{"id":2889,"date":"2024-05-29T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2024-09-30T17:28:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T15:28:51","slug":"cringe-culture-a-new-form-of-hatred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/2024\/05\/29\/cringe-culture-a-new-form-of-hatred\/","title":{"rendered":"Cringe Culture: a New Form of Hatred"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Senior School student exploring their interests\/ Michelle F.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u00a0By Red B. and Nadija T., Grade 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomeone\u2019s music taste or interest[s] aren\u2019t cringe, like it\u2019s just what they like,. So, therefore, a person cannot be cringe,\u201d Shannon F., Grade 8, said.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Cringe Culture\u2019 has gained its characteristic name online, but Cringe Culture is something that has always existed under many pseudonyms. The most common one is plain and simple: bullying.\u202fCringe content is defined as any content someone deems embarrassing or mock-worthy, and Cringe Culture is the act of mocking the content. Urban Dictionary says, \u201cThe culture started on the Internet of making fun of people and\/or insulting them by calling them \u201ccringy\u201d or \u201ccringe\u201d for doing something which doesn’t harm or somehow insult anyone or anything.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople are [losing their minds] the moment they see one TikTok about someone dressing up in a like what is essentially a Halloween costume around when it\u2019s not Halloween and they\u2019re freaking the [heck] out about it,\u201d Jo B., Grade 9 said. \u201cAnd they\u2019re like \u2018this is what this is what we’ve come to as a society.\u2019 They say one thing like that and they\u2019re like \u2018society is being ruined.\u2019\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People are looking at anything and everything that is seen as unusual or different to them and immediately labeling it as \u2018cringe\u2019 and spreading hate. This insult isn\u2019t any different from calling someone \u2018embarrassing\u2019, yet it is widely used and seen as comedic. There are accounts on social media that monetize people laughing and poking fun at others who are just trying to enjoy themselves and share that with others. This is being taken advantage of and, in most circumstances, the original creator isn\u2019t even mentioned, meaning that they get no actual publicity from this literal bullying.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s stupid and you should let people live their lives,\u201d Jackie O., Grade 9, said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many students say that all of this hate is completely uncalled for and that it\u2019s weird to see people seeking out this sort of content for comedy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to follow you because your content makes me hurt,\u201d Dora F. Grade 9, said.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another issue with all of the so-called \u2018cringe\u2019 out on the Internet is the fact that someone who is stereotypically attractive and not part of a marginalized group doing the exact same thing, won\u2019t be labeled as \u2018cringe\u2019 most of the time. Of course this isn\u2019t true all the time but proves that \u2018cringe\u2019 is just a euphemism for bullying people for the way they look and their mannerisms.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFandom is a very specific kind of–y\u2019know–connection that you can have with somebody else,.\u201d Ms. Krachman, an English teacher, said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The positive aspects that come from liking things that are \u2018cringe\u2019, often end up overlooked or even downright ignored. People gain all sorts of friendships and connections from these \u2018cringe\u2019 interests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThey really are a way for people to find belonging and to find, their people and their crowd\u2026it should never be something that anyone else tries to tear down,\u201d Ms Tousignant, an 8th Grade EAL teacher, said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, Ms Tousignant said “The Lord of the Rings\u201d brought her friend group together in high school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cAll the girls in our friend group, we each assigned each other a character from the movie and that was like our identity character,.\u201d Ms. Tousignant said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is pretty common in many groups of friends, and is something many people do.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many varied interests as well. While Ms Tousignant. is a fan of the fantasy genre, Ms. Krachman is a fan of some slightly different types of music.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[I] love a lot of different kinds of music from\u2026liking opera to like, alternative rock,\u201d Ms. Krachman said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also told us a little bit about the kind of media she watches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cI really love Miyazaki films\u2026but I don\u2019t really like other kinds of anime,\u201d Ms. Krachmann said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And not everyone likes everything relating to the fandom that they are in. This is completely fine, but not everyone thinks that way.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI found a subreddit on Legends of Avantris<\/em> and was like \u2018oh lol Leboosh is my favorite\u2019 and someone was like \u2018you\u2019re a boot-licking [freak] who doesn\u2019t understand morally deep characters,\u201d Jackie O. said. \u201cWhat do you mean Pyke is obviously the best?\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gatekeeping is a term used when referring to the activity of controlling or limiting access to something. The word is often used in social media to refer to people not sharing \u2018tips\u2019 or, in this case, not accepting someone as part of a fandom because they only like certain parts of it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, take Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings <\/em>and The Hobbit<\/em> for example. People will only consider someone as a fan of Tolkien’s work if they have read all books and actually enjoyed all the books. This theme of gatekeeping exists in all sorts of fandoms, from games to movies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if people aren\u2019t controlling what you need to like to be part of \u2018the cool kids club\u2019,. they still police the parts you like about the fandom. People want to find people like them, the issue is when they start forcing other fans to be exactly like them instead of being excited about the connection formed.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes when I watch something, like during break or lunchtime, people are like \u2018oh you\u2019re watching that again\u2019 \u2018you\u2019re obsessed\u2019,” Dylan V., Grade 10, said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all this negativity surrounding cringe culture, it\u2019s hard to imagine people could be true to themselves. That\u2019s why it is so important we don\u2019t judge others for the music they like or the media they consume. Be kind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGenerally, you shouldn\u2019t be making fun of people for liking things that they like,\u201d Franzi Z., Grade 10, said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0By Red B. and Nadija T., Grade 9 \u201cSomeone\u2019s music taste or interest[s] aren\u2019t cringe, like it\u2019s just what they like,. So, therefore, a person cannot be cringe,\u201d Shannon F., Grade 8, said.\u202f  \u2018Cringe Culture\u2019 has gained its characteristic name online, but Cringe Culture is something that has always existed under many pseudonyms. The most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[239,238],"class_list":["post-2889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyles","category-opinion","tag-bullying-2","tag-cringe-culture"],"featured_image_src":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/P1230316-300x225-1.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"buchhofbulletin","author_link":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/author\/buchhofbulletin\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2890,"href":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2889\/revisions\/2890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.mis-munich.de\/buchhofbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}