But if you shared a meme that said “seven ways you can tell someone went to music school” – that would be cringy.
That wouldn’t seem cringy to me. Instead my reaction to it would be some mixture of affection and curiosity. Something like “oh I’m not part of this ingroup, but this meme is a way for them to connect over shared experiences and I can certainly relate to bonding with people through shared experiences; probably seeing this meme will make some former music school people happy and I feel glad for them. I’m curious about the kinds of unique experiences that people who went to music school had and I haven’t had, maybe this meme will help me understand some of those”.
That wouldn’t seem cringy to me. Instead my reaction to it would be some mixture of affection and curiosity. Something like “oh I’m not part of this ingroup, but this meme is a way for them to connect over shared experiences and I can certainly relate to bonding with people through shared experiences; probably seeing this meme will make some former music school people happy and I feel glad for them. I’m curious about the kinds of unique experiences that people who went to music school had and I haven’t had, maybe this meme will help me understand some of those”.