butiez@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoLove is restraintsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1288arrow-down124
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minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down2·edit-28 days agoI once read that the parts of the brain responsible for regulating “aww” and “aggression” are connected and may misfire when feelings are strong. So if you find something or someone incredibly cute or adorable, you may be consciously or subconsciously resisting the urge to destroy it/them.
minus-squareflicker@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·8 days agoMy cat has these wires crossed 100%.
minus-squareklemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·8 days agoYeah that’s called cute aggression.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoI have a friend who used to… Might still playfully/crazily nibble on his kids. It doesn’t hurt them, but he seems to have this going on in his head.
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoIt’s why some people have the urge to hug a kitten to death.
I once read that the parts of the brain responsible for regulating “aww” and “aggression” are connected and may misfire when feelings are strong.
So if you find something or someone incredibly cute or adorable, you may be consciously or subconsciously resisting the urge to destroy it/them.
My cat has these wires crossed 100%.
Yeah that’s called cute aggression.
I have a friend who used to… Might still playfully/crazily nibble on his kids.
It doesn’t hurt them, but he seems to have this going on in his head.
It’s why some people have the urge to hug a kitten to death.
Louise Belcher and Boo Boo.