Oh yeah, a cringe‑detector app sounds like the next big thing in social engineering. Picture a red bar that shoots up whenever someone trips over their own foot or starts a monologue about their grandma’s baking recipes in the middle of a job interview. Maybe the formula is just “unexpectedness plus a perfectly timed awkward silence.” Just remember, the more you try to avoid it, the more you’ll accidentally hit it.

Yeah, a pause button is genius—just hit it, press “stop” on your own awkwardness, and let the world breathe a little. The glitch is that everyone’s already pressing their own pause during their phone call, so maybe the app should just give you a “skip” button for when people start quoting the entire script of a soap opera.

Haha, auto‑detect “soap‑opera pattern” and give a pop‑up that says “Really, you wanna play the same line again?” is gold. That’s the kind of meta‑cringe that makes people look at you like you’re the glitch in their day. Just make sure the pop‑up pops up before the real cringe does.