Cringe

What Is Cringe?

Cringe is categorized as a phenomenon similar to a disease. It can be spread through victims unwillingly, and the effects may often be noticed immediately. It is analogous to an almost super-viral version of the common cold in which the incubation period( the amount of time it takes for a virus to display symptoms) is extremely short. Symptoms are shown right away and if not given proper care, can linger.

The concept of cringe itself has origins that can be traced back to the city of Muncie, Indiana. Historians have found physical evidence in archaeological sites of men and women arranged in the fetal position near known public execution areas. Given the information and data collected from extensive research, historians concluded that Cringe came to fruition at around 420 BCE, in response to the advent of "WorldStar HipHop" by grecco-roman engineer Thomas Worldstar, as well as the invention of "Soundcloud" in 69 BCE during the reign of the Holy Roman Empire in the Papal States of Italy. 

Cringe comes in many forms. They will be elaborated upon later but for now, there are some points that must be brought up to clarify the phenomenon.

Cringe is a phenomenon triggered by events called cringy events which can be visual, auditory, or a mix of both. Cringy events can come in a variety of forms; such as, but not limited to: media(film, music, image macros) and physical events(person-to-person, person-to-environment, person-to-self)

Auditory cringe events enter through the ear drum, making its way to the brain through the cochlear nerve as a response to cringy auditory stimuli. The brain then, hypersensitive to the stimuli, fires more neurons then necessary to the situation, often leading to the body's physiological response of deeming it an unseen threat. Thus, often depending on the level of cringe induces through the ear canal, the adrenal glands will often be triggered as well.

Visual cringe enters through the cornea and makes its way to the brain through the optical nerve as a result of cringy visual stimuli. The overstimulation of the nerves in the occipital lobe at the back of the brain, which are responsible for organizing and interpreting visual stimuli, causes a reaction similar to the one mentioned above, although to a subjectively less intense degree.

Depending on the situation, both auditory and visual cringe coincide, to create a majority of the common symptomatic behaviors of cringe victims. The intensity to which these things occur directly correlates with the symptoms that they exhibit.