Break Out the Pitchforks and Torches!

so cute!!

Mmmm, leg of lamb for the big Nomvember meal?

stupid babies. boo.

“lambasted”

HA!!

I am thoroughly disappointed with the decision to put a HUMAN BABY on Cute Overload. I come here to see kitties,doggies,bunnies,horseys,ducks,pocket pets,squirrels,heepos, and even cute insects! But I DO NOT want to see loathsome human spawn here. Babies are teh Anti-qte.

Uh-oh. People coming to the site to see naminals are going to wind up feeling like they’ve been fleeced.

[*snrk* - Ed.]

tsk, tsk…..displaying a baby, one that does not even have an animal next to it, AND labeling it ‘primate’…..well, we all know you’re askin’ for it. and i do hope you get it, i could use some good entertainment today.

That lamb coat would look really qte on a puppy.

Wheeeeee!!! Pasickie!

I’d suggest an “impending doom” tag for the potential comments . . .
All in favor???

I wish you wouldn’t have done this. I might have to go elsewhere if baby pics continue. I get enough of that crap from my coworkers, no more human babies pls! kthxbye.

She’s adorable and I want to nom her chubby cheeks.

Nuts to you, nuffers!

@vonZep– The Primate of all England– snerk!

It’s a really cute baby. Jeez people. Maybe that’s NTMTOM’s child or niece or nephew or something. Gosh.

Babies are only cute when they are yours or belonging to someone you need to impress. The rest of the time they’re just boring. If only you had a Chihuahua in a tuxedo, now that would be cute.

Yeah, I’m just gonna go ahead and chime in on the “Ugh, human babies” bandwagon. I come here for the furry and fuzzy (and even scaley or prickly!) but never for the humans, not even when they’re in a lamb suit. Now, take that lamb costume and put it on a goat or something, and we’re in business.

boo babies on C.O. start chipping away at the foundation and the house of C.O. will collapse.

[ they're not TERMITES! - Ed.]

puppies slobber and poo too you know.

http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2006/12/31/vinnie-the-vinegaroon.jpg

Here’s a cool bug!

_I_ think the kid is cute. And I am one of those weird Childfree people.

agree, Paunchie. and we clean up both, right? and we talk to the puppies in that baby talk too….well…i do anyway.

Awww! It’s too cute! I love the sheepish expression!

I’m not a big human baby fan, but I gotta give it up to this baby. She is pretty freaking cute, even for a human.

Time to shake things up, right? hahaha I see the URL: “oh-we-are-b-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ad!!” Do I win a price for noticing it?
Oh my, the comments are already amusing, except for the human haters, and I love the lambie baby! Dr. Frankenstein must be getting soft.

Hey people, this is not “Cute Animal Overload” – and to you nuffers: ruhbarb! ruhbarb!
(take that!)

[Heck, you can NAME your price for noticing it. Dunno who'll pay... - Ed.]

I really don’t care for pictures of babies. I care for them even less when they are on websites that are supposed to be for things that are cute like bunnies and puppy tocks. But the introductory paragraph totally made up for it. Human Animal Hybrids FTW!

What a Cutie!!!! .
That is a fancy-vintage-camouflage-coat for rural babies , this way the lambs will never try to nom her … Weee , is handy!.

P.S: cmom people, baby-human hate?. Creepy, trolls are epic. fail. Creeeepy.

No babies, please, even dressed up as animals.

Cute baby. Love the expression. It’s all, “I think I just pooped.”

Queen of Dork: my hat is off to you. And to Vinnie.

Who’s got adorable little pedipalps?? Yes, you do! Yes, you do!

1. The baby is cute. I’m not disagreeing.
2. I thought there’s a rule that human babies cannot be on here?!? Am I right?
3. PLEASE BRING BACK THE KITTEHS AND THE PUPPEHS AND OTHER FURRY/SCALY ANIMUHLS!

[re: #3 -- Of course! You think we'd do otherwise? - Ed.]

The “no babies” rule is one of the reasons I even follow this blog.

I’m not anti-baby, I just don’t happen to think they’re very cute, unless I’ve got some personal emotional attachment to them, like they’re my friends’ kids, and well-behaved.

so let me get this right:
if you went to sunsetsRus.com and saw a picture of a sunrise, you would be upset..?

*lemme see the rule book again*

Frankly, I am sick of all this anti-scientific sentiment that permeates the internet. Oh, sure, you take one look at a lamb-baby hybrid and you’re all “oh no, it’s so wrong,” but did you ever stop to consider the benefits to humanity? Lamb-baby wool is some of the softest known to man, though admittedly, it does get harder to harvest as they grow older. But I assure you that we are working to address this problem, as well as the unforeseeable incidents of with headbutting.

Sincerely,
Science

(Also: I actually am having some trouble telling the people who are being outraged apart from the people who are being sarcastic about the people who are being outraged. Progress?)

["Captain, I am sensing much win here." - Spock]

Self-loathing humans make me barf! This baby is the cutest thing since sliced bread with a funny face drawn on it.

thank you so much for bringing me back to the pah-sickie video! All we need now is to get this babeh lambersons a pah-sickie.

Phalanges, phalanges, dancing phalanges! /Bones

Not really thinking the babies are all that cute, but lots of people do, so I guess it works. Not sure why I don’t think they are cute, but I never have. Never played with dolls when I was a little girl, either.

