Pa-sickie
Pa-sickie!
Pa-sickie!
Sender-Inner Jack G. says his girlfriend can't help but roll into a ball when she watches this video. I AM IN THE FORM OF A BALL RIGHT NOW OMG
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Please tell me that CO is not going to start featuring humans on a regular basis. I'd be crushed.
Ick! Ugly human babies, bring on the animals!
aw c'mon. I mean I agree I'd rather not have humans on a regular basis, but the kid is cute.
Wait-- I get it-- there's a tiny kitten under the high chair, right?
Ok, I'll admit, that kid's cute. By human standards.
Please don't confuse human babies with cuteness. We are NOT amused.
Animals rule, always.
Ok, as a person who generally doesn't like children, that is cute.
This is adorable. I am going to go eat a popsicle now!
You guys are being facetious, right? As a newcomer to CO comments, I'm having trouble figuring out if any of this human-hatred is real.
Awwwwww! All babies are precious human and animal. I want a popsicle too!
This is awesome! Pa-sickie!
JUST GIVE HIM THE PASICKIE!
aw.
A human child? BORING!
i called them pop-kos as a child. this kid's too cute! now back to your regularly scheduled bebeh animals....
That sound you heard? It's my ovaries exploding. That is the sweetest voice I've ever heard.
Good Gods I was about to send a link to cuteoverload to someone, thank goodness I checked in first. BABIES NEED NOT APPLY.
Ditto on gravyboat's comment.
Please... no human babies.
Misanthrope Overload.
Sheesh.
holly & h.w. i raise a cup of tea and a toast point to both of you :: guffaw ::
Ugh. I can see human babies lots of places - I come here for the animals!
NO nOOOOOO Noooo!!!! No bebbeh humans! The net is already bursting at the seams with this crapola! NONONONONO!
What's up with the human baby hate?
I like cute babies. Hooray! No hatin', just celebratin'!
I personally would have translated it "P-s-k."
I love this site for the baby animals, but anyone who has been around a human child this age knows they are just as entertaining. I WANT MY PA-SICKIE NOW !!!!! Ok, now more naimal babies PLEASE
this is definitely not cool. yes yes, this is meg's blog and can do what she wants, but human babies are not what cute overload is about!
It is very sweet, even though there are no animals involved...
::eats more popcorn::
The peanut gallery is sometimes more entertaining than the post........
And yet: PA-SICKIES rule!
Well for gosh darn sakes!! Quit complaining! Cute is cute Human,Amphibian, Canine,Feline,or Marsupial!Babies of all species acting adorable will make me puke rainbows and thank the nice people at C.O.for posting it. *SHEESH!*
Now I want a pa-sickie for some odd reason. I have no pa-sickies in the freezer, however. Guess I'll have to settle for an icecream sandwich until I get to the store and get me some pa-sickies. :-(
Meg, are you test marketing human babies to the CO community? Very sneaky. I vote no.
I recall that some people commented that the "Bread Shoes" video, though cute, had way too much person and not enough puppy. Was that "human hate"? "Blonde singer hate"? Of course not--because that makes no sense.
Nobody "hates" babies, and it's very un-CO to suggest that to be the case.
This is a very cute vid. But I come here for furry babies, not people babies. (Herewith my vote for keeping CO people-baby free!)
Yes: We love Meg; we love CO; we would prefer no human babies.
Not to be an awful person but, I see babies all the time. I go outside my house and see babies. I log on here to see a rat sitting on a kitty sitting on a puppy. ix-nay on the aby-bay.
I support the personbaby-free movement.
Wow, I never thought I would nuff! But then again, it IS Meg's blog and she isn't paid to please me or anything. That said, yeah....babeh's are gross.
Paaaaaa-Siiiiiickie!!!!
cute or sad?
*commence commentroversy"
this is meg's blog and can do what she wants, but human babies are not what cute overload is about!
My irony meter just blew a fuse.
I can bookend this one with the 'bling blong' laughing baby. Cute.
not cute. if I want to see (or - heaven help - hear) human babies I just need to go outside
No italics tags on CO? Huh.
[Actually that's TypePad's deal, not ours, but you're right... - Ed.]
I can't stand kids, but I'm rolling right now - and craving a pa-sickie.
You know, the name of this site is Cute Overload-NOT Cute ANIMAL Overload!! I think the baby is adorable. Thank you Meg.
Toddlers Rule!
I thought this was CUTE as H-E-double-hockey-sticks. What is NOT cute are the nuffinghams who feel obligated to vent their spleen about a baby post.
I wonder how many of the nuffsters realize that they are SPOILING IT FOR THE REST OF US who come here for Teh Cute--not cute animals exclusively, which is neither implied nor expressed as a term of Teh Cute--and get bludgeoned over the head with "Ewww, babies: Gross! Ugly! Not amused! Boring!"
It's CUTEOverload. Not ANIMALBABYOverload.
is that you meg? with your little one?
if it is, YAYYYYYY!
[No no, heh... - Ed.]
please no more babies
i don't hate them, i'm just pa-sickie of seeing people, i see them all day... can't get enough of cute animals however
Speaking as a former webmaster , I just LOVE it when people hide behind the internet and try to tell the webmasters what the h@ll to do with their website! Nothing warms my heart more.
