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Cringe is the price you pay for success? Why cringe culture is holding us back

Cringe is the price you pay for success? Why cringe culture is holding us back

Update: 2025-09-29
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Ocean Vuong recently stated that cringe culture is holding us back from following our dreams - but why is the fear of being cringe so pervasive among young people right now? A chit chat podcast episode unpacking surveillance culture, our obsession with being 'nonchalant' and widespread apathy, and how these factors may influence our fear of judgment.


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00:00 cringe culture

04:00 Ocean Vuong & surveillance culture

10:40 idolising nonchalance

17:18 redefining ‘cringe’

21:30 I am cringe but I am free

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Cringe is the price you pay for success? Why cringe culture is holding us back

Cringe is the price you pay for success? Why cringe culture is holding us back

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