dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoVicarious embarrassment (feeling embarrassed on someone else's behalf, sometimes considered the opposite of schadenfreude)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkVicarious embarrassment (feeling embarrassed on someone else's behalf, sometimes considered the opposite of schadenfreude)en.wikipedia.orgdantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareWoahWoah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-23 months agoAren’t their like muscles in our neck that we only use to express this feeling? Maybe I’m losing my mind. Edit: the platysma muscles. Aka the cringe muscles. We typically only make them visible when we’re experiencing second-hand embarrassment.
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 months agoSounds plausible to me
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThat’s the face I make when I see gore porn in a horror movie. Like somebody losing a fingernail.
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoMe watching a certain genre of film like King of Comedy or Uncut Gems. I often struggle to make it through. Clearly I need to exercise my platysma muscles
Aren’t their like muscles in our neck that we only use to express this feeling? Maybe I’m losing my mind.
Edit: the platysma muscles. Aka the cringe muscles. We typically only make them visible when we’re experiencing second-hand embarrassment.
Sounds plausible to me
That’s the face I make when I see gore porn in a horror movie. Like somebody losing a fingernail.
Me watching a certain genre of film like King of Comedy or Uncut Gems. I often struggle to make it through. Clearly I need to exercise my platysma muscles