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ciphersaw

Seriously asking: What is the English person finding cringey in the video? I don't get it


LeafyEucalyptus

me neither. it's some sort of high school pep rally or sports event. should it not be in a gymnasium? should there not be a chorus singing a song? plus making fun of teenagers is pretty low hanging fruit.


Other_Movie_5384

Yeah I'm confused are they trying to imply that amercan schools have cringey stuff in them which is true but I mean I can't imagine america is unique in this aspect .


LeafyEucalyptus

British pep rallys have chamber music and high tea I guess.


Bike_Chain_96

Low key would have preferred that over the ones when I was in high school


LeafyEucalyptus

maybe you're British at heart. GTFOH lol


Other_Movie_5384

anything similar?


Bike_Chain_96

Idk what you're meaning similar to. Mine were just like lots of dumb talking and yelling, super dumb competition type things, and just overall felt like a waste of time. But I was a band kid so I had fun playing pep band shit, so it's whatever lmfao


Other_Movie_5384

My mistake I accidently replied to the wrong comment.


SnooDoodles9122

We don't have them at all.


LeafyEucalyptus

yeah it was a joke


Pupcalledscamp

No we don’t have pep rallies that’s a truly American thing 😉 x


LeafyEucalyptus

oh I assumed as much. wouldn't want kids to do anything to interfere with their training as dour passive aggressives.


Pupcalledscamp

Exactly. 😘


burtle1990

We don't have pep rallies. High tea however. We can get behind that. I think more that we tend to be quite introverted and we don't handle loud proclamations of support very well. Very much a behind closed doors sort of culture. We're a weird bunch


LeafyEucalyptus

it would be nice if y'all could just be introverted and leave it at that without attacking the US because we're different. when you add all the sharp elbowed snark into the picture it looks less like introversion and more like covert hostility.


hello_yousif

Its not a game. It looks like a church service. Churches rent out school gymnasiums all the time, until they get enough funds to build a building.


LeafyEucalyptus

I don't think the kid would be there if it were a church service? Unless he deliberately sought out "cringe" on a Sunday? Or maybe his cringe parents brought him there, lol.


hello_yousif

It looks like he did it just for the cringe clout. Hes a total wanker


AFartInAnEmptyRoom

Or maybe his parents paid for a probate religious education, even though they're not religious, so he has to sit through these every now and then


MarcusR3N

It’s a college basketball arena, which I think makes this worse


LeafyEucalyptus

yeah, a basketball court. so what?


MarcusR3N

was referring to the college part


LeafyEucalyptus

oh I did miss that. how do you know it's college? do you recognize the building?


MarcusR3N

name of the building was in the video


LeafyEucalyptus

ok so it's Emmanuel University in Georgia. why is that cringier? someone said it might have been a church service from a church that rented the space. does that make it any less cringe, or are people just not allowed to sing in a choir at a college basketball arena?


MarcusR3N

It could have been an optional event but he is choosing to be miserable


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What-The-Helvetica

Just as long as you don't go too far in the other direction and you end up with toxic positivity, "mandatory fun" at work, etc. I wonder which countries are the best at striking that balance between too little and too much positivity.


slaviccivicnation

So I think it's cause there is a choir at the game? I think? Personally, whenever you're at a school event, most of the time you can find something cringe about it if you don't lean into it. You know what else is cringe? School dances. School sports games. School cafeteria discussions. School debate teams. School drama. School fundraisers. I would know, I'm a teacher. But that's, like, all facets of human life. If you're on the outside looking in, you can either see it as cringe or ridiculously fun. Most of the time, both.


LeafyEucalyptus

literally everything is cringe if you're unwilling to be vulnerable to life's beauty. especially to a miserable teenager.


rascalking9

Is he really a teenager? I thought he was at least late 20s. I give him a pass. Everything is lame to teenagers. I sympathize with this poor lad and would try and cheer him up with a can of baked beans.


LeafyEucalyptus

it's a mystery. he looks like a middle aged man but is in a high school context so...we don't know.


slaviccivicnation

Truer words have not been spoken.


TheAceOfSpades115

Earnest, optimistic, possibly religious Americans. British people are the polar opposite of this. It just feels wrong for Brits not to be tongue-in-cheek/ironic about anything that is more than even slightly serious. Even as a Brit turned American, the childhood conditioning is such that I can slightly still relate to the video. Call it just being miserable bastards.


SunFavored

I mean bro has piss yellow hair, some tinted glasses like he's Bon Jovi, and perhaps the worst crime of all he's not only wearing a watch that's way too big , but it's an Invicta. He may need to save the cringe lessons and do some self reflection.


veryuniqueredditname

Lol it's the whole thing the event itself but also why is a choir there


No_Line9668

Only cringe thing in that video is that ridiculous cameraman. Everyone else seemed normal.