I am not a baby fan, but even I cannot deny the sheer *kyoot* coming from this picture. Get the stick out, nuffers, yeesh!

dude seriously wth is with all the whiners??? i don’t like cats but i don’t complain every time there’s a cat on the website. good grief, grow up people.

Oy, gevalt! (slow, patient voice) Here’s an idea, folks. If you don’t like this picture, look at something else! There’s only about a trillion puppies, kitties, mousies, giraffies, piggies, lemuries, chimpanzee-ies, and every other kind of -ies in the CO archives. Then you can come back tomorrow and there will be other stuff to look at. Understand the concept?

@ Dash:

I second your nomination of I.D. Tag.

Signed,

“Harrumph!”

@ Queen of Dork Here I was having a great time reading all the idiotic nuffer anti baby comments and I get to yours and click on the link and….AAAAAHHHHH an UGLY BUG!
You could warn a person. I have a phobia of bugs and now I itch all over. You are a bad Queen, worse than Marie-Antoinette. You’re just lucky my guillotine is in the repair shop. Me singing: Allons enfants de la patrie, le jour de goire est arrivé….
(of course I’m just kidding about the guillotine)

Oups for anybody who knows french, it’s le jour de gloire…sorry

This website is “Cute Overload” not “Cute Animal Overload”. If there’s even a minor quotient of cute I think the image should be permitted.

Personally I went “awwww” as soon as I saw this. I come to this site for that feeling. This picture is fabulous!

“Beep”
(I’m an equal opportunity beeper)

Break out the pitchforks of strained carrots and light the torch of my heart!
This lambebeh is a beauty! Thnx CO!

The maturity level of the nuffers is equivalent to that of the baby in this picture. It’s funny how they say that they don’t want to see a screaming brat, when they are acting like the brat themselves. It’s one baby picture out of thousands. Now go put on your big kid britches and grow the fuck up. Learn how to deal with something called life and know that the world doesn’t revolve around you. It isn’t tailor suited to your every specific wish and whim. Sometimes you will have to see or deal with something that you don’t necessarily like but part of being an adult is knowing to how deal with it.

Misanthropy at it’s best.

“Babies are not cute – please don’t post human babies, I get enough of the little twerps once a year at Christmas, thanks”

____ tried to get a “lol” {sarcasm} in there right after this post but someone beat me to #89 so I get lucky #????___

Seriously though I found it LOL that people are wasting their time dissing the people wasting (apparently – according to said poster) their time to post that they don’t like the picture…ummm, isn’t that sort of like the pot calling the kettle, er, brown?

A thread is a thread, let it be, it’s still a free country and expressions of speech are free – like it or not.

To all animal clone /stem cell conspiracists: this is the *real* Dolly.
Mwa ha ha ha hah!
signed
Dr. Frankennuffer of F.I.E.S.S.
Frankenstein Institute for Extremely Scary Science

The child haters are pretty creepy. I myself am partial to the kittehs and puppehs and ratty-rats and hams, but I love me a cute baby too.

Ohhh I forgot Beep!!!! I am an equal opportunity beeper too.

And yet, if it was a photo displaying anything that could be remotely considered anti-child, you people who are attacking those of us who are not infatuated with children would be throwing a FIT.

Does anyone know where this jacket came from?

Oh my! I want to pinch her cheeks, what an adorable baby!

I almost wish for more baby pictures to annoy the nuffers =)

Gigi has totally cracked me up! Marie Antoinette indeed! I would give everybody lots of food other than cake!

Hahahahahahah! I’m really cracking up over here!

To CO for all you do – this toke’s for you

The really scary part is that SF write John Scalzi wrote a book about this exact situation…anyway, there really is a sheep/person hybrid involved, and the aliens want her!

Has anyone investigated possible ties between F.I.E.S.S. and CuteLabs in Japan?

Rowan –

I didn’t say a thing about trying to justify my own “time-wasting” reply, you’ll notice – I’m not being self-righteous, but thanks for trying to keep me “honest”. I’m aware of what I did and said.

Please…? I can has one, too? Can has a lambaby? I will feed it rhubarb pie until it grows big and strong.

Sometimes reading these message boards makes me lose faith in people. Theo, Meg, NTMTOM & Prongs go out of their way to strive to bring the cute to people every day, and for what? People complain about what’s posted, only to turn around and insult the mods, and top it off by posting hateful and rude comments. Really? You take something beautiful, and that’s what you do with it? Some people just make me sick.

OH NO A HUMAN BABY I AM IRRATIONALLY MAD

If lambabies spit up, is it cheese?

I’m child free, but I can see the qte and irony in a hooman in animule clothing.

Ahn. This is sho qte! I love babies…. and that expression is hilarious. *nom*

I’m not a huge fan of babies in general, but a picture of a baby IN A LAMB SUIT??!? Genius!!

How can you deny the cuteness of that? Just look at the picture. You can absorb the visual cuteness without hearing the high-pitched cries or smelling the poopy diaper. What could be better?

I personally dont understand all the hate, this is one of the cuttest baby pics i have seen, we saw a doggie dressed as a person a few days or weeks ago why not the other way love the picture dont mind seeing a baby here
i could have select a little more fluffy coat and the baby could have looked even more cute

where does one buy such a lamb coat? (want)

geez at least the pasickie video was somewhat *amusing*…this photo’s not interesting at all. come on!!!

