Not their proudest moments! Creepy times when people humiliated themselves without realizing it
We all know the uneasy feeling that keeps us up at night when our brains wander to times when we’ve thoroughly embarrassed ourselves.
While fixated on the most chilling moments of our lives, we may cringe – but take comfort in knowing that the most chilling behaviors often come from people who don’t even realize their own awkwardness.
tendrils has collected some of the biggest blunders online, from people trying to outsmart others by presenting themselves as intellectually superior, to those who are unlucky in love and go to great lengths to get a date.
The examples from the UK, US and Canada will no doubt help you sleep at night as they show some seriously embarrassing examples.
Here, FEMAIL has collected some of the most exciting exchanges…
Sometimes the most cringeworthy behavior comes from those who don’t even realize how clumsy they are. Ranker has collected a series of embarrassing exchanges from around the world, including this smooth operator in the US who saw no problem using a colleague’s work number to try and make a move

Elsewhere in the US, a mother who had just given birth posted on a Yahoo! forum to ask if she should worry about not being the mother of her own child… after she gives birth to the child

Lessons in history! According to this smart thinker, the Super Bowl is older than the United States government – clumsily forgetting that presidential terms are four years, compared to the American football tournament held annually

Did this really happen? And if so, what reaction were they hoping for by posting this on Facebook… their peers might have something to say

Please stop! This Armchair Expert Thinks They’re More Intelligent Than Scientists Who Dedicate Their Working Lives To Research — And Rather Than Keep Their Inflated Self-Esteem Quiet, They Thought It Was Appropriate To Explain It Online

Traffic can wait! This person, who is just desperate for the perfect Instagram photo, decided that a pedestrian crossing was the appropriate place to take a picture of himself lifting weights

Do you remember your first beer? Obviously not this man. In the US, this teenager will regret messages about his high sugar content for years to come

She may be a millionaire, but British bra tycoon Michelle Mone isn’t immune to embarrassing moments, as she proved in 2016 with this Twitter post in which she admitted she mistook a Vietnamese businessman for a six-year-old child

It’s just imagery! Someone took a funny Facebook status a little too literally and started a bizarre rant in the comments section – only to be shut down by another commenter

Someone can’t stand rejection! In Canada, this person responded to a declined invitation to hang out with a bizarre message in an attempt to persuade

101 Stalking! This person overlooked a woman giving them a fake name (suggesting she wasn’t too keen on keeping in touch) and went to great lengths to track her down