Comments on: Cute!

Cute!

nobody — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:30:06 -0800

[Seriously: c u t e.]

By: luriete

luriete — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:33:31 -0800

omgsocute

By: mischief

mischief — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:39:15 -0800

[this is cute]

By: Happydaz

Happydaz — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:39:41 -0800

Wow. I was ready to post something snarky and then I saw the picture of the dog with the fawn. Awww ... wonder how long it took Rover to figure out venison was on the menu?

By: booksandlibretti

booksandlibretti — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:43:42 -0800

See also baaaaabyanimals. With a name like that, it has to be good. And the classic kittenwar. Having to choose is almost like torture, in a way. A fuzzy, adorable, cuddly way.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:46:16 -0800

Tribbles: fact or fiction? Kinda depends on how fast they can breed. I always thought that the tribbles were big balls of fluff from all the rapid fucking.

By: philcliff

philcliff — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:55:17 -0800

This one is fierce.

By: honeyx

honeyx — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:59:18 -0800

wow. vomit inducingingly cute. the flying squirrel totally rocks too.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:02:33 -0800

Uh...

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:03:07 -0800

Hmm. Is anyone else not seeing about 70% of the pics except me? (viewing in ff 1.5)

By: brownpau

brownpau — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:03:09 -0800

Dammit. Now I am a girly man.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:03:31 -0800

That said, I was giggling like a school girl lookin' at all this stuff. Thanks! I'm definitely subscribing to the feed...

By: Stunt

Stunt — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:04:46 -0800

So...damn...cute.......alaghalghhglah.... *thunk* ...ugh. Wow. Yeah, Cute Overload is a good name for it. Thanks for the link; this site could probably induce "awwwwwww"s from hardened gangsta's.

By: Ironmouth

Ironmouth — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:05:29 -0800

I'm seeing every pic in ff 1.5.

By: Justinian

Justinian — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:05:53 -0800

The flying squirrel looks like it is about to land on your head and suck out your brains.

By: stray

stray — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:06:38 -0800

KITTTTTTIESSS! *freaks* Don't forget the Random Kitty Generator! At least, that's what it used to be called, I think!

By: Gator

Gator — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:08:17 -0800

Somebody should send them pics of the WEE PENGUINS IN SWEATERS.

By: item

item — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:14:57 -0800

It's not a squirrel, dammit. It's a sugerglider. Know yr cuteness.

By: kyrademon

kyrademon — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:27:22 -0800

my girlfriend is going into some kind of strange guinea-pig induced cuteness response fit ...

By: dobbs

dobbs — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:32:29 -0800

Thanks. Sent to mom.

By: Gyan

Gyan — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:40:02 -0800

What are you looking at?

By: lalochezia

lalochezia — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:45:25 -0800

pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft Brain falls out of eyeballs. I have friends that will cream their pants over this. Thankyou!

By: forallmankind

forallmankind — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:54:44 -0800

cats in sinks

By: panoptican

panoptican — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:56:33 -0800

Cats in Sinks + Dogs in Tubs = CatsDogs inin SinksTubs.

By: panoptican

panoptican — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:56:40 -0800

Damn it.

By: vito90

vito90 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:09:32 -0800

heh...pretty cute

By: Marnie

Marnie — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:17:42 -0800

2 qt + 2 B ______ 4gotten

By: maledictory

maledictory — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:32:42 -0800

Awesome.

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:49:58 -0800

Me-outta sight!

By: kenko

kenko — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:25 -0800

NB bubees.

By: rob511

rob511 — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:18:53 -0800

If kitties = cuteness And puppies = cuteness Then (kitties + puppies) = cuteness²

By: gsteff

gsteff — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:28:30 -0800

Then (kitties + puppies) = cuteness² That's no puppy.

By: mosessmith

mosessmith — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:54:45 -0800

amazing

By: terpsichoria

terpsichoria — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:55:57 -0800

[squeal] Holy crap, the cute! The cute! So much of it! This has made a grey Manchester morning a much happier place. Seriously. Good call on the baaaaaabyanimals shoutout, too, booksandlibretti!

By: gramschmidt

gramschmidt — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:06:30 -0800

Duly noted, Ben.

