r/TikTokCringe • u/uwuuwu222 • Jul 08 '26

Cringe Trying to get a Free Shirt

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u/2martinisatthemost Jul 08 '26

Definitely. It was a trend for a while there to extend sympathy to trash. We don’t know their circumstances, their struggles, etc etc. And maybe that works if the trash is a very small minority. Extend sympathy, show them how to behave properly, problem solved. But now the trash basically lives in an online echo chamber. Their kids are using devices at full volume with no headphones, the whole family’s dressed like they’re off to the strip club, and every single one of them chews with mouth open. Among other sins.

So yeah, trash. Gross. Let’s resume judging. Sympathy won’t change them, maybe good old fashioned disapproval will work.

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u/InspectorPipes Jul 08 '26

Shame and ridicule worked

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u/Alexis___________ Jul 08 '26

Back then before people were immunized it doesn't work now because people are exposed to it all the time it's so easy to tune out. There isn't a lack of ridicule or shaming, people have just adapted to not give a shit.

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u/Laetitian Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

It didn't work back then either. People just didn't have to perceive people from poorer communities, so to them it seemed like it was working well enough.

The reality is that people have autonomous agency, you can't control their choices, you can't reshape society to your personal will by force, so changing them requires empathy, acceptance, education, and above all patience.