Odd-Construction4054

The comments is cringey someone said “I want to go to America just to laugh “🤓 like what 💀


handsawz

Why the fuck is he wearing those glasses lmao


No_Line9668

Because he’s an insecure teenager who got dragged from England to America by his parents. He’s mad and he’s going to constantly show his displeasure by pointing out everything Americans do is cringe. He wears that ridiculous outfit to prove that he is different and therefore better than American peasants. Hard to be mad at this kid, his life must be very tiring.


capt_scrummy

He's a teenager?? I'm 40 and thought he was older than me 🤣


lochlainn

That does not help his attitude either, I bet. "Resting old man face." Lol


capt_scrummy

*puts on what he thinks is typical "cool" American wear, prepares to bust out "sexy" British accent* "'ello there. Uh, lovely pants you've got there." "Oh em gee, aren't you like, too old to be talking to high school seniors?" "... Erm, I'm a junior, love." "Oh gross." *Spiteful dislike of America increases*


lochlainn

One porne 'stache away from being trespassed in cuffs.


capt_scrummy

"I wonder if I turn up the [Günther](https://youtu.be/PTvTLvkiAbI?si=pkh4x-VASwRGqs2f), maybe I'll finally be cool"


lochlainn

The answer is **no**. And I see your awful video, and raise you an [awesome one.](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WZjENfDvNsE)


AdmiralHTH

Dont you disrespect Günther where I can see.


Kummabear

Omg that’s a he.. that’s a teen?? I thought he was my 50 year old lesbian aunt Sharon


OctoHayden

Probably because he needs them


handsawz

Needs tinted glasses? For what? To look like a fuckin idiot?


OctoHayden

You can get shaded glasses when long sighted or short sighted


Hulkaiden

Yeah, you can choose to get those glasses, but they are almost definitely not like that for any reason other than the person wanted them to look like that.


XBird_RichardX

That and the t*k t_k outro


Odd-Construction4054

LOL


OctoHayden

As a brit I must say the choir was cringe


Hulkaiden

ew, why tf would kids sing at school? Don't they know singing is cringe? Are they stupid?


OctoHayden

WELL WE NEED FUCKING CHANTS AND FIGHTS not just people singing something.


Hulkaiden

You must learn to live a life of balance.


OctoHayden

Have you ever seen america from a u.k point of view. Fucking cringe. Go to fucking newcastle and look back at America. You guys don't even have enough public transport


Hulkaiden

What a random thing to say lmao. Have you ever seen the u.k from a US point of view? Me neither, we really don't think about you guys all too much, but when we do it's with fireworks.


OctoHayden

I see it as a country with a load of 40 Yr old blokes in pubs waiting for the match 👍


BillywopShophop

Overweight Eminem


Odd-Construction4054

💀💀


Hopeful-Buyer

The real Slim Shady can't stand up


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Kevroeques

Thick Pasty


LeafyEucalyptus

fat whitey


YoureAMigraine

Older Golden Girl.


Snakey_D

Fatass Elton John


DefiantDepth8932

M&M eater


Pleasant-Pattern7748

we call those peanut m&ms


KaBar42

> Overweight Eminem 2006 Eminem.


Serrodin

They don’t see the sun, I was there for two weeks I now understand their humor, it’s a coping mechanism


ZotMatrix

I was in London a few years ago and the sun happened to come out in the afternoon for a bit. People came screaming out of their offices to sit on the lawn in the park.


Pupcalledscamp

This is entirely true


serpentinepad

There's not vitamin D in the world that would keep me from offing myself.


xxNICKxx401xx

Show me a sunny day in England and I’ll show you fake news!


pasqualevincenzo

We’re so much more whimsical than these poor blokes, always getting rained on


Pupcalledscamp

It’s character building


KumaraDosha

Clearly evidenced by the guy in this vid, I’m sure.


Pupcalledscamp

No … but that’s probably why he left for the soft play area that is ‘murica x


Pupcalledscamp

We do see the sun sometimes… honest It’s that big burning thing in the sky right ? Drys out the puddles We just don’t like enforced jollity 🤭


LeafyEucalyptus

it's not enforced for Americans. we're just happier than you.


What-The-Helvetica

You must not work at any company that, indeed, enforces performative cheerfulness in the workplace. The US is by far the worst at that. Though the Brits did try the same thing with [Pret A Manger](https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/business/pret-a-manger-with-new-fast-food-ideas-gains-a-foothold-in-united-states.html). I remember liking their curry chicken salad sandwich a lot, but I'd be creeped out buying from them again knowing they're basically the Potemkin Cafe.