Now..OMG! I'm also in a ball rolling around in the floor! Way too cute!
I kept expecting nonCuteBaby to go "precioussss"
Yuck.
LOL at the haters. :-D This was sooo cute. I watched it, like, three times!
thanks Meg!
XD
cute is cute..whether it be animal,veggie or rock
show us more cute rocks
lmao
the way people get their panties in a knot over a website...unbelievable
everyone who whines about it not being an animal needs to seriously look at how idiotic they are coming across.
It's CUTE overload, people, not CUTE ANIMAL overload! Some of us think human babies are adorable, too!
In any case, it's what MEG thinks is adorable that gets posted, which is as it should be, since it's her blog.
If you want to see only Cute Baby Animals then don't be lazy, (you used up energy to type out how NOT CUTE this adorable babe was after all), so go Google or something.
There are other blogs than this.
GAH I should stop reading this crap.
I really should. I get all wound up over peeps being negative and here I am responding to it. Again. Sigh.
Off to play that adorable vid AGAIN!!!
Human babies are adorable. I don't get enough of them now that my nephews and niece are grown. Human babies are also animals. Baby animals are cute. Therefore human babies are cute. I like babies of every kind, so thanks, Meg.
Cute! I just got butterflies in my stomach - or was that my uterus?
"we would prefer no human babies."
Is that the royal "we"?
This bebbeh is teh kewt!
I can't stand little yappy dogs or Scottish fold cats (go on, hit me :P), but do I complain when they get posted? Nope.
There are lots of sites dedicated to all the cute lil' human babies, but I count on things like the sudden viewing of hamsters wearing wedges, attitudinal puppies, piano-playing cats, et al to give me just the right animal cuteoverload fix I crave.
Scuse pliss. But,did anyone else look at the post before this one.I don't think anyone has to worry that Meg or Theo will suddenly go human format.Now let's all calm down 'cause I here the Ice-Cream Truck .PA-SICKIE!
I thought for sure the commentroversy would be about the cat and racks!! Boy was I wrong!
Eww. Babies are gross.
I haven't been able to look at any of today's posts because videos are blocked here at work.
But I'm disgusted at all the baby hate. And pa-sickie of the whinging. I wouldn't be at all suprised if Meg posted eight babies in a row now, just to see how many more nuffs she can get to crawl out from under their rocks.
(What the heck is a pa-sickie, anyway?)
HAHAHA... Now we need a half time to pick up all the body parts and get them back to the appropriate owner(s).
Cute is cute... Controversy is even cuter :)
You guys every heard of scrolling down? Or, heaven forbid, just NOT clicking on the little 'Play' sign? CO has a baby featured once every....oh...6, 7 months? How about sucking it up for once?
Oh yeah I forgot, you just ENJOY complaining and ruining the fun.
Such maturity here.
It's all cute to me! Thanks Meg! Sorry about the baby haters.
I suppose the baby haters were born in their forties, with pipes and slippers already on.
If I wanted to see "cute" pictures/videos of bayyyybieeeez, I'd ask one of the people who are constantly trying to shove them at me.
I hope that you won't become one of them. Please.
It kind of bothers me that people are getting all upset and insulting over people who don't think this belongs. I mean, yeah, it's cute, and it's Meg's blog to do what she wants with, but it tends to focus on animal cuteness and obviously a lot of people would prefer that it stay that way. It's not that big a deal, but there's no reason people shouldn't be able to post their opinion without being called "baby haters".
I bet if that kid doesn't get his (her?) pa-sickie, then in about 40 years time he (she?) will be looking for the fava beans and a nice Chianti when a census taker rings the doorbell.
Ugh. Is the little grub sitting on a kitten or something?
Allie, I suppose "crapola" and "ew, babies are gross" are just different ways to express affection, then, huh?
I don't hate kids, but they mostly look alike to me at that age.
I'd just rather see furry cute things. =^.^=
HEY! Marsheeeee has got a point. Human babies are animals.Walks on all fours,Oversized eyes to face ratio,Dribbles food over their plate,And makes cute almost human noises for treats.Now will you snobby human exclusionists get over yourselves?
Um, sure, we can see babies in the outside world. But we can also see puppies and kittens. So that's a lame argument.
The theme here, as I understand from having viewed the site since its inception, is exceptionally cute things of any variety, whether living creature or animation or inanimate object.
This is, to anyone who doesn't have an automatic hateon for babies, an exceptionally cute baby. The puppies and kittens here are exceptionally cute ones, too, rather than the peeing, yowling, scratching and chewing garden variety.
I don't thing Meg is going to suddenly turn this place into "[um, way too crude] Overload." So quit freaking out and scroll on by.
[Support is nice, but tone it down, OK? - Ed.]
Wow, i'm seriously shocked at the rudeness... regardless of how many people come here, it's still a personal blog... have some respect!
and...I'm actually really surprised that so many people dislike babies! Isn't that against nature???
If I weren't already more than 75% done with my dissertation, I would change my topic. This would be the title:
"The Born Commentroversy": Human Presence in Animal-centric Digital Media.
