@@AtypicalDunmer Every human has it, but it doesn’t always feel the same. It’s the old “so cute I could squeeze you to death.” It’s an evolutionary thing, apparently. You may just have very stable emotions and very healthy ways of processing them.
@@AtypicalDunmer Well it does, but the intensity of the feeling is the interesting part. Our brain does what it can to handle strong emotions like that. It results in “cute aggression” feeling affection so strongly, to lose control would end up hurting the very thing you find so cute. Humans are peculiar creatures 😂
The ugly cute embodies the hope that we, too, might be lovable. The ugly cute who doesn't know they're ugly cute give us hope that we, too, might be deserving of confidence. The ugly cute that awakens our protective instincts gives us hope that we, too, might be safe.
"poopie" is cute sonically but because of it being related to fecal matter, it would be "ugly". Still a 10/10 name for a derpy looking creaature though.
I don't know why very few people talk about how humans are way more likely to find the young of another species cute than of their own and there appears to be very little literature about it. All of my friends think baby dogs are cute but only a few of them actually find human babies cute and the ones who don't (me included) see them as sentient chewed bubblegum we wish someone would swallow so we don't have to look at it.
it might be the constant crying and simultaneous moistness and crustiness that puts a lot of people off. and i think it's because puppies at 1 month old are so much more developed than a 1 month old child, they're cuter bc they actually finished baking while a human baby is an undercooked ass souffle
@@thepoopieshow Yeah makes sense, just like baby birds look like they sacrificed another being's soul to incarnate into this world. Baby pigeons specifically sound like they're full on Benjamin Button and need an oxygen mask.
Yeah good point, maybe our love of cute is less to do with babies and more to do with young children? We've always been a social species but infants need to be with their mother pretty much 24/7. Maybe the irritation and disdain we have is a way our species has been able to encourage the dedicated care of mothers? A lot of social pressure to not ignore your baby is going to lead to more babies surviving I imagine. Then later on a child benefits from a community of caretakers so our adoration kicks in.
Thats where I am lmao i like the “inhuman but surprisingly expressive gremlin” characters like stitch or sableye because 1) theyre adorable and 2 kinda relate to difficulty communication emotions through conventional means honestly im not sure if my i want to be them is another category cause im actually pretty proud of the nonstandard ways ive managed to use because like getting someone to take your feeling seriously while comparing them to dust is a feat in my mind
I am an aromantic bachelor, with less than zero interest in having a kid. I prefer to adopt and care for elderly cats. And I can confirm, the instinctive parenting response cats illicit from me, when they make their "sad baby like" meows, I never knew I had it in me. I know it's emotional manipulation and they are gas lighting me..... But it works every time! I wuv cats.😸
Fun fact half of cat owners who love cats likely are infected with a special brain altering bacteria cats got, that makes em love cats. Or was it an parasitic infection? I dont remember lol. Its been well over 5 years since ive seen a video on that.
@@thunderousavenger2382 hi, I wasn’t sure if what you said was true, so I asked artificial intelligence. It said: “Yes, that statement is spreading misinformation. While it's true that some parasites, like Toxoplasma gondii, can infect both cats and humans, the idea that half of cat owners are infected with a brain-altering bacteria or parasite from cats that makes them love cats is not accurate. While Toxoplasma gondii infection has been linked to changes in behavior in some cases, it's not accurate to say that it universally makes people love cats. Additionally, the prevalence of such infections among cat owners is much lower than implied in the statement. It's always important to fact-check information before accepting it as true.”
Ackchyually while or is a keyword in some languages (SQL that I know of anyway) it's most commonly represented by two pipe characters ||, while and is represented by two ampersands &&
@@apocalyptosoldier5527 I'm pretty sure visual basic can read that as well as python. Really, when you get to a high enough level language, computers start reading like you. Besides, what else could it mean? If ugly, or, and baby multiplied together isn't 0?? It's easier to assume the middle undefined element is a stand in for an operator, and check the compiler's library for what the middle (assumed) operator could be. And if in doubt, bug out.
@psychopompous489 Sorry, I don't respect any language with significant whitespace. (Python is cool and Learn Python The Hard Way was the was the first book that finally allowed me to *get* programming because it had actual practical examples instead of just theory like the previous books I tried, but I haven't used it in years and now remember how to use it anymore)
This is why I love animals with short lil legs. Dachshunds, weasels, ferrets, corgis, stoat. But ferrets get the most scrungly points because it’s like their hair is made from a used chimney sweep and the dead sleep where they go completely limp and unwakable
I just came to say that the little lady in the thumbnail is not ugly, but objectively beautiful. The slender limbs, large eyes, graceful posture - she has it all. Please change it.
This is why I hope there is an afterlife, I imagine it as a place where anything you can imagine can exist and you can be any form. If true, that ceiling is glass! Someday we can all be scrunglies
…and that’s how I accidentally “loved” a couple of my grandma’s baby chicks to death when I was 6. They were so adorable that I wanted to hug them tight. I clearly underestimated the strength of my embrace. It was s sad situation. My cousin, who witnessed the travesty ran to tell my grandma about the henicide that I’d committed. I was not punished for being Elmyra, straight off of “Tiny Toon Adventures” that day. The feeling of guilt for having cut two baby bird lives short, was enough of a punishment.
