Why do you want to squeeze cute things? - Joshua Paul Dale

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Explore the psychology of the phenomenon known as cute aggression, which is the urge to squeeze, bite or pinch something cute.
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Watching a kitten fumbling around, it might feel as if you’ve never encountered anything so devastatingly adorable in your mortal life. You may want to pet its soft fur and kiss its tiny head. But you may also feel the conflicting urge… to squeeze or smush the kitten, maybe even stuff it in your mouth. What is this peculiar phenomenon? Joshua Paul Dale explores the urge known as cute aggression.
Lesson by Joshua Paul Dale, directed by Oksana Kurmaz.
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@orukusaki5271 Год назад

As a great philosopher once said " *SQUISH THAT CAT* "

@TristanSamuel Год назад

"All you need to know is to Squish That Cat!"

@orukusaki5271 Год назад

@@TristanSamuel i agree with this gentleman right here

@breadlorde1095 Год назад

yes

@Student-gi4lb Год назад

I just squish my cat and my cat was growling, hahahah

@iDressLondon Год назад

LOOOOL

@Owl90 Год назад

Can confirm cuteness overload is a real thing.

@stinkystinky4374 Год назад

Itzy stans would know

@Blue_Pumpkin Год назад

Fitting name

@grapeshott Год назад

not girlfriends

@brixenlang3207 Год назад

It reminds me of her…

@user-ss7pv3jf8r Год назад

I think that kind of coping mechanism to counter cuteness overload is the origin of sadism.

@hkayakh Год назад

Well they look cute that’s why

@HarryXHb Год назад

lol

@-1f Год назад

But then why feel the urge to squeeze it if it looks cute?

@jem3588 Год назад

🗿

@upbeathammad Год назад

@@-1f idk thems the breaks

@Fear_Therapy Год назад

I agree! Haha

@kannot1 Год назад

I will never get over someone saying “squirrel's are just rats with pretty privilege” 😂😂😂

@gabs1224 Год назад

rats are cuter, imo

@doodoo2065 Год назад

Rats are cute too imo, its just that people for some reason think of wild rats whenever they think about them¿ Yet it seems like they dont do that with any other animal

@stha03 Год назад

Damn🤣🤣

@amaraliz2290 Год назад

Hahahahahahah theyre right tho

@philadelphiaelisa602 Год назад

@@carrey664butterflies doesn’t infested your home or carried diseases

@soltersortna Год назад

I’ve struggled with post partum depression and having intrusive thoughts of harming my baby. I’ve come to terms with it thanks to realizing that it will never lead to actual harm. The best way I’ve heard it explained is that the brain is thinking of worst case scenarios so you can avoid those. When you think about throwing a baby down the stairs, you take a step away from the stairs. Your brain just doesn’t care how bad the thoughts make you feel. When I stopped thinking my brain was terrible for thinking those things and started thinking it was trying to protect us, it helped me a lot! So I’m glad this video explains yet another terrible thing our brain does, and yet we shouldn’t feel terrible about.

@roguestar8 Год назад

I'm so happy for you. Mental health recovery is often a long hard road and you're such a trooper.

@DiscoMouse Год назад

I frequently feel the same way about my baby, I think it’s normal although I’m hesitant to admit it to anyone.

@enadegheeghaghe6369 Год назад

You should not hesitate or be too embarrassed to seek professional help if needed though. I have a relative who had a severe case of post partum depression and it didn't end well.

@xjoy1163 Год назад

I just wish it wasnt so violent. Like BABY THROW DOWN STAIRS like thats so rude. Why cant our brain go hey stair danger back up.

@WhatIsSanity Год назад

What's far more messed up than post partum depression is the stigma surrounding it and the treatment of women experiencing it that follows. All health conditions are easier to live with when people are given some acceptance and space to understand it's ok to not be ok. Then the healing begins.

@oliviadavis3638 Год назад

When my sister was born, I thought she was just the darn cutest baby on the planet. I always wanted to just squeeze her as hard as I could, which was funny because I don't normally want to squeeze cute things. She was an adorable baby, to be fair.

@ShatabdaRoy115 Год назад

is she now still?

