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Bewildered

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I'm So Cute I Want to Bite Her Toes Every Single Day

Since this kid was born, I have been having that reaction to her cuteness every single day. Even biting you? Her? No wonder. You're going to need one of those cones of shame you put on a dog. She keeps biting herself. Maybe we should do another podcast on it. Why do we say that babies are so cute we want to eat them? Because that is a physical reaction. It's not a concept. So evolution is like, okay, you spend all your resources on this tiny helpless baby that can't even hold its head up. And you love it so much that you want to bite it? Yeah. Yum. Darwin. But in fairness, like

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