Baby Yoda is a great example of this. Traditionally cute baby-like features + some imperfections, which make things look even more cute. Or else things just look kind of generic, yknow? (By the way great video!)
A lot of people say that hairless cats are ugly, the ones I've seen, both in videos and in person (the one I met in person when I was younger hated me :/) are silly
keeping the mindset point in mind, i wonder if the reason i find things cute that maybe only one other person in the world does like roaches, centipedes, scorpions etc. is because i have a penchant for ecology. so i definitely think that it can be cultural or familiar as well. if my mom wasn’t an animal lover / vegetarian who let me watch jeff corwin, zabumafoo, etc all the time when i was little, i might not have had that penchant! of course, she doesn’t think bugs are cute herself… however against a cruel unforgiving world where we all struggle, we are all helpless hapless little creatures…. so everything is cute! i know people say too much love makes it not special, but i don’t believe in that mindset. love everyone! everyone cute! mwah! ❤
babies right out of their mom kind of scare me with their elongated cone heads but after the adrenaline of seeing one is gone i think they’re neat like a predator alien
def an exposure and experience thing. if your parents see bugs as cute, you likely won't find them to be so scary. especially if you've been around them before you gained consciousness. if your parents scream every time they see a spider, you probably won't like spiders much either.
Still confused how I can see a upscaled tardigrade as cute, but I'm kinda grossed out and uncomfortable around actual babies, I'm guessing it's probably something mostly unrelated though.
Well obviously because tardigrades have such fat squished faces that are all ugrrooo moo, and are harmless waddlers while human babies grow up to become cancer.
Or maybe it’s that a lot of people hate babies and kids now a days, and it’s spreading all over the internet. It’s an unfortunate and foolish social thing on the internet. Really think it through: what kind of intelligent life hates its own offspring? A foolish one.
I don't know if it's because I'm an artist, but that cat creature is neither ugly nor cute. It's unfinished. Also, I loved both frogs, but the treefrog looks cuter.
People are discussing why puppies are cuter than babies in the comments and I just want to point out that when you get a baby that is your family (I got a niece for example) they become the cutest thing in the world. So while puppies are cute, and I myself used to find them cuter than babies before my niece popped out, as soon as there is a human baby nearby that is "yours", your brain seems to attach to it more than a puppy. If that makes sense.
I totally agree! Other people's babies are still "cute" but almost kinda uncanny. It's a small human proportioned differently. But when it's a familial baby, they are insanely cute. I feel that way about my baby niece, she's ridiculously cute to me compared to other babies, and I totally think it's for something like the reason you said.
Human babies look hideous, but we’ve evolved to love them despite their goblin-like appearance because we as a species are responsible for making and caring for them
Never seen your videos before but this is honestly such a good introduction. The art, the subject the calm yet vaguely threatening analysis, all perfect. Consider me subbed
for the frogs example at 3:04, it very easy to explain. It's not that the 2nd example is uglier or weird that makes it cute, it's how round and squishy it is. Roundness has always been a common indicator of kindness and safety as it looks softer, compared to sharper and more defined shapes that look like they have superiority complexes. This type of deduction is commonly used on animals, why people think rounder animals look cuter, and why most of us would probably die to a bear as we try to prove that "friend-shaped = friend".
@@thepoopieshow no thoughts can be seen through those eyes, but you can tell he was born to be full of rage. Truly a menace. He will conquer all of us, with his inscrutable eyes as his advantage.
i think its also important to consider with this that our human babies arent exactly lookers either. especially newborns fall under the catagory of "skrungly"
3:30 Actually, i believe that this is the reason many "gross" character designs are much more liked than characters meant to be cute The ted ed riddle Cuddly wuddly duddly fuddly gives a great example of that Cuddly is meant to be the cute one, but notice how many more people actually like wuddly or duddly better because they're more ugly thereby more intriguing.
As humans we are obsessed with aesthetics. However not every baby is aesthetically pleasing. If we treated ugly babies like we do ugly people, we would ignore or even spite them for existing, not great for baby survival. So I believe we've evolved to actually be fascinated by cute ugly babies and thus, cute ugly things.
I fundamentally disagree with the "cuteness developed to make us like or own children", not because it's wrong, but because it's unfalsifiable. Cuteness may have developed in that way, or it may have developed for any number of reasons. Perhaps cuteness is the feeling we get to know that we could kill something (a young or elderly animal, a wounded creature, etc). This would more cleanly explain why we think ugly things are cute (deformed things are easier to kill) and can explain the desire to destroy cute things as the evolutionary intended expression of it, an evolutionarily latent predatory urge. This would also explain why there are so many people who find puppies cute but human babies repulsive.
Perhaps cuteness also developed interpersonally. Hanging around those who are kinder was better for survival of the species compared to hanging around those who would harm others of their species. This would explain why someone who is kind and charitable other is cute, and those who harm others are not. In fact, all of these could be true, and likely are true to varying extents! However, framing the baby schema as absolute fact rather than just one theory of many can only worsen your understanding of the issue. A variety of theories must be employed to explain things that fall outside of the baby schema. Why would people view their partners or people in a loving relationship as cute? Why would people find 10ft tall wolfboy Blaidd cute? Multiple different theories must be used for multiple different situations.