@oliviadavis3638 Год назад

@@ShatabdaRoy115 She's older now but just as gorgeous 😊

@ShatabdaRoy115 Год назад

@@oliviadavis3638 does she thinks the same way about you?

@ShatabdaRoy115 Год назад

@@oliviadavis3638 well appearntly from her prespective you were always kinda there big grown from the start.

@oliviadavis3638 Год назад

@@ShatabdaRoy115 lol hopefully

@ApLzTheArtist Год назад

“It’s so fluffy, I’m gonna die!” Great choice 😂

@danamaderas3382 2 месяца назад

“Look at that fluffy unicorn! 🦄”

@happytriplee2831 Год назад

Dude. The animation is cute overload. I nearly bit my phone in half. I love it!

@Blue_Pumpkin Год назад

😂

@ziphy_6471 Год назад

the animations are cute at all.

@skylinefx049 Год назад

@Mariana D'Amelio Oksana Kurmaz is the animator, you can find the link in the description

@sortakalpuyu Год назад

@@skylinefx049 thank you for helping people willingly

@Ladie_Vee Год назад

Lol my fave was the finger double clicking on the cute animal vids

@l.n.3372 Год назад

For whatever reason, I find baby animals cuter than human babies. Puppies, kittens, etc. But not just mammals either; baby birds and reptiles are cute too.

@Silvervine_Stick Год назад

Are you sure baby pigeons are cute?

@fenrirgg Год назад

Most human babies are only cute to their relatives. I find most human babies not related to me as horrible and hideous, maybe it is another instinct that prevent us from stealing another people's babies? Or am I the only one that think this??

@ES11777 Год назад

@@Silvervine_Stick Yes

@idakristinedemesa5234 Год назад

Some or many people find animals cuter. It’s just that majority assume that everybody will choose a human baby over a pet.

@nascentoxygenhere Год назад

tastier too

@lesterabastillas9291 Год назад

i dont care if i die of rabies but its my lifes mission to make all dogs and cats know theyre loved, even by a complete stranger

@zerstorer1269 Год назад

What's the point for that?

@HaveRandomQuestions Год назад

are you sure about this? lol. do you know what rabies do to your brain?

@zerstorer1269 Год назад

@@HaveRandomQuestions He said doesn't care in any case haha, so he want to aim at that goal no matter what

@noahtv6683 Год назад

a noble way two die...

@Praestantia Год назад

Ever considered that this stresses out certain dogs and cats?

@M12GProductions Год назад

I've felt cute aggression many a time.

@MatheusOliveira-dk9zq Год назад

I love how the misspelling made this sentence cuter

@Periwinkleaccount Год назад

@@MatheusOliveira-dk9zq i think it’s just unusual but correct grammar.

@Owl90 Год назад

@@MatheusOliveira-dk9zq There is no misspelling there.

@Blue_Pumpkin Год назад

I still gently bite my mom's arms🥰

@Garfield_Minecraft Год назад

I like to bite my dog's ear

@maytatlongpangalan9367 Год назад

There is actually a single term for cute aggression - it's "gigil" in Tagalog (Philippine language)! This is a cute video explaining the science behind it, thank you TED-Ed! 🥰

@diceisalive Год назад

i was checking if someone else pointed this out! haha it’s so useful i’m glad it’s in our language

@maytatlongpangalan9367 Год назад

@@diceisalive yes!! definitely a term i wish non-filipinos would remember hahaha

@wos_liwet Год назад

Other languages have words for it too? :000 in Indonesian and Malay we call cute agression _gemas_ or _gemes_

@maytatlongpangalan9367 Год назад

@@wos_liwet that's so interesting!! is the "g" hard like "game" or soft like "gel"? gigil is said with both hard g's! :')

@thecorlorlesspig1993 Год назад

Omg Filipino:0

@aidenx5 Год назад

My sister came up with a theory that cute aggression evolved out of the need to protect cute things (our babies) from situational predators.

