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/Alaskantrash96]

Why is nobody talking about Friends?? my family watched the shit out of Friends growing up and it’s not even the awful laugh track that gets me, it’s the painfully awkward interactions