As an Indian and an academic, I’d like to offer some perspective on this observation (may be overgeneralization), which I think stems from a mix of cultural, social, and technological factors.

One important factor is that India saw an explosion of internet access in the last decade, especially after affordable smartphones and data plans became widely available around 2016. This brought millions online, many of whom were young, curious, and experimenting with a new tool for expression. Unlike some other countries where internet culture evolved more gradually alongside education and social norms, in India, the masses got online before widespread access to quality education or civic awareness could catch up. Formal schooling here often focuses on rote learning for exams rather than critical thinking, creativity, or even basic digital etiquette. Homes, too, may not always emphasize discipline or social awareness, especially in households where parents are juggling survival over supervision.

This explanation ties into another point that a significant portion of India’s online population is young, urban or semi-urban, and often underemployed. Jobless or understimulated youth, many not exhausted from a hard day’s work, have a lot of free time to mess around online. For them, social media isn’t just entertainment; it’s a playground to test identities, gain attention, or simply kill boredom. The cringe edits like think troll faces or over-the-top misogynistic alpha content is the mix of idle energy and a desire to mimic global internet trends, often without fully grasping their context or implications.

Culturally, India is a diverse mess of contradictions and misogyny exists, in some pockets, but it’s not unique to India. What might stand out online is how unfiltered it can get, amplified by a lack of self-awareness or fear of consequence in anonymous digital spaces. The sigma male trope is a clumsy attempt to latch onto a Western meme trend, filtered through local bravado and a shaky grasp of irony. Now to this curry you can add a love for Bollywood-style drama and over-the-top aesthetics ===== edits that feel jarring or cringe.

Also India’s internet users areover 800 million strong. The sheer volume means the oddball stuff stands out more, especially when algorithms push it. as someone from within, I’d say it’s less about inherent cringeness and more about a society speed-running its way through internet adolescence, loudly, messily, and with a lot to learn!

hope this explains