Do you like cute? Or does it make you puke? Why do you think you react that way?

All I know is that I always say ‘you’re lucky you’re cute’ under my breath when I want to rip my hair off because of something a kid of mine is doing. I am convinced that babies being cute helps them to survive their parents.

All i know is that kittens are the cutest things on earth, which is definitely a good thing. Cuteness = happiness and positive energies. (i don’t find babies cute at all though).

I’ve heard a few times that our attraction to “cute” is a biological imperative that makes us want to take care of our babies. I’ve also heard that’s why female mammals are typically attracted to the colour pink – newborn babies being rather pink.

@Seek_Kolinahr lol, yea that’s why.

I wuv cute. In all its forms. I like cute animals (usually cats), cute people, cute drawings, cute decorations, anything “kawaii”, being called “cute”,etc. I’m not sure why I respond to cuteness this way (people might associate that more with females), but all I know is cute things put a big smile on my face and when something is so cute, it starts to make me laugh.

Kawaii face: ^_^

I suppose some people might not like being called “cute” because it could be seen as patronizing or diminutive, as in “aww, what a cute little person that I’m not going to take seriously…”. They may also just be cold and/or negative people and see “cute” things as unnecessarily “happy” and “positive” and prefer to avoid that kind of thing.

It doesn’t make me want to puke but for some reason I’m from a long line of people who disdain cute, cute makes them want to hurt whatever the cute thing is. One of my brothers used to say cute is for babies and monkeys- unfortunately for me, I’ve always been referred to as “cute”. I often find myself irritated and nervous around cute adults but I’m a sucker for cute kids, animals and stuffs.

@Simone_De_Beauvoir Hey, just repeating what I’ve heard. I’m no evolutionary biologist. ^_^

@DominicX ahaha Good because, clearly, you are the cutest.

I’m kind of a sucker for cute. I try to be a tough guy sometimes but… dammit… I like kittens and babies.

Cute is for baby beings. It does make me want to puke when it’s adults doing ‘cute’ things. I especially want to puke at women making ‘cutey face’ I think it is called a ‘moue’. wrinkling up their precious wee noses and smiling precious wee smiles. I want to punch that cute face. I was told I was cute until a fair age by men and took them off the list right away.

I behave like a 5 year old girl when it comes to cute; however, I do not find babies cute. I’m all about cute animals. I frequent cuteoverload.com and other animal related sites. I even get a high squeaky voice when I talk about how cute something is.

I love cute. Show me something cute enough and I turn into a babbling idiot.

Funny you should ask. I personally don’t do cute. And that is my response if some person says “Oh! Isn’t that cute?” I don’t coo and gurgle over babies and I overtly hate Precious Moments. They cause my sphincter to twitch and clench.
When I see a grown man behaving in what I consider a typical male fashion, I may jokingly say to anyone nearby “Aren’t they cute when they’re at that age?” That’s about as close as I come.

I have a visceral aversion to cute in anything but baby animals (of all species). I’ll do you a favor and spare you the rant.

Despite my rough and crusty veneer, nothing gets me quite like something cute, whether it’s an animal, a baby, or something else.

I think the obsession over cute things is something people generally grow out of. Maybe the evolutionary cause for the perception of cuteness is based on the need to protect wide-eyed, puffy-cheeked babies and small children, but I think it affects children more than adults even though they’re not the ones who fill the roles of guardians.

Popular children’s media like Spirited Away feature lots of round eyes and fluffy features in its non-human characters. Maybe it has to do with both the learning of facial expressions, (the cuter expressions being more simple than other positive expressions,) mixed in with the powerful protective instincts manifesting earlier than they seem to be needed or something like that. Or maybe the child’s obsession over cuteness helps ensure the adult’s protective, nurturing reaction to it.

Regardless, I think it’s childish to act cutesy as an adult. I think people often do it to portray a sort of false-innocence in attempts (whether conscious or not) to disarm those who would claim them irresponsible in some way.

Cuteness in adults vexes me to no degree. Adults that act like life is all flowery and think they can make people like them by acting like a freaking happy 12 year old that knows nothing of the world. I hate their guts! Lol…..

@Blackberry that isn’t really what I had in mind when the OP said “cute”. I don’t think anyone thinks that is cute.

I agree with @Blackberry. Hate, hate, hate.

@TheOnlyNeffie Don’t act cute with me, missy! I’m just kidding lol…...I think cuteness is only reserved for children and some animals, or certain adults. Cuteness, to me, is innocence, and it may cause an aversion is some people because innocence can be seen as naive or ignorance. That whole ignorance is bliss thing.

When a teen says they’re in love, some call it cute because they are innocent and don’t know any better, and some think it is dumb they think such a thing for the same reason.

I love cute . Cute is nice. Nothing wrong with cute. I have never been called beautiful . Always cute. I have learn to accept it.

I am definitely in control of my thoughts ;)
Some things are cute to me other things I see as cloying, trite or just alittle too yuckity yuck yuck barf XD

Cute babies, puppies, kittens etc. I like and am attracted to.
Cutesy adults, not so much.

my mother in law and sister in law used to talk baby talk to each other….GAG!

I appreciate cute, but I’m also aware of the potential to unduly influence people with it.

@Jeruba It’s no favor to spare me the rant. The whole point of this question is to get some really good rants.

So I say, “rant away” to your heart’s content. Please.

I think that when “cute” is applied to anything more than one year in age (or maybe 6, in the case of humans), it is demeaning. It is a way of diminishing the person—of not taking them seriously.

People may think it is a compliment, but I’m not so sure. I guess, on occasion, a girl my say a boy is cute, and that’s fine as long as she says it to her friends. If she says it to the guy, that’s a big gamble. He might be ok with it, but he also might feel demeaned by it.

I think there’s a big difference between “cute” and “cutesy.” To me, “cutesy” requires making an effort and is often really fake. And that’s just plain unattractive.

@MacBean – well put and that is the way I see it too. How can you resist a really cute kid or dog or most anything. But it has to be natural cuteness, not affected type. (I know a man who says he feels sorry for parents whose kids aren’t cute and honest to goodness his kid is the doofiest looking kid you have ever seen but has the most engaging personality!)

And yes @DominicX is the cutest, I always want to tweak his cheeks like a granny would!

@lucillelucillelucille awww, that was cute ;)

Me too @MacBean that is it.

Warning! Link to terminal cute.

@YARNLADY

I was expecting a puppy or a kitten, not a couple of not cute kids.

@chocolatechip You don’t know me very well, do you? Those are my two youngest grandkids.

@YARNLADY

I meant I don’t find kids cute in general, compared to puppies or kittens. I didn’t mean about those kids in particular. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

@chocolatechip We’re OK, I didn’t take it wrong, I think puppies and kittens are cute too.