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You're right. But neither is the GP's comment. He's using it to show that perhaps cuteness is not an attempt to treat us like kids.
by swsieber 10y ago
You're right. But neither is the GP's comment. He's using it to show that perhaps cuteness is not an attempt to treat us like kids.
- throwanem 10y agoYeah, but that's my point. If we lived in a culture where cuteness carried the same valence as it does in Japan, or if we were talking about apps developed in Japan, by people immersed in Japanese culture, which just happened to make their way to the US - that'd be one thing. But we're not.
- pjlegato 10y agoWell, it is an attempt to treat us like kids; the comment is more about how that can be a useful social function or at least an effective marketing message.