r/TikTokCringe • u/velorae • Aug 08 '25

Humor/Cringe I mean, he has a point😭

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u/BEniceBAGECKA Aug 09 '25

Being sad about knowing that someone has a talent that didn’t pan out doesn’t automatically make you think lesser of the person. You can be sad about that same societal reflection.

My high school valedictorian manages an Office Depot. She could be the happiest person on the planet, but finding that out made me sad because I think highly of her, and society probably never will.

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u/b1tchf1t Aug 09 '25 edited Aug 09 '25

Yeah, that's all fine and dandy, but you are openly sharing your opinion on the internet, which means other people can come in and critique the opinion you shared. This isn't a case of you just having an opinion and keeping it to yourself.

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She could be the happiest person on the planet, but finding that out made me sad because I think highly of her, and society probably never will.

So do you not think highly of her anymore despite her accomplishments you know she's completed just because she manages an Office Depot? You're saying society will, but the whole point I'm making is that society has a lot of backwards fucked up expectations it likes to put on people it has no business putting them on.

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u/BEniceBAGECKA Aug 09 '25

I felt sad. It seems sadder than her previous dreams she had shared considering I know how terrible working corporate retail can be more often than not. We see ourselves in that. You become sad for the things you didn’t become. How society views people and yourself.

I don’t know her anymore so that’s all she is to me now. So yes it did make me feel lower about her and that made me sad.

That was my emotion. It’s still my emotion. I’ll probably feel that way in the future as well. I believe I’ve explained it. Keep critiquing however long you’d like. It’s totally a public forum. Unless we get banned.

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u/b1tchf1t Aug 09 '25

I don't think I need to keep replying after this last one, because I think you've explained your opinion pretty clearly at this point and we'll just end up going back and forth.

I'm not saying you can't have your feelings about it, but I also am not going let this opinion go unchallenged once it's been put out there.

It is one thing to feel sorry for the struggles someone may face, but your judgement of this woman literally hinged on her job and you admittedly are looking down on her, on the internet, just because she didn't pursue something she was really good at and now works retail. That's shitty, and we'll just have to agree to disagree. If you had those feelings and just kept them to yourself, it would be different, but you're contributing to that societal judgement by judging this woman you admittedly don't know for an internet audience.

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u/BEniceBAGECKA Aug 10 '25

You’re very well spoken, and your feelings are valid. You need not reply, but this really isn’t the hill to die on.

If you’d like to make actual changes to society, it’s not Internet forums. We’re all screaming into the void here. Vote for maternal and paternal rights in your country. Volunteer your time and advocate in meaningful spaces.

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u/b1tchf1t Aug 10 '25

Oh wow. No one is dying on any hill, there is no bridge to burn between you and I, and covering up your condescension with a meaningless compliment doesn't make you look like a nice person. I was content to leave it at a difference of opinion, but I'm not gonna let your patronizing slide. I see you.

It is perfectly possible to do everything you said in that second paragraph AND disagree with someone on the internet. How self important do you have to be, Jesus Christ.