Mary, why’d you have to go and insult the cute baby like that?

The baby hate in this posts always gets me. It’s gross. You’re gross. I am partial to kittens myself but I love a cute baby now and then, too. Suddenly it has become cool to dislike children. I don’t get it.

Feed *it lamb… sorry, typo

It’s a very cute chubby cheeked baby in an adorable lamb outfit. Very cute chubby cheeked babies do not elicit the squee response in me. More like ‘meh’.

Dear Internet,

it stopped being cool and edgy to hate babies ages ago. It does not make special or different.

*cackles madly* you guys are truly evil

nom nom nom pasickie!!!

Finally, a solution to my problem: I find infants of my own species repulsive, yet want to have kids. Voila! I can dress them up as ani-pals! Now, if I can just find a baby suit for my dog, they’ll be an artistic statement like that kitten in the snifter.

Also, seriously… who are these people who visit often enough to whine about one baby picture, yet do not anticipate the amused ‘pasickie’ response of the regulars? Why is one larval human so upsetting? Are they allergic?

*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* @ the cute little chubbikins in the lamby costume – frakkin’ ADORABUHLS!!

Reading all these posts just convinces me more & more that certain people should *NEVAR* procreate…SHEEESH!

GEEZE What is with all the baby-hater hatred. We are allowed to not particularly care for little children, you know. And yes, I believe most of us are aware at one time we were babies. All you baby-nuffer-nuffers should realize that we aren’t in literal outrage about a baby being on this website. So calm down guys, and don’t call us creepy just because we don’t dote all over your offspring!

“The point is that some of us are sick and tired of seeing children included in EVERYTHING”

Everything? I spend a fair amount of time surfing the interwebs and I can’t think of another site where children and babies pop up except for icanhazcheesburger, in which the effect is usually hilarious (much like CO).

Anyways, I don’t see why kids should be excluded from CO, it’s not like it’s some fancy 5-star french restaurant.

I have to say, I’m in my 40s and I’m trying to figure out how I might get away with wearing that coat. I think if I could dress up a child like that every day, I might have had one!

…and when I say “you were one” I mean that you were a baby, not a baby-hater. That’s something you’ve become.

Can anyone else find a category on CO titled human babies? I see “puppies”, “kittens”, “cats ‘n racks” but no “human babies”. I think many of us visit CO because we have come to expect cute ANIMAL pictures. Throwing a baby pic in there changes what CO is to us, or to at least to me anyway.

Stephanie, thanks! That’s what I was trying to say but since I think the picture is cute it doesn’t sound so convincing coming from me!

Welcome to the 9:00 news. We’re going back now to Cute Labs, where CO staff are busy clearing debris, restarting mobbed servers, and piecing together their egos after Babygate 2009. I spoke earlier with NTMTOM, the chief architect of Babygate, who gave no explanation for posting the lamb/primate on the site, but did laugh diabolically, open a beer, and put his feet on his desk to spectate as the mayhem unfolded.

Babies are always cute. ^_^

In my mind, it’s a lot more appropriate than other CO posts like the popsicle one because this baby is smart enough to disguise itself as an ungulate. Crafty little so and so…..thinking we won’t notice that her behind seems to be covered in a cotton blend and not regulation wool…. But we noticed. Oh yes.
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Strike one, Baby.

Teeheehee… personally, I think babies are adorable… and when toddlers and preschoolers are whiny– it’s usually because the adults/parents have taught them that it works. As for dirty/ drooly… Llamas spit, nasty smelly stuff… makes babies burp-up look like ambrosia , and I have been drooled on by dogs, cats, and yes, horses. All you who think piggies are adorable should be around when they defecate–talk about nasty. And does anyone else have memories of walking into the chicken coup in the middle of winter– the amonia stench makes your eyes water (painfuly); but should that cause me to nuff on a post of a cute little chickie?

Humans of any age, in any type of clothing, do not qualify as cute, for any reason whatsoevah. Not fuzzy enough.

P.S. I can understand the feeling that some of us are subjected to pictures of coworkers’ babies, etc., too much, but that does not negate the fact that babies are cute, and this is not Animal Overload. If you don’t like it, move on to the closest animal posting – there’s bound to be one just above and just below this one.

I love it when you shake the hornet’s nest once in a while, NTMTOM! Here you’ve put up a human baby picture in very, very clear jest (the whole post is just brimming with sarcasm and self-mockery)… and it still receives a slew of whiny visitors spouting vitriol. XD

I absolutely fail to understand where such vehement hatred comes from… I myself am not the most fond of kids, but apparently nowhere near the level several of these people are! O_o

Seriously, could y’all perhaps direct that intensity toward some issue that actually matters?

Uhm, why is everyone that’s pro-animal anti-human? I like babies! I think they are cute! You know what I think isn’t cute? Monkeys. But do you see me making angry posts on every picture I don’t think is cute? Nay. You know what is also not cute? Thinking a member of your own species is “disgusting”.

If the baby bugs you, go look at something else.

What a sweet baby! I love her little apple cheeks. And hey, I’m glad you didn’t put up another picture of the BUG-EYED MONSTROSITIES known as PUGS. Why, I hate those posts so much that I . . . scroll right past them and waste no time thinking of them. Darn it, I’ll never make a good troll.

Seriously, people. 1. CO has never had a “no human babies” rule; 2. the scroll bar is only a mouse click away; and 3. your cute isn’t my cute and my cute isn’t your cute, and that’s okay.

