Cute
You feel cute when you see scaled-down versions of things.
Infants make you feel cute. Their hands, for example, make you feel cute because they are scaled-down versions of adult hands. Infants make you feel cute until they are about two years old. The end of an infant's cuteness is another reason for the terrible-two's.
Non-human infants also make you feel cute. Puppies and kittens are more enjoyable than dogs and cats because they are cute.
Scaled-down objects can also make you feel cute. Mini Cooper cars and Miniature World attractions make you feel cute.
Cute works better when the full-size version is beside the scaled-down version. A baby elephant is cuter when an adult elephant is beside it.
Fathers mistake cute as love.
Many fathers are convinced they feel paternal love when they see their infant children. They do not - paternal love doesn't exist. The positive emotion they do feel is cute. There are two key differences between cute and hypothetical paternal love.
First, fathers feel cute whether their infant child is happy or not. If they felt paternal love, they would stop feeling love when they conclude their child is unhappy - like mothers do. Fathers, for example, tolerate crying babies longer than mothers. When the babies cry, fathers do not stop feeling paternal love but mothers stop feeling maternal love.
Second, fathers only feel cute when looking at their infant children. If they felt paternal love, they would still feel love when they are not looking at their child - like mothers do. Fathers are happy to see their children, mothers are happy to have children - whether they can see them or not.
Cute can be a minor, but reliable source of happiness.
Cute is at best a moderately strong and brief source of happiness. It cannot match the highs associated with pride, infatuation or love. But it is significant. A really cute video is as enjoyable as a so-so joke.
Cute does not require much work. It's easy to find cute entertainment on television or the internet. Its easy to swing by the pet store when you go shopping.
Cute does not have any downside. Eating to enjoy pleasing taste, for example, can lead to obesity. Exchanging gossip to enjoy humor, for example, can lead to quarreling.
Cute leads some to buy pets they should not.
Some people decide to buy pets while looking at puppies or kittens. They compare the cute they feel while looking at the puppy or kitten against the ongoing costs of a pet. And they mistakenly assume they will keep feeling cute in the future. Without cute, many pets become more of a burden than a benefit.
This problem is avoided if you only buy an adult pet. If you look at an adult pet and want it now, you will still want it in the future. It will not become less cute and therefore less appealing. Shelters have lots of adult pets.
Infants make you feel cute. Their hands, for example, make you feel cute because they are scaled-down versions of adult hands. Infants make you feel cute until they are about two years old. The end of an infant's cuteness is another reason for the terrible-two's.
Non-human infants also make you feel cute. Puppies and kittens are more enjoyable than dogs and cats because they are cute.
Scaled-down objects can also make you feel cute. Mini Cooper cars and Miniature World attractions make you feel cute.
Cute works better when the full-size version is beside the scaled-down version. A baby elephant is cuter when an adult elephant is beside it.
Fathers mistake cute as love.
Many fathers are convinced they feel paternal love when they see their infant children. They do not - paternal love doesn't exist. The positive emotion they do feel is cute. There are two key differences between cute and hypothetical paternal love.
First, fathers feel cute whether their infant child is happy or not. If they felt paternal love, they would stop feeling love when they conclude their child is unhappy - like mothers do. Fathers, for example, tolerate crying babies longer than mothers. When the babies cry, fathers do not stop feeling paternal love but mothers stop feeling maternal love.
Second, fathers only feel cute when looking at their infant children. If they felt paternal love, they would still feel love when they are not looking at their child - like mothers do. Fathers are happy to see their children, mothers are happy to have children - whether they can see them or not.
Cute can be a minor, but reliable source of happiness.
Cute is at best a moderately strong and brief source of happiness. It cannot match the highs associated with pride, infatuation or love. But it is significant. A really cute video is as enjoyable as a so-so joke.
Cute does not require much work. It's easy to find cute entertainment on television or the internet. Its easy to swing by the pet store when you go shopping.
Cute does not have any downside. Eating to enjoy pleasing taste, for example, can lead to obesity. Exchanging gossip to enjoy humor, for example, can lead to quarreling.
Cute leads some to buy pets they should not.
Some people decide to buy pets while looking at puppies or kittens. They compare the cute they feel while looking at the puppy or kitten against the ongoing costs of a pet. And they mistakenly assume they will keep feeling cute in the future. Without cute, many pets become more of a burden than a benefit.
This problem is avoided if you only buy an adult pet. If you look at an adult pet and want it now, you will still want it in the future. It will not become less cute and therefore less appealing. Shelters have lots of adult pets.
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