Cringe is as cringe does. Even though the internet is full of wonderful things like cat pics, wholesome local news, and articles written by yours truly, it’s also home to the vast and spooky wilderness where you’ll find the most bizarre and cringe-worthy posts. And it’s the members of the ‘Cringetopia’ subreddit that bears the heavy burden of documenting the cringiest examples to share (and publicly mock!) with the world. These cringetopians have a duty to show us what to never ever do while at the same time providing us with some hilariously weird content.

We’ve collected some of the best recent posts that will make your face contort, your mind reel, and your lips say, “Oh God, why?! Please, no!” Remember to upvote the cringiest pics that hurt you emotionally (and maybe even physically). Oh, and if you haven’t had enough internet for today, then be sure to check out our previous posts about the ‘Cringetopia’ subreddit right over here: Part 1 and Part 2.

What the 1.3-million-strong ‘Cringetopia’ community teaches us is that cringey posts are more common than we might think. And we’ve all no doubt done embarrassing things that we still remember in the shower or late at night when we should be sleeping. However, ignoring these feelings and running away from them is far from healthy.

Bored Panda had a talk with a couple of the subreddit’s moderators to learn more about how the massive community is managed, as well as how to live with the cringey things that we’ve done in the past (spoiler warning: it’s to take responsibility for your mistakes and live life with courage). Scroll down for our interviews with them, as well as for our chat about embarrassment with award-winning social psychologist Vanessa Bohns, the author of the forthcoming book ‘You Have More Influence Than You Think.’

#1 $4k Rent

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#2 Airsoft

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#3 What The F Is Twitter

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Moderator Fjallmadur is incredibly proud of the entire mod team that keeps the community running smoothly. “Moderating such a large community, especially one that is as active as this one, is difficult, but we have a very solid moderation team who help to run things smoothly,” they told Bored Panda. However, even with a solid team, problems arise from time to time; it’s only natural.

“Even a well-oiled machine has its times when something goes wrong, and we know that things slip through the cracks sometimes, but the team does its best to make sure this is an enjoyable sub for people who want a good cringe subreddit to visit.”

#4 W H I T E P E O P L E A M I R I G H T!!!

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#5 Dork A** Losers

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#6 Just Stop

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Fjallmadur told me that the best way to confront embarrassing and cringey situations is to fully admit to them. “A person should own up to their mistakes and embarrassments because it makes them a better person. If you’re too concerned about doing something that may make people laugh at you, then you’re never going to live,” the mod noted to Bored Panda that being afraid of embarrassing ourselves can’t have a wider impact on how we tend to live our lives.

“The jocks think the geeks are cringey, and geeks think the jocks are. And everyone thinks bronies and furries are cringey. Someone will always be there to make fun of you,” Fjallmadur said, urging people to not mind the critics. “Live your life the best you can.”

Meanwhile, redditor Tejmar, another ‘Cringetopia’ moderator, told Bored Panda that the people behind the community are absolutely awesome and laid back. “I can say this mod team is one of the friendliest and easy-going groups I’ve been a part of,” they praised their colleagues.

#7 Keep Your Neck

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#8 Feels So Bad Man

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#9 47

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Meanwhile, social psychologist Vanessa told Bored Panda that embarrassment has a clear purpose that lets us get closer to others in our social circle, community, and broader society.

“The function of embarrassment is to bind us to others by showing people that we know we made a mistake or violated some social norm, and that we feel badly about it,” she explained.

“So, being open about feeling embarrassed is probably the best way of dealing with it. It’s the kind of acknowledgment that tells people what they want to hear: this person knows they messed up, and feels badly about it,” Vanessa said.

#10 Now Listen Here You Little S**t

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#11 Entitled Af

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#12 So Much For Independent

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Earlier, I spoke with social psychologist Vanessa about other aspects of embarrassment as well. She noted that we ought to embrace our embarrassment instead of shying (or running!) away from it. Not only does it help our reputation, it also helps us accept the fact that we can’t always be perfect.