For the partner thing, I think it's connected with intimacy. Intimacy is often adjacent with fragility/vulnerability, and relationships like that also often involve a lot of 'taking care' of each other.
I don't agree with your theory of "cuteness=knowing we could kill something easily" because _psychopaths who keep killing never feel their victims are 'cute'._ *Psychopaths asked to arrange nouns that included 'cute' things like 'puppies' and 'toddlers' struggled to rank them in an order of 'makes me happy' to 'doesn't make me happy.'* To them, puppies and babies were just things that exist- saying 'puppy' evoked the same amount of emotion as saying 'table' out loud to them. Criminals devoid of any moral compass start killing because killing makes them powerful. It's the forbidden fruit, the taboo, the giver of adrenaline rushes, and a great way to give in to violent instincts. However, they don't have 'feelings' of any sort towards the victims. cuteness is related to innocence. The more naive and innocent a creature acts, the cuter. It sort of falls off in adult humans, when someone being overly clueless is kinda annoying. But in animals, and sweet summer children who are sweet and don't know any better than to be sweet, the cuteness goes up by a lot. There's also something that's called 'gap moe' in Japanese. A cat hissing might not be very 'cute', but if it's a smol tiny cat who could fit in your palm, has tiny little paws and a smol fluffy body, but is still trying its hardest to look big and scary and intimidating, it's so freaking cute aaaaa Finding things cute is probably related to how humans are social animals. We feel the need to _want_ to help others, especially those so young and naive that they don't know to ask for help (i.e cute people and creatures!) Some neurodivergent people who also don't express emotions deeply or connect with social cues also don't relate to finding things 'cute' so I really do think cuteness is a factor in socializing.
@@otaku-chan4888 That's cogent enough. It's less that I'm 100% confident in the "easily killed" cuteness theory, and more that I think it's fallacious to find one theory with a few studies and say "alright, that's the one theory"; Leaving it at that like it's the one true answer to an ultimately very difficult to solve question. I also just disagree with the idea that cute always means infantile. There must be more to it.
If cuteness is caused by our programming to protect what is vulnerable, then it makes sense. Ugliness tends to make individuals more vulnerable, especially if they're animals, so of course the programming to make us want to protect them would be stronger, and thus make them more "cute".
Literally looks like my old blind dog 😭 shes scrungly, all white, has skinny wobbly legs and bulbous black eyes that drift in random directions. She'll walk so confidently straight into things and act like she meant to do it..I get stopped constantly on walks because everyone wants to talk to her 🥹 more than i ever did walking a puppy!
Literally when i see something that is an utter crustmite of a creature i cant help but go "AAAA ITS SO STINKY AND UGLY AWW" because that basically translate to "an absolute cutiepie" in my book Also i love your voice
Also there is another reason. When it looks ugly or weak or disproportionate our brain focuses on it more because the weaker ones need more help and care to stay alive
@thepoopieshowthey do know it’s them at a couple weeks to months, they however don’t know what a since of what it is so they think no harm will come from doing it.
When I was younger I didn't really care for "ugly cute" things and only liked conventionally cute stuff. The closer I get to 30, the more I am rooting for the cute scrungly ball of squinge. I have no idea why, unless its just nature's way of preparing me to find several stray cats on the street and surrounded myself with them in 10-20 years.
Experienced this firsthand after seeing a messed up sea ray taxidermy. A lot of fanart, a name and a slight obsession later, I can really confirm some of these things.
I wonder if creepy cute falls under this because that is my weakness i mean the felt creature also falls under that but some other things I can think of are sableye and most bugs (most faceless medium/small sized fantasy creatures also fit into this category)
I don’t understand the “baby” proposition. When I look at human babies, I don’t think they’re cute. I’ve seen bugs much cuter than human babies. I highly doubt it’s my alleged maternal instinct, as I have none of that, but so much love for other animals, like..???
2:00 i like the animal babies, i do not like the little demon spawn up at the top left. Clearly there is a flaw either with me or with the baby. Or perhaps i just dont like human babies
Funny thing is, I don't like babies. They're not all cute, they're messy and drooly and I get super uncomfortable with the trust that comes with a parent handing me their child. They stress me out really badly.. and yet I still have this sort of cute response with nearly everything else one would call cute or ugly-cute. Brains are wild, hah.
I tend to steal my friends' babies for an hour or two so they can sit and eat with both hands at parties/events. I also used to have a collection of derpy plush animals that I only got rid of when my friends started having kids. I guess I can't escape biology, huh? It's good to know why I think weird things (like mantis shrimp) are cute. Thanks, Poopie!
hi! i think you'll enjoy Beyond Cuteness: An Emerging Field of the Psychology of “Kawaii” by Professor Hiroshi Nittono, it's on yt and i did mention all the authors from the video but “It’s so Cute I Could Crush It!”: Understanding Neural Mechanisms of Cute Aggression by K. Stavropoulos and Baby Schema in Infant Faces Induces Cuteness Perception and Motivation for Caretaking in Adults were the main sources :---)
fat, odd, slightly wrinkly, and kind of angry looking things also bear a close resemblance to human babies (or alternatively, elders, who we might also feel the urge to protect)
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Ah yes, the 'scrungly'! Its appeal is truly unmatched!
