What is Cute

Trilby · 07-24-2006, 01:15 PM

Life in These United States is so very often linked to the CUTE, the Unexamined (just ask any Brit here) so I'm asked, on an hourly basis (if not more), if I am ten pounds over-weight, if I am BORED or USING DRUGS to combat this boredom, or something else Oprah can eventually use (hopefully molestation-related) BUT ! The real answer would be that I am bored and using COFFEE CAKE to com--never mind... Anyway....You know? I'm pretty immune to cute. I'm sorta wanting to launch a Jihad on cute.

plus, tw pisses me off.

Pangloss62 · 07-24-2006, 01:41 PM

I've always hated "cute." I think the most egregious offender is Kim Anderson and her exploitative pictures of children not only dressed up as adults, but mimicing adult behaviour. It reminds me of child pornography. Awful.

Brooke of the Land · 07-24-2006, 02:12 PM

Cute is the epitome of all that is babies, kittens, puppies, furry little yellow chicks, and incredibly huge-eyed Japanese anime schoolgirls.

However... we all learned language for a reason. Why not try to describe things the way they really are? For instance, use attractive if something indeed seems to pull at you. Or how about delightful in the place of cute if an image gives you joy?

I can't say I've ever really given any thought to this over abundance of "cute" before now, but I promise I'll try to use my words like a big girl from now on, and use ambrosial next time.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-24-2006, 02:47 PM

I think the word cute is like the word sh*t. It's used so many ways, in so many contexts, it means nothing by itself anymore.

Tonchi · 07-24-2006, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

.....plus, tw pisses me off.

You don't think tw is cute????? Oh yeah, I definitely visualize him as cute, like a sweet littly geeky guy in hornrim glasses surrounded by empty coffee cups and stacks of every major newspaper in the country and a computer with every political-theme blog bookmarked. I'll be he is one of the cutest guys here

bluecuracao · 07-24-2006, 07:40 PM

I kind of doubt tw is physically cute, even in a sweet li'l geek way. If he was, he wouldn't be so pompously, bitterly full of himself.

But he's impressively so...and that's what makes him cute! Dare I say, God certainly does work in mysterious ways.

Jabbly · 07-24-2006, 08:25 PM

Ugh. I dislike words that once fit so well but have become the lazy way to express yourself. I'm guilty of using them frequently myself, though I'm trying to stop, really I am!

lookout123 · 07-25-2006, 05:59 PM

i'm cute. and i know it.

capnhowdy · 07-24-2006, 07:38 PM

...damn.... now I feel cheap.... and so.... uncute.

skysidhe · 07-25-2006, 10:04 PM

[visual]"oh isn't that cute" with sarcasm and rolled up eyes. I've seen that.

No one believes cute anymore. No, cute is sagging diapers, whinning teenagers and locking the keys in the car while running. Cute has done a complete 90 degree turn so....yeah cute sucks.

Brooke of the Land · 07-26-2006, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

[visual]"oh isn't that cute" with sarcasm and rolled up eyes. I've seen that.

No one believes cute anymore. No, cute is sagging diapers, whinning teenagers and locking the keys in the car while running. Cute has done a complete 90 degree turn so....yeah cute sucks.

About a month or two ago, I actually locked my keys in my car while running... for over 6 hours. Very cute.

wolf · 07-26-2006, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Brooke of the Land

About a month or two ago, I actually locked my keys in my car while running... for over 6 hours. Very cute.

You were running for over six hours, or the car was?

AAA has that long of a response time?

Shawnee123 · 07-26-2006, 10:22 AM

Egad...this conversation makes me think how terribly immature I am for my age!

I will say to a coworker "How cute is that skirt?"

However, I'm not phony...if I didn't like the skirt I would keep my mouth shut.

So I guess what I'm saying is that "cute" is one of those overused words that has lost meaning because people apply it to so many things.

Then again, I have a philosophy on curse words that may be related to this conversation. OK, just because someone decided that a certain series of letters constitute a "bad" word doesn't make the word itself "bad." The emotion it is supposed to evoke may indeed be bad, but the word itself is not. Therefore, I could look someone straight in the eye and say "You happy flower face parental love child" and while it doesn't sound particularly mean if I mean it to be mean then it is. Because someone a long time ago thought that using the word "fuckhead" in that statement is what would make it a bad statement has no bearing on the emotion I am feeling as I say the less innocuous statement.

Having said that, "cute" can just be a formation of letters that we use when we are trying to provide a compliment, or an idea of loveliness..it's just verbal convention that leads us to use cute instead of some more illuminating and aesthetic verbage.

(What the hell did I just say up there? Never mind, I'm just talking out of my ass.)

Brooke of the Land · 07-26-2006, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

You were running for over six hours, or the car was?