@rainyday9002 Год назад

i like that theory! :)

@sushantmanandhar1387 Год назад

Hypothesis* she came up with a hypothesis

@hughcaldwell1034 Год назад

@@sushantmanandhar1387 The term "theory" is perfectly acceptable in this non-scientific context. Just as it's perfectly acceptable to refer to a collection of people as a group rather than a set, even though the latter would be more appropriate to a mathematician.

@Owl90 Год назад

Honestly, I don't think that's too far off the mark. As valid a theory as any I have ever heard about this topic.

@arisoda Год назад

Isn't that literally what they said in the video...?

@brett4264 Год назад

You love the cute thing so much, you want to merge with it. Squeezing feels like it makes merging possible,

@gypsylee333 Год назад

I think you got the nail on the head, both eating and squishing have the same property of merging together.

@Apersonl0l Год назад

*consume them as to extract and absorb their cuteness*

@Blue_Pumpkin Год назад

@@Apersonl0l 🤣

@Owl90 Год назад

Exactly this!

@Summer-oz6mg Год назад

yes this is what I feel when I tightly hi or squeeze a cute animal or baby I just want to merge with it and keep it deep in my soul I know that's weird but yeah it is what it is

@Pibola64 Год назад

2:10 Has anyone ever made a dystopian-esque fiction, where instead of grey and drab surroundings that are synonymous with oppression, the world was full of cuteness and colourful things as a means of controlling the people? Considering how just in the previous scene it was explained how cute things make us prefer those things or actions, I can see some writing potential in the concept.

@FireCrauter Год назад

underrated comment

@NoNameAtAll2 Год назад

people usually say Brave New World is such opposite of 1984

@osheridan Год назад

I mean I hear about horror via sensory overload, but that sounds really interesting!

@mistyminnie5922 Год назад

japan?

@Owl90 Год назад

That's just gatcha games.

@goldfish2730 Год назад

I remember seeing a litter of kittens and they handed me one to hold. If you know anything about barely able to walk kittens they are TINY. It was this ball of warmth and fuzz in my hands, and all of a sudden i could feel its heartbeat on my palm. Its tiny lil baby kitty heart pounding away in my hands. "if i squish this kitten too hard it would literally die" i got too scared of the intrusive thought and handed the kitten back to the friends who'd owned them. Cute aggression is almost more overwhelming than the cuteness itself

@deontaeavila3514 Год назад

Why crush it when you can eat it?

@dangerouscolors Год назад

fun fact: we have a word for cute aggression in tagalog. its called "gigil"! i believe it was even added to the oxford english dictionary as a loanword at some point

@Pfyzer Год назад

In indonesian, we call it. Gemes

@JoannBasilio Год назад

yes!! I just commented this too haha

@retnoartanti1976 Год назад

ITS SO CUTE I AM GONNA DIE!!!!!

@ainkmazlin Год назад

it's "geram" in malaysian:D

@kikithepupper6774 Год назад

this video definitely made me feel gigil

@chill6455 Год назад

I thought that cute aggression was also rooted in the feeling that you reallllllly don't want any harm coming to whatever thing is cute. So then your body enters an irrational mindset where you rather not see any harm come to it so much to the point that YOU'd rather be the one that does it and is in control.

@Psychol-Snooper Год назад

O.o

@Blue_Pumpkin Год назад

Wow! That kind of makes sense actually. Because I'll know that I won't harm that cute thing no matter what.

@choycejoyce4699 Год назад

I always thought it was my lizard brain telling me to put the babies in my mouth, like a mama crocodile. I have a hard time associating my cute aggression with protectiveness in my mind, but I guess putting babies in my mouth is a protective act.

@Thebreakdownshow1 Год назад

Well this video on science of cuteness is cute. It’s funny how half of us just want to squeeze the kitten.

@Msing8 Год назад

In Indonesian, we have this word 'gemas' which describes this mushy feelings when you see something so cute, mostly you want to squeeze or pinch it 🥰

@JiannaSandoval Год назад

My grandma always said that if babies weren't so darn cute, there'd be no humans from the chaos they bring.

@enadegheeghaghe6369 Год назад

I have two kids and I agree completely.

@sandiproy....4304 Год назад

Explained cutely 😘

@ShatabdaRoy115 Год назад

sigma detected.

