End of holiday productivity tool

November 25, 2012 12:36 PM

According to a study done at the university of Hiroshima, watching pictures of cute animals makes you more productive. Considering the state many Americans might be in on Monday following a long weekend of turkey and pumkin pie, perhaps watching a few cute videos might be a good idea to get America's productivity up to par.

• Cat thinks it's a dog
• cuttlefish being born
• Cats fighting in snow
• Invisible octopus
• Baby sloth yawning
• Kittens on a Roomba
• Malay Eagle Owl like their heads skritched
• Surprised kitten
• Happy dog is happy
• cats meet hedgehogs
• Baby hippo goes for a swim
• Pygmy hedgehogs bathing
• Fluffy kitten is fluffy
• Beagle hogging a piglet
• Billy goats' bluff
• Snow leopard baby
• Kittens on a slide
• Penguin being tickled
• How to ferret out a cat from a bag
• Lizard chasing laser pointer
• Kitten falls in the sink
• Toucan play that game
• Teremin playing cat
• Parrot meowing
• Bearded dragon snuggles with a cat

That should get you fresh and sharp for work tomorrow.

posted by MartinWisse (26 comments total)

stunning to imagine my lack of productivity if I didn't look at the entire suite of cheesburger sites every day...
posted by supermedusa at 12:41 PM on November 25, 2012 [2 favorites]

For a second there I thought it was Monday and I'd forgotten to go to work. The kittens on the Roomba video made up for it though.
posted by fshgrl at 12:42 PM on November 25, 2012 [2 favorites]

I think there should be a law requiring all hedgehog owners to video tape all hedgehog baths and upload them to YouTube.

For science, or something.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 12:43 PM on November 25, 2012 [1 favorite]

I can watch the surprised kitty video 100 times and still smile.
posted by desjardins at 12:44 PM on November 25, 2012 [1 favorite]

This is the cutest gif I've seen all day, though. (Contains bonus cute guy.)
posted by desjardins at 12:45 PM on November 25, 2012 [2 favorites]

I'll bet you a dollar and a doughnut that this "study" was funded by Sanrio.

Clearly the University of Hiroshima is in the pocket of Big Cute!
posted by Relay at 12:48 PM on November 25, 2012 [4 favorites]

What the study fails to mention is that watching these videos only makes you more productive in watching more cute animal videos.
posted by elizardbits at 12:53 PM on November 25, 2012 [3 favorites]

This is the cutest gif I've seen all day, though. (Contains bonus cute guy.)

What you are not told is that the video was filmed at 4:30am and the kitten wants to be fed.
posted by srboisvert at 1:09 PM on November 25, 2012

Fluffy kitten is, as it turns out, fluffy.

*sits back, waits for grant money*
posted by scratch at 1:10 PM on November 25, 2012

heh..

has anyone memailed eurypteris about this post, because, someone should.
posted by HuronBob at 1:36 PM on November 25, 2012 [6 favorites]

This could have been 25 FPPs.
posted by stbalbach at 1:38 PM on November 25, 2012 [5 favorites]

If you're looking for the extra-strength version, the addition of a laughing baby sometimes amplifies the effect.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 2:20 PM on November 25, 2012

Double.
posted by charlie don't surf at 2:28 PM on November 25, 2012

Great, now my wife wants a snow leopard kitten.
posted by arcticseal at 3:04 PM on November 25, 2012 [2 favorites]

Cute animals brought up with other cute animals of different species.
posted by madcaptenor at 3:33 PM on November 25, 2012 [1 favorite]

Corgi snow tunnel!

Corgi's are cool! (Much cooler than pugs)
posted by SpannerX at 3:45 PM on November 25, 2012

More productivity tips from Japan
posted by craniac at 4:45 PM on November 25, 2012

Here are a few more gifs.
posted by martinrebas at 5:05 PM on November 25, 2012

OMGWTFLOL! Why didn't you link to the youtube video of the kitten, ferrets and a paperbag

Best cat/ferret video evar!!!!

Productivity achieved.
posted by BlueHorse at 5:24 PM on November 25, 2012 [1 favorite]

Cute animals brought up with other cute animals of different species.

NB the scientific term for this is INTERSPECIES SNORGLING.
posted by elizardbits at 5:36 PM on November 25, 2012 [6 favorites]

Hm.. I'm not sure... I don't feel more productive yet...

But maybe I just need MOAR.
posted by meese at 5:59 PM on November 25, 2012

I keep letting out happy "squee!" noises and distracting everyone else in the office. Not sure this is good for other peoples productivity...
posted by Kris10_b at 6:02 PM on November 25, 2012 [1 favorite]

You forgot the prairie dogs riding a roomba
posted by ninazer0 at 2:03 AM on November 26, 2012 [1 favorite]

According to a study done at the university of Hiroshima, watching pictures of cute animals makes you more productive... perhaps watching a few cute videos might be a good idea to get America's productivity up to par.


Shenanigans! Neither study nor accompanying smorgasbord of cute animal videos are exactly new to these pages, and in extremely recent times, at that, so...

... um, double-post!

-- entirely in concept if not entirely in deed.
posted by y2karl at 4:36 AM on November 26, 2012

Cat and Fox are Best Friends
posted by homunculus at 1:07 PM on November 28, 2012

Hond schiet brandweer Harderwijk te hulp bij stormschade
posted by homunculus at 7:03 PM on November 28, 2012