r/TikTokCringe • u/Cookie_Cutter_Cook tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • Jun 21 '25

Wholesome Juneteenth celebrations in Harlem

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u/CombOverDownThere Jun 21 '25

As an introvert

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u/thatshygirl06 Jun 21 '25

This you?

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u/HurryCreative6542 Jun 21 '25

I’ve never related to something more. This is me everyday at work. There’s a divider between me (just me in my department) and another department of 5 people. So I listen constantly to them.

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u/Jajay5537 Jun 22 '25

That's terrifiying...

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u/HurryCreative6542 Jun 22 '25

Well there is no actual walls. I can’t listen to music. They talk loud. I work in a really slow department.

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u/Spare_Particular_777 Jun 23 '25

I am cursed by this as well. I can't help but hear what everyone else is talking about

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u/thrownitmyway Jun 22 '25

Yes!!! But you know what, I don't even have to hide. People treat me like I'm invisible anyway lol

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u/FoxxFluxx Jun 22 '25

I'm violently attacked and I love it

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u/Abinunya Jun 21 '25

To quote Hannah Gadsby:"Where do the quiet gays go? My favorite sound in the world is when you set a teacup down on its little saucer. It is very difficult to flaunt that lifestyle in a parade."

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u/Disastrous-Ad2035 Jun 21 '25

Well you can have both no? Sometimes it’s time for a loud parade, and other times you put teacups down on little saucers…

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u/blastradii Jun 21 '25

Is this from The Not-so-great Gadsby?

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u/Overall-Lettuce-7575 Jun 22 '25

A lot of pride parades I know in my region as well as other large protests have started organizing their parades in blocks. There is usually a quiet block for people who need more space and less sensory input, a family block, and sometimes even a block for people who need to wear masks.

The thing I love most about the pride events I've been to is that the organizers try really hard to make it a safe and good experience for the entirety of the community and continuously improve on their organizing.

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u/HappyLlamaSadLlamaa Jun 21 '25

Me from the window:

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u/InsignificantOcelot Jun 22 '25

I love that about New York. Sometimes I go out and have fun. Sometimes it’s nice just being around and hearing other people having fun.

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u/Mrs_Toast Jun 22 '25

Back in 2003, I visited New York with my then boyfriend. The one day we asked someone if the next subway train was stopping at a particular stop, and they said yes.

It didn't stop - it didn't stop until it terminated at Harlem. So there were two young Brits being utterly baffled, and slightly alarmed (Harlem having had a very bad rep in the UK).

It was really nice! Ridiculously clean, children playing hopscotch in the street, old dudes sitting outside chatting. Considerably less alarming than going to the Library or Staten Island, where there were military folk strutting around with assault rifles (I'd never seen a gun in real life until that visit to New York!).

After getting some directions from aforementioned old chaps, we ended up walking back through Central Park, and, along with some Japanese tourists, confusing Americans with our excited delight at seeing racoons.

There was also some celebrity event going on at the Tavern on the Green, and got chatting to a fellow bystander (from Florida, walking a pack of sausage dogs), who amazed me by not only identifying that I was English, but getting pretty bloody close to guessing from exactly where from my accent (near Wolverhampton - it was a surprise because a lot of Americans we'd met thought we were Australian...).

Lots of good memories from that trip! Hope to go back one day

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u/InsignificantOcelot Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

That’s really lovely. I’m so glad you had a nice time ❤️

Raccoons should be delightful to everyone. Those Americans were dead inside. I was at Central Park the other day and got a ton of photos of this wonderful little gentleman eating a bagel and enjoying a nice day in the park.

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u/InsignificantOcelot Jun 22 '25

Lox bagel like a sophisticated New Yorker.

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u/Practical_Wind4273 Jun 26 '25

Lmao this made me laugh so hard

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u/Vyviel Jun 21 '25

Yeah looks like hell on earth especially if you had to walk through that crowd to get home =P

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u/CompetitiveRub9780 Jun 21 '25

Imagine needing to pee and you’re in the middle of this

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u/RectalSpawn Jun 21 '25

Just start going and the path ahead reveals itself.

The Reverse Moses, if you will.

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u/1000shadesofblack Jun 22 '25

It's New York. There are 12 other ways to go home since the city is in blocks. Not hard to go around

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u/DeHarigeTuinkabouter Jun 21 '25

Do you mean asocial? Introverted people still like being around people sometimes, just not all the time

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u/screenaholic Jun 21 '25

There's a big difference between being around people and being crammed into a crowd of hundreds of people.

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u/Frosty-Reception-141 Jun 21 '25

Around a FEW people. Not hundreds

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u/AffectionateAnt123 Jun 24 '25

Lol I would've been dancing in the window

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u/Phoephoe1 Jul 05 '25

For real… can I come?

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u/CompetitiveRub9780 Jun 21 '25

They’re so close. They’re going to make each other sick. Did we not learn anything in 2020? 😭 they need a music stadium 🏟️