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When Too Cute Is Too Much, The Brain Can Get Aggressive
Adorable babies and cute puppies can make us happy. But researchers say their cuteness can be so overwhelming that it unleashes some ugly thoughts.
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I read about this some months ago,it's quite interesting.
Actually... This makes a great deal of sense. Around 2011 I was constantly surrounded by a culture of hyper-cute / kawaii anime fans (was for where I work) -- It actually illicit in me this very aggressive, destructive streak. Most people don't realize that the Japanese Anime Culture is a response to the hyper-rigid Japanese Work Culture, and so it is a release for them. For American's, we don't have that hyper-rigid culture, so by surrounding ourselves with that hyper-cuteness it would make sense that the exact opposite would occur; i.e. becoming more aggressive, violent, divisive, etc. I would almost go so far as to say that we see that in the modality of those who engage in identity politics where a great many of them act in a state of perpetual cos-play and have become very aggressive against establishments. But you saw it in all these so-called "movements", where a large majority of people at 30 years old were still wearing the cartoon t-shirt, watching the same cartoon tropes etc. The study however, is not without it's confounds. I'm not sure how I feel about collecting data over an amazon survey (I actually read the journal). Still... there is an observable phenomena I think, having personally experienced something similar. My own persona bias of course!