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485: No Such Thing As Ballet On A Staircase

No Such Thing As A Fish

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The Crazy Schema of Cuteness

There was a study done by a university in, in Japan. And it was to look at the things that we respond to as humans to decide that something is cute. They think that the reason they went so big is because it violates the cute schema. So if you look at a cabbage patch doll, you'll notice that the eyes are actually quite small, quite close together. There's elements about them that are considered grotesque. Oh, but not enough. I find, I don't, I don’t, I found a bit creepy. That's why, because it divides people and people either think they're cute or creepy. As we know from just the media today, if

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