Cringe = Sublime
Celebrity, even the modest sort that comes to writers, is an unhelpful exercise in self-consciousness. Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being ‘somebody,’ to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his over animation. One can either see or be seen.
... See moreBut other people do care, or at least they care about their own social-media-induced self-awareness. Earlier this year, a tweet that read ‘Why is posting on Instagram so embarrassing?’ attracted nearly 100,000 likes, 11,500 retweets and a deluge of commiserating comments, including: ‘Idk I cringe when I post that’s why I archived all of them and ha
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