Surviving online cringe

在网络中生存,不失尊严

Today, Explained

2026-02-01

29 分钟
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The internet is forever. So how do we handle posts from our past selves? This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Sarah Schweppe, engineered by Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Image credit Hady Mawajdeh.   If you have a question, give us a call on 1-800-618-8545 or send us a note here.  Listen to Explain It to Me ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • I got in the water in the very early morning before the sun had risen and the water was pitch black.

  • I started swimming and I felt the water hollowing out around me and felt like something really big was swimming below.

  • I'm Phoebe Judge and this is Love.

  • A show about the surprising things that love can make us do.

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  • This is probably my most controversial take, and I will probably regret posting this online.

  • I thought I could just post that stuff, get famous, and then, you know, move on.

  • Nobody ever lets me forget it.

  • The odds are, you've said something, you probably don't want to see the light of day.

  • The internet is this archive of all these different versions of ourselves.

  • There's the teenage fan.

  • was really into the Twilight book.

  • So there is a lot of stuff about how much I love Twilight that is still on the internet

  • if you Google me.

  • The pundit.

  • Years ago when Black Lives Matter first started up, I posted something about Black Lives Matter.

  • And I feel really stupid about it.

  • I've definitely come a long way.

  • Or if you're me, there's the reporter for your college TV station.

  • Virginia.