And here we see the Scrungle
The Queen of Scrungly has to be Wisp the kitty. 😂
The skrunkly as well
@@SkrunklySkrunkleton Skrunkly scrimblos
Scrungle, heir to The Throngler
1:12 “You are so tiny and weak I could easily crush you and that pleases me. Makes me feel cool and powerful.”
Cute aggression explained 😂
@@BloodSweatandFears Is it normal that I don't experience that? I find the concept incredibly disturbing.
@@AtypicalDunmer Every human has it, but it doesn’t always feel the same. It’s the old “so cute I could squeeze you to death.” It’s an evolutionary thing, apparently. You may just have very stable emotions and very healthy ways of processing them.
@@BloodSweatandFears I thought "so cute I could squeeze you to death" meant wanting to hug the cute thing :|
@@AtypicalDunmer Well it does, but the intensity of the feeling is the interesting part. Our brain does what it can to handle strong emotions like that. It results in “cute aggression” feeling affection so strongly, to lose control would end up hurting the very thing you find so cute. Humans are peculiar creatures 😂
The ugly cute embodies the hope that we, too, might be lovable. The ugly cute who doesn't know they're ugly cute give us hope that we, too, might be deserving of confidence. The ugly cute that awakens our protective instincts gives us hope that we, too, might be safe.
Soft = squish = cuter than cute = cute. But why don't human babies give me the baby response? I find most to be as ugly as sin
they're just not the right 'baby' for u
Or, it may be because they are not your baby. I know women who don't like other people's babies, but absolutely love theirs.
@@thepoopieshow Bah humbug!
@@phoebea Nah I generally hate human maggots and would never want one myself either.
Babies are so gross and off putting, but boy did everything else in this video make me go “ouurgh…. so small… so cute…”
I like that "poopie" is kind of an ugly and cute name at the same time,
Its similar to "poppy" your brain just alternate it to be ugly because of the original meanings, same to 'piggy'
"poopie" is cute sonically but because of it being related to fecal matter, it would be "ugly". Still a 10/10 name for a derpy looking creaature though.
You single-handedly made me want to collect LPS again simply because of that last bit
chihuahua no.1 is the only lps I have and I genuinely think he's enough for me. too powerful.
@@thepoopieshow i miss it i need to get that one again somehow [dont remember what happened to all mine]
I don't know why very few people talk about how humans are way more likely to find the young of another species cute than of their own and there appears to be very little literature about it. All of my friends think baby dogs are cute but only a few of them actually find human babies cute and the ones who don't (me included) see them as sentient chewed bubblegum we wish someone would swallow so we don't have to look at it.
it might be the constant crying and simultaneous moistness and crustiness that puts a lot of people off. and i think it's because puppies at 1 month old are so much more developed than a 1 month old child, they're cuter bc they actually finished baking while a human baby is an undercooked ass souffle
@@thepoopieshow Yeah makes sense, just like baby birds look like they sacrificed another being's soul to incarnate into this world. Baby pigeons specifically sound like they're full on Benjamin Button and need an oxygen mask.
Yeah good point, maybe our love of cute is less to do with babies and more to do with young children? We've always been a social species but infants need to be with their mother pretty much 24/7. Maybe the irritation and disdain we have is a way our species has been able to encourage the dedicated care of mothers? A lot of social pressure to not ignore your baby is going to lead to more babies surviving I imagine. Then later on a child benefits from a community of caretakers so our adoration kicks in.
Maybe it's because caring for nonhuman creatures has benefited our species so much.
I think, at least for some, their view of babies as cute is blocked by knowing babies are devil spawn sometimes
2:49 me, oblivious: "they're all animals"
well. one of them is a cowboy made out of seashells.
@@thepoopieshowthat guy's just an absolute PARTY ANIMALLL WOOOOOOOOO
@@thepoopieshow actually humans are animals too, so they are still right 🤓
For me elephant shrews perfectly capture that last point you made, they are very cute with their little trunks and completely disproportionate legs 🦵
Yeah they're my favorite animal
Shorebirds do it for me. Those weird oversized legs and horrible crouched posture. Bitterns are where it's at ❤
jerboas
Take a closer look at that snout
i like the 'ugly and 1 braincell' ones because i relate to them, and the 'cute baby uwu' ones because i want to be them
Thats where I am lmao i like the “inhuman but surprisingly expressive gremlin” characters like stitch or sableye because 1) theyre adorable and 2 kinda relate to difficulty communication emotions through conventional means honestly im not sure if my i want to be them is another category cause im actually pretty proud of the nonstandard ways ive managed to use because like getting someone to take your feeling seriously while comparing them to dust is a feat in my mind
I am an aromantic bachelor, with less than zero interest in having a kid.
I prefer to adopt and care for elderly cats.
And I can confirm, the instinctive parenting response cats illicit from me, when they make their "sad baby like" meows, I never knew I had it in me. I know it's emotional manipulation and they are gas lighting me..... But it works every time!
I wuv cats.😸
I’m aromantic and don’t want children too!
