Mexican news channel airs testicles instead of solar eclipse, Chechnya bans any music outside of 80-116 BPM & museum worker gets fired after hanging up his own picture
The best cringe news of the past week according to yours truly.
Hello friend,
This is the last newsletter in its current form as we’re starting to switch things up a little next week – here’s to our 115th edition! (despite what Substack says lol)
WYR get in trouble for hanging up your own art in a gallery or accidentally letting a video of testicles air live on TV?
Georjia: I know hanging up your own artwork in a gallery isn’t the best thing to do, but surely it’s the best place for it. At least it’s an art gallery and you’re hanging up art that you believe is worth it. The delusion and drive is there and I respect it. Accidentally airing a video of testicles live on air is hilarious, embarrassing and career defining perhaps. But only the people in the office would know that you did it, not everyone watching would know you selected that video. It’s hilarious and you could mention it in future job interviews when they ask if you’ve ever messed up at work before – there is a silver lining I swear! But it’s more painful than hanging up your own art. I’ll hang my art up in a museum. Just as Lorde says, down the back, but who cares? Still the Louvre.
Annika: You almost can’t fault the employee for shooting their shot. Isn’t this what the Silicon Valley motivational speaker tech bros always preach about? Every shot you take comes with a risk, and the chances of them having their art praised and recognised were arguably as high as getting fired over it. Accidentally airing porn on a live TV show you’re producing might make for a funny story at the pub (after you’re getting fired or called in for a disciplinary) but you’d piss off a lot more people by doing so than hanging up your own art in a gallery; mainly parents who now have to explain to their children what they just saw and answering 50 rounds of ‘whys’ while doing so. The thing is, I’m not really a ‘shoot my shot’ typa person, I’m not brave enough for that. I’d rather accidentally let a video of testicles slip in and deal with the consequences later.
WATERCOOLER CHATS
Are you nursing your first sunburn of the year? Scrolling through the best pictures of the solar eclipse? Need some evidence that whatever bad thing happened to you this week, it’s not as embarrassing as what we’re about to show you? No worries friend, we got you.
Here are our favourite headlines you can bring up during conversations you’d rather not have:
This week’s WYR refers to
a museum worker hanging up his own painting at the German museum Pinakothek der Moderne hoping for a big break, but getting fired instead AND permanently banned from the gallery.
a Mexican news channel that was reporting on the solar eclipse with footage submitted by their viewers accidentally showing a clip of someone’s testicles, before quickly cutting away to the studio. Apparently the video has been around since 2017 when another eclipse took place.
A Gen Z writer made the rounds on Twitter this week for their piece on how they find Sex and the City cringey. Many people responded that young viewers don’t understand the point of annoying and flawed characters, and that part of the show’s success was precisely because we all saw a little bit of our own delusional, annoying and uglier sides in them. (Someone tell the writer to watch Girls next!)
Besides revealing his Wi-Fi password, Twitter’s Idiot of the Week William Wragg MP also accidentally shared with us an inspirational quote by Marianne Williamson that seems to keep him going:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?"
Chechnya is reportedly banning any music that doesn’t stay within 80-116 beats per minute. The move of the culture ministry of the Russian republic is seen as his crackdown on Westernisation, not too dissimilar from North Korea censoring denim jeans on TV. Head over to Politico to find out whether your favs are hit by the new ban.
Lady Gaga has teamed up with Pfizer for a migraine tablet in this almost satirical ad of her taking pictures of now-cured people while the voiceover rattles off the side effects.
L of the week goes to country star Morgan Wallen getting arrested for throwing a chair off a roof, which landed just a few feet from police officers standing outside.
Weekly palate cleanser: Conan O’Brien telling the crew to CALL THE WIFE! on Hot Ones.
Tyler, the Creator may have shot down best friend Jerrod Carmichael, but Aezelia Banks says there should be hope for him and Lil Nas X, “even just for aesthetic reasons”.
Obsessed with the fan who clearly wanted Zendaya to never forget about them by giving her a giant croissant at the premiere of Challengers:
JoJo Siwa says she wants to start a new genre of music called “gay-pop”. (Open the schools!!)
Sign of an OG rockstar or pure cringe? Lenny Kravitz posted a video of himself working out in leather trousers and sunglasses.
If you’ve had a bad week, we hope it’s not as bad as getting knocked out by Tiger Woods at The Masters.
CRINGE MEME
Someone check on Mars’s moon hope she's OK 😔
That’s it for this week! Feel free to let us know what cringe content, memes, and headlines you’ve been enjoying lately. Until then, we’ll see you in your inbox next Sunday!
Your Cringe Team x