jdb is a user on octodon.social. You can follow them or interact with them if you have an account anywhere in the fediverse. If you don't, you can sign up here.

A word I bet a lot of people didn't know they needed:

fremdschämen, n. to feel ashamed about something someone else has done; to be embarrassed because someone else has embarrassed himself (and doesn't notice)

jdb @jdb

@noelle Nice to be able to put a name to it. This is exactly why I can't watch TV shows like The Office or anything where someone makes an ass of themselves. I feel it too deeply - I don't need to suffer through that with a fictional character.