@@laylascarlett2010 We have a lot in common, I suggest that we don't meet up and never go on a date.
@@MadHax-wt5tl yeah 😂 I agree
Fun fact half of cat owners who love cats likely are infected with a special brain altering bacteria cats got, that makes em love cats. Or was it an parasitic infection? I dont remember lol. Its been well over 5 years since ive seen a video on that.
@@thunderousavenger2382 hi, I wasn’t sure if what you said was true, so I asked artificial intelligence. It said: “Yes, that statement is spreading misinformation. While it's true that some parasites, like Toxoplasma gondii, can infect both cats and humans, the idea that half of cat owners are infected with a brain-altering bacteria or parasite from cats that makes them love cats is not accurate. While Toxoplasma gondii infection has been linked to changes in behavior in some cases, it's not accurate to say that it universally makes people love cats. Additionally, the prevalence of such infections among cat owners is much lower than implied in the statement. It's always important to fact-check information before accepting it as true.”
this is the key to my self worth. its okay to be ugly because ugly things are cute too.
if (ugly or baby){
excitement++;
aggression++;
}
ya :-)
Ackchyually while or is a keyword in some languages (SQL that I know of anyway) it's most commonly represented by two pipe characters ||, while and is represented by two ampersands &&
@@apocalyptosoldier5527 you right. a little bit of python slipped in
@@apocalyptosoldier5527 I'm pretty sure visual basic can read that as well as python. Really, when you get to a high enough level language, computers start reading like you. Besides, what else could it mean? If ugly, or, and baby multiplied together isn't 0?? It's easier to assume the middle undefined element is a stand in for an operator, and check the compiler's library for what the middle (assumed) operator could be. And if in doubt, bug out.
@psychopompous489 Sorry, I don't respect any language with significant whitespace. (Python is cool and Learn Python The Hard Way was the was the first book that finally allowed me to *get* programming because it had actual practical examples instead of just theory like the previous books I tried, but I haven't used it in years and now remember how to use it anymore)
Me rushing at the speed of random facts when another poopie show video comes out
ah the incredible speed of 7 facts per 4 minutes
@@thepoopieshow truly lightspeed.
This is why I love animals with short lil legs. Dachshunds, weasels, ferrets, corgis, stoat.
But ferrets get the most scrungly points because it’s like their hair is made from a used chimney sweep and the dead sleep where they go completely limp and unwakable
You like them because they're easier to crush?
Guinea Pigs too, their legs aren't ACTUALLY as short as they seem but they pull off the "I have only little paddles" illusion well.
@@kilderok Oh, and munchkins, as well as rabbits. Those are the only two I can recall at the moment, aside from what she already mentioned.
@@LaughingLlamaLodge more like they cannot resist my embrace because dead sleep
The fact that guinea pigs are docile and rarely ever bite doesn't help. I could get a cuteness heart attack from our old boar cavy!
I just came to say that the little lady in the thumbnail is not ugly, but objectively beautiful. The slender limbs, large eyes, graceful posture - she has it all. Please change it.
This video affirms what i already know... I'll never be HIM..
My condolences. However, on the upside: HIM will never be you, either.
@@phoebea this is so true
The frog. I'll never be him
This is why I hope there is an afterlife, I imagine it as a place where anything you can imagine can exist and you can be any form. If true, that ceiling is glass! Someday we can all be scrunglies
…and that’s how I accidentally “loved” a couple of my grandma’s baby chicks to death when I was 6. They were so adorable that I wanted to hug them tight. I clearly underestimated the strength of my embrace. It was s sad situation. My cousin, who witnessed the travesty ran to tell my grandma about the henicide that I’d committed. I was not punished for being Elmyra, straight off of “Tiny Toon Adventures” that day. The feeling of guilt for having cut two baby bird lives short, was enough of a punishment.
Baby Yoda is a great example of this. Traditionally cute baby-like features + some imperfections, which make things look even more cute. Or else things just look kind of generic, yknow?
(By the way great video!)
The obsession I have with baby Yoda is unhealthy lmao
Im not even a star wars fan and thr attachment I have to baby Yoda is wiiiild
Reminds me of the "what companies think is cute vs what people think is cute" meme
I'm thinking it might be a survival instinct because underdeveloped animals (including humans) are seen as 'ugly" - yet must be protected.
This
When i see something small and ugly, i feel like it's so pathetic and i need to care for it
A lot of people say that hairless cats are ugly, the ones I've seen, both in videos and in person (the one I met in person when I was younger hated me :/) are silly
I think they look like a cute alien
I think they are skrunkly, but majestic
Hairless cats were originally bred to be eaten.
scrimple!!! scungy!!! scrumpo!!! squirmy!!! beebus!!! squormo!!!
scrooge
@@skinkshamerscrooge mcfuck
I COULDN'T WATCH TO THE END MY EYES WERE INTRODUCED TO TO MANY CUTE THINGS
In my opinion for something to be cute it has to be cat shaped and have big eyes, cats are just purrfect
what ab knock knock jokes?