Abstract: Cute or sad? Or worthy of boycott and outrage? When animal-oriented websites and weblogs veer into the realm of representing human bodies and behaviors, user comments can sometimes become increasingly hostile. Commenters who typically react with child-like exuberance to images of newly-born rodentia or comically pudgy-faced canines often vociferously protest similar images of human babies. Is this reverse species-ism? Or does it indicate a deeper anxiety about the designation of so-called "human" and "animal" virtual space?
This study will examine the reaction of users to the presence of humans and human-related activity on the website CuteOverload.com. Case studies include: the infamous "people with their puppies" week, wherein over 1000 comments were posted in regards to photos of young, caucasian females with their pets; the ongoing debate about a posting category known as "cats 'n' racks," wherein feline pets (and other small creatures) are placed in proximity to a (clothed) female torso; negative reaction to postings of "cute" shopping items like shoes or handbags crafted to look like animals or Japanese anime; and, finally, the April, 2008 posting of a baby demanding a popsicle that contained no reference to or representation of non-human activity.
Borrowing from the work of Clifford Geertz ("Notes from a Balinese Cockfight"), Judith Butler, and Michel Foucault, this study will also deconstruct the use of written language as practiced by CuteOverload viewers, in an effort to determine whether or not it is any different to represent a baby visually (through a picture or video) or semiotically (through the use of "baby talk" in responses such as "Squeeeee," ""WANT! WANT! WANT!", "cute widdle doggeh," etc.)
Um...didn't this website's creator herself state that baby submissions will not be considered..??
I will see a billion babies making up fake words at work tomorrow anyways
...However where else will I get to see baby goats curling up with kittens in a cart being pulled by a fluffy dog with a ferret on its back!?
Awww, COME ON! I really hope that CuteOverload isn't going start featuring human babies! There are enough sites for that, and CuteOverload is one of the few sites I've been able to rely on for non-human baby cuteness. Don't change the formula, CuteOverload works the way it was! I think people should be able to voice their opinions about that without all the knee-jerk, "OMG babyhater u wer a BB once so GTFO" comments.
It doesn't matter if the baby is cute or not, there are plenty of cute humans out there but CO has built up a following of people here who want non-human cuteness, and it would be very wrong to take that away.
And besides, what change does a cute-ugly baby possum or teeny-tiny snail have if you have the option of posting cute human babies instead?
P.S. Babies aren't that interesting to me. But it's ONE POSTING, people, and a reasonably adorable one at that. I don't think it's the worst part of my day that I chose to watch a baby be cute for about 30 seconds.
If there are nineteen more babies posted in the next few days, I might find myself checking CO a little less than usual, but let's give Meg a little leeway here on the definition of the term "Cute," okay? I'm not crazy about the hamster-pants logo and color scheme of the sight (awfully girly for a manbearpig like myself), but I don't start a Marching and Chowder Society to have things changed.
[Guess what we *almost* did for April Fool's Day... - Ed.]
>>>this study will also deconstruct the use of written language as practiced by CuteOverload viewers, in an effort to determine whether or not it is any different to represent a baby visually (through a picture or video) or semiotically (through the use of "baby talk" <<<<<
That is the most hilarious thing I've read today!
P.P.S. (Sorry) Best part: it is categorized under "I shall leeck you"! THAT'S the Meg I know and love!
Hahahahah pa-sickie...that's pretty funny. Re: human babies...I'm not feeling particularly maternal, so I'm more or less neutral on the subject of featuring human babies on CO, but I have never minded them, or the people featured on this site with animals. After all, humans are part of the lives of animals, and vice versa. These animals don't just photograph themselves, you know...well, some might.
I don't get the rudeness though...it's Meg's blog, seriously. Not "this is Meg's blog, but this isn't what it's supposed to be.." it's her blog or it's not, and since it is, what she puts on here stays. I'm not understanding why the rudeness over that - you don't like it, move on. Another post will pop up tomorrow. I don't like lizards and snakes and ferrets and bugs, but I can ignore them if they come up, why can't some of you do the same with the humans?
And really, you see people all the time but you don't see animals all the time? Two of the people on my street have dogs, one of which is always out in the mornings to chase my car as much as the fence will allow. There's a rabbit across the street I see when their garage door is open. I hear about animals all the time...just cause I don't see them, doesn't mean I have the hate for non-animals.
absolutely adorabuhls!!!!
I love it!!!
Yeah Babies! Cute! Cute! Cute! And I sure do love a good commentroversy! Who's got the pudding?
Ha ha! I love when Meg messes with you guys.
[whisper]: pah sah ka. [hands clasped]
Um...so you people think a duck-shaped stick of butter is okay, but not a human baby? What about the frying pan that was posted a few days ago? My point? This site has a nice variety of cute!! I personally thought this vid was adorable! The frying pan...meh...not so much. Did I complain? NO! I just waited for the next post! Meg can't please everybody all the time. You don't like the baby vid? Go look at the rat on cat on dog video again. :)
[As I recall, there were folks who totally freaked out about the butter duck too. Hard to believe, I know, but there it was. - Ed.]
Being HCCF myself, you'd think I'd be up here screaming "no babies" too, but this baby is really cute with the whole PA-SICKIE thing...nuff to make my head explode... kudos to Meg for mixing things up with a human baby. As long as I can give back/walk away/close the website window, I'm totally cool with looking at cute human babies every now and again (or whenever Meg feels like posting them here on CUTE overload - this place is hers, and we should all respect that).