“We spend a lot of time and effort presenting an ideal version of ourselves to other people. When something happens that contrasts with the image we’ve been projecting—when we say or do something that shows we actually aren’t as graceful or as smart as we’d like people to believe—we feel embarrassed,” Vanessa told Bored Panda previously.

#13 That Is A Good Question

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#14 Want Another Baby But Your Husband Doesn’t? Just Get Him Drunk

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#15 That’s A Flex

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“Discovering you were wrong about something most everyone else around you has long known to be true is one of those moments. In that moment we learn, ‘Wait a minute, maybe I haven’t been presenting the image of being smart or worldly that I thought I was presenting all this time,’ which is embarrassing,” the social psychologist noted that embarrassment occurs when reality doesn’t align with our view of ourselves. In short, embarrassment denotes a contrast between our subjectivity and objective reality.

“One thing that’s interesting about embarrassment is that, for as much as we might experience it as painful in the moment, it’s actually very socially adaptive. Being embarrassed signals to other people that you care about what they think. And that actually draws people in to you.”

#16 Vice Journalism At Its Finest

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#17 This Is Exactly How A Split Personality Looks Like. Enjoy The Cringe!

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#18 I Want Death

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The expert continued: “So blushing, burying your head in your hands, laughing, acknowledging how embarrassing something was, are all totally healthy ways to react.” So while embracing our embarrassment is the healthy (and socially useful) way to react, trying to cover up our own faults and mistakes creates the opposite, negative effect.

“The unhealthy way to react is to pretend you’re not embarrassed, that you didn’t make a mistake, or to get angry. Those things undo the positive effect that embarrassment typically has on other people by conveying insincerity and pushing people away rather than drawing them in.”

#19 Found This On Facebook

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#20 Only Real Gamerz Will Understand

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#21 That’s Totally How It Works

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#22 This Redditor’s Bio. This Ain’t It, Chief

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#23 What The Hell?

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#24 Easy Mistake

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#25 Logan Paul

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#26 I Love Twitter

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#27 This Made Me Cringe

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#28 The Kid Who Never Pays Attention In Class And Blames Everyone Else Made This

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#29 A F***ing Child

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#30 More Of A Sad One

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#31 That Hurts

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#32 This Is Not Cute

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#33 E – Rejected

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#34 When You Just Want A Legitimate Business

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#35 Facepalm

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#36 Found This On An Instagram Physics Page

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#37 Wow Real Help

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#38 Oh Wow, No One Can Handle My Music

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#39 Huh

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#40 U Aren’t A Man Of Culture

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#41 Awoo.

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#42 Prime America Moment

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#43 The Woman Is The Cringe One Here, In Case Anyone Is Confused

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#44 Are You Kidding Me

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#45 Much Boomer

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#46 I’m Sure That’s How It Went

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#47 And Then Constantly Calls Every Lois, “Hey Lois Can I Get Mc Chicken”

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#48 The Future Of Abortion

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#49 Twitter Moment

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#50 Um

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#51 S**tty Thing To Say Ngl

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#52 This Was Posted Non-Ironically By My Edgy Cousin. She Didn’t Notice The Beans

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#53 Love The 92/8 Ratio

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#54 Dinner Hangout Hype

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#55 The Duality Of Cringe

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#56 Ooooooo Scary Hacker Ooooo

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#57 Astrology Isn’t Real

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#58 That’s A New Low

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#59 Height Of Stupidity

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#60 I Don’t Know Why This Is Hurting Me So Much To Look At

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#61 “Normalise Girls Cheating”

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#62 Reddit Headquarters

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#63 A L P H E T

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#64 Probably Would Die As Soon As I Enter The Ambulance

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#65 Bro This Woman

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#66 For Sh*t Sake

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#67 Buzzfeed Being Buzzfeed, Along With A Nice Comment

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#68 I Think I Finally Found Some Pure Cringe

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#69 Classic

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#70 Holy S*** Man

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#71 Op Got Exposed

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#72 Read Another Book

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#73 2007 Kids

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#74 Why Is It Always The Minions?