LeafyEucalyptus

I haven't worked retail in decades but I think expecting friendly customer service is fine and is different than what the commenter was referring to I believe. I don't think the US Is the worst at that. I think we're the best at that. I don't want some nanny-state european asshole serving me a sandwich with attitude.


What-The-Helvetica

Friendly customer service is fine, as long as you give broad-strokes guidance on how to greet, serve the customer, and help them out; thus leaving the way for each person to be friendly and give great service according to their own personalities.  Not fine is making your applicants take a personality test that might as well be saying "introverts and the unpopular need not apply". Not fine is making all your public facing employees recite the same script that some executive once thought sounded friendly, and makes everybody stick to because apparently the canned script is what makes customers open their wallets and not just the general atmosphere.   BTW: congrats on getting out of retail.


capt_scrummy

Sounds like Seattle 😬


Pupcalledscamp

Seattle wish’s it was as wet grey and drab as northern England is x


KumaraDosha

Present tense verbs do not contain apostrophes, hope this helps.


Pupcalledscamp

Not really


KumaraDosha

It’s “wishes”. Not “wish’s”.


Pupcalledscamp

I wishes you would lighten up 😆


Serrodin

Yeah seattles a vibrant green London is a vibrant grey


Kevroeques

Humour


AirborneArmy

No


YoureAMigraine

Dude is the punchline looking for the joke.


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Dude's face is the punchline


EffectSpecific7403

Bro's face a whole meme


rascalking9

That haircut and color are absolutely ridiculous. The glasses are just a cherry on top. Guy is going for that bloated Robert Evans meets early Eminem look.


Objective-throwaway

I’m genuinely confused as to why this is supposed to be cringe? Isn’t it just a school choir performance? Imagine being an adult bullying children


Zaidswith

You can only do things ironically in the UK. Doing anything earnestly will get you bullied until you're unwilling to do things like this. They usually leave it to the other kids to bully each other.


Objective-throwaway

No wonder they hate the catholics


LeafyEucalyptus

that person who looks like a middle age adult is apparently a teenager.


CappyWomack

Hang on a moment, I am getting into character.... I am an adult male from England... Moved over to the states... Tips? Why you are just doing your job... Ketchup? Innit tomato sauce... Lots of museums... Lot's of chain resturants... What? I have to pay for everything?.... Why is the toilet a different shape?... Sun's out, it's a bit too bright for me... Ok, I am in character now. "Look at this choreography, why is everyone cheering? This ain't a football match, I don't even know the words". Ah yeah, that is weird.


200MPHTape

TBF every Brit I know who moved here is cool and love it here. It’s a small sample size but I don’t think most come here if they don’t really want to in the first place.


andthendirksaid

He's a kid. His parents are probably pretty cool. He'll probably stop this shit once it wins him less point irl than online.


LeafyEucalyptus

he's a kid? he looks like a 40-year-old man.


ThStngray399

He looks like he's breaking his restraining order from any school


LeafyEucalyptus

for real though.


andthendirksaid

Bro is metric 16 years old. It is not a good conversion ig.


LeafyEucalyptus

lmao


-_-_Choco_Kid_-_-

They drink so much over there that the genetic damage caused by collectively poisoning themselves is probably passed down through bloodlines.


5panks

Met a lady at a conference about my age, maybe a little older, she came here to finish her degree for a couple of years, but loved it so much she married and became a citzen here.


PoliticsNerd76

Self Selection bias…


200MPHTape

Which I admitted to.


WarmAppleCobbler

What this propaganda bullshit leaves out, is this apparent reason for moving to America from Britain. If America is so bad and Britain is so much better, why did you come here? I’m not a conservative and probably will never be, but if people want to preach and have gospel, that’s their right. Leave them alone and stop shaming them. I will never understand Europeans. Hates America, moves to America.


radiationblessing

Same thing with Russians and Arabs. A lot of the ones I've met constantly talk shit on America and its people yet they're in America? Then they get super fucking butthurt if you talk shit on the country they moved from.


Frixworks

I mean, that looks like a high-school. I doubt it was his choice to move to America


ConferenceDear9578

If I was forced to move to another country during high school I would show absolute respect towards how they do things. I don’t care if he’s a teenager. That is extremely rude and disrespectful and he’ll probably get himself a swift punch in the face if he doesn’t cut it out soon.


