cats vs kids--what's cuter?

[cimorene]

wax and i were talking.  she said most women think that human babies are cuter than cats, because i said it didn't make evolutionary sense for us to find cats cuter.  that had honestly never occurred to me.

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Comments

[perhael.livejournal.com]

kittehs are teh cute!

[mirabella]

I would say that cats are actually cuter unless it's my kid.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

dammit, i knew i left an option out.

[hollsh.livejournal.com]

How about my kid dressed up like a cat? You cant get cuter than that!!!

[cimness.livejournal.com]

that is pretty cute alright.

[ex-thewayout304.livejournal.com]

i have zero affinity for babies. my maternal instinct is nil. in the words of margaret cho, i am barren. i ovulate sand.

of COURSE cats are cuter.

[elfiepike.livejournal.com]

the thing with human babies is that i also have a much better sense of when they're ugly-cute, like when they're mildly bizarre looking. (but how can something so squishy not be adorable? really.)

[guinevere33.livejournal.com]

I think it's the whole "hairless" aspect of human babies that makes them less cute than kittens. I imagine, though, that once I had my own baby it would become the cutest thing in the world. Mom claims that this is how parents tollerate the general obnoxiousness of squalling kids - it's really annoying, unless the kid is YOURS.

[sparklyfabulous]

i second the above comment. how can it be cute if it's not fuzzy?? fuzzy wins every time, man.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

wax also subscribes to this theory. of course cats are smaller, ie less fat in limbs etc, than babies. that could be a factor. the weeness is a big aspect.

[sparklyfabulous]

also, cats drool far less than babies do.

[syredronning.livejournal.com]

None ;)

Can I get a dog, please?

*sick of kids right now*

[cimness.livejournal.com]

a dog is a furry creature and belongs under option one.