@@thepoopieshow well, knock knock jokes tend to knock a laugh of me, i think they're all bangers
anime girl lolis have slowly being evolving to look more like cats (not making this up)
@@IamEscBoy well now i dont like cat art anymore
what about kirby
keeping the mindset point in mind, i wonder if the reason i find things cute that maybe only one other person in the world does like roaches, centipedes, scorpions etc. is because i have a penchant for ecology. so i definitely think that it can be cultural or familiar as well. if my mom wasn’t an animal lover / vegetarian who let me watch jeff corwin, zabumafoo, etc all the time when i was little, i might not have had that penchant! of course, she doesn’t think bugs are cute herself… however against a cruel unforgiving world where we all struggle, we are all helpless hapless little creatures…. so everything is cute! i know people say too much love makes it not special, but i don’t believe in that mindset. love everyone! everyone cute! mwah! ❤
babies right out of their mom kind of scare me with their elongated cone heads but after the adrenaline of seeing one is gone i think they’re neat like a predator alien
def an exposure and experience thing. if your parents see bugs as cute, you likely won't find them to be so scary. especially if you've been around them before you gained consciousness. if your parents scream every time they see a spider, you probably won't like spiders much either.
i feel cuteness aggression every time i look at the lil poopie character on my screen frfr
"It's so ugly it's cute!"
-My Mother
omg I think I found a new comfort channel, your artstyle is so cute and your voice so calming!
first time anyone has described this show as comforting, i’m always too angry at sht
@@thepoopieshow*destroys*
So, you're saying, I'm cute?
"a profound lack of intellect and soul" 🤨
I'd say you're cute and I want to give you a hug
@@skinkshamer
Did I stutter?
Cute through pitty of your weakness
Yah your cute 😘
Still confused how I can see a upscaled tardigrade as cute, but I'm kinda grossed out and uncomfortable around actual babies, I'm guessing it's probably something mostly unrelated though.
Well obviously because tardigrades have such fat squished faces that are all ugrrooo moo, and are harmless waddlers while human babies grow up to become cancer.
Or maybe it’s that a lot of people hate babies and kids now a days, and it’s spreading all over the internet. It’s an unfortunate and foolish social thing on the internet. Really think it through: what kind of intelligent life hates its own offspring? A foolish one.
I don't know if it's because I'm an artist, but that cat creature is neither ugly nor cute. It's unfinished.
Also, I loved both frogs, but the treefrog looks cuter.
It's like Gudetama, like ugly lazy cute. Just love em', lil lazy squishie eggie. :3
Very enlightening as always, the pooooooopie shoooooow.
03:15 I laughed at him, so cute I couldn't help myself 😭❤️
People are discussing why puppies are cuter than babies in the comments and I just want to point out that when you get a baby that is your family (I got a niece for example) they become the cutest thing in the world. So while puppies are cute, and I myself used to find them cuter than babies before my niece popped out, as soon as there is a human baby nearby that is "yours", your brain seems to attach to it more than a puppy. If that makes sense.
I totally agree! Other people's babies are still "cute" but almost kinda uncanny. It's a small human proportioned differently. But when it's a familial baby, they are insanely cute. I feel that way about my baby niece, she's ridiculously cute to me compared to other babies, and I totally think it's for something like the reason you said.
Human babies look hideous, but we’ve evolved to love them despite their goblin-like appearance because we as a species are responsible for making and caring for them
1:28 reminds me of invader zim
(also this is an amazing video)
Is that why the poopie character is so cute?
Never seen your videos before but this is honestly such a good introduction. The art, the subject the calm yet vaguely threatening analysis, all perfect. Consider me subbed
that's exactly what I aim for! welcome to the cult.
Why do I find those furby worms people mage out of old furbies cute??
for the frogs example at 3:04, it very easy to explain. It's not that the 2nd example is uglier or weird that makes it cute, it's how round and squishy it is. Roundness has always been a common indicator of kindness and safety as it looks softer, compared to sharper and more defined shapes that look like they have superiority complexes. This type of deduction is commonly used on animals, why people think rounder animals look cuter, and why most of us would probably die to a bear as we try to prove that "friend-shaped = friend".
it looks so.. empty though. like he's frowning but there's nothing in his eyes.
@@thepoopieshow no thoughts can be seen through those eyes, but you can tell he was born to be full of rage. Truly a menace. He will conquer all of us, with his inscrutable eyes as his advantage.
a pleasing amount of frogs in this video yes
i think its also important to consider with this that our human babies arent exactly lookers either. especially newborns fall under the catagory of "skrungly"
in Filipino we actually have a word for "cute aggression", it's "gigil". but it also means like being agitated or aggressive towards someone
3:30
Actually, i believe that this is the reason many "gross" character designs are much more liked than characters meant to be cute
The ted ed riddle Cuddly wuddly duddly fuddly gives a great example of that
Cuddly is meant to be the cute one, but notice how many more people actually like wuddly or duddly better because they're more ugly thereby more intriguing.
As humans we are obsessed with aesthetics. However not every baby is aesthetically pleasing. If we treated ugly babies like we do ugly people, we would ignore or even spite them for existing, not great for baby survival. So I believe we've evolved to actually be fascinated by cute ugly babies and thus, cute ugly things.