I don't hate babies. Not at all. But I don't log on here to see cute human antics. If CO is headed in that direction, someone else will start another CO that features animals.
Sorry, Meg...appreciate your site, but I agree that cute baby photos already clog the Net ... and advertising ... and TV ...
Wow. You guys are freakin' me out. Seriously.
Here's the deal:
Baby vid: meh
Meg: SUPER AWESOME
Result: Meg gets a pass.
Can't see video here at work but the comments *espesche berthaslave's* are priceless.
Ummm,respectfully requesting new cuteness to be posted.'Cause its getting nastier than an Obama/Clinton debate in here.Tank-you.
[Actually the Clinton/Obama posts here, a while back, had WAAAY nicer comments than this one. Overwhelmingly. Go figure. Links below... - Ed.]
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/02/this-just-in-gr.html
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/02/marmelades-for.html
AuntieMame, since you asked and I didn't see anybody else answer, the video is a mom (or other older female -- big sister, maybe, though doubtful) teasing her toddler with a free-zee-ice thing. The female says, "What is this?" and the toddler says, "Pa-sickie!" with a look of pure excitement.
You're really missing out if you can't see it! (And no, that's not sarcasm).
As for the nuffers, the ones who are violently angry really need to get a life. The others? Meh. Like it, don't like it, but really? If you think this ONE post is going to revolutionize the type of posts Meg makes? You really should probably step away from the keyboard as well.
- chick
Love it! Maybe a few more of these... I have nothing against people who do not come here to see babies, but I do dislike 1) People who feel the need to put posts down 2) Telling Meg how to run her site... we need less of these people... I come here to avoid these people not to see them! (Just like some come here not to see people? See how that works!)... So a few more of these (Baby in a costume perhaps?) and we can weed out some more of the nuffs. Yup... all good
Ok...I thought this site was a human/children free zone? I don't find kids cute. More animals please.
hahaha they are so cute at that age!
Iz uglee. We nuh wants it.
;((((((((
Oh lord.
*hides behind Teoh*
I'm an unrepentant, battle-scarred flame warrior and I don't even feel like touching this.
Don't get me wrong; I'm a misanthrope. Babies are still cute. Let's not judge all babies by the ill-behaved, screaming brats who ruin our meals out, movies, and desire to engage in dry run reproduction practice.
The site is called "Cute Overload", not "Baby Animal Overload", so get over yourselves.
Oops, I guess I touched it after all.
[Heh. There there... - Ed.]
Animals. Snorgalling. Paws up. Knobbly knees. Floofy Pantaloons.
NOT HUMAN BABIES.
Personally, if it's going to drive the hateful ageists away, I vote MORE babies! I love babies!
Know what I don't love? (Shock, horror) CATS. So I skip the cat posts. It's actually pretty easy.
You know what...if I wanted to see a baby (and I don't) I'd go to a cute baby website. I want to see the interwebz cutest critters and hence I come here. My cutecenter is highly offended and demands proper compensation.
What's wrong with you baby-haters? HAVE WE ALREADY FORGOTTEN THE MESSAGE OF THE POST RIGHT BEFORE THIS? Getting along isn't just for animulz!
I bet there are sites featuring proud people's videos of their dull offspring. It shouldn't be here.
Suggestion to maintain the peace if you insist on showing humans: mark the post accordingly so people like me don't waste time watching it, waiting for the cat to jump into the picture.
Okay, so I'll freely admit that I don't like babies. I don't want them ever. But this kid is cute. The video deserves to be here.
Also, I now want a pasickie.
I don't particularly like children, but I can take the video and say that it is cute. Am I going to watch it 400 times like I did with the little sleeping persian kitty who smacked himself in the face? No, but once was good.
Lest ye forget, nuffers, you were also a baby once upon a time - I'm sure someone thought you were cute. And it's possible your parents passed around pictures of you to their friends. It was the old school CO, people. And if you were hugging your childhood dog or cat, I'm sure there were pictures of that too.
So the site is called Cute Overload, not Cute Overload (but only of the animal kind). Right? Teho? Teho? Bueller?
[We do occasionally allow ourselves the luxury of a bit of content variety, from time to time, yes... - Ed.]
[*dry wink*]
Ugh, what's with all this worshiping at the altar of the baby? Babies are not cute, they're noisy and leak fluids. Do not want!
Uhhh... animals are noisy and leak fluids too. Wake up! :p
My goodness. I can't believe how many people honestly think the name of the site is Cute Animal Overload.
What ungrateful, entitled princesses you are, to throw such selfish tantrums because ONE POST isn't exactly what you want.
Y'all are 10 times worse than any spoiled 2-year-old who may have caused your bone-deep misanthropy. Are you all the oldest in your family and therefore resented the attention your younger siblings got?
Good lumpy gravy, folks. Grow up. You don't get to have everything in the world exactly as you want it all the time.
LMAO!!! ONE<-yes "ONE" baby Video and peeps are grumped out. Still cute. Now I'm laughing...
