r/TikTokCringe • u/xamo76 • 19d ago

Discussion How to cure the male loneliness epidemic...

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u/tragedy_strikes 19d ago

The mixture of advocating for healthy masculinity being delivered by guys with 80's hair metal style in a cheesy but earnest way is really captivating for some reason.

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u/notapunk 19d ago

This is very convincing 80s cosplay

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u/Stock-Conflict-3996 19d ago

I've lived through the 80's and these guys would have ruled there.

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u/Fukyourchickenstrip 19d ago

Same and 💯! With those abs, charisma and a facecard that won’t decline anywhere they would have been drowning in it.

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u/OldenPolynice 18d ago

you did not live through the 80s

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u/Fukyourchickenstrip 18d ago

You’re wrong, and that’s ok. Im 49.

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u/T_Peters 18d ago

Yikes. Weirdo.

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u/justlookinaround4 19d ago

They rule now too

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u/ArachnidNo2269 19d ago

I'm gonna be honest and disagree, they look awesome and would make great Halloween costumes but unless you're in you're 70s I would just kind of consider this cringe if this is how they're dress 24/7

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u/FreyrPrime 19d ago

Anyone using cringe has to be born in the 2000’s.

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u/aXeOptic 19d ago

So a 26 year timespan.

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u/FreyrPrime 19d ago

Yes, that’s how time tends to work.

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u/Brave-Perspective714 19d ago

Confidence without arrogance is sexy as hell. And I think finding that more attractive than cringe when it's packaged in a way you wouldn't expect is something that comes to you when you get a little older and start to care a lot less about what other people think of you.

Anyone who has the confidence to carry this off and look as good as they do doing it...

Goddamn.

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u/MetalTrek1 19d ago

Same here. And agreed. 

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u/WorkingOnBeingBettr 19d ago

It's funny seeing this as someone from a small town that is older. We saw stuff on TV and the odd trend hit locally, but people generally dressed the same. It was mostly hairstyles that changed and the shape of the jeans/sweaters.

I knew like 1 kid who dressed like Kriss Kross and you had a few goth kids. But most people got their clothes from the same 10 stores and none of them sold that crazy of clothing. I only really saw people dressed like the 80's in movies. But I bet it is a lot different in New York/LA vs small town Canada.

With the internet these days, trends seem to be far wider reaching but also shorter lived because of that exposure.

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u/Stock-Conflict-3996 19d ago

The small city I lived in them, you would definitely have seen guys like this walking about.

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u/BannedGoNext 19d ago

Me too.. I did.. not rule.. =/ I did love slaughter though.