20 Of The Cringiest Text Messages That Have Ever Been Sent

Some ideas sound better in our heads, but don’t when spoken out loud or, in this case, written out and sent as a text message. If you’ve said something stupid in person, it will feel awkward until you forget about it. But if you seriously mess up over a message, it will likely be screenshotted and sent over to friends. And in the worst-case scenario, posted on Reddit. And as we all know, what’s put on the internet, stays on the internet forever.

Very often, awkward encounters occur among strangers. Simply because we don’t know how the other person would react to one thing or the other. And it’s hard to tell. That’s why so many flirting attempts go horribly wrong. So wrong that they are being shared online for others to judge. I suppose there’s no universal form of flirting. You have to get to know the person first, to find out what they prefer. And starting the conversation with a roleplay will most likely result in you getting unmatched, blocked, or even worse, posted on a Reddit thread.

Brace yourself for *looking you deep into the eyes*, *gives you a look*, *kisses you deeply*, *tickles* moments because you are about to experience ultimate second-hand embarrassment. From simply awkward to straight-up creepy, these conversations will instantly give you “the ick.”

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#1 Offended King

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#2 “Don’t Come Over”

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#3 Unlike You I Know How Facebook Works

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#4 This Was A Classic

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#5 Miley Cyrus’ Brother Dmed Somebody In My Insta Feed Because She Commented “Gross” On A Pic He Posted Of Himself Choking His Fiancé

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#6 The Best Way To Say Hello

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#7 Your Phone Is Now Hacked

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#8 Crocs

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#9 Wrong Number

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#10 An Out Of This World Response

#11 Inner Monologue As Tinder Opener

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#12 You Know, A Usual Hooking Up Tactic

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#13 She’s Allergic To Guacamole

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#14 Some Ethnic Groups Get All Sensitive

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#15 S T O P

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#16 Ill Give In After February

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#17 That’s A Yikes From Me

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#18 He’s Been Begging For Weeks To Do A “Sexy Roleplay” With Me. I Finally Said Yes. I Think He Regrets Everything Now

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#19 sweats A Lot

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#20 I Love My Best Friend, But She May Watch A Little Too Much TV…

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In class, I learned that when I don’t understand something, someone else probably does. It’s more useful to learn someone’s perspective in a field than to force your perspective and fail miserably.

That’s the moral lesson to be learned in this viral Twitter thread by Gennifer Hutchison. For her, there are things that male historians and anthropologists get wrong because they usually don’t involve women’s perspectives in their research.

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