I know a lot of you are going to agree with me here, but for those of you who aren’t into cringing – I can pretty much admit that I’ve set myself up for a sequel to this post called “frum things that make me smile”. Such as a hot mushkie (any chabad girl) bending down to pick up her siddur that fell down and giving me a grand blessed is the rebbe view.
- Snoods
- Pizza stores with sushi counters
- Slow lecha dodi tunes
- People who say shabbat that aren’t Israeli or sephardic
- Tikkun Olam
- Yeshiva guys throwing up on purim
- Kolko
- Mehadrin buses
- Yellow armpits on white shirts
- Day old cholent
- Old naked dudes chilling in the shvitz
- P’tcha
- Non-gebrokts matzo ball soup
- Men who refuse to give gets
- Hearing about a fast day the day before
- Seeing a billboard for a Dream Theater show in the 9 days
- Jewish music with brass and synthesizer sections
- Chabad mitzvah tanks
- Bullet proof stockings
- Greasy post mikvah peyos
- The silverware at the bottom of the mikvah
- Frum black sneakers
- Chassidish shabbos robes with shoulder pads
- Hashkamah minyans
- Taking forever to say those post laining modern orthodox shul prayers
- When non-frum people get pissed off that we say “by”
- Snags
- Chassidishe schitah
- Yom kippur musaf
- Kinos on tisha ba’av
- Listening to Megilas esther without a smart phone
- Extra long sedarim
- When every kid says the ma nishtana and everyone sings along
- Hot chanies (ironic I know)
- Carlos and Gabby’s
- Most mevushal wine
- The non-acceptance of the Luabvitch rebbe as moshiach (it’s time you all jumped on board)
- The thought of Niddah during rainy season
- Frum novels
- Mishpacha Magazine
- Yinglish
- Improper thumb dipping
- BT’s who speak yeshivish
- BT’s who think they can tell you what to do
- Yeshivish modern orthodox people
- People who speak Hebrew with an American accent
- Any yeshiva that ends in a Tuf and not a Suf
- Not your typical bais yaakov or stern girls
- Frum Porn (very cringe worthy)
- The thought of working for my father or father in-law
- Queens
- Two guys one cholent
- Canned gefilte fish
- Gefilte fish jelly
- Empire “meats”
- Shabbos riots
- The Kuzari argument
- Gourmet Heimishe
- Modern Israeli baby names
- Rebbe worship
- The flawless Gadol theory
- Frum lottery’s
- Gas station cholent
- Shabbos toilet paper
- Shul bathroom smells
- Shaloshudos
- When people call it seudat shlishit
- Sports team yarmulkes
- Techeles tzitzis
- Separate seating at events
- Bris milah (I didn’t say I want to ban it, but it does make me cringe)
- Chol Hamoid fairs
What makes you cringe?