Agreed. We are the stars of our own movies (lives), so naturally we worry about our own embarrassments long after others have likely forgotten about them, since they're more worried about their own. Other people's embarrassments typically pale in comparison to your own since your own have a bigger effect on you, save for the intense secondhand embarrassment of someone who has done something truly shameful/cringeworthy (as in overstepping boundaries, not just saying something kind of stupid).
Why embarrassment exists?
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Agreed. We are the stars of our own movies (lives), so naturally we worry about our own embarrassments long after others have likely forgotten about them, since they're more worried about their own. Other people's embarrassments typically pale in comparison to your own since your own have a bigger effect on you, save for the intense secondhand embarrassment of someone who has done something truly shameful/cringeworthy (as in overstepping boundaries, not just saying something kind of stupid).