@sandiproy....4304 Год назад

@@ShatabdaRoy115 😂 thanks

@ShatabdaRoy115 Год назад

@@sandiproy....4304 I am also Shatabda Roy. Roy detected Opinion Accepted.

@cedricquilal-lan1616 Год назад

@@ShatabdaRoy115 hoi,why are you here?

@ShatabdaRoy115 Год назад

@@cedricquilal-lan1616 I've been watching ted ed for 3 years now. watched every episode.

@gypsylee333 Год назад

Omg I loved this video! I definitely have always had that where I am like "it's so cute I want to crush it or just eat it," even though I'm vegetarian lol.

@mickey5779 Год назад

It's called a love bite lol 💖

@briicksyy Год назад

As a vegetarian with the cutest dog on earth, I agree. Everytime I see her I just wanna *ARGHRRGEHNOMNOMNOM*

@LaMerleNoir216 10 месяцев назад

The whole thing about people using recycling bins more if they have something cute on them immediately made me realize that’s why Japan is perceived as being so nice and such a great place to live. Everything there is cute basically

@_sleigh3832 10 месяцев назад

Same thoughts! The world needs more cuteness in it then

@looppp 2 месяца назад

Instantly thought of this too

@priscillajimenez27 Год назад

2:00 explains why Japan has cuteness everywhere

@karlberon5433 Год назад

In the Philippines the desire to cuddle or hug tightly something or someone you find cute or attracted to is called "Gigil". If your grandma pinch your cheek gently while making happy face that's "Gigil"

@humanaku9135 Год назад

4:16 was kinda sad!

@boobyqueen Год назад

0:10 it’s so cute,,,,,, I’m moved to tears by this wondrous creature

@alm5992 Год назад

I find almost every animal cute, regardless of age. Animal videos give me cuteness overload

@daniellem.gibson4658 Год назад

I have literally felt like something was so cute I couldn’t handle it lol! I love that quote at the beginning “it’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!” 😂😂

@anadd6195 11 месяцев назад

People may even cry from cuteness and that's so cute too

@mikehoffler4097 Год назад

All I can think about is the old cartoons, " I will pet, and love him, and squeeze him, and hug him." "I used to have a little friend, but I squeezed him too hard." In their simplified fashion, the cartoons of my youth explained this scientific concept to me.

@jemmerllast8492 Год назад

"and call him George!"

@vecarter569 Год назад

@@marianafrusciante It was Elmyra on Tiny Toons. There are videos on RU-vid of her times having cuteness aggression. ❤

@jackojb1 Год назад

Many of us may have learned to associate squeezing with cuteness when we interacted with stuffed animals as little kids.

@Owl90 Год назад

I think you're inverting the order of things here.

@RonLarhz Год назад

I think it made sense. The sense of security, hugging n squeezing your plush...

@QuirkyGirlCorner Год назад

As a person with ADHD, I can verify that the emotional overload with super cute things is REAL!

@A_kid_forever Год назад

I have adhd too! And I also can confirm

@dunzek943 4 месяца назад

I don't like how I'm in this picture considering that I love cute things and I also have ADHD 😂 (I take meds almost everyday)

@Cheshire_Cat_ Год назад

I have fallen prey to this many a time. In fact, I have gently bitten my cat's heads several times. They don't exactly like it, but I do it anyway because they are little squishes and I love them.

@iamatrashcan1695 Год назад

I love this narrator , such a great voice, so calming and relaxing

@blkgryphon Год назад

We comfort infants by holding them and hugging them. We also get a release of "feel good" hormones when we hug or are hugged. Thus, I believe these things are where the innate desire many people feel to squeeze (hug) cute things comes from.

@philosophyman Год назад

Tbh i always thought the urge to squeeze was natures way of motivating us to make sure we pick babies up and hold them vs letting them lie on the ground to get eaten (nurture hypothesis)

@rayafoxr3 Год назад

Omg that might actually be why, I’ve never heard that before

@philosophyman Год назад

@@rayafoxr3 Thanks I made it up I think

@SouravTechLabs Год назад

I also burst into laughter after seeing cute things along with the desire to bite them, annoy them, and squish them!