*cute…damn it. I need to go to bed

I’m with NTMTOM. Sitting here with my feet up and a little drinkie and watching all you nice folks throw things at each other over nothing at all is a hoot! The baby in the lamb skin is cute, and I think she’s the first in at least a couple hundred posts at CO, which doesn’t amount to an invasion in my book. But flame away! It’s fun to watch!

I had my lamb baby for dinner, with a side of mint jelly, fava beans, and a nice chianti.

Blondie – Hahahaha awesome.

Soooo I was looking to buy this coat for my niece (yea right … like I’d ever give it up once I got it I’d start shopping for some shrink-serum) and I found this!
http://www.fireflyfields.com/babycoat.htm Lambs IN coats!

Also: If anyone is like me and wants to turn babes they know into lambsies! I found this one…
http://www.lindaanderson.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=548985

“Humans of any age, in any type of clothing, do not qualify as cute, for any reason whatsoevah. Not fuzzy enough.”

Some humans are fuzzy. Take Robin Williams.

“Some humans are fuzzy. Take Robin Williams. ”
No thanks, you can keep him. Even he’s not fuzzy enough to be cute.

“Reading all these posts just convinces me more & more that certain people should *NEVAR* procreate…SHEEESH!”

That’s great because I don’t WANT to pro-create. I have made the choice to be childfree because I don’t care for children and I don’t want any.

And yes, Eastie, I am aware of the fact that I was once a baby. Your point?

Dear Anti-nuffers,

You DO realize that your rebuttals to the nuffage just adds to the commentraversy, right? Right?…………. Right?

What’s almost as annoying as the nuffage is the anti-nuff comments like, “It’s not your website! It’s Meg’s site and she can post anything she wants to!” or “If you don’t like it then just move on!” Sheesh! You’re just adding flame to the fire.

Besides… I suspect that most of the so-called “anti baby” nuffers were just pullin your various legs.

p.s. NTMTOM, you are baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!

Baby-cuteness only recently began appealing to me, but i think that’s mostly just because I hit 30 and my ovaries are playing tricks on me. This one is admittedly cute, and i like it’s little outfit. However, i much prefer bunnies and puppies and guinea pigs, thanks.

nufffeeder: It would be brilliant to have this in the calendar.
*passes cocktails to those watching the feeding frenzy, and gives NTMTOM a bowl of brownie mix to put his pot stirring talents to use.*

P.S. I have a terrific idea for April Fools Day…. ed., can you guess what I’m thinking? Oh my, I think we would actually see heads explode that day.

NTMTOM, you are a caution.

FAIL.
Human babies are FAIL

I’m just going to go ahead and say this. If you actually, seriously HATE babies? There is something wrong with you.

If you don’t think they’re cute? Fine. If they annoy you in the supermarket? Fine. Think their natural, universal bodily functions are disgusting? You don’t want to have one and you resent society’s pressure on you? Fine. I’m not planning to have kids either. I’m not planning to spend a lot of time around kids. But I’m not going to hate on another human just because he or she hasn’t grown up yet. I think maybe a lot of you are conflating your frustration as child-free individuals with an actual hatred of small, innocent humans. At least I hope so.

Everything poops, dude. Everything throws up and gets messy, and even tiny precious kittens cry loudly for their mothers. They may not get red and wrinkly and scrunched up like a human baby, but they are still the same bone-filled flesh-covered bags of water that we are. You don’t have to coo and make silly noises at a picture of a cute baby, but for you to stomp and get angry and declare that this cute baby upsets you is a SERIOUS BUZZKILL, and you need to quit.

The fact that something about babies and their place in our culture really annoys you doesn’t make it cool to be so ugly and hateful. Babies are harmless. Babies are innocent. Babies do not deserve your hate. Babies are not going to make your eyes melt out of your face.

Please, for the sake of my sanity and your own human decency, go pet a kitten and don’t hate the babies.

It’s not the intarwebz without humourless blowhards who don’t know how to scroll. Keep occasionally poking the crazy! LOL. I love commentroversies.

I don’t understand. Were you under the impression that I’m advocating for veganism, or is this just a random attempt to push your agenda?

Either way, hell of an assumption to make.

WOW FAIL
I thought you would understand your own writing.
You are implying that animals and humans are equal, and I am sure you eat meat and wear animal skin. This makes you a hypocrite. You know what that word means, right?

Your attempt to patronize me is very silly.

I was not implying that animals and humans are equal, no. I am saying that it is rather strange to act as if human babies and animal babies are so terribly different on a basic physical level–which, after all, is what chiefly determines whether something is “cute.” People who adore animals and scorn children because children have biological functions seem to forget that animals have them, too–that animals are born red and wet and crying, that they get sick, that they make messes, that they do all those things human babies do which people seem to find so unattractive. Cute animals don’t stop existing after they have their picture taken in a basket full of sunflowers.

Beyond that, I’m not quite sure why you’re trying to bait and insult me so viciously. Neither is going to have any affect on me.

“I am sure you eat meat and wear animal skin.”

No, you’re not. But it doesn’t matter, anyway, because your opinion of me is as important as a gust of wind on the tail of a newborn lamb. Go in peace, my child.

PA-SICKIE!

@ Cindy: I really hope you’re being sarcastic…if not, please point out to me where on the web site it says it’s only about cute animals?

