Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Cringe culture has been a staple of the Internet for a while - but why do we cringe in the first place? Do the things we cringe at say anything about us?
Twitter ► twitter.com/DrChris_PhD
Instagram ► instagram.com/christopher.tom
Patreon ► patreon.com/ChristopherTom
Additional storyboards by Artistunknown ► youtube.com/user/artistunknown95
Sources:
theverge.com/2018/2/13/16964848/melissa-dahl-cringeworthy-awkwardness-psychology-social-science-interview
theguardian.com/global/2018/may/13/the-unexpected-benefits-of-a-good-cringe-social-embarrassment-melissa-dahl
edmundsnowcarpenter.com/2016/08/17/papua-new-guinea
sciencephenomena.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/the-neurological-aspect-of-cringing
ideastogo.com/articles-on-innovation/why-you-should-have-a-child-like-imagination-and-the-research-that-proves-it
inc.com/rohini-venkatraman/science-says-we-get-less-creative-as-we-age-prove-.html
inc.com/jeff-haden/new-research-reveals-what-people-regret-most-of-all-5-ways-to-make-sure-you-never-do.html
pnas.org/content/pnas/114/30/7892.full.pdf
deviantart.com/ncognito-deviantart/art/Better-Resolution-Mocking-Spongebob-680517084
Full music list here: pastebin.com/NDBWpjgs
Cringe culture has been a staple of the Internet for a while - but why do we cringe in the first place? Do the things we cringe at say anything about us?
Twitter ► twitter.com/DrChris_PhD
Instagram ► instagram.com/christopher.tom
Patreon ► patreon.com/ChristopherTom
Additional storyboards by Artistunknown ► youtube.com/user/artistunknown95
Sources:
theverge.com/2018/2/13/16964848/melissa-dahl-cringeworthy-awkwardness-psychology-social-science-interview
theguardian.com/global/2018/may/13/the-unexpected-benefits-of-a-good-cringe-social-embarrassment-melissa-dahl
edmundsnowcarpenter.com/2016/08/17/papua-new-guinea
sciencephenomena.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/the-neurological-aspect-of-cringing
ideastogo.com/articles-on-innovation/why-you-should-have-a-child-like-imagination-and-the-research-that-proves-it
inc.com/rohini-venkatraman/science-says-we-get-less-creative-as-we-age-prove-.html
inc.com/jeff-haden/new-research-reveals-what-people-regret-most-of-all-5-ways-to-make-sure-you-never-do.html
pnas.org/content/pnas/114/30/7892.full.pdf
deviantart.com/ncognito-deviantart/art/Better-Resolution-Mocking-Spongebob-680517084
Full music list here: pastebin.com/NDBWpjgs
