Breakfast Babble is ED’s own little space on the interwebs where we gather to discuss ideas and get pumped up (or not) for the day. We judge things, too. Sometimes. Always. Whatever, call it catharsis and join in, people.
There was a time when people could just…exist. When they could dance and sing and post the weirdest pictures without hesitation, or being called cringe.
Let’s consider our parents’ Facebook profiles for a second.
Most of those feeds are full of randomness. Blurry photos. Random selfies. Unhinged captions that sometimes don’t even make sense.
But somehow, all of it feels…real.
There was a time when social media was just about sharing moments loved and lived.
Until it wasn’t anymore.
Along the way, everything just turned cringe.
If you post too much, you’re cringe.
Being too emotional or excited is also cringe.
Somehow, showing yourself in your rawest, most unfiltered version feels risky. Like you’ll accidentally end up offending people who have absolutely no place in your life.
And maybe that’s because social media is no longer about sharing your personal moments.
Behind every screen is an audience silently waiting to judge you, mock you, and comment on your life and how you choose to live it.
So now everyone overthinks everything.
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Our posts are now less about us and more about what others think. Every image is posted after being analysed ten times. Every caption is rewritten repeatedly until it feels perfect.
Because everything is cringe or “too much.”
But when was this even decided? And who decided it?
Somewhere along the way, the whole point of social media changed. Everyone online wants to appear chill, detached, and emotionally unavailable.
And honestly, that’s exhausting.
Because most things we call cringe are usually just people being human. Someone laughing too loudly. Someone posting a random memory because it made them happy. Someone genuinely just…existing.
And maybe that’s the problem with this generation.
We care too deeply about other people’s opinions while pretending not to care at all.
So maybe it’s time to be a little cringe again. To share the tiny moments that make us happy without worrying about who they don’t.
Because at the end of the day, we only get one life.
Why waste it worrying about people who are so obsessed with judging yours?
Because honestly, none of that is worth it.
Sources: Blogger’s own opinion
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