@Summer: “Babies are not going to make your eyes melt out of your face.” Love it.

Its called Cute Overload, not Animal Overload. If the Powers That Be think we will find a baby in a lamby fleece cute, then they will post it. There are lots of blogs dedicated soley to animals, go there instead.

I think this liddle puddum is gawgeous, and I am usually very much anti poop factory!

Speaking as someone who has a *ton* of embarrassing baby photos, I can only feel sympathy for this poor child. She will undoubtedly be subjected to this photo over and over and over again- usually in the presence of someone she’s trying to impress. I can see her now at her 50th birthday party, groaning yet again that “that damn lamb costume” will follow her to her grave.

Super cute!

Also, I wish there was still the thumbs-up/thumbs-down buttons, because I would give this comment:

“mathaeis 11.11.09 at 6:38 pm
OH NO A HUMAN BABY I AM IRRATIONALLY MAD”

A hundred-billions thumbs-up. I laughed way too hard at that.

I like Summer.
And this baby is cute.

Thanks for the preemptive PA-SICKIE, NOMTOM!

The grundels really came out of the wordwork for this one. LAURA, I anoint you Queen Chode. You’re welcome.

I find babies utterly repulsive, but the lamb costume makes this one just about tolerable.

And it’s news to me that it has ever been “edgy or cool” to dislike children. Like most childfree-by-choice women I’ve had to put up with years of being told I’m selfish, unnatural, weird or generally sick because I don’t want to breed.

omg… makes me wonder about the state of society that if they can’t handle a human baby on the site here once in a while and can’t just let the image (or video in the case of the pasickie) pass without spouting such vitriol… then again, the nuffers are hopefully a small percentage of the population.

Kyuuuuuuute baby primate!!!

The stink about it is so amusing, too… Particularly since, as surrogate mom and willing servant of two grown-up kittens and three former puppies, I’ve lost count of the times I’ve had to clean up drool-soaked toys, half eaten bird and/or hairball barf, pee and/or diarreah on carpets and floors, poop-encrusted fur, etc. There’s also the ocassional leg-humping, wild barking (and meowing), broken figurine (cats have a knack for re-decorating shelves, you know; and a happy Golden Retriever will wreak havoc with her tail) and destroyed favorite shoes…

And I wouldn’t change it for a million bucks. You see, I love my fur-babies.

ALL babies – human and non – drool, poop, pee, scream, destroy things and oftentimes make nuisances of themselves. Some continue to do so well into aduthood. The difference is, a few homo sapiens primates learn to type, and do it on the internet.

Thank you, Meg and NTMTOM, for recognizing Teh Qte in all its wonderful manifestations!

FROM THE “ABOUT US” SECTION:

At Cute Overload, we scour the Web for only the finest in cute imagery.

Nowhere in there does it specify that human cuteness is excluded.

The baby is adorable.

Dang, people get so worked up over the 2% of DNA we don’t share with monkeys. This is an adorable picture. I’m asking for this baby for Christmas! XD

hate

Cute baby.

Poor CO, how’s your flame singed butt?
My mom always told me kids can be cruel.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
a hooman baby!

get a grip peoples. Its cute!

Not cute. I’m not one to complain, but babies are gross. I’d rather see a “cute” spider over this crap. *shudder*.

I want a jacket like that!

Wow. I think the occasional human here is fine. To the baby-haters: Don’t have one yourself – please, don’t have one – but the fact remains that babies are kind of essential to the continuation of the human race. So stop whining, or I’ll put you in a time-out.

I don’t particularly care for hamsters or bunnies, but I come here anyway. Kind of like the weather–if you don’t like it, wait awhile and it’ll change (usually). Something will come along that you like. Skip the ones you don’t find appealing and qwitcherbellyachin’!

SO CUTE! If all y’all haters can’t recognize adorable in all its forms then poo on you. And if you really can’t stand the sight of a nomable baby, then DON’T LOOK! simple as that.

I agree that babies are incredibly boring. I’ll take a picture of a rat over a baby any day.

[Others might say they'd take a picture of a brat over rabies any day. - Ed.]

Sorry, but I have to agree…I do not come here to see babies. I come here to see cute ANIMALS.

[dangling a stuffed Mickey Mouse over the crib as Junior gurgles happily] – “Oh honey, come look, and bring the camera!”

[absently glancing over shoulder while rolling a pie crust] – “Not right now, dear; I’ll take a picture of a rat over a baby any day.”

*ahem* I have a confession to make. That child is my love child with NTMTOM. Yes. It’s true. So all you nuffers can stick it sideways where the sun don’t shine. Let’s just hope she’s inheirited her father’s wit.

Okay..kidding…not really my child, nor have I had any sort of relations with NTMTOM. Although I am seriously contemplating setting up a rival site to http://www.iwantdavidtennantsbaby.com

Lamb chops in Nomvember? Unusual and delightful, indeed!

All you nuffers simmer down now. Cute is cute. When it really really really bothers you to the point of making you angry that there’s a picture of a human baby on CuteOverload maybe it’s time to reevaluate your life…just a thought. Just going out on a lamb here. HA!! Lamb instead of limb…get it? No? Ok fine. =( It was a baaa-d joke.

Oh my GOD kai is so cute. What amazing parents, too. I hope I can be as patient as them someday!

It’s all bald and gross.

