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Bianca · 10 Feb 2025
Ever made that cringe-worthy joke at work? I’m still cringing over one I made at the office during X-mas party last year after a couple too many drinks... I just wanted to disappear into thin air! 😬 How do you recover when your joke totally flops? Been 1 month+ but whenever my colleague brought it up, i felt so embarrassed. Sometimes i just laugh it off, but when it gets too annoying i just pretend i didn't hear the rest. Honestly, how do i make it stop? It's not funny anymore to make fun of me
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Maya · 10 Feb 2025
The cringe is real 😭 But honestly, if you’ve laughed it off once, you don’t owe them endless entertainment. Next time they bring it up, just deadpan, ‘That joke retired, try again.’ Or hit them with ‘Aiyooo, you really love that one, huh?’ Make them feel like the repetitive one. Basically just the way you react to it la
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