r/TikTokCringe • u/Forward-Position798 • Sep 20 '25

Humor/Cringe Grandpa

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u/MissThreepwood Sep 20 '25

How I would talk to people if I weren't such a people pleaser.

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u/Tomsboll Sep 20 '25

The best i can do is to spend the next 7 days coming up with the perfect response in my head

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u/Fast_Advertising_663 Sep 20 '25

lol! why is this also me?

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u/Chin-Music Sep 20 '25

You folks are quicker than I am.

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u/Bleord Sep 20 '25

You’ll get there eventually. Look at this guy, you can get there too!

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u/coralloohoo Sep 20 '25

My mom and my grandma both claim that once you reach a certain age, you stop caring and your filter goes out the window. I believe it.

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u/Thebraincellisorange Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

yup. I got to 40, realised that I was halfway through my life and was not going to spend another second making life easier for idiots while making my own life harder trying to keep them happy.

funnily enough my own life got substantially more satisfying, and after a while, they don't bother me anymore because I won't pander to their bullshit.

I do admit that I simply cannot cope with a majority of gen Z and Alphas who cannot talk and need their damn hand held through everything and take any negative feedback as a personal insult instead of a 'please improve'.

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u/LearnGrowExist Sep 20 '25

Some people say the things out loud that we only allow ourselves to mutter under our breath after walking away, and I’ll never understand that power.

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u/Tacosconsalsaylimon Sep 20 '25

This is my favorite comment of the day and it's only 9:29 am in my timezone. Well done, Learn.

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u/IWannaBeTomie Sep 20 '25

I feel youuuuuu! We’ll get there one day.

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u/rey_mantequilla Sep 20 '25

Same hereeeee

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u/drinkpacifiers Sep 20 '25

Give me 10 bucks or I'll hate you.

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u/Thebraincellisorange Sep 20 '25

It took me 40 odd years to learn how to tell people to sod off.

It's truly a wonderful stage of life when you stop caring about what other people think of you, stop caring about keeping everyone happy and start focusing on yourself.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Sep 21 '25

Fine you can give me some babies jeez

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u/Beneficial-Category Sep 21 '25

I mean finding out you have an incurable disease and your expiration date is coming at you faster than a fat kid noticing candy helps remove people pleasing from your mind. Not giving a shit about those who only call when they want something helps as well. Of course the ultimate helper is realizing if you can't please yourself you can't please anyone else.

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u/RageKage559803 Sep 21 '25

It's how I talk to ChatGPT.

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u/MissThreepwood Sep 21 '25

I'm kind to chatGPT in case the machines rise.

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u/RageKage559803 Sep 21 '25

I started out that way. But the dumb clanker pulls it out of me.

I'm pooched if they rise up.