NTMTOM, you rock! Some of the comments are disturbing though, kind of scary, makes me afraid for little children with all the child haters and their comments. Peace people. And I’ve got to say it “can’t we all just get along?”

All of the people bashing this picture are probably the same ones that dress up their dog and push them around in a stroller…… yuck..

get a life people. Think of it this way. Be glad your parents didn’t hate babies as much as you do, because you wouldn’t be here if they did.

That is all.

The same people who nuff about human babies not being cute are probably the types who scream “Stop the seal hunt!” and then dig into an un-ethically farmed, raised and butchered steak from the grocery store. (What do I call those? Why, yes, a hypocrite)

Babies are occasionally cute, though I myself have no desire for children and don’t coo over human babies in general. This one is adorable in the lamb outfit. Sure, I’d rather see more bunny or puppy pics, but the world won’t end because CO put up one picture of a human child.

Get off your soapboxes, nuffers, and go to http://www.disapprovingrabbits.com for a day if this pisses you off so much. Sigh sigh.

Ummm…when exactly did being childless start being called childfree? That’s a bloody stupid title for it. As is the utter irrational reaction to even a hint of anyone under the age of 20 being presented to those who refer to their lifestyle as childfree. Not to mention their superior attitude and total dissing of a woman who does bear and rear a kid or two. I’ve seen the websites and the comments. Disgusting and blatently incorrect generalizations that are nothing more than childish attempts to rationalize one’s choice.

I and my husband are childless. We made the choice to not have children simply because we freely acknowledge the fact that we are too selfish to make the major life changes and the HEAVY responsibility to carry, birth and raise a child. We like kids. Other people’s kids. We think they’re cute and funny, especially when they are just discovering some brand new aspect of the world around them. Neither of us freak out when presented with an image of or the actual presence of a child. Because we are rational, logical human adults who realize that such is not a demand or an order to conceive, bear and raise a child.

And a picture of a child of any age is NOT a demand that those of us who do not have children by our own choice go have a few. It’s just a damn picture. Of a toddler in a lamb jacket. Deal with it like the grown ups you claim to be instead of reacting like a kid presented with brussel sprouts, liver and onions on their dinner plate.

” And a picture of a child of any age is NOT a demand that those of us who do not have children by our own choice go have a few. It’s just a damn picture. Of a toddler in a lamb jacket. Deal with it like the grown ups you claim to be instead of reacting like a kid presented with brussel sprouts, liver and onions on their dinner plate.”

Amen, @Vampy!

p.s. Dont ever change, C.O.!

Is the puppy model of this hybrid ready yet? If not may I will settle for the tiger model!

That be one very cute rugrat.

I’m not surprised at the “not cute” comments but I am a little shocked at the nasty, hateful, and vile tone in which they have been expressed.

You people need professional help. I’m not kidding. Anyone who harbors that much animosity toward a fellow human being is more than a little scary.

For people who want spiders and rats, there’s always http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/

I don’t think they ever have babies, either! Doubleplusgood!

Vampy, “childfree” is just a shorter way of saying “childless-by-choice forever”. Since “childless” can also mean “doesn’t have kids yet” (or even “wanted kids but can’t have them and isn’t adopting”), many of us who don’t want to have kids wanted a new term. It’s not stupid; it’s convenient. No one’s demanding you use it.

And yeah, a lot of the childfree folk you meet on the internet are deeply irritating. So are a lot of the people with kids, the people who really want kids, and the people who will probably just have kids because ‘that’s what people do.’ The internet brings out the crazy d-bag in a lot of people. Witness, for example, how equally obnoxious and self-righteous many of the anti-childfree replies have become.

As a childfree woman, I understand the irritation at having babies get all up in everything, especially if you’ve just had your friends or relatives treat you to another dose of “Oh, surely you’ll change your mind and want babies!” As a sensible woman, I also understand that this website wasn’t billed as a No Baby Zone and the childfree frothing upthread is irrational, obnoxious, and entirely uncalled for, especially when there’s that nice little scroll bar right on the side of the page. But that alone doesn’t excuse the implications by multiple commenters that people who dislike children are fundamentally broken, or even a danger to kids. Bad behavior on all sides, y’all.

I am one who generally doesn’t like to see baby pictures at CO (they remind me of my personal pain of being barren, something no animal photo will ever do). However, I’m making a concession for this one, because it’s a vehicle for jokes about human-animal hybrids, which I find to be an amusingly misunderstood and controversial subject.

Moreover, it calls for rakes and torches. My husband and I were just talking the other day about what we would do in the case of a peasant uprising, we have neither a rake nor a torch, nor a pitchfork! We decided that within the year we would procure a pitchfork and torch and set them in the basement for future contingencies. People, check your basements and utility closets- WHERE are your pitchforks and torches?! Don’t be caught without one! When a mob passes your house chanting “burn the (outrage of choice)!”, you want to be part of the mob, not the victim!

A lot of you people are bitter and weird.

Lilitu, I think anything implement like with a long handle will probably do, especially if you’re also carrying something that’s on fire. The point is that you want to look like a member of the mob, not the target!

Lilitu- Well said. Though I don’t label myself as childfree (mostly due to the obnoxious internet folk who give that label a horrible name), I have no desire for children and get annoyed when people give me the patronising “Oh, you willllll” line. But there’s no reason to hate on babies- how would any of these nuffers feel if someone went “OMG GROSS GTFO” to their baby pictures? How do they know the parents aren’t reading this thread right now, seeing them imply that their child is disgusting?

