dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoVicarious embarrassment (feeling embarrassed on someone else's behalf, sometimes considered the opposite of schadenfreude)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkVicarious embarrassment (feeling embarrassed on someone else's behalf, sometimes considered the opposite of schadenfreude)en.wikipedia.orgdantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareWoahWoah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days agoAren’t their like muscles in our neck that we only use to express this feeling? Maybe I’m losing my mind. Edit: the platysma muscles. Aka the cringe muscles. We typically only make them visible when we’re experiencing second-hand embarrassment.
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days agoSounds plausible to me
Aren’t their like muscles in our neck that we only use to express this feeling? Maybe I’m losing my mind.
Edit: the platysma muscles. Aka the cringe muscles. We typically only make them visible when we’re experiencing second-hand embarrassment.
Sounds plausible to me