We're all expected to grow out of our cringe phases. Expected to grow up and ignore those things. I still do a lot of the same things I've always done, just not as much. I still upload cringey AMV videos to random songs on youtube. An AMV is an Anime Music Video for those who might not know that term. It can also sometimes mean Animated Music Video. Basically fan made music videos for whatever.

I still have written fanfiction in the past year. It's less cringe that it used to be but I've still done it.

I still talk to strangers online.

The only real difference is making my own doctors appointments and working a 9-5 while doing these things.

Maybe I should have developed a social life beyond the internet at some point, but my computer is still my friend. The only difference is I work in tech. So, I'm on it even more than I ever was before. In the morning and afternoon, sat in front of two monitors with my laptop closed. Working on coding that doesn't always feel very meaningful, but sometimes feels amazing when I get it working. After work, sitting with my gaming laptop open, one monitor on, and the other monitor off. Simply because this laptop's screen is better than the monitor.

I can do whatever I want. Doing whatever I want means doing cringe things. I am a cringe person. And that's okay. Everyone does cringe things sometimes to the point that the word cringe is almost meaningless anymore.

It's okay to have interests that don't benefit anyone or to have things no one but you cares about.

The real difference between adulthood and teenage hood is spending your own money on it instead of your parents.