I fundamentally disagree with the "cuteness developed to make us like or own children", not because it's wrong, but because it's unfalsifiable. Cuteness may have developed in that way, or it may have developed for any number of reasons.
Perhaps cuteness is the feeling we get to know that we could kill something (a young or elderly animal, a wounded creature, etc). This would more cleanly explain why we think ugly things are cute (deformed things are easier to kill) and can explain the desire to destroy cute things as the evolutionary intended expression of it, an evolutionarily latent predatory urge. This would also explain why there are so many people who find puppies cute but human babies repulsive.
Perhaps cuteness also developed interpersonally. Hanging around those who are kinder was better for survival of the species compared to hanging around those who would harm others of their species. This would explain why someone who is kind and charitable other is cute, and those who harm others are not.
In fact, all of these could be true, and likely are true to varying extents! However, framing the baby schema as absolute fact rather than just one theory of many can only worsen your understanding of the issue. A variety of theories must be employed to explain things that fall outside of the baby schema. Why would people view their partners or people in a loving relationship as cute? Why would people find 10ft tall wolfboy Blaidd cute? Multiple different theories must be used for multiple different situations.
For the partner thing, I think it's connected with intimacy. Intimacy is often adjacent with fragility/vulnerability, and relationships like that also often involve a lot of 'taking care' of each other.
I don't agree with your theory of "cuteness=knowing we could kill something easily" because _psychopaths who keep killing never feel their victims are 'cute'._ *Psychopaths asked to arrange nouns that included 'cute' things like 'puppies' and 'toddlers' struggled to rank them in an order of 'makes me happy' to 'doesn't make me happy.'* To them, puppies and babies were just things that exist- saying 'puppy' evoked the same amount of emotion as saying 'table' out loud to them. Criminals devoid of any moral compass start killing because killing makes them powerful. It's the forbidden fruit, the taboo, the giver of adrenaline rushes, and a great way to give in to violent instincts. However, they don't have 'feelings' of any sort towards the victims.
cuteness is related to innocence. The more naive and innocent a creature acts, the cuter. It sort of falls off in adult humans, when someone being overly clueless is kinda annoying. But in animals, and sweet summer children who are sweet and don't know any better than to be sweet, the cuteness goes up by a lot.
There's also something that's called 'gap moe' in Japanese. A cat hissing might not be very 'cute', but if it's a smol tiny cat who could fit in your palm, has tiny little paws and a smol fluffy body, but is still trying its hardest to look big and scary and intimidating, it's so freaking cute aaaaa
Finding things cute is probably related to how humans are social animals. We feel the need to _want_ to help others, especially those so young and naive that they don't know to ask for help (i.e cute people and creatures!) Some neurodivergent people who also don't express emotions deeply or connect with social cues also don't relate to finding things 'cute' so I really do think cuteness is a factor in socializing.
@@otaku-chan4888 That's cogent enough. It's less that I'm 100% confident in the "easily killed" cuteness theory, and more that I think it's fallacious to find one theory with a few studies and say "alright, that's the one theory"; Leaving it at that like it's the one true answer to an ultimately very difficult to solve question.
I also just disagree with the idea that cute always means infantile. There must be more to it.
Im glad youtube decided that it should show me your channel. They were correct! I love your stuff
thank u! u totally fell for my ugly cute character, which proves I'm totally right
Moral of the story: even if you are ugly you can become cute
If cuteness is caused by our programming to protect what is vulnerable, then it makes sense. Ugliness tends to make individuals more vulnerable, especially if they're animals, so of course the programming to make us want to protect them would be stronger, and thus make them more "cute".
Literally looks like my old blind dog 😭 shes scrungly, all white, has skinny wobbly legs and bulbous black eyes that drift in random directions. She'll walk so confidently straight into things and act like she meant to do it..I get stopped constantly on walks because everyone wants to talk to her 🥹 more than i ever did walking a puppy!
Where have you been all my life?! Thank you for bringing me joy in a very dark moment. I am so happy your channel appeared on my feed.
Literally when i see something that is an utter crustmite of a creature i cant help but go "AAAA ITS SO STINKY AND UGLY AWW" because that basically translate to "an absolute cutiepie" in my book
Also i love your voice
Whats ironic is I find jumping spiders cuter than babies, anything is cuter than babies for me.
Also there is another reason. When it looks ugly or weak or disproportionate our brain focuses on it more because the weaker ones need more help and care to stay alive
I'm pretty sure she literally said that in the video
@@trashyCorn.12 yea she said, not in a lot of details
The voices were getting too loud. This came just in time.
don't kill your pet or stuffed animal please
3:20 He's trying his best.
he should try harder.
Cuteness aggression is real. My brother has it especially bad, he bites his tongue to manage the “too cute” feelings.
For some reason i find a quiver of snakes really cute like a quiver holding arrows but full of snakes
They would be very snuggly. Would they cuddle, or stack up straight, committed to being arrows?
The blob frog is cuter because it looks angy while the other frog just look like it's happy.
1:03 Awww, what a beautiful collection!
Ugh this lady makes me laugh so hard with these illustrations
Sometimes it’s so weird or so horrifying that it’s cute (the figure is my example personally)
How the heck is The Figure cute??? Ur on some rugs mate
@@trashyCorn.12because the figure is just a little guy with noodle limbs and big eyes
"Fight me on this, I am correct." Is such a good mindset to live your life in.
