"// Meme header file. Every project should have one of these. Kappa Kappa Kappa"

I'm a fan of humour in comments, easter-eggs, etc... but for no good reason, this bothers me.

It's forced humor, and a misapplied un-funny version of mildly funny nerd humor at that. It gives me the same kind of chills that I get from people who wear "I <3 bacon" type t-shirts.

In Spanish we have an expression for the way you feel: "vergüenza ajena", which loosely translates to "feeling the embarrassment someone else should feel for their actions." It's pretty nifty, if not very catchy :P

I like this. There's a lesser-known phrase in English with a similar meaning, "embarrassment transfer".

Or, "cringeworthy"

In Dutch we call this "plaatsvervangende schaamte".

Apparently it's "fremdscham" in German.

See, that's catchier! Now we are talking.

fremdschämen is the verb

In Finnish that is called "myötähäpeä"

What kind of t-shirt would you have a positive response to?

> What kind of t-shirt would you have a positive response to?

Wet.

Note that this thread ends in a predictable fashion: https://xkcd.com/214/

I don't feel good about that feeling. Often when I say something makes me cringe, I later feel judgmental about it. Because I am being judgmental.

What's the meme though, honestly it doesn't look like anything but random cpp abuse to me

"Kappa" is from the game streaming site Twitch. Unless it means something else entirely and I'm out of the loop.

I also feel like Kappa is related to the Pepe / supremacist folks.

It comes from gaming circles, more specifically Twitch.