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25 Waiters Give A Detailed Account Of The Most Brutally Terrible Date They Have Ever Witnessed

25 Waiters Give A Detailed Account Of The Most Brutally Terrible Date They Have Ever Witnessed

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Your own dating life is about to look a whole lot better.

This Girl’s Reply To A Creepy Dude Who Won’t Stop Texting Her Is The Most Savage Thing Ever

Brittany Cox Brittany Cox
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Um.

44 Men And Women Share The Super Cringy And Truly Hilarious Things They’ve Heard And Said During Sex

44 Men And Women Share The Super Cringy And Truly Hilarious Things They’ve Heard And Said During Sex

Eric Redding
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“I had just watched Wreckit Ralph with my partner at the time, and later in the evening we’d been getting intimate, and JUST as she climbed on top of me she looked me in the eye and said ‘I’m gonna wreck it.'”

50 People Reveal The Filthy Fantasies And Hookups That Make Them Cringe But Still Turn Them On

50 People Reveal The Filthy Fantasies And Hookups That Make Them Cringe But Still Turn Them On

Lisa Woods Lisa Woods
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These people are filthy…and they love it.

10 Signs You Went Through A Full-Blown Awkward Stage In Middle School

10 Signs You Went Through A Full-Blown Awkward Stage In Middle School

Samantha Eickhoff Samantha Eickhoff
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You wore a combination of a mini jean skirt, a shirt with the word “princess” scrolled across the front, tennis shoes and tall white socks.

28 Embarrassed People On The Most Cringeworthy Thing They’ve Heard Someone Say In Public

28 Embarrassed People On The Most Cringeworthy Thing They’ve Heard Someone Say In Public

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Oh god, feel the cringe, that second-hand cringe is almost on par with feeling it as it happens.

The 14 Most Cringeworthy Things People Do On Social Media

The 14 Most Cringeworthy Things People Do On Social Media

Kate Bailey Kate Bailey
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Really obvious subtweeting that makes everybody feel awkward.

15 Videos That Will Have You Shouting “No” A Lot

15 Videos That Will Have You Shouting “No” A Lot

Michael Koh Michael Koh
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We should just stay in today.

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