MetaFilter posts tagged with Cute and awesome

I was kind of hoping for a discussion of necessary trespass, but...

Navelgazer — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:02:50 -0800

Justice Sonia Sotomayor stops by Sesame Street for a cup of coffee...

The Big Girl

armisme — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:33:01 -0800

3 part series (some subtitles): rad mashup between stop motion and drawn animation in an awesome wrap of cute fun. Ep 1, Ep 2, Ep 3 .

Zombie Vs. Kids

fizzzzzzzzzzzy — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:40:37 -0800

Japanese children fight valiently to protect their home from a zombie. There's no way this isn't the cutest thing you see all day. (Don't forget to turn subtitles on). Full 7 min video, albeit without subtitles.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Lutoslawski — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:24:56 -0800

Vanity Fair explores the rise of cuteness and why we love it so very much.

Hypothesis: I believe when people are lying, they will mostly show it on their eyes and facial expressions.

Deathalicious — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:13:17 -0800

Lie to Me is a fairly new US drama series based on the work of Paul Ekman (previously) who studied facial movements and what they reveal about the emotional state of a person (see Malcolm Gladwell's "The Naked Face", also previously, for more background). No doubt inspired by the show, Gisela, a sixth grader at Mesa Grande Elementary School, decided for her science project to see whether she could tell if a person was lying based on their facial expressions. Here is the result: part 1, part 2 (youtube videos). As part of the experiment, she asked people questions and observed their expressions to see if they were lying. The six questions she asked:

Please describe the American flag.
Please describe an elephant.
Please describe a giraffe.
Please describe what you're wearing right now.
Please describe what type of weather we're having right now.
Please describe what your hands look like.

As part of the experiment, Gisela and her brother Victor are filmed lying and telling the truth. Maybe the best video of all is when her father puts her and her brother through making faces drills.