For Rent Negative thread

My husband said cringe the other day (we're in our 30s) and I told him I think it's cringe to say cringe now according to kids today. Who knows! Cringe is a word that has existed long before Gen Z got ahold of it though.

Cringe is practically universal, even I use it. But the term itself has a stranglehold on the younger generations like you wouldn't believe. Kids absolutely love using the word. The trait's depiction will likely be what younger people see as cringe, such as using outdated memes unironically and IRL.

Which I love tbh. But that's mostly because I live with a tween. She and her friends use the word so much that it's embedded into my soul, along with sus, sussy and baka.

"LeucosiaX;c-18324247" wrote:
cringe is usually used to describe someone who invokes cringe feelings like a gen zer would say This person is cringe or being cringe or a cringelord.

I know I'm in the wrong group if I have to consult with the urban dictionary to follow, (my mind always notes):

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cringe

Cringe
When someone acts/ or is so embarrassing or awkward , it makes you feel extemely ashamed and/or embarrassed.
"Hey that guy over there is cringy"
"Are you kidding Francis is the definition of cringe!"

This isn't like a huge deal but Millienials came up with the term cringe. Like not the original word, which would be the physical action from evoking an emotion of fear, shame, embarrassment, etc. But the colloquial term that came out in the 2010s, yeah that was us. I'm what would be called a zennial, Millienial still born in the generation with memories of said generation, but at the end, and my younger siblings are Gen Z. It's not people their age who were going around calling everything cringe. They're doing it now, with variations. And calling Millienial's it too.

But like before that wasn't "cringey" what they called things in movies in the 90s are stuff. Like you can't blame Gen Z for this. This is the most Millineal thing in this pack. Especially using the dab as the example.

I find the explanations of cringe very elucidating and amusing. To me, "cringe" is something you do in fear, like cringing away from the nurse about to give you shot. I've never heard it used to describe awkwardness. But then I'm a baby boomer/Gen X cusper, so that's to be expected.

As for dabbing, I'd never seen or heard of it until I saw one of the last MCU movies where Professor Hulk does it. I had to ask my son "what the flip is he doing??" and he explained it to me.

I think we boomers/Gen Xer's already had a perfectly good word for this: Dorky. :smiley:

But I think the trait looks promising. I'm not sure I could live with a sim with the trait, but I might assign it to some townies and sit back and enjoy.

"crocobaura;c-18324277" wrote:

"LeucosiaX;c-18324247" wrote:
cringe is usually used to describe someone who invokes cringe feelings like a gen zer would say This person is cringe or being cringe or a cringelord.

I know I'm in the wrong group if I have to consult with the urban dictionary to follow, (my mind always notes):

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cringe

Cringe
When someone acts/ or is so embarrassing or awkward , it makes you feel extemely ashamed and/or embarrassed.
"Hey that guy over there is cringy"
"Are you kidding Francis is the definition of cringe!"

Don't other generations feel embarrassment anymore or what?

If the emblematic word for Gen Z is "cringe," then the word for Gen X is "whatever."

The kids do often seem to use cringe in the context of things that are awkward or embarrassing partly because they are too earnest, too enthusiastic, too over-the-top, etc. Gen Xers are just too darned apathetic to be cringe; we don't care enough to be embarrassed. (Countdown to a Gen Z'er telling me that sarcasm is also cringe... and if so, like, whatever.)

I hope that the cringe trait isn't too "cringey". ?

"FatTribble23;c-18324315" wrote:
I find the explanations of cringe very elucidating and amusing. To me, "cringe" is something you do in fear, like cringing away from the nurse about to give you shot. I've never heard it used to describe awkwardness. But then I'm a baby boomer/Gen X

being born right between Millenials and Gen Z +not being american is so weird cause I understand a thing but not the other thing or only understand thing partly

cringe seems reasonable enough to me as kind of synonym for uncool awkward or embarrassing like i tend to cringe in second hand embarrassment a lot

the same way you'd say ouch if someone ran into a glass door in front of you id cringe if someone was doing something "cringe" in front of me

or the same way millenials used to *facepalm* in ye olde days

as for dabbing though no clue what that means where it came from and who is doing it

these types of trends usually just make me feel like ancient vampire who is out of touch with the youth

well that is if i even know the trend exists

luckily we have received information that dabbing is cringe so maybe I never needed to know what this trend is

"Simmingal;c-18322661" wrote:

2. are we not going to get proper burglars with proper burglar attire, big sacks of items, burglar alarms and police catching them? is it just another random crop top girl taking my stuff? I demand the burglars stick to the dresscode at very least

Look on the bright side. You're finally vindicated in your long-held horror and suspicion of crop tops. Crop tops will steal your TV!

"g01denswan;c-18322689" wrote:
I hope there is a way to avoid or turn off the death as I spend a lot of time creating and skilling up my sims so don’t want them to die.

The death is caused by excess mold. I assume if you keep your bathroom clean it won't be a problem.

So if I have 4 households living in a fourplex, I don’t need to worry about my other 3 households dying from the new death if I keep the bathroom of my 1 active household clean? Won’t the other 3 households be living their lives as well?

"Eleri;c-18324341" wrote:

"Simmingal;c-18322661" wrote:

2. are we not going to get proper burglars with proper burglar attire, big sacks of items, burglar alarms and police catching them? is it just another random crop top girl taking my stuff? I demand the burglars stick to the dresscode at very least

Look on the bright side. You're finally vindicated in your long-held horror and suspicion of crop tops. Crop tops will steal your TV!

Detective : What can you tell us about this thief who broke into your apartment? Is there anything in particular we should look out for?

Simmingal: ... She was wearing a crop top

Detective: You do realize thats like half the town ?

Simmingal: It was extraordinarily upsetting crop top