Seconded, Tal. I didn't realize this site was such a haven for grumpy, bitter human folk. Grow up. -_-
"Uhhh... animals are noisy and leak fluids too. Wake up! :p"
Seriously. Have you NEVER met a PUPPY?
We're all just animals, people.
Ugh. More of this kind of thing and I'll never visit this site again.
Sincerely signed,
an ungrateful, entitled princess who comes here for the cute furry animals, not ugly human ones.
>>Babies are not cute, they're noisy and leak fluids.<<
Spoken like someone who has never had to deal with an animal in heat, a cat who hates the litter box or a fresh hairball under one's foot during a 3 a.m. trip to the bathroom.
...Or an incotinent dog, or a hamster with wet tail, or a non-box-trained house rabbit or...
Do you honestly think the furbabies' bodily fluids just magically evaporate in a puff of rose-scented rainbow sparkles and that the only sounds they make are like the tinkling of little crystal bells?
Hahaha, Tal is pwning you meanies! Way to go.
BTW, as a momma, If MY babes video was shown on here I'd be so proud I would burst!
People, before you called this little one "ugly", didja ever think about how his momma or dadda may feel if they ever get a heads up to head over hear to catch his moment in the sunshine?
Jeez, peeps!
I agree with what a bunchayouse like berthaslave, Space Cowgirl, bcteagirl have said. There's things on here that don't necessarily "blow my dress up" cute-wise, but! I was kinda surprised by the "baby haters" descriptions. A bit over the top, IMHO.
("Olsen Johnson is right about Howard Johnson being right!")
Instead of pudding, I shall share my popsicle-like Lemon Italian Ice!
This is a late April Fools' Day joke, right? I mean, I come here to take my mind off the humans with whom I interact all day, all ages. *goes to bunny archive until urge to kill subsides*
[Sure, if you like. Why not? - Ed.]
Gotta love the childfree set crying like a bunch of babies over ONE post.
Oh, and by the way. . .humans are animals too. So even if this was cute animal overload this video could still be posted. =P
Thanks for the cuteness as usual Meg. =D
P.S. What an unbelievably erudite PhD dissertation proposal! I couldn't write like that for 5 sentences---my mind would seize up! I bow to your superior intellect and vocabulary, Slave to Bertha!
Oh my, I can't stop laughing at all the people losing their heads because OMG a cute human baby was posted on cute overload. Lest we forget, kids, humans are mammals. Mammals are animals. This was a baby human, thus a baby animal acting in a manner that is cute. CUTE OVERLOAD IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. One child therefore means there will be nothing but humans on cute overload. Obviously. So many childish comments here.
That said, more baby giant pandas, please? ;)
When I look at human babies, I just imagine the adult they will grow into... but puppies and kitties, etc., are babies forever!
p.s. for all you baby (human kind) lovers, there is a website I know about: annegeddes. com, you can get your fill there. Keep cuteoverload human baby free!!!
ahahah! What's more fun than an adorable baby who lights up at the sight of a "pa-sickie"?
A hundred uptight, creeped-out, homicidal, overreacting nuffs getting their supersized cotton briefs in a collective bunch over it!
mmmm. pudding.
This 'baby' creature is neither fluffy or cute. *Unimpressed*
human babies are not cute. if this is to be a regular occurrence, everyone i know who goes to this site will stop, including myself.
[Well, I can already tell how much we'd miss you... - Ed.]
No, Michelle, there is no pudding here. Only pa-sickies.
Please don't start putting human baby pictures on this site, there are enough places for people to see them elsewhere.
Thank you
anabanana, not fluffy per se, but it does have hair. And I doubt anyone is out to impress you.
babyhater, I don't get it...one post, and you wonder if it's a regular occurrence? Then again, apparently everyone you know hates people.
In a completely unrelated topic...my pack of Snyder's pretzels taste burnt. I am unimpressed by their taste, and lack of cuteness, and also if a picture of this pack of pretzels gets posted here - that's it. I won't come anymore. I hate pretzels, especially burnt ones. If they're featured here, I can't be part of that.
Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! I hate babieeeeeeessss! Nyaaaaaaaooooow! D':<
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If you hate babies so much, people, why don't you stop ACTING like them? Lord.
after reading all those comments I feel like leaving another one:
I don't hate babies. But CO is known for animal-related cuteness and that's why I have the feed on my LJ friends list, to see cute little animals. And no, I can't see cute animals outside that much like human babies, after all you don't see people walking around with their baby pets everywhere or taking them into the public transport if it isn't necessary.
Yes, this homepage isn't called cute animal overload and humans are mammals too, but that's not what most people come here for. If we'd wish to see baby humans we'd go to a baby human blog.
yes this is a cute child and I am sure the parents are over the moon at having produced this child BUT I was really disappointed when I came on this site - I want to see cute animals. Meg you should have warned me it was a baby day and I would just have come back on caturday - now I am going to daily puppy and daily kitten to get that pa sickie taste out
Ah, sweet child. I love the 'This is. Eh-h-h-h' chuckle near the end. Little boo...
can't we have pudding pa-sickles, coffeecup?
normally, i don't like the babies, but i gotta admit that was pretty darn cute.
wow..