You sound happy and energetic. Good for you!
It's bc I got to show my figurines. a weight has been lifted from my shoulders
@@thepoopieshowYes, now you can't ever be blackmailed. Great power move and video!
real human baby: EWWWWWWWWW
bug eyed freak of nature: OMGSLKDJFE I LOVE IT LET ME HOLD IT HOLY SHIT
1:35 is so goofy. Why is blud licking his foot 💀💀💀
It's actually a thing, babies are always putting their limbs in their mouths bc they genuinely don't know it's them
@thepoopieshowthey do know it’s them at a couple weeks to months, they however don’t know what a since of what it is so they think no harm will come from doing it.
Because he’s a baby
Fun fact: cats evolved for us to find them cute so then we can take care of them
Not me thinking it was creepy💀
Title confused me so much
Yeah, I don’t think it’s cute
When I was younger I didn't really care for "ugly cute" things and only liked conventionally cute stuff. The closer I get to 30, the more I am rooting for the cute scrungly ball of squinge. I have no idea why, unless its just nature's way of preparing me to find several stray cats on the street and surrounded myself with them in 10-20 years.
I love the poopy show
I like the potato frog because it sounds like a dog toy and sounds rather silly
ur art style is cool :0 (kinda cute)
or is it just.. ugly hmmm
@@thepoopieshow NOO i knew yo'd think that cause of title but srsly i like it. its really cute (ALSO OMGOSH U REPLIED TO ME)
This is THE BEST video I have seen ALL YEAR. Small creators are THE BEST wtf! I hope you become more recognized because you deserve it
3:22 it's rounded
Experienced this firsthand after seeing a messed up sea ray taxidermy. A lot of fanart, a name and a slight obsession later, I can really confirm some of these things.
The blimbo??? The scrunklorb??? Look at heem
"They're cute cause they look like baby" I think he opposite applies way better
So if I wanna look cuter I should also look a lil' bit f'ed up?
I wonder if creepy cute falls under this because that is my weakness i mean the felt creature also falls under that but some other things I can think of are sableye and most bugs (most faceless medium/small sized fantasy creatures also fit into this category)
I don’t understand the “baby” proposition. When I look at human babies, I don’t think they’re cute. I’ve seen bugs much cuter than human babies. I highly doubt it’s my alleged maternal instinct, as I have none of that, but so much love for other animals, like..???
highly relatable
I think it's actully the idealization of what it is then the thing itself being exactaly like that.
The thing on the thumbnail is literally the creature from the video "Hi Stranger"
That wasn’t cute, that was horrible! It’s some kind of emaciated cat made of fluff and pipe cleaners! The poor thing, it’s fighting for its life!
exactly. I love him.
@@thepoopieshow lol
I owe my life to that scrombly lil goofy fella
I kid you not the moment I saw the thumbnail I audibly went "aww so cute!!"
2:00 i like the animal babies, i do not like the little demon spawn up at the top left. Clearly there is a flaw either with me or with the baby. Or perhaps i just dont like human babies
Funny thing is, I don't like babies. They're not all cute, they're messy and drooly and I get super uncomfortable with the trust that comes with a parent handing me their child. They stress me out really badly.. and yet I still have this sort of cute response with nearly everything else one would call cute or ugly-cute.
Brains are wild, hah.
I tend to steal my friends' babies for an hour or two so they can sit and eat with both hands at parties/events. I also used to have a collection of derpy plush animals that I only got rid of when my friends started having kids. I guess I can't escape biology, huh? It's good to know why I think weird things (like mantis shrimp) are cute. Thanks, Poopie!
i love how she sounds so young but she says big words i can barely comprehend 😂
3:10 Potato fairy!
This perfectly describes why listening to you feels so rewarding.
0:35 Oh my God ! I wonder what is it this kitten 😻🫸🫷
0:39 I want both of these little creatures tho 😚🤙
Curly from Mouthwashing triggers this part of my brain. he looks so pathetic and helpless I just cant help but wanna take care of him.
I'm just wondering do you have the research paper/ refrences for this video because I would love to read more qbout this subject!!
hi! i think you'll enjoy Beyond Cuteness: An Emerging Field of the Psychology of “Kawaii” by Professor Hiroshi Nittono, it's on yt and i did mention all the authors from the video but “It’s so Cute I Could Crush It!”: Understanding Neural Mechanisms of Cute Aggression by K. Stavropoulos and Baby Schema in Infant Faces Induces Cuteness Perception and Motivation for Caretaking in Adults were the main sources :---)
this video made my blood and internal organs feel good
Is her accent British or Canadian? ×× real struggling to find out here
eastern earopean peasant woman forced to reside in the uk type accent
fat, odd, slightly wrinkly, and kind of angry looking things also bear a close resemblance to human babies (or alternatively, elders, who we might also feel the urge to protect)
0:14 ferrets after getting wet:
Yeti-crabs are the weirdest, creepiest yet cutest things I know to exist.
the grand appeal of the "goober" or the "scrungle" , my favorite kind of creatures :3
so this is why he finds me cute. thank you for this