@ydid687 Год назад

yes finally ted-ed is asking the big questions more important than dark matter, the origin and meaning of life, teleportation and time travel why so damn fluffy

@MrGamerCaptain Год назад

I think it helps to remember that emotions are mostly very connected instead of being a see-saw. hyper emotions/physical responses lead to other hyper emotions/physical responses.

@tunsgene Год назад

True, I was also thinking that the cute agression gets some unneeded magnitude because it falls into an ironic process pattern (aka the more you try to get rid of this urge, the more important it becomes)

@soltersortna Год назад

Harmful thoughts do not always lead to harmful actions. That is a very uninformed way to look at a very traumatic mental state people can have, like post partum depression. Please consider your words carefully next time!

@zhankazest Год назад

@@soltersortna i dont even really understand how they said that

@dekumdoriya Год назад

Very true!

@ForAnAngel Год назад

In Japan their obsession with cute things is even more extreme. Kawaii is a way of life over there.

@kouchan1233 10 месяцев назад

Yes, they even have the public transport vehicles decorated with Doraemon and other cute things.

@rachelcookie321 10 месяцев назад

@@kouchan1233 when I was in Japan I went on a hello kitty themed bullet train. Everything in the train was hello kitty

@charjohn2468 10 месяцев назад

@@rachelcookie321did it smell like those hello kitty stickers?

@rachelcookie321 10 месяцев назад

@@charjohn2468 hello kitty stickers? I don’t know what you are talking about but it just smelt like a regular train. I didn’t notice any scent.

@charjohn2468 10 месяцев назад

@@rachelcookie321 oh I was talking about how hello kitty stickers that o got from Macdonalds smelted like strawberries.

@plat6164 Год назад

Okay, but can we talk about that soundtrack??? The shift at 5:10 made my eyes tear for some reason

@Lylaris_or_Garuk Год назад

I just have to OVERWHELMING desire to protect, to keep safe. My mind instantly goes: “now this is something, I can’t let ANYTHING harm it, never” So that’s why I want to hold and squish honestly, just to keep said cute thing safe

@minamina6112 Год назад

4:56 Wtf is this attack on titan animation 💀💀💀

@dikshawpuzzle Год назад

Absolutely loved the use of Agnes' iconic line in the intro😁🥰

@rosettesionne9139 Год назад

This is a thing I noticed. I saw parents physically and emotionally harming their kids but they always said that they do it out of love so that they will teach their baby how dangerous the world is. My theory was that parents who harmed their kids that way wanted to protect them so hard that it created a contrast in their brain in a way they actually harmed them. I saw a case in crime investigation a mother trapped her child in the basement because she was afraid her child would be kidnaped or harmed by strangers so as an ultimate desire to protect her, she trapped her in the basement like that no body will harm her child (The mother was eventually arrested in the end)

@NoSuffix Год назад

I can attest to that theory. Among our children, the chubbiest baby got the most kisses & squeezes on her cheek. I just couldn't help myself somehow. Now I know why. I was simply overloaded with her cute chubby face.

@tarakicordillera4120 Год назад

Gigil- a filipino word for an intense urge to squeeze, pinch or hold cute or adorable things Kawaii-a japanese word for cute

@MariamArt_ Год назад

nicely done with y’all Filipinos adding your word to the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Dictionary for English lmaoooo 🎁🧸🌸

@archenhailor Год назад

@@MariamArt_ is this an "i'm sorry for being filipino, it's not my fault" reference?

@Owl90 Год назад

Cute - an english word for something that's cute.

@tarakicordillera4120 Год назад

@@MariamArt_ because there is no word for gigil in English

@yanasur9257 Год назад

In Indonesian we call it "Gemas" or "Gemes"

@Domihork Год назад

Yeah, it's definitely not lost on Disney with their Baby Yoda, Baby Groot, the Fire Lizard from Frozen II, Sox from Lightyear... The list goes on. There's almost always an absurdly cute character in everything they make.