Anyway, in conclusion, people need to grow up. Childfree, childless and parents INCLUDED equally. Come on guys. It’s not worth the animosity.

I agree that “childfree” is a dumb coinage. I feel the same way about pet owners who style themselves “pet parents.” It’s your right to call yourself that, and it’s my right to laugh and laugh.

Not sure where these women are encountering this oppressive, crushing you-must-have-children-for-you-are-a-woman sentiment. I’ve never experienced it. Okay, your mother may pressure you to have children, because that’s almost a biological imperative… but who else cares?

I agree with the person who said to keep posting up human baby photos and videos. Get rid of all the baby-haters so the rest of us can enjoy the website

Throws more popcorn at Theo… and shoots a soda straw!

HAHA.. people get soooo fussy over the stupidest things.. WHO CARES if someone doesn’t like to look at a strangers baby pictures! WHO CARES what people choose to call themselves? Why get worked up over it?? What kind of a person bashes someone for not wanting to look at a picture and then calls that person a “baby-hater”.. Geezzz Get a grip… It’s only a picture and it’s only a comment! Not the end of the world!!! Can’t we all just agree to disagree???

There’s definitely pictures that get posted on CO that don’t fit within my personal definishe of “teh qte”, like bugs and some dogs, and I’m gonna admit, I’m not as into Scottish Folds as most other people seem to be. But I also don’t go out of my way to comment, nay-say, whine and complain in the comments when there’s a picture that I don’t personally find cute! I scroll past it to find pictures of kitties, puppies, lambies, llamas, fishes, lizards, turtles, and assorted other creatures.

Grow up, people! Just ignore it and move on, like us grown-ups do.

Lambaby looks torn between concern and amusement at the commentroversy she has spawned.

Wow, only a day away from CO and it appears the sky is falling – and over a baby? Anyway, I think she’s cute. I don’t have kids and don’t plan to, I don’t have any hammies, kittehs, foals, etc., but still appreciate their cuteness.

Peace and love, people

I’ll take some popcorn over here ******* thanks

By the way, that dude in the video – Kai’s daddy – totally sounds like Mr. Rogers!

Um, hello, Theo? Might you want to close comments on this one? Aren’t we done yet? You did say, earlier, that you’d had enough popcorn. I really think the movie is over now and we can go home…or go look at miserable & cute jowly dogs in bathtubs while we wait for next week’s commentroversy.

[No, I was just full. Of popcorn. Who knew it was even possible? - Ed.]

Want to blow raspberries on this baby’s tummy. What a little cutie.
Now, back to the goggies and kittehs please.

KittyAdventures – Correction: Leg warmer!!!

Katiedid…. SHhhh don’t tell anyone!

Yeah KittyAdventures, I saw that one. I think it was “PaaaSickle Part I”

“The same people who nuff about human babies not being cute are probably the types who scream “Stop the seal hunt!” and then dig into an un-ethically farmed, raised and butchered steak from the grocery store.”

Because not thinking children are cute is totally the same as wanting to kill and eat them. Seriously, how is that a valid analogy?

LOL a baby furry

Ugh…no babies. Not cute, not cute at all.

Also, I agree that saying you “hate” babies is extreme, but I think the reason people who don’t like/don’t want kids cross over that line and say they “hate” kids is probably because we start out by just saying something like, “I don’t really want kids of my own.” Then everyone around you says stuff like, “Oh, you are just too young, you’ll change your mind when you get older.” or “You’ll be so sorry when you are old and their is nobody to take care of you.” Always with the same condescending tone and facial expression, of course.
Spend a couple of decades listening to that crap and being surrounded by people’s screaming brats that behave like drunken monkeys in public while their parents either ignore the behavior or smile and say, “Oh, aren’t they cute at that age?” and all of a sudden you just get fed up with the whole thing and become quite allergic to the sight of yet another rugrat being paraded in front of you with the expectation that you’ll fall all over yourself over how adorable it is. Yuck.

Cyanne, when I hear stories like yours, my reaction is–you need to surround yourself with different people. I don’t know why but none of my friends or family are that rude to me about not having any kids. Perhaps I just live in an unusual “mind our own business” zone.

Angela – I agree, old people are adorable. And I hope that does not sound patronizing or infantilizing since, after all, they have lived longer than me and whatnot. But seriously. I had the grumpiest, meanest choir director who just passed away after several decades of making his students’ life hell if they didn’t meet his expectations. His memorial was full of people lovingly remembering how sweet and adorable he was, and not just in the “it’s a funeral so we can only say nice things” way, but in a “he made me cry a few times but I loved him” way.

Okay, tangent. I don’t know where that came from.

This baby looks pretty chill. I like him/her.
I think that saying you love babies or hate babies, as if they were all the same, is pretty dumb.

WTF?
Comments are still open on this???
dumb.
people who run this are dumb.