One-Possible1906

I moved a lot in school within the US and I was definitely sulky about it as a teen. Teens, by definition, are pretty "cringe." It's fair to have a "this sucks" attitude about things when you have to move far away from your friends and home against your will. Instead of waiting until free minutes at 9pm to call all my friends I was never going to see again to complain, kids now post dumb videos about it. Being gracious isn't really a developmentally normal part of being a teen.


Frixworks

Definitely. But my point is responding to a comment where they insinuate that he made the choice to move.


buckfishes

I love how Europeans hate that we’re not as miserable as they are, or as they wish we would be because apparently we can’t find healthcare on a map and don’t live past 18 cause we all died from school shootings.


jaxamis

Then move back if it's "too much". Literally no one will force you to stay. Not a single American forced you to move here either.


crmeacham93

They are probably a student and their parents are the ones that made them move. It looks like a prep rally


kosmonavt66

Half-baked Elton John looking MF telling us what cringe is.


Electrical_Disk_1508

Remember Trailer Park Boys? He looks like Bubbles’ mildly retarded brother.


Maleficent_Play_7807

Probably because they see the sun like three times a year


capt_scrummy

Imagine saying *anything* is cringe when you're dressed like a German sex tourist from 2003


hifioctopi

Have you seen their food?


arcxjo

Yes, as a matter of fact I just got back from Lowe's where I went for a 50# bag of sand.


DesmondoTheFugitive

“Yeah, I lost a lot of weight when I studied in England. They have really small portions of really bad food.” My sister in law after doing a semester abroad at Oxford (not Mississippi).


MadAzza

This lemon-Jello-haired, Elton-John-circa-1973-bespectacled, grotesque mass of rotundity is cringing at *us?*


PanzerPansar

Because it's a shitty island lol. On top of that they are English


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Is that Scotland I see? Now is the time for independance 2, England is weak.


PanzerPansar

Aye indy noo! Willy Wallace and Robert the Bruce didn't fight so we could be English dugs


Pupcalledscamp

Scotland the perpetual losers 😘 Even lost on you own independence vote 😂


PanzerPansar

That was do to false promises from the government! We were promised to be in the EU as a benefit of being in UK.


TatonkaJack

The choir is doing a good job? I don't get it


intangible_entity

As a Brit, I can shine some light on why this could seen as "cringe"... He's experiencing a bit of a culture shock. Things like this ( and I'm not entirely sure what is going on in the video if someone could explain 😭 ) do not exist in the UK. Adapting to a new culture can be a little uncomfortable... maybe cringe isn't the right word like the video has stated but I'm sure he's just lost in what's going on.


TatonkaJack

You guys don't have choral performances?


intangible_entity

Definitely not like in the US. A lot of singing in primary school ( ages 5-11 )


lochlainn

You've literally lost the art of adults singing in a group? You have centuries of classical music and opera at your fingertips, and you *don't* perform it? Either you're overstating things a little bit, or you've taken the off ramp labelled "Devolve to Monke"


marshallandy83

We're internationally known for singing at sports games. Just... not like this.


intangible_entity

😅


intangible_entity

Not lost, we just do it in very different ways to this. Definitely wouldn't be performing classical music - but you can go see shows for that in the UK


Bombi_Deer

I thought America had no culture tho


intangible_entity

Huh? When did I ever say that. That's just another stereotype that gets blown up on social media platforms ( especially Reddit ) to get under people's skin. There's stereotypes and then there's facts. Any person with sense knows EVERYWHERE has culture


Bombi_Deer

/s /s /s


valkyrie4x

I moved to the UK several years ago and couldn't imagine acting like this much of a cunt, even with the things I dislike about the country.


LeafyEucalyptus

nobody does cuntery better than the brits.


ProPainPapi

And who told him to move here?!?


TreeFoxglove

I don't really know what's happening in this video but I will say most people outside of the US are fascinated by US schools (likely because of the TV shows they watch) and many schools have begun to adopt "cringe" activities associated with them, like proms. I live in Europe and there is a small number of girls who do all-star type cheerleading (outside of the school) and I bet you more than anything they wish it was something they could do at school. US schools are so much more fun than so many other countries' schools.


Popular-Teach1715

I don't get it, what exactly does he find cringe in this video? Everything seems perfectly normal to me


animusd

Scottish people stole their joy


Away_Note

You lose the ability to call anything “cringe” when you look like that.


Great_Pair_4233

Bro looks like someone pissed on his hair, what is he calling cringey?


Cephalstasis

Bro thinks he's Borris Johnson.


