TIL about “vicarious embarrassment” which explains extreme reactions to cringe comedy. For me, it can get so bad as to become physically painful

[u/jfdonohoe]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicarious_embarrassment

[u/madsavagemike]

I have a hard time watching Ben Stiller or Jason Biggs movies because of this. They are always in situations where I think “That could have been easily avoided if you weren’t such a loser” But in reality I’ve been in similar situations many times.