@ahmadnawaz6612 Год назад

WOW! That was cute! (Bites the phone)

@danamaderas3382 2 месяца назад

The  Store employees: 😳

@CarlosAM1 Год назад

half of all adults was way more than I expected

@EmmaAppleBerry Год назад

I thought everyone did so im genuinely shocked and vaguely horrified like who are these monsters.

@CarlosAM1 Год назад

@@EmmaAppleBerry idk, like the squeeze part I can understand to some level but biting?

@dangerfly Год назад

@@CarlosAM1 Is it really shocking that animals pin down (squeeze) and bite their prey? Predatory animals instinctually prioritize young prey for obvious reasons. Aren't humans subjected to the same rules of biology as any other animal?

@thatguy5233 Год назад

@@CarlosAM1 i don't think it is meant to be understandable. it's just an instinct that you have to fight with (at least for me).

@jmrabinez9254 Год назад

0:02 Since when the f%$k do they get quotes from animated movies? You guys have really surprised me.

@peperika7845 Год назад

This is one of the funniest TedEd videos I've seen, the way it was animated is so hilarious to me. And truly good to know that our minds can control and regulate the impulse to aggressively squeeze something cute

@Axolotlcat200 10 месяцев назад

A kitten: hi:) Me: I kill cat >:) Kitten:Aaaaaaaa!!!!!! it’s a joke😊

@starcrystal5551 Год назад

I learned in college that cute features were evolved as a way for aminals (humans & others alike) to sort of endear themselves within & across species. True cuteness apparently don't ward off predators looking for a meal however ; I then became convinced that aminals cuteness became a way for it to market its edibleness. Like; 'don't eat it unless it's cute' type of policy

@LunarShadowAlt Год назад

i wonder, can this conclusion be applicable for human to human emotions?. like couples biting each other's arm randomly

@enadegheeghaghe6369 Год назад

Errr if you are talking about adults who are couples then that might be a different topic entirely. LOL

@DylanL814 Год назад

Yeah like when people shoot at defenseless crowds

@ThePolchRhythm Год назад

Yes

@PeterClotworthy Год назад

You might be dating a vampire

@LunarShadowAlt Год назад

@@PeterClotworthy when i date

@ohdamnman Год назад

And this is why I do not feel strange when I say I don't trust anything that is too cute

@Futurebound_jpg Год назад

Sometimes i look at my cat and I literally HAVE TO yell “WHY ARE YOU SO CUTE” and grab and smooch her little fluffy face. Im so grateful she tolerates me 😂

@TheCinnamondemon Год назад

i dont want to crush or eat cute things, but i do find myself getting angry/frustrated with the cuteness. its definitely emotional overload for me, it's too much lol

@iron_blood7 Год назад

Now I realise how Pokemon became the most profitable entertainment franchise!

@ElvenIvy07 Год назад

Maybe it comes from feeling that you've lost all control because the thing is so cute it has power over you. Maybe it's some kind of self-defense that helps to make you feel in control again. I've never felt any violent or aggressive thoughts when exposed to extreme cuteness but I've definitely felt a sense of weakness or as if I've been completely taken control of which almost makes me feel a kind of suffering or pain. Surely that aggression some people feel is tied to that suffering. It's not just any overwhelm it's like you're in a grip because that cute thing makes you feel like you'd give up anything and everything to protect it. Basically the main reason this emoji exists! 😩

@sacrom5398 Год назад

4:04 ah yes, the phemboy phenomenon

@catherine_404 Год назад

Yeah, I want to hug cats more than it's proper, they are so precious. They are so trusting, especially one of my younger cats, she just relaxes in my hands like a soft silk scarf (and tries to slide away, leak out of my hand cradle as if she was a slime). It's like wanting to hug, but to hug even MORE, which would hurt, so I stop. It's like my brain says, whoa, stop, there is a limit to the strength of the hug, overdoing would make it not a hug. Kiss, not bite.

@thomascapelotar8235 Год назад

I would love to see a Cugle search engine soon !!! This is so cute 🥰 haaaa I wanna cry

@rhondahuggins9542 Год назад

My Mother always said, "Babies are so cute and helpless that you can't resist taking them home!"

