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Vicarious embarrassment (feeling embarrassed on someone else's behalf, sometimes considered the opposite of schadenfreude) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by dantheclamman to c/wikipedia

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[–] WoahWoah 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] dantheclamman 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sounds plausible to me

Someone cringing and the platysma muscles are exerting themselves, standing out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the face I make when I see gore porn in a horror movie. Like somebody losing a fingernail.

[–] dantheclamman 1 points 3 weeks ago

Me watching a certain genre of film like King of Comedy or Uncut Gems. I often struggle to make it through. Clearly I need to exercise my platysma muscles