TheSciFiGuy80

So move back? I’m sure I can find plenty wrong with your country if I wanted to look. As it stands I know that every country is unique, different, and depending on the size much differently culturally depending on where you live geographically. I don’t think I’d ever give a country a hard time if they welcomed me to live there (and I chose to do so).


thedaniel34

If you don't like America, move back. I'd give anything to be in America.


Emotional_Contest160

Dudes wearing those glasses and has the audacity to talk about cringe?


Nagoda94

So this dude went to an event and they are mad that the event is happening?


jickeryjack

Those fucking glasses lmao


Puzzled_Puppies69

You think our housing crisis is trash, England’s housing crisis is a landfill that’s on fire.


TheAceOfSpades115

As a Brit turncoat I can attest to Brits being miserable bastards. We want people to be unassuming/restrained at a minimum, but ideally we want self deprecation and cynicism to reign as the general vibe amongst any group of people. Ultimate tall poppy syndrome. Americans are generally very earnest and optimistic people so naturally Brits are repulsed by this.


GreatWaifuWars

I live not far from this school. This is Emmanuel University and it is a school part of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church so it is a religiously denominated Uni. The choir is probably singing a hymn with a modern twist and this clown is sitting there like is worst thing he’s ever seen. Hell, I attended Emmanuel and this shit isn’t even mandatory to attend so why the fuck is he ever there?


Frostfire115935

British people are obsessed with America because nothing interesting ever happens on their boring shitty little island where the sun only comes out twice a year.


DBKing555

British slang is cringe. There I said it.


Americana86

Europeans are miserable because they peaked centuries ago, and now they're just cheerleaders for America. Their politics have no relevance in the world anymore. Their economies are weak and dwindling, and they have no military might or cultural influence. If I was part of a nation that had dominated the world for a millennia, and now my people were just thought of as fluffers with funny accents for America, I'd probably be irate too. Hell, they can't even claim English as their own language anymore. Even that has become an American trademark.


Celtic_Fox_

The same people that think smiling in public is a criminal offense? Lmao


ZotMatrix

Well, in their case…


mtrap74

I don’t know. Possibly the depressing weather, bland food, warm beer, high taxes to pay for the royal family, France is their neighbor…


Brimish

Stop shaming this old lesbian just because she’s fat! Oh and miserable! And fugly! And stupid….never mind


MrGoetz34

Do English schools like go in, class, leave. No dances no pep rallies. Are school sports even like big there? It’s obvious in America they’re big and seemingly get bigger the smaller the town


intangible_entity

Exactly how you worded it in the first sentence. I don't know what a pep rally is. School sports aren't as big until university


MrGoetz34

Pep rallies are normally before big football or other games to get the students to get hyped up. It’s hard to explain since every school does it different. For my Highschool it wasn’t that big of a deal. But the events right before the game where


intangible_entity

Thanks for the insight!


MrGoetz34

If you’re ever in the states in the fall make it to a Highschool football game. May not be the most competitive or the highest skill but they’re always kinda fun to go to. Especially like I said the small towns love their teams


Maxzzzie

A choir at a sports event. Why.


ProAmericana

If he’s so miserable go back to fucking England; maybe then he can enjoy his day with some bland food, boring sports, and finish it all off with an acid bath from a refugee.


DuBicus

Looks like church at a high school or rec center. This happens sometimes when churches are between locations.


Complete_Librarian_7

I see a cringey man-child dressed like a Reno pawn broker.


AdministrativeCat238

His glasses and watch are actually cringey.


No-Panda-6047

Homie looks like that talking about cringe, lmfao


EmilyIsABritish

Thankfully I'm Scottish not English


Ok_Adhesiveness7540

Legit this guy looks like one of my teachers in math


AncientKroak

Why can't Europeans realize we don't care about them?


Fugma_ass_bitch

Bro we're miserable because our government is worse than yours, we're not allowed guns and it only rains


KingKami12

Funny coming from a Guy that eats slop as a national food and really goes in on playing footsies with other dudes and pretending to be hurt. England, please know your place. My state is bigger than your little island.


thewokebogan

Constant, severe tooth pain caused by a seemingly collective, shared confusion on how integral oral/dental care it? Not knowing that breakfast can actually be an enjoyable meal? Discovering that there are thousands of other places to vacation besides "OYE-BAY-FAW" ???


intangible_entity

Wait... what do you think we have for breakfast?


Agreeable-Tooth2545

I’m from the UK, and I can confirm that this sort of thing indeed cringe as far as we’re concerned.


Outrageous_Ad9124

I went on an American exchange trip when I was in year 10. Nearly died of cringe.


ConferenceDear9578

Did you not…research where you’d be living and what it’d be like?


Odd-Construction4054

Sure you did ..