I have no words
Holy crap. I have been visiting this site damn near every day for at least a year or two, and this is the first baby that I, personally, can remember seeing. I can't believe that there are people that are even entertaining the idea that CO is going to change the formula and start posting babies. I mean, come on people. It's ONE post of ONE baby. And a cute baby at that. One baby does not mean that CO is heading in any "direction". Get over yourselves. (Totally not directed at the majority of comments...just the few that need to chill the hell out.)
Temperance -- for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UZJK9a5Evs
Friggin' adorable. Sadly, I knew I'd be in for 1 million comments by human-haters.
Amaretto Bunny -- for you:
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/06/cuteoverload_ma.html
Dear Internet,
Today I went to CO and I had to watch a baby trying to say 'popsicle'!!! Even though it was a video and I could have just scrolled past, I clicked the play button! It... it was.. the horror! The horror!
;)
Why is it under 'I shall leeeck you'?
Because, [putting on librarian glasses], bebeh is saying, 'Because' in French.
Pourqoi? Parce que
heheh...there were 30 comments 2 hours ago...I left the house and when I came back now, I thought, 'I bet there are about 130 now.' Sure enough, 135. Hehheh...baby's are drama-bombs.
if you guys don't like, seriously...go to another site. stop complaining and grow up.
"Hehheh...baby's are drama-bombs."
Aren't they? This is one of the most entertaining things I've read all week!
Clearly, I don't read nearly enough.
This is a genuine question for the people who hate babies: why?
I don't understand how anyone can hate a person they have never met. Or how a baby can possibly have done anything to you to make you hate them.
"Friends, Romans, Cute-rymen, Nuffernutjobs... ,lend me your ears..."
This commentroversary has got me quite cranky!
Four score and a year ago CO was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the mission that all cute was created equal!!!
Alright, nuffers, mebbeh, idunno, this post is post-modern Cute expressionism! OK?
Happy NOW?
Oh wow! I loved this video! :) And what a refreshing change!!
Thanks Meg :) :) I am in a ball too!!!
Adorable xxx
Theo -
Thanks for the link. Now I remember that post. But when was it posted? 2006? I think one baby every two years isn't going to kill anyone. I could be wrong though. There are some serious baby-haters here that might have an aneurysm at the sight of another baby.
temperance, now I want pudding pops. Sigh.
mmm, pudding pops
Thanks, chicklet. Videos are NOT blocked at home, so I shall be able to catch up tonight!
And Teho, please, please, PLEASE do not shut down the comments on this thread. This is too entertaining. I'm sure we can beat the "fastest nuff to 1,000" record.
The only thing I have to say, to those who hid behind their computers and complained (in sometimes quite a mean way) The mother of that baby is highly likely to be told about this site and check out these comments. I can't imagine quite how crushed she will feel at the comments..that baby is her pride and joy.
If you are reading this, mom, your baby is absolutely divine and you're truly blessed :) Thank you for sharing such a precious, private moment :) xx
Thoughts I had while watching the video:
1. Cuuuuute.
2. Can I have a pa-sikie too?
3. Where are the comments? The Nuffs are going to go insane!
I'm wondering if we got this video today because Meg wanted a commentroversy and didn't get one with the boobie biscuits earlier.
I also wonder about the folks who see ONE baby video and think that that's all we'll ever see again. Do you folks start building an ark every time you see a raindrop?
thanks, theo! that really hit the spot.
and can i just say thank you to everyone right now? the minute i saw that video i knew the baby-drama-rama would be fierce. and honestly? after the craptastic day i just had it was quite entertaining and comforting for me to scroll thru the commentroversy.
it's a cold, cruel world out there, so it's nice to know i can count on coming home to the C.O. peeps cheering me up even when they are bein' super crabby-pants. a girl's gotta be able to depend on something in this crazy, mixed-up world!
I'm not a baby fan, but this one is actually a sweetie, *sigh* I wish my life was as simple as his, to be elated to an extreme level of rapture over a frozen ice treat.
I love the baby
Ps I do believe the "we can all get along" video below this one, was posted with more than a little hint at what was to come!
:) heehee meg and theo ;)
we gots a visit from the drama llama
Ahh, the internets...it allows us to post anything we want, but simultaneously give us an infinite amount of stuff to complain about, while at the same time quashing freedom..to post anything we want to. Ironic, no?
For the record, I am not advocating pudding pops as a complete replacement for pudding. Cups, pops, lets all get along. How about balancing a pudding pop on top of a pudding cup sitting on top of a baby trying to snack on a cat sitting in the pudding? Does that work?
There are more videos of this cutie. He's sharing a pa-sickle with his daddy in one of them, and it's really sweet. There's a dog in the background taking a nap for those of you who prefer animals in your videos. Sadly, it is not offered a pa-sickle.
'it wibbles and it wobbles but it won't fall down!'
Courtney, can you IMAGINE the nuffing if the dog was offered a pa-sickie?!
"Dogs shouldn't eat human food."
"OMG!PUPPY!!!1"
"Seriously, dogs shouldn't eat food not made for them."
"That dog's going to DIE and the owners should be ashamed."
"I can has pa-sickie?"
And it goes on and on.
I'm in such a snarky mood right now...it's really because I'm stuck at work and I feel like it might not end for a while longer and I really just want to go home and I miss my fiance (who is at home).