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#75 Simp Gets A Username Tattoo Of Egirl And She Deactivates Her Account

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#76 She’s Insufferable

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#77 When You’re Begging For Likes

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#78 I’m Not Gonna Say Anything Other Than A Certified Internet Moment

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#79 Introducing The Carpeted Shower Floor

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#80 Tryna Sample The Whole Buffet

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#81 “Georgy, This Is The Store That Sells The Juul, My Mom Gave Me 20 Dollars Lets Go Bro”

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#82 Niece Or Not

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#83 People Who “Fix Art”

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#84 A Kid In A Discord Server I’m In Posts Sh*t Like This Sometimes. It’s Almost Scary How Dumb He Thinks We Are

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#85 Eminem White

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#86 This Had 7k Upvotes

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#87 Jesus Neckbeards Just Don’t Give Up

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#88 A Friend Of Mine Posted This To Her Story. I Don’t Get It

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#89 I Am Terrorist

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#90 That Family Tree Is A Whole Tesseract

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#91 Damn

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#92 Whats The Point Of This

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#93 Imagine The Shame

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#94 I Don’t Even Know What To Say

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#95 Terrifying

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#96 Fortnite Bad

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#97 Jesus Christ

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#98 Koreaboo

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#99 She Is Not The Cringe But Those 6k Neck Beards Are! I Freaking Love Her Idea

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#100 Pretty Cringe

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#101 Does This Count?

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#102 For Real I Hate This

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#103 So Many Of Us Are In The Same Boat Bro

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#104 Imagine Being The Parent And Getting This Email About Your Child

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#105 When You Got Your Results From Ancestry.com

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#106 Legit Cringe Here

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#107 Homemade Tattoo

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#108 Hummus Is Gay Now Fellas

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#109 “I Like Anime And Kpop”

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#110 Potato Pride

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#111 We Live In A Public Bathroom

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#112 What The

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#113 Just Looking For A Single Crumb, M’lady

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#114 Power Of Makeup

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#115 Flashback To When I Tried To Tell My Crush I Liked Her In Binary

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#116 Can You Hear This “Tics And Roses”?

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#117 Yikes, That’s Awkward

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#118 Anon Uses Hentai Logic To Lose His Virginity

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#119 For Once, I Think I Side With China On This One?

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#120 Haha Girl Bad Boy Good

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#121 Oof

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#122 Down Atrocious

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#123 These Posts

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#124 No U Dont

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#125 Mmm Yesss, I’ll Wear This To Class Today

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#126 A Much Sadder Tail Then Even Darth Vader

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#127 My Highschools New Mascot

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#128 All Hail Master Elon

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#129 This Poor Man

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#130 He Speaks Japanese

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#131 Classic Twitter

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#132 F

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#133 Excuse Me!!!

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#134 That’ll Show ‘Em

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#135 Clickbait Like This

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#136 Uh

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#137 I Found This On Pinterest

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#138 Reddit Strong

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#139 Gatekeeping Children’s Names?

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#140 This Article

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#141 Yeah Man I Feel Horny When I Look At My 2k Rupees Note

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#142 Pretty F***ing Cringe Of China If You Ask Me

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#143 I Just Wanted To Enjoy Something After School Man

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#144 Feels Bad To Laugh

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#145 That Happened

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#146 That’ll Teach Em

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#147 Delicious

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#148 Gets Doxxed For Calling Cardi B Trash

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#149 Cultural Appropriation

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#150 Not The Horse Riding Lessons!

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#151 What The F**k

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#152 Redditors

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#153 Some Good Ol’cringe

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#154 He Couldn’t Hold Back

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#155 Real Fans Googled His Name You Effing Fake Fan!

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#156 Read. Another. Book

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#157 Remember Osvaldo Getting Doxxed? Well Now He Got Swatted

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#158 Nevar Forget

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#159 Anyone Else Starting To Find This A Bit Repetitive?

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#160 Papa Meatcanyon Has Heard Your Nikado Prayers

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#161 If You Already Knew This Have A Nice Day

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#162 What A Prick

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#163 When The Bed Is Sus

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#164 Furry Paradise

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#165 Mom Groups On Facebook Are In A Whole Different Realm

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#166 Hm

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