By: SpookyFish

SpookyFish — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:20:23 -0800

Metafilter's purpose: the best of the web. Does this FPP qualify? : Hell Yeah. Thanks!

By: maxmix

maxmix — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:49:48 -0800

Am i the only one who doesnt think that they are cute??? Or am i just being a misery guts??

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:11:44 -0800

What DO you find cute then, maxmix? Not being snarky. Just curious.

By: jiroczech

jiroczech — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:24:06 -0800

Animal Crossing made ~~flesh~~ fur.

By: maxmix

maxmix — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:35:37 -0800

Lets see, what do i find cute?......good question, i'll have to have a think......

By: slimepuppy

slimepuppy — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:13:15 -0800

Mongol General: We have won again. That is good! But what is best in life? Mongolian trainee: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcon on your wrist, wind in your hair! Mongol General: Wrong! Conan, what is best in life? Conan: Kittens in tea cups, fluffy guinea pigs and cats in sinks! Mongol General: That is good.

By: grrarrgh00

grrarrgh00 — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:26:55 -0800

I love that our trademark MeFi snarkiness has been conmpletely vanquished by the cuteness.

By: joshuaconner

joshuaconner — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:40:55 -0800

Wow. The FPP wasn't quite a cute overload, but the supplemental links in the thread have pushed it wayyyy past cute overload...to, like, cute imminent warp core breach or something. She canna take it anymore! They're just too cute, cap'n!

By: Colloquial Collision

Colloquial Collision — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:21:18 -0800

¡Head A Splode!

By: painquale

painquale — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:50:09 -0800

I just can't get over this baby ratel from the baaaaaabyanimals page.

By: dances_with_sneetches

dances_with_sneetches — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:06:32 -0800

The comments beneath the pictures are pretty good and proof that the visitors have substance. Or maybe the comments came from the mefi'ers.

By: purephase

purephase — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:18:57 -0800

You could have at least thrown up the NSFW tag. Sheesh, some of us have bills to pay. completely unrelated, but spellbound recommends Baksheesh as a replacement for sheesh.. just thought I'd share.

By: moonbird

moonbird — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:47:39 -0800

Painquale: Wow. the first thing i thought of was the dog at the end of Body Snatchers. The second thing I thought was that it is cute, in a Borgninesque sort of way.

By: thedude256

thedude256 — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:52:11 -0800

In physics, absolute cute is a fundamental upper bound on the cuteness of a macroscopic system. In practice it is believed to be unachievable but its existence has been inferred from extrapolation from observed physical phenomena and from cuteness theory. Today it is defined as the state at which all motion of particles would theoretically be amazingly cute. The Kitten and Bunny cuteness scales are defined so that absolute cute is 1000 kittens (K) or 764 degrees Bunny (°B). The BabySeal and Koala scales are defined so this is −273.15°BS or −459.67 °K.

By: Space Kitty

Space Kitty — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:55:01 -0800

oh, dear lord the cute. I thought I could withstand it, but the penguins in jumpers... I just..... Squee! (sorry)

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:56:59 -0800

If there is a kitten in a sink and there is no one there to see it, is it still cute?

By: moonbird

moonbird — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:58:33 -0800

Oh, and I'll see your ratel and raise you a pangolin.

By: socratic

socratic — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:59:47 -0800

I'd like to point out that as a completely not "awwwwww" kind of guy, I saw this and went awwwww and have been passing this link around for the last two days. I even added some text to the flying squirrel (or whatever) that says "EMAIL POUNCE" for no other reason than to email to random people and CONQUER THEM WITH CUTE.

By: painquale

painquale — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:18:22 -0800

The pangolin is definitely cool. It might win in the cuteness category, and maybe even the oddness category, but I'm sticking with my surly ratel. I especially liked this comment on the ratel page: Ratels are notoriously bad-tempered. They're one of the few animals that will literally throw a tantrum. They do the works, rolling on the ground, growling at nothing, throwing things. I saw one throwing a really good one on a doco once because it had lost its mousey snack somewhere in a small log. It got so angry it started banging the log on the ground and kicking it, then it rolled around snarling in fury that it had been thwarted by a mouse. I think they're awesome!

By: you just lost the game

you just lost the game — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:26:55 -0800

I could have done without seeing the picture of Carrot Top in a hot tub on the Dogs in Tubs page. But other than that...forwarding this link to my girlfriend will be a Christmas gift unto itself.

