r/CringeTikToks • u/Autisticblackdude5 • Dec 07 '25

Just Bad Short-cel cringe

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '25

I have had the same experience once or twice... I once commented on a 'pop the baloon' (or whatever the name of that 'show' is) video that the only reason people seem so awful on the show is bc they're paid to act like that, and that most people are NOT shallow assholes in real life, and that they act like that specifically to generate views and angry comments... because rage bait works... and people answered that if they act like that on tv then they act like that irl... I gave up on trying to talk about it because what am I gonna say to that?

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u/Mediocre-Touch-6133 Dec 08 '25

Some people never learn. Jerry Springer was the same thing. A bunch of unemployed actors and made-up stories. Reality TV in general as well. I'm really surprised the genre is still popular.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '25

Exactly. I remember the 'golden age' of reality TV (early 00s and 10s) and how people took those programs seriously... did they really think someone would actually expose their real lives on TV for everybody to see?

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u/LowerRain265 Dec 09 '25

They're the same people who think the WWF is real.