AAA has that long of a response time?

Haha, the car was running for over six hours. I was diligently working my ass off, not even clued in to the fact that the car was just idling away. I didn't have a cell phone at the time, and by the time I realized my keys were locked in the car, I couldn't get back into work. Luckily, I only live about a block away from where I work, so I was able to walk home and cry to my fiance. I can't remember why we decided against AAA. No money, maybe? Yes, we're that poor. Thanks can be given to a college education for that one. Anyway, we ended up calling my parents (who live a good 45 minutes away) to come rescue me. While we were waiting for them, my fiance and I walked back to my car and had a little picnic in the rock pit that we call a parking lot behind the building. That's cute, right?!

afrayedknot · 07-26-2006, 11:44 AM

The reason God makes puppies and babies so cute....is so you don't kill them!
!

07-24-2006, 01:15 PM	#1
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	What is Cute Life in These United States is so very often linked to the CUTE, the Unexamined (just ask any Brit here) so I'm asked, on an hourly basis (if not more), if I am ten pounds over-weight, if I am BORED or USING DRUGS to combat this boredom, or something else Oprah can eventually use (hopefully molestation-related) BUT ! The real answer would be that I am bored and using COFFEE CAKE to com--never mind... Anyway....You know? I'm pretty immune to cute. I'm sorta wanting to launch a Jihad on cute. plus, tw pisses me off. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-24-2006, 01:41 PM	#2
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	I hate cute I've always hated "cute." I think the most egregious offender is Kim Anderson and her exploitative pictures of children not only dressed up as adults, but mimicing adult behaviour. It reminds me of child pornography. Awful. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

07-24-2006, 02:47 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think the word cute is like the word sh*t. It's used so many ways, in so many contexts, it means nothing by itself anymore. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-24-2006, 08:25 PM	#7
Jabbly Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 6	Ugh. I dislike words that once fit so well but have become the lazy way to express yourself. I'm guilty of using them frequently myself, though I'm trying to stop, really I am! __________________ If you knew me at all you would know that I reserve the right to completely contradict myself

07-25-2006, 05:59 PM	#8
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i'm cute. and i know it. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-24-2006, 02:12 PM	#3
Brooke of the Land obsequious purple and clairvoiant Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: North Texas Posts: 45	Cute is the epitome of all that is babies, kittens, puppies, furry little yellow chicks, and incredibly huge-eyed Japanese anime schoolgirls. However... we all learned language for a reason. Why not try to describe things the way they really are? For instance, use attractive if something indeed seems to pull at you. Or how about delightful in the place of cute if an image gives you joy? I can't say I've ever really given any thought to this over abundance of "cute" before now, but I promise I'll try to use my words like a big girl from now on, and use ambrosial next time.

07-24-2006, 07:40 PM	#6
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	I kind of doubt tw is physically cute, even in a sweet li'l geek way. If he was, he wouldn't be so pompously, bitterly full of himself. But he's impressively so...and that's what makes him cute! Dare I say, God certainly does work in mysterious ways.

07-24-2006, 07:38 PM	#9
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	...damn.... now I feel cheap.... and so.... uncute. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-25-2006, 10:04 PM	#10
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	[visual]"oh isn't that cute" with sarcasm and rolled up eyes. I've seen that. No one believes cute anymore. No, cute is sagging diapers, whinning teenagers and locking the keys in the car while running. Cute has done a complete 90 degree turn so....yeah cute sucks.

07-26-2006, 10:22 AM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Egad...this conversation makes me think how terribly immature I am for my age! I will say to a coworker "How cute is that skirt?" However, I'm not phony...if I didn't like the skirt I would keep my mouth shut. So I guess what I'm saying is that "cute" is one of those overused words that has lost meaning because people apply it to so many things. Then again, I have a philosophy on curse words that may be related to this conversation. OK, just because someone decided that a certain series of letters constitute a "bad" word doesn't make the word itself "bad." The emotion it is supposed to evoke may indeed be bad, but the word itself is not. Therefore, I could look someone straight in the eye and say "You happy flower face parental love child" and while it doesn't sound particularly mean if I mean it to be mean then it is. Because someone a long time ago thought that using the word "fuckhead" in that statement is what would make it a bad statement has no bearing on the emotion I am feeling as I say the less innocuous statement. Having said that, "cute" can just be a formation of letters that we use when we are trying to provide a compliment, or an idea of loveliness..it's just verbal convention that leads us to use cute instead of some more illuminating and aesthetic verbage. (What the hell did I just say up there? Never mind, I'm just talking out of my ass.) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-26-2006, 11:44 AM	#15
afrayedknot Disorderly Disciplinarian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 21	The reason God makes puppies and babies so cute....is so you don't kill them! ! __________________ What would you attempt to do if you could not fail?

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