
      Yeah, younger folks don't remember that new operating systems used to be a thing of excitement -- what cool new features will we get? -- and not, like today, a thing of distress -- what did they break this time, and which new ways have they found to piss me off I remember my dad driving us to the local Windows 95 pre-launch event by Microsoft. I was 10 and had learned the ridiculous and useless skills of DOS memory configuration and bootdisk juggling to get all of the games to run. Win95 was so cool! I remember spending hours on the multimedia catalog and demos on the CD-ROM and marvelling at the possibilities.

chrisweekly 1y ago

Tangent: if you like cringey social awkwardness comedy (not my usual cup of tea, but in this case it's extraordinary, and hilarious), try "I Think You Should Leave". "Brian's Hat" is the 1st one I saw and maybe the best: https://youtu.be/LO2k-BNySLI?si=qEX7STkSOeCVZtK- https://youtu.be/LO2k-BNySLI?si=qEX7STkSOeCVZtK- Also "Hot Dog Car" https://youtu.be/WLfAf8oHrMo?si=jz5EKwjJZm1UMZau https://youtu.be/WLfAf8oHrMo?si=jz5EKwjJZm1UMZau

pixelpoet 1y ago
Nathan for You is almost physically painful to watch, the cringe is so intense I can only take a few seconds at a time.
- twoodfin 1y ago
  Nathan Fielder is a genius. The Rehearsal is less in-the-moment cringe and more soul-soaking cringe. Amazing stuff.
- ojbyrne 1y ago
  Canadians do it best. https://youtu.be/tXgfzxXUVsc?si=vBXu20TewUldSBJB https://youtu.be/tXgfzxXUVsc?si=vBXu20TewUldSBJB
  - ChoGGi 1y ago
    That he certainly is good at, but I loved his interview with Fabio, also that Monica Lewinsky one.

trevithick 1y ago

Also a tangent, but Microsoft was the OG for corporate cringe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ

fzzzy 1y ago
Developers developers developers developers!
- all2 1y ago
  One of the best mashups on youtube came from this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE Enjoy. :)
dreamcompiler 1y ago
Oh my god. How strong does a company's reality distortion field have to be for people to think your friends are going to want to come over to play with a new version of Windows? I mean, why not "Let's all have wine and cheese and do root canals on each other!"?
- Ancapistani 1y ago
  It was a different time. I honestly was excited about Windows 95. Win98 was underwhelming, and WinME was a joke that I never bothered to install on my own machines. Win2K brought back some of the excitement, but not much. Then Vista came out, and it was a total flop at first. Win7 fixed most of those mistakes, but the damage was done. Vista basically killed any chance Microsoft had at building excitement for an OS. FWIW, I think the last macOS version that I was really looking forward to was High Sierra.
  - Anamon 1y ago
    Yeah, younger folks don't remember that new operating systems used to be a thing of excitement -- what cool new features will we get? -- and not, like today, a thing of distress -- what did they break this time, and which new ways have they found to piss me off I remember my dad driving us to the local Windows 95 pre-launch event by Microsoft. I was 10 and had learned the ridiculous and useless skills of DOS memory configuration and bootdisk juggling to get all of the games to run. Win95 was so cool! I remember spending hours on the multimedia catalog and demos on the CD-ROM and marvelling at the possibilities.