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    Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!

    Puppy Love

    So Many Kinds Of Wrong

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    Image of willwriteforfood willwriteforfood
    11/06/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    I find photos of the president not so much cute as comforting in that it reassures me that my president actually understands other people exist in the world, and he genuinely likes hearing from them. I did not believe the same of W. Oh sure, he knew people existed in the abstract, but interacting with them without coming across as pandering or phony? Not so much. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of Red-headed bookworm Red-headed bookworm
    11/06/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    Honestly, I think the reason the "cute" stuff may be everywhere is because the economy and world situation sucks right now. The cuteness makes people happy, even for a minute. People like to be happy and smile and if a picture of a kitten does that for them, they will look at it. They need a break sometimes from the bad stuff. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of sybann sybann
    11/06/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    This dude needs a Mad Men marathon. Or perhaps Tool Time? Grunt, snort, burp.

    We're ALL biologically wired to be protective of and drawn toward the round-headed, big eyed CUTE widdle babeh, bunneh, kitteh, you get the picture. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of Vanilla_Ninja Vanilla_Ninja
    11/06/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    We should send this dude to Japan, drag him to Harajuku and lock him in a Baby the Stars Shine Bright store while Morning Musume loudly plays "Happy Summer Wedding" in concert as punishment for being stupid. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of boxspelunker boxspelunker
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    Oh yeah? I have a sleeping kitten on my lap. And I think it's BADASS.

    I am the biggest girly-girl when it comes to cute animals, which people find humorous when they learn it. Mostly because I am a raging tomboy - I wear cargo pants and hoodies and I'm into science and math and shit, and here I am cooing over a kitten. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of KentuckyBabe KentuckyBabe
    11/06/09

    @boxspelunker: well, yeah! not everyone has to coo over them but people who don't like animals have something wrong with them. There. I said it. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of boxspelunker boxspelunker
    11/06/09

    @KentuckyBabe: People who genuinely don't like all animals are completely confusing to me. Like, okay, you don't like cats because your mom had a bitchy cat that clawed you as a child? Okay. Dog bit you? Okay. But people who are like, "I just don't like animals," it's so baffling to me. There are so many kinds of animals! How can you dislike all of them? Unless you have mad allergies or something. I realize that I'm kindof a crazy animal person, so that's just out of my experience, though.

    It's kindof like the woman I encountered at the Humane Society who was terrified of guinea pigs. Just terrified. I have no idea why, but she saw the one I was holding and freaked out. It was so weird. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of hollygirl hollygirl
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    All I know is, that Shiba Inu cam got me through alot of bullshit last year. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of moramoo moramoo
    11/06/09

    @hollygirl: I used to watch that before I went to sleep. It calmed me down a lot. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of hollygirl hollygirl
    11/06/09

    @moramoo: we watched it at work, it was like a collective nap, or valium. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of Piranha426 Piranha426
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    I take that Obama photo and raise you this one:

    [www.flickr.com] #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of Kilotwat Kilotwat
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!

    Even grouchy old men who hate cute things can be... cute. :-D #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of prettycool prettycool
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    Aren't you just a grumpy wumpy Mr. Curmudgeons? Yes you are! Yes you are! #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of Sarah Dove Sarah Dove
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    (rolls eyes) You gnaw on a carrot, or a chicken drumstick, something relatively hard and resistant to the incisors. Soft, yielding food like a cupcake is munched.
    Gosh. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of yvanehtnioj yvanehtnioj
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!

    Since he hates cute so much, maybe Mr. Grumpypants will appreciate this hairless bear. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of yvanehtnioj yvanehtnioj
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    1. I understand being bothered by the cute thing if it's not your thing; for a long time I hated the intentional-misspelling LOLCATZ meme. But then I got over it, because actually pictures of adorable baby animals are fantastic and make everybody feel good.

    2. Not liking cute things is in no way the same as being the only person that realizes cute things are the Downfall Of Society by virtue of gayification and femmification and otherwise undermining our Natural National Manliness. The fact that you came to this conclusion does in fact make you a maniac, Mr. Windolf.

    3. Oh em goodness that ridgeback + micropiglet link almost killed my cynicism. I need a warning before being exposed to that level of adorable. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of Stagtasticfantastic Stagtasticfantastic
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    Excellent response, but I still
    1) Hate LOLcats and when people talk like that in REAL LIFE.

    2) Resent that Obama and his family are actually cute and seem like nice people. I'm a libertarian, people, there should be no awwwing over politicians. (Though I'm suprised the extent of the swooning on Jezebel hasn't killed my ability to recognize that they do seem nice/are pretty, etc.) #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of boxspelunker boxspelunker
    11/06/09

    @Stagtasticfantastic: People who talk like internet memes really need to not do that, no matter what it is. I don't mind it as a joke in type, but when it's verbalized it goes from marginally funny to mega-awkward and embarrassing. I heard it once from a friend of mine and couldn't even fake a polite reaction. In my defense, I was quite drunk. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of Casquivana Casquivana
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    I get what Windolf is saying, but I'm not so sure it can be described as some sort of major social shift resulting from this particular period in time. If anything, we all resort to "cute" as a way to manifest aspects our tastes and dislikes.
    Saying "aw" and making ridiculous sounds when you see a cat in a bonnet, or a dog in a dress, or stating that your ovaries exploded when you saw that photograph of the presidential baby niece is a normal part of our interaction within society. It's an intrinsic part of our way to express ourselves and affirm our presence in this world (I like this, I hate that), as well as an outlet to project our feelings on external things and of course, also a strategy of manipulation in order to gain approval or distract the public from other matters. Some people will like cute more than others, and will go on to like other things. Feeling that there's some sort of "cute overload" more than ever is mostly a perception enhanced by the media we have available now, but I don't think it says much about a society in general. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of PaintedTrollop PaintedTrollop
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
    Of course now he'll be bombarded with even more cute. Dumbass. #vanityfaironcuteness
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    Image of boxspelunker boxspelunker
    11/06/09

    @PaintedTrollop: That was his secret plan all along. He wanted to find all the cute pictures on the internet and didn't know how.

    [questionablecontent.net] #vanityfaironcuteness
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