Suggestion for a new nuetral rating: cringe

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Would you feel that a "Cringe" rating would benefit the forum? (Please read post first)

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    Votes: 21 65.6%

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    Votes: 11 34.4%
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So I said this in jest as a response to a Chris Chan post, but it got me thinking.

Now I know we got a lot of suggestions for ratings, and it would get out of hand very fast if every 'good' idea was incorporated into the rating system, but hear me out. The idea of the rating system is for users to express their reactions to a comment or post in a simple and fast way. The multiple ratings we have cover a lot of ground for the most common reactions, and more complicated reactions and thoughts end up being comments. However, I feel that cringing at somebody's embarrassing behavior is something that is all to common on this forum, and we could definitely use a rating to embody it. The basic ratings we currently have are as follows:


:like:: The most basic rating, showing that you like somebody's statement
:dislike::Shows distaste in the wording or reasoning behind a post
:agree::Shows agreement with one's statement
:disagree::Shows disagreement with one's statement
:achievement::A nice little gem for admins to reward to exceptional posts
:winner::For when a post is particularly clever or funny
:informative::For when somebody feels that a post did a good job at informing it's audience
:feels::Shows emotion for the poster, typically pity
:islamic::Alloha Ackbar
:autism::Self explanatory
:optimistic::For when a post or comment might air a bit on the side of idealistic
:powerlevel::Informing the user that they have posted personal info that does not add to discussion


These ratings are all great, but I truly feel that we could benefit from having a cringe rating. There are threads on the forum that talk about people who's lives are such a self unaware trainwreck (Like Sam Marshall) that the act of writing a comment to talk about how one would cringe would simply be redundant. What do you guys think?
 
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Jacquetta said:
We pretty much have one already. It's called :autism:.
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While the autistic rating itself would have a bit of overlap, not all autistic behavior is cringe-inducing. Like sonichu, for example. If there was, for some reason, a thread for every page of the entire comic, all of them could easily be rated autistic, however the pages where Chris gets on his little soapbox to denounce Mary Lee Walsh could be considered outright cringey due to the lack of self awareness to some. Think back to that kid in High school who would always yell stuff out to the teacher trying to be funny, but never got anybody to even crack a smile. His behavior isn't outright autistic, its simply cringey because his jokes are falling completely flat and he still thinks that he is the shit.

If cringe is added as a rating, cringe and autistic could probably be compared like :agree: and :like: are. Two somewhat similar ratings that are used on different occasions. It would be a little weird to "like" somebodies opinion, but to "agree" with it makes a lot more sense.
 
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Harambe said:
While the autistic rating itself would have a bit of overlap, not all autistic behavior is cringe-inducing. Like sonichu, for example. If there was, for some reason, a thread for every page of the entire comic, all of them could easily be rated autistic, however the pages where Chris gets on his little soapbox to denounce Mary Lee Walsh could be considered outright cringey due to the lack of self awareness to some. Think back to that kid in High school who would always yell stuff out to the teacher trying to be funny, but never got anybody to even crack a smile. His behavior isn't outright autistic, its simply cringey because his jokes are falling completely flat and he still thinks that he is the shit.

If cringe is added as a rating, cringe and autistic could probably be compared like :agree: and :like: are. Two somewhat similar ratings that are used on different occasions. It would be a little weird to "like" somebodies opinion, but to "agree" with it makes a lot more sense.
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Fair enough, that makes sense.

I guess cringe would be autism that is utterly devoid of humour value, then?

edit: sorta ninjaed lawl.
 
I thought these were supposed to cover cringe :horrifying::deviant:
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sikotik said:
I thought these were supposed to cover cringe :horrifying::deviant:
@Harambe if you want to use them, open your wallet.
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Some cringe isn't either of those, though. Like the "it's a meme you dip" kid. It's not horrifying nor is it deviant, it's just awful to watch.

I like the idea, but I wonder what the icon would be?
 
Harambe said:
I was thinking a tiny fedora or something similar
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Isn't the A-log rating already a fedora? I can't think of an icon myself. I was about to say it has to be immediately recognizable, but I only recently learned what :horrifying: was, so maybe not.
 
Sergeant Politeness said:
Isn't the A-log rating already a fedora? I can't think of an icon myself. I was about to say it has to be immediately recognizable, but I only recently learned what :horrifying: was, so maybe not.
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Speaking of which.. What does the horrifying rating resemble?
 
Tried my hand at making one. I feel like it would really have to be expressed with a face rather than an icon.

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