14 People Who Had Such Embarrassing Situations That They’re Still Blushing

11/01/2020

You may have heard of “schadenfreude,” the German word that stands for the pleasure one gets upon someone else’s misfortune, but they have another similar word, “fremdschämen.” This refers to feeling embarrassed over somebody else’s misfortune or something that someone else did. It’s known as vicarious or empathic shame and it’s exactly what you’re going to experience while reading this article.

We at Bright Side just couldn’t ignore these 14 tweets from people that seem to know everything about awkward situations. And in the bonus, you will see that maybe we shouldn’t treat our failures very seriously.

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Frozengeckolover

year ago

Yes. Seriously. Don't comment on people's purchases. You don't know what's going on with them.

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Frozengeckolover

year ago

Haha! I can see why he didn't smile or talk to her.

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Barbara Lang

2 years ago

That's beautiful!

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Frozengeckolover

year ago

You should have made it more awkward by saying, "Oh, so I guess he isn't in the mood for a game of fetch?"

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Rwth Hunt

year ago

My sister was horrified when all her birthday cards had pictures of ponies and dogs with their eyes covered with hair, She made a hairdresser's appointment the same day.

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Sandra S.

year ago

When i was working as receptionist for opticians.. i was filling in form for patient eye test. i asked her name to which she replied White, but i wasnt quie sure Id heard correctly, , so i asked, White? she answered...8 stone 2....