Wow, i can't get over how seriously so many people take this! Chill out! If you don't want to look at a human baby, scroll down. Sheesh! If I'd been the person who posted this I'd dig a hole and climb in. I can't believe the level of meanness here!
Note: Two of the comments listed in my comment above are not nuffs. Which ones do not belong? :-P
I am not a nuff.. I have no idea what that is anyway :(
I don't comment often, just was going to post how funny this vid was when I read all the crazy comments..
I am suprised at the video. I thought the owner of the site said "NO KIDS". I won't be back if this becomes a baby site.
Cute, but not baby animal cute.
Amy, I read all of your comments, and you're definitely not a nuff. :) And kudos to the drama llama. That made me laugh.
I love how there's a fiery controversy over a human baby, but power outlets are a-ok. :-)
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/01/this-just-in-da.html
Now, calm down. We don't hate all babies.
Just this one.
Well, sorry, Uplander, can't help myself: As 1930s comedian W.C. Fields said when asked if he liked children, "Of course I like children. They're delicious." Now don't everybody get their shorts in a bundle - I have 6 children and 9 grandchildren. It's a joke.
Berthaslave--Cuteness over uncuteness, perhaps? It's been over twenty years since I took a class in contemporary literary criticism, and I still have the uncontrollable urge to twitch whenever I hear the word "deconstruction." I call it my Derrida Tick. DO NOT WANT!
Happy Dissertating.
You guys are scary.
Seriously.
I'd rather see animals here too and always vote against the baby in the cutetracker...but...this was REALLY cute! pasickie!
FFS! No obnoxious human babies! I, for one, do hate human babies. I don't find them cute in the least bit.
NO MORE.
I don't get it?? Are the cute animals hiding behind the annoying baby??
Aw, lighten up on the baby humans. Just think of them as pets.
The only thing more adorable than that baby is all the people flipping out on here about it being posted.
Le Whine: "LET ME TELL YOU INTERNET--IT IS A DAY TO DAY STRUGGLE READING 'CUTE OVERLOAD.' SOMETIMES MEG POSTS SOMETHING THAT I, PERSONALLY, DO NOT FIND CUTE AND IT SICKENS ME--NAY, IT LEAVES ME UNABLE TO FUNCTION! HOW CAN I GO ON?!"
Internet: "Have you tried having a pa-sickie?"
all you baby haters and complainers are disgusting. you should probably be disgusted with yourselves as well since you all are acting like a bunch of babies.
I have a question: What happened to cutebabyfix? Did she move on? I never see her comments anymore. She would have loved this one!
PS: baby looks like my grand-daughter, and yes, she is cute.
Jesus! What is UP with all you people hating on the baby???? You DO know you used to be one, right?? Da-yum...I thought animal lovers were, in general, kind, good-hearted, touchy-feely people. How wrong was I, huh?
Man...I just...wow...
...the baby's a girl? I thought it was a boy. Gender neutral orange color doesn't help me determine the right gender either...and i only watched it once. And now that I watch it again, OMG look at the gigantic sippy cup.
Bestest thing about a commentroversy thread like this? By the time you read them all, then post your response, there are a dozen more responses to read (and respond to).
Gail -- thanks....but I was jaw-dropping over your Blazing Saddles reference. I could be Gabby Johnson in the back saying "Rebbert!"
Cathy Dee -- thankfully, deconstruction has moved beyond Derrida's initial theories into something that is a little less formal (at least as it is applied commonly by bsing grad students like myself). If the word bothers you, I could re-frame my abstract to better reflect the multiplicities of meaning(s) that are performed symbolically through fluidly defined but collectively determined signification.
I'm a real hit at parties.
Well, I thought it was very cute :o)
Wait - I watched another video, the one with the pup napping in the background. That's definitely a boy, right? I mean, gender neutral green and all, but the kid is definitely a boy, I think.
Thinking about it, if there were a video of me as a baby, I would probably be reading. My mother (or father, who taught me to read when I was 20 months old) would be offering me a "pa-sickie" and I would say "I believe it is pronounced popsicle, and it's a trademark."
Yes, sir. A real hit with the popular kids and the ladies in high school, let me tell you.
I've watched this again and I do have to say, the baby is quite delightful. And I really, really don't like babies (except my niece, who I only see a couple times a year).
for those of you who are interested, go to youtube to watch more of this kid. he's got an incredible vocabulary!!!!
it's cute overload
not cute animal overload
as long as it's cute it belongs here
would anyone know if a pasickie would help my sore throat..omg ow.
does the drama llama need food??
babies are cute in a fursuit?
I choose to believe that the nutballs getting all paranoid of CO going baby-only really haven't been following this site for, oh... THREE YEARS. Or however long CO as been around.
Really, that's what I find most amusing. The OHNOES!!! ALLBABIESALLTEHTIME!!!
Part of me wishes Meg WOULD post all babies for the next week, just to thin the herd, so to speak.
- chick
Yes, cute but I honestly was shocked to see a baby on this site.
For those who say cute overload is not limited to just animals...do you see a "human baby" tab on the right of the page? All I see is cute animal links.
Again, it was adorable, but as long as it doesn't happen often.
awww..look at the freetards
okay it's just cute how he/she whispers the pa-sickie every time
Holy Macaroni! What is UP with you baby haters?
