Skip to main content
As usual we have a word in German that perfectly describes what we witnessed tonight.

It's called "Fremdschämen" and it's the vicarious embarrassment you get when you see something so deeply mortifying, you feel embarrassed just watching it.

#debates2020
#debates2020
Bohemian Monk
yes. I was too shy to watch this train wreck.
pthenq1
I cannot believe it. It is horrible.
Rose
As that Death Grips song once said, "Its a shitshow"
Connor :bash:​​:thinkpad_tp:🦀
To quote the meme...

“My world’s on fire, how bout yours?”
Doyce
That feeling is exactly why I can't watch shows like The Office.
hjertnes
are there a german word for those kinds of words?
Rob van den Berg
In dutch : plaatsvervangende rvangende schaamte
Rob van den Berg
In dutch : plaatsvervangende schaamte
DarkOwl (On Ice)
Korean: 초침 당황 (chochim danghwang)
utzer
@shellowl can you add the word by word meaning? In German it is actually two words connected to each other
Fremd = Foreign/Third person
Schämen = ashamed
@DarkOwl (On Ice)
DarkOwl (On Ice)
sure.
초침 = Second Hand
당황 = Embarrassment/Upset
@fribbledom
Mans R
The English "cringeworthy" seems related, though it refers to the event rather than the feeling.
Daniel Neuman
we have this word in finnish too: myötähäpeä
neocolapsar
In portuguese we call it "vergonha alheia".
Hansw
That is why some people in Germany simply does not watch such debates.
Amarillo Burgess
I love these German words... They are so specific, and perfectly describe things that are so hard to describe.
⇧