Things that make you cringe?

[EmoPanther]

Regarding the 2b Bottoms, I actually see a decent number of people, mostly catgirls/boy, female au'ra, and viera m/f using it. The occasional lalafell, or Male roegadyn. Either its like the "centerpiece" of their outfit, or they have like.. plate armor, and then no pants, and plate boots. Kinda confusing

[HeyMcFly]

Ghost white character with black hair & white/red streaks- wearing leather jacket/ random top & 2B bottoms.
"Modern" clothes in XIV
2B bottoms as the main piece of outfit/ general lack of fashion sense
All metallic colour palette
Lalafell showing too much skin
Hipster Glasses while wearing an almost full armorset
Oversharing, irl sharing in open chat
Bragging
Miqo'te (bc most look like they came from a copy machine)

[AbysmalDuck]

Regarding the 2b Bottoms, I actually see a decent number of people, mostly catgirls/boy, female au'ra, and viera m/f using it. The occasional lalafell, or Male roegadyn. Either its like the "centerpiece" of their outfit, or they have like.. plate armor, and then no pants, and plate boots. Kinda confusing

I just tested this in Limsa, first three female characters I examined were all 2b leggings. Didn't click anymore after that. Person's point is proven.

[Seymour_Rainecourt]

Ghost white character with black hair & white/red streaks- wearing leather jacket/ random top & 2B bottoms.
"Modern" clothes in XIV
2B bottoms as the main piece of outfit/ general lack of fashion sense
All metallic colour palette
Lalafell showing too much skin
Hipster Glasses while wearing an almost full armorset
Oversharing, irl sharing in open chat
Bragging
Miqo'te (bc most look like they came from a copy machine)

Good ones! I agree with each, LOL.

[KageTokage]

It honestly does kind of bug me how many people use "Pre-defined glam set but with 2B bottoms" as their stylistic preference.

There are ways to make it actually mesh well with a set, but it largely tends to just come across as people wanting some eye candy to stare at.

[Seymour_Rainecourt]

It honestly does kind of bug me how many people use "Pre-defined glam set but with 2B bottoms" as their stylistic preference.

There are ways to make it actually mesh well with a set, but it largely tends to just come across as people wanting some eye candy to stare at.

I agree. Homogenization isn't very fun to look at or be a part of.

[Averax]

These forums are pretty cringe too. You guys don't know how to not feed the trolls.

There's an obvious troll thread that hasn't lost traction in months because you guys don't know when somebody's taking you for a ride.

[Breakbeat]

Cringe is just another one of those overused gamer buzzwords that annoys me.

Aye, though I heard Brits say this way before online games or MMOs ever came out. The current use is overly fashionable / trendy.

That being said, these terms are also cringe:

- 'Gaslighting' (Lots of folks claim 'gaslighting' as a defense in an argument. I'd bet my left foot most folks don't really know the meaning of the super-trendy term.)
- 'Copium' (Look at how smart I am, I mixed "Cope" with "Opium". Whoa, damn, stand back.)
- 'Sus' (When four extra letters are just far too much.)
- 'Tea' (As in 'spill the tea'. As in, 'give me the gossip'.)

Activities:

- Putting forth a complaint as if one is smarter than the collective intelligence of a multi-million dollar company. ("Just order servers off Amazon," comes to mind.)
- Claiming harassment and bullying when one themselves is in the wrong.
- "No one else is getting busted for this illegal thing, why should I?" / "Everyone else is doing it, why can't I?"
- "How could anyone possibly be offended by XYZ?" (Contemplate the billions of personalities on Earth, none of which are just like you, and get back to me.)

And as for the entire Human race at the moment:

- "We want equality, but we'll be damned if we're going to apply the same rules to all humans. To hell with that." - Humankind, circa 2010-present.

[gumas]

i just cant take seriously when npc lalafell try to act tough. like cutscene or event dialogue where you see lalafell asume battle stance or talk tough like he can kill me in an instant or something.

i can take them serious a bit if the lalafell is caster or use bow/gun, thats make sense they still can kill me yes. but a lalafell doing mnk stance or any sword wielding stance.... i just.... i cant... i cant take them seriously i always burst out laughing everytime i see something like that

like cmon... can you imagine in real life a midget not even your waist charging to you with kungfu/boxing stance?

again iam talking npc here, for lalafell player iam fine with it because in technically we players are strong, we all gone through hell with all that story, so even if they are lalafell wearing ridiculous outfit, i still know they are strong

but npc....

[BaconBits]

i just cant take seriously when npc lalafell try to act tough. like cutscene or event dialogue where you see lalafell asume battle stance or talk tough like he can kill me in an instant or something.

i can take them serious a bit if the lalafell is caster or use bow/gun, thats make sense they still can kill me yes. but a lalafell doing mnk stance or any sword wielding stance.... i just.... i cant... i cant take them seriously i always burst out laughing everytime i see something like that

like cmon... can you imagine in real life a midget not even your waist charging to you with kungfu/boxing stance?

again iam talking npc here, for lalafell player iam fine with it because in technically we players are strong, we all gone through hell with all that story, so even if they are lalafell wearing ridiculous outfit, i still know they are strong

but npc....

Small or not, the last thing I'd want is Pipin running at me with a sword as large as he is trying to remove my legs from my body. Let alone any other midget that decides to take up a martial arts stance or whatever, I'm not getting my knees blown out.