I get embarrassed on behalf of others easily. When it comes to myself, I lack Shame. But outside of me, it's embarrassment city.
The German people have a word for this, Fremdscham or Fremdschämen. This is when shame is felt for actions done by someone else or it is the experience of vicarious embarrassment. So I thought I would make a list of things that give me this uncomfortable feeling.
- Selfie taking in public
- When someone says something ignorant or stupid
- Watching "The Office"
- Miley Cyrus
- Seeing someone hurt themselves
- Most on-screen kissing
- Overly drunk people
- Bad mimes and comedians
- Mispronunciations of wine names
- Heavy makeup
- Racism
- Awkward plugs in media (to sell stuff -- not the practice of sticking large objects in gauged ears)
- Rob Riggle
- Witnessing an argument between strangers
- Adolescences trying to be cool but instead being loud-obnoxious-hooligans
Does anyone else experience this?
