The world out there is kind of a mess. We get it. We read the news every day too. We're real people on here, after all, not just a handful of monkeys trained to use keyboards. At least … not that you can prove. Our society has somehow managed to regress into chaos over these past few years, though it was headed there already, and the best way we can distract from it is to look at some of the cringiest stuff intentionally. We mean the images that your weird former friend posts on his social media stories completely unironically, even though it's truly just awful nonsense.

If the news is overwhelming at this current point in time for you, allow us to distract you with some cringeworthy images that people posted on social media. Thanks to the subreddit /r/Cringetopia, below you will find lovely images of adults using pacifiers, tweets from PETA and VHS tapes that are bound to have you scratching your head.