@NoOne-tg9tk Год назад

And FBI is looking for her maybe

@kyoskii3767 Год назад

see Ted Ed use a quote from despicable me is maddening

@izabelreis5274 Год назад

Er... In a good way, I guess?

@h7opolo Год назад

4:43 accurate depiction lol

@GLmig Год назад

When I pet and grab my cats I start grinding my teeth as to "dissipate" the extra strength that I would like to apply but can't or I would hurt them. Always found that odd, but hey I really want to squease them, they are so cute 🥰

@monorayjak4377 Год назад

I always heard that the response was from the overload. Our brains freak out, hence the overload, and then go into panic mode to try and find ways to stop the thing being cute and therefore stop the overload.

@wilburn5881 Год назад

Oh my god I have felt that so many times, it's like my brain is trying to get me to destroy the cute thing so it won't be so overwhelmed anymore

@hooks3063 Год назад

I loved this animation style! Whoever’s idea this was need a raise

@DegreesOfThree Год назад

Baby Schema would make a good rap name.

@thatameenguy847 Год назад

*a cute kitten* Literally everyone in their heads: _What would happen if I squish it aggressively_

@sophial.6633 Год назад

2:24 this is true. Cuteness is like a defense mechanism.

@shanianottwain6917 Год назад

I always explained it as wanting to "hug my babies so tightly that our souls touch". Lol

@yarr0 Год назад

My parents think it's so weird I always tell my dog "YOU ARE SO CUTE I JUST WANNA SMASH YOU" I am glad to know I am not alone. I would never ever smash him. He is precious. I pat him gently on the head and give him treats.

@mdust8409 Год назад

fr, I always tell my dog "AHHHHHH, you're so cute you make me ANGRYY" and my mom finds it funny and weird. It's just that the cuteness of my dog makes me feel aggresive in the way of wanting to hug her as hard as I could but I would never do that. She is so precious to me

@gatitosdefresa Год назад

Thanks for explaining this! One of my cats is so tiny and dainty but her eyes are so sparkly and big, her cheeeks are chubby and her nose is small and pink. Whenever im close to her i feel the urge to crush her with my hands or 5:50 squish her very hard and recently i heard about the cute aggression but I didn’t know the reason why it happens ❤

@davethebrave. Год назад

i always thought prank's "pueze" came through and i laughed

@seohyeonchoi2150 Год назад

In South Korea, people sometimes say, "I want to bite you/it," to say someone (usually a child) or animal is super cute... now I know why!

@aarushiyadav7101 Год назад

4:58 Haha just the face and the sound makes it so funny

@user-uu5wj9nx3h Год назад

가축화현상 정말 흥미롭네요. 가축화될수록 귀여운 외모로 바뀐다니 놀랍습니다.

@theRealXtroz Год назад

0:15 top 5 funny cat numero on big cat

@cliniclown8786 Год назад

When I look at my floppy Labrador dog It hurts sometimes how cute that being is

@DemonetisedZone Год назад

Half of all adults yet i have never heard of this, how is not not more talked about?

@jujutaylor2186 Год назад

I work at an animal shelter so I'm surrounded by cuteness daily

@yahiadughmi6596 Год назад

Awww 🥰 huge amount of cuteness in this video ❤

@bababobo281 Год назад

this animation is the best ted ed video ive ever seen

@UzairJSherwani Год назад

That's crazy! The question I've been wondering for half of my life answered in this video!

@_ata_3 Год назад

Since childhood i remember feeling this and i knew it wasn't just a quirk of mine. BTW the drawings are awesome and funny!

@jarthur5094 Год назад

Omg i expérience this feeling every day with my kitties. They are scrumptiously adorable and squishable

@EmmaMartin_ Год назад

That “It’s so fluffy, I’m gonna die!” Thing is so relatable.

@mhwtf5965 Год назад

whoever animated this is genius

@KarlVillanueva Год назад

TED just explaining the Filipino word gigil = cuteness overload

@RosheenQuynh Год назад

I squeeze my cat's face, gently shake him by the shoulders, give him a gentle squeeze when I hug him, and sometimes put my lips on the tip of his ears. But that's all I do.