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Awkwardness

socializing Mar. 19, 2024

Why Is Eye Contact So Awkward for Some People?One person’s friendly gaze can be another’s excruciating stare.

By Christine Ro and the Cut
roll clip! June 22, 2020

How Much of This Awkward Dating Around Montage Can You Endure?Poor Ben!

By Jackson McHenry
lunch Oct. 3, 2016

Germans Have the Opposite of Sad Desk Lunch, and It’s Basically MandatoryBut is it any better than sad desk lunch? That’s debatable.

By Jesse Singal

Sept. 7, 2016

How Awkward Are You, Really? Here’s a Quiz That Tells YouTest your conversational skills.

By Sarah Ruddy and Cari Romm
July 8, 2016

Watch the Exact Moment When Eye Contact Goes From Friendly to WeirdIt happens pretty quickly.

By Cari Romm
May 24, 2016

A Brief Guide to Convincing Total Strangers to Do Your BiddingIt’s easier than you probably expect.

By Melissa Dahl
May 18, 2016

If You Have an Awkward Work Problem, This Is the Person to Ask About ItAsk a Manager’s Alison Green is your work therapist.

By Melissa Dahl
May 3, 2016

What Cringing at Your Own Dumb Voice Reveals About YouThe “you” that exists in your own head is often very different from the “you” the world perceives.

By Melissa Dahl
awkwardness Mar. 8, 2016

Somebody — Anybody — Give John Goodman a Hug and Tell Him How Great He IsHe tells Howard Stern he doesn’t feel “super A-level.”

By Nate Jones
gop 2016 Apr. 13, 2015

Marco Rubio Wants to Be the Same Kind of Candidate Obama Was in 2008He’s taking on a party elder and promising generational change.

By Marin Cogan
awkwardness Dec. 5, 2014

Why Peter Pan Live! Made You UncomfortableSecondhand awkwardness.

By Melissa Dahl
great moments in cable news Oct. 10, 2013

Sean Hannity Sounds Pretty Disappointed That Anthony Weiner Doesn’t Hate HimClearly secret best pals.

By Adam Martin
awkwardness Sept. 8, 2013

Eminem Had a Joaquin Phoenix Moment on ESPNOr something like that.

By Delia Paunescu

awkwardness May 15, 2012

This Is Probably the Worst Wheel of Fortune Choke You’ll Ever SeeMagic wand!

By Dan Amira
it seemed like a good idea at the time May 3, 2011

DateBritishGuys.com Capitalizes on the Royal Wedding in Its Own Way“The women always want more men.”

By Rebecca Macatee
awkwardness Mar. 9, 2011

Last Surviving World War I Veteran Apparently Not That Special After AllJohn Boehner and Harry Reid don’t want to give him a public viewing in the Capitol Rotunda. Are they right?

By Dan Amira
Oct. 6, 2010

A Form Letter To Your Friends Regarding Their New TV ShowsDear [Friend Name], Hey, [Buddy/Dude/You]. I know we haven’t seen much of each other since you began working on [Show Name], and [Bar Show […]

By Mike Drucker
america’s sweetheart Jan. 22, 2010

The Awkwardness of the Palins on OprahIt’s the little moments that make it.

By Chris Rovzar
photo op Jan. 14, 2010

Kirsten Gillibrand and Harold Ford Jr. Forced to Stand Next to Each OtherOh God, oh God, so awkward.

By Dan Amira
it seemed like a good idea at the time Jan. 30, 2009

Speed-Dating With MorrisseyLast night, 60 of the most awkward people in New York convened for Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, a Smiths-themed speed-dating event at Black Rabbit in Greenpoint.

By Adam Martin
early and awkward Jan. 6, 2009

Roland Burris Turned Away From SenateRod Blagojevich’s contested nominee to replace Barack Obama in the Senate didn’t quite get there.

By Chris Rovzar