Tip: If you don't like babies, don't look and don't comment. You don't see me saying anything about Winston, do you? That's because I was taught "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all".
Absolutely adorabuhl bebehkins. I too want a pa sicki now.
AMY!!! Pa Sickies are the PERFECT FOOD/DRINK for sore throats.
I'm not normally a human baby fan, but that's pretty damn cute.
And now I want a pa-sickie!
Part of me wishes Meg WOULD post all babies for the next week, just to thin the herd, so to speak.
- chick
I second the motion.
And I have now seen the video. Those eyes! Kai is adorable.
Thus endeth the lesson.
I could use a pa-sickie right now. I'm hungry.
you're not going to start do the oh so cute human baby, are you? and to think, i just voted for you on the webby awards.
You guys kill me...I mean KILL me.
(BTW my name is Kai too! Where is MY pa-tickle???)
Hmmm yeah bebbehs are cute, but there's a time and a place, people. A time and a place.
nb- for cute bebbeh go to youtube and search for "charlie bit me". Warning- you may die of exploshunness.
@CoffeeCup: LOL!!
A veritable smorgasbord of pudding, pudding pops and/or Popsicles(TM) to allayouse Peeps!!!
Here. This video has the baby, a pa-sickie, AND a dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGkIVAHcJjA
Yeah, I hope posting about humans doesn't become a regular thing. I'll stop visiting if that's the case.
OMG, who cares!
It's the interwebz people you act like the dam blog is the New Yorker.
[Flattering as that is, and no sarcasm, I really don't think this *particular* comment dialog warrants that comparison... - Ed.]
The kid is cute, that's it, who cares. You don't like it then don't watch it.
I'm so sick of people complaining about how they hate kids, get over yourself nobody probably likes you either. Maybe instead of whining on a blog step away and get a RL.
I'm finally off work!!
Okay, I've had this in my head all day... everyone, think of the Queen song "Bicycle" and the part when Freddie Mercury chants "Bicycle! Bicycle!" substitute it with "pa-sickie! pa-sickie!"
I leave you with that.
196 comments in, and no-one else expected a post like this after the 'can't we get along?!' vid? Oh dear, fellow Cuteologists, you disappoint me. ;) Our collective leg has been robustly pulled! (If you had a crazily popular blog like this, wouldn't YOU have fun messing with people's heads every now and again too...?)
PS. I couldn't work out what that frozen thingy was until the mum said 'popsicle'. I was trying to match what the kid was saying with 'pepperoni'. o.O
To all of you who say you'll never come back to the site if there are more babies....just leave already. I'm really sure everyone would be crushed. I am sorry your lives are so miserable that you have to spend half your day moaning and groaning and complaining about ONE POST. You all must really be very unhappy people. Maybe therapy or medications could help.
Have a FANTASTIC day!!!!! :)
Baby Haters are not cute. In fact, they are disgusting. You were all babies once! And wouldn't you know it, your momma loved you even though you did release fluids.
This kid is adorable and a welcome little change to the norm (who are also cute, don't get me wrong).
Mommy of a 2 year old girl and 2 lovely cats. And I love 'em all!
Sooo cute. That's the sweetest little face and voice.
Okay, ya'll lets think about this. Animal babies and human babies have a lot of things in common. First, the huge head to body ratio. Secondly, Lack or co-ordination and sometimes spastic body movements. Third, both make noises that can sometimes kinda sound like words, but you can't understand what the heck they're saying. And lastly, aside from the occasional cold blooded critter thrown in on CO every now and then, people babies and kittens, puppies and the like are all mammals and hence, subject to the same rules of cuteness as our more evenly fur-coated friends.
Gross. Babies are disgusting.
NOT cute. :(
Aw man. I normally don't weigh in on commentroversies, except to distract them, but peeps.
I am not a baby person, nor a kid person. I watched this video with the sound OFF. IT IS CUTE. Stop hating babies, if you don't like it FOR GOODNESS' SAKE SKIP IT and enjoy the 99% of CO that is animals.
Sheesh.
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Wow the comments piled on quick. Let's compromise and teach a baby panda how to say "bamboosickie" and reach up beguilingly for a stick of bamboo. *daydreamy*
For all of you people that aren't completely outraged at the sight of a human infant on this website, all I can say is you are what is wrong with this messed-up world today. That's right. You. I am the only person in the world that works like a slave all day long and let me tell you, I just hate humans. I come home from my arduous day of trying to look busy and all I want is to mellow out with cute pictures of puppies and kittens. But now I have to look at more humans because this website is turning into human overload. Well I don't think I'll ever come here again! That should make your advertisers sit up and take notice! Not only do I really resent this whole new direction CO is taking, but in the time it took me to type this long, ranting post about it, I could have:
1. Brewed myself a cup of tea and watched the rain fall on the tulips.
2. Called my mom and tell her I miss her.
3. Found something actually worth getting perturbed about and vowing to make a difference.
Forget it. You wouldn't understand.
That kid could use a good punting.
[I'm going to assume you're a South Park fan... - Ed.]
I love CO, and I liked the baby, but I am ENTHRALLED by this commentroversy.
Berthaslave, Coffee Cup and Space Cowgirl, you guys made my day.
And al