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A Bean's Thoughts on "Cute is in the Eye of the Beholder"
"Why have you been writing in your journal so much lately?"
Because I have no life. And when I have no life thoughts pop into my head. Giving beans time to think is dangerous. Don't try it at home.
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Ideas of what's cute and what isn't vary radically from person to person. I guess it's part of what makes us individuals.

Babies, for example. A lot of people I know think they're the cutest things ever.... I, on the other hand, have seen maybe 5 babies in my lifetime that I would even remotely consider cute. Generally, when I look at a baby, I see a red faced, pudgy, screaming, shitting ball of money guzzling genetics. This does not bode well for my bloodline, but someday the hormones will kick in and I'll look at babies and say "I want one". Not today, though.

I have slightly twisted standards when it comes to "cute" at times (probably). For example, in one of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga extras, there's a picture of Alphonse as a baby suit of armor in a diaper. I just thought that was the cutest thing in the world. When I showed the picture to my mom she laughed and gave me a look that said "you crazy". I would totally get pregnant if babies looked like that. (okay, probably not)

Anyways, the point is that one person's cute is another person's ugly. And that's the way it should be. If everyone agreed on the same things being cute and the same things being so-not-cute, then there would be a whole load of rejected animals/plants/things/people and a monopoly on the stuff that was regarded as "cute".

Take people for example. Even within my group of friends we have disagreements about whether someone is cute or not. It's kind of amazing. And with people in general ~ a guy could be dating a girl and he thinks she's the most beautiful girl on the face of the planet, but everyone else thinks she looks like an ugly whore. You might think your sibling has the face of a pug, but everyone else thinks they're friggin adorable. You might look in the mirror and see something hideous, but everyone you ask says you're hot. And the reverse ~ you might think you're hot, but, in reality, you look like a rabbit on meth. Beauty (and cute) is in the eye of the beholder. And that's a good thing.





 
 
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