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:30:19 -0800

Every time you "awww" at one of these pictures, God kills a lamprey.

By: medium format

medium format — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:42:38 -0800

I, for one, welcome our "Cute Overlor.. Ah. Nevermind.

By: squashy wol

squashy wol — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:43:30 -0800

I am seriously worried that I am a horrible grumpy person because I didn't enjoy this. Those sort of levels of cute are just TOO MUCH for me. It actually left me feeling a bit queasy. Maybe I'm just not an animal lover. I can't bear cutesy kittens. OK, you can start throwing things now (ducks). Actually, please don't throw any ducks.

By: maudlin

maudlin — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:49:04 -0800

Oh.My.God. I didn't realize the pictures were clickable. *collapses*

By: Gator

Gator — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:51:24 -0800

I'm gonna throw these ducks.

By: milov

milov — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:55:46 -0800

If you're going to throw something, try this ball of cuteness...

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:03:23 -0800

Jeebus Christmas! You could wrap your gifts with those images.

By: leibniz

leibniz — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:33:16 -0800

that kitten war site is interesting. Presumably, it would be possible to programme a neural network that used the ratings to derive the essence of cuteness. With that power we could surely engineer the cutest kitten imaginable.

By: Gator

Gator — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:36:19 -0800

Fucking scientists. So preoccupied with whether or not you could do a thing, you don't stop to think if you should. You really should.

By: bibliowench

bibliowench — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:36:38 -0800

This site made my husband nervous. As I was scrolling down through all the cuteness, he said he kept expecting an appearance from Goatse at any time. Um, not because he thinks Goatse is cute, but because he cannot see so much cuteness without suspecting evil intentions.

By: Dipsomaniac

Dipsomaniac — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:56:38 -0800

I'm throwing in our two cats.

By: Aknaton

Aknaton — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:59:56 -0800

Rate my kitten

By: Football Bat

Football Bat — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:11:12 -0800

Jesus God, Gator, those ducks make me afraid.

By: alms

alms — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:21:56 -0800

oh my god. this is tremendous. The best fpp in a very long time.

By: grafholic

grafholic — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:24:12 -0800

omg omg omg omg omg i'm dying.

By: artifarce

artifarce — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:59:17 -0800

Fucking scientists. So preoccupied with whether or not you could do a thing, you don't stop to think if you should. You really should. Made me laugh. Which is hard to do when you're all melty.

By: lunalaguna

lunalaguna — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:21:47 -0800

This is just like that Invader Zim episode in which Zim tries to conquer the world with a giant hamster name Pipi. Also, my Austrian friend told me there's no word in German that quite means "cute," and I think that explains a lot.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:26:35 -0800

Wow. Just.. oh man. Thanks.

By: aceyim

aceyim — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:37:29 -0800

Am I the only one who thought the earbuds were blinged-out "personal massagers?" Damn that scale!

By: vetiver

vetiver — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:06:50 -0800

Hardcore cute-junkies can cook up a custom batch via Flickr. Or so I hear. For live-action (though unpredictable) Butterstick cuteness: Pandacam! (Thanks, nobody!)

By: funambulist

funambulist — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:03:07 -0800

Slideshow: feeding a squirrel (other squirrelly pictures here).

By: Gator

Gator — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:08:18 -0800

As long as we're linking to unpredictable live-action cuteness: OtterCam! (Streaming WMV from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM Pacific time. Seen previously on MeFi.)

By: Mr.Encyclopedia

Mr.Encyclopedia — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:37:05 -0800

It doesn't get much cuter than a baby seal. They're like big fluffy pillows with shining eyes and button noses. Which makes it all the more satisfying when you beat them to death with a baseball bat.

By: dontoine

dontoine — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:54:42 -0800

> You don't have permission to access /cute_overload on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Cute overloaded?

By: Gator

Gator — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:21:22 -0800

Not too surprising. They didn't have archives, did they -- just every single entry, a month's worth of photos, right on the main page, right?

By: booksandlibretti

booksandlibretti — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:49:42 -0800

Even better than OtterCam? PenguinCam (same zoo).

By: nobody

nobody — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:06:18 -0800

Snarky response smart enough to transcend its bitterness.