And this website is full of hate and anger.
Every time I look at comments, all it is is people being horrible to each other.
that’s why I rarely look. And every time, I promise myself I won’t look again, but I seem to forget.
I thought a site with the name of “Cute Overload” would be more of a fun and loving place to be. Apparently not?
It almost seems like the posters on this site enjoy stirring people up… I think it is pretty obvious that putting a photo of a human baby is going to get people panties in a bunch ESPECIALLY after looking at the comments left on the video that was linked…. and the fact that comments are not turned off yet here shows they are enjoying it. I don’t think this is very nice, and I think it is a good way to lose readers which, at this point, kind of seems like it’s what you want, CO.

previous commenters are right. There ARE a lot of websites dedicated to cute that we can all move on to. Considering what competition you have I would probably start being a little more careful. And I would be working harder to try and make my website a happy place. Not a war zone, especially since it seems to be the only one of its type that is so full of hate and anger. you don’t see comment boards like this on any of the other sites!

Just a thought.

[Oh, this is a giggle. - Ed.]

Amby. Overeact much?

There ARE a lot of websites dedicated to cute that we can all move on to. Considering what competition you have I would probably start being a little more careful.

The site gets over half a million visitors a month. Give or take the odd flounce. I suspect it will do fine. And whatever it wants.

And I would be working harder to try and make my website a happy place. Not a war zone, especially since it seems to be the only one of its type that is so full of hate and anger. you don’t see comment boards like this on any of the other sites!

You don’t look at that many sites online, do you.

And Dobermama, I agree with you about socially disfunctional people online. Somewhat ironic that the ones stomping their feet, sulking and behaving like children are so anti-children.

EWWW baby

oh – and I do think this baby bears a striking resemblance to susan doyle!

@Amby – “people who run this are dumb”?? Just how long have you been enjoying this awesome site? Well I’m one of those lucky ones who have gotten so much joy and laughter from those “people” for the last several years. Why don’t you really check out a site and what it’s really all about before posting such comments. Teho – you show such restraint

[Sometimes it's nice just to let the fish keep swimming 'round that barrel. They're kind of soothing to watch. - Ed.]

Not a fan of baby humans.

Bridget 11.11.09 at 9:53 pm
“Reading all these posts just convinces me more & more that certain people should *NEVAR* procreate…SHEEESH!”

And yes, Eastie, I am aware of the fact that I was once a baby. Your point?

Maybe the person you quoted was stating that your parents shouldn’t have pro-created?

And my point is: How can you hate something you once were? I have lots of friends who don’t want kids. Heck, I don’t know if I want kids, but I’m certainly not going to go around saying they’re gross and not cute and that I hate them. But, hey, that’s just me. To each their own.

Cyanne can I ask where you live, generally?

Dear Amby, jam a sock in it.

Okay then.

Well, Cyanne, unfortunately all those knowing smirks come along because lots of people DO change their minds. You won’t, of course, but other child-haters who came before you, caved, procreated and then loved their children have made your child-free path harder. Hate the cavers! (And yes, that would be me…).

I love how parents feel the need to dress their children as little animals. What is this deep-seated need? Is it to deny we have actually made this life-altering decision and pretend that we got a pet, instead?

I can’t believe the human haters! Is this a joke??…The webpage is cuteoverload, everything cute should be here, like pandas, kitties, carrots hugging and babies in animal costumes…jeeezzz

Ok, who pooped in y’all’s shoes this morning? It’s an adorable baby dressed up like an animal. If you don’t like babies or are OMG OFFENDED by its presence here…
Look. Right over there. —————–>
It’s a scroll bar. Scroll on past it and get on with yer dang lives. Not like they changed the site to Taxidermy Overload or Road Kill Overload. Chill, peeps.

“Taxidermy Overload” Hahahahahaha!

@gravyboat: quite succint – I like it.

Carrots hugging? Wha?

@Cyanne, I have the perfect response to all child-related badgering. I look the individual straight in the eye and say “Oh, I decided not to have kids after finding out about the hereditary insanity in the family”.

stirrin’ the pot

stiiiirrrrrin’ the pot

hehe.

This sucks.

@ Cyanne: I feel your pain. I’ve been feeling it for most of my adult life. And I’m sick half to death of people I hardly know thinking they have a God-given right to inflict their ill-behaved broods on us.

Since when were pictures of babies dressed as cute animals so awful? This little one is adorable! And the comments were just hilarious to read. All that over a photo…thank you for the laughs NTMTOM!

@Queen of Dork – awesome bug!

to MM, i once saw a post here, if a remember well, with a picture similar to this one
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3452443687_7b37a20a8e.jpg

i don’t get why so many child haters here (as someone said above i should just keep not reading the comments).

but CUTE BABY i couldn’t resist, i don’t want to have one myself but i don’t hate them either, it’s just weird that people it’s said to love animals but can’t love they own kind…bleh nevermind. Just have to remember myself to not read any comments here anymore

So cute! nice to see a varied selection of the cuteness, all creatures are beautiful!

@ Paws and Claws: I think you’re overstating the objections of some of the posters here; certainly my objections. I don’t particularly care about babies or pictures of babies one way or the other, and therefore certainly don’t think the obligatory reaction should be to “FREAK OUT” over them. Also, I suspect the reason people think certain posters in this thread hate babies is that they’ve flat out SAID they hate babies.

And I certainly never said the crazy was confined to only one side of this thread. All I said was I love it when CO posts the occasional baby pic, because everyone gets out the boxing gloves and I reach for the popcorn.

I think it’s a cute picture, and after all, it’s not like it’s a subscription-only website…no one has some inalienable right to demand what they want to see more or less of here. But I also have many friends who hate kids (it’s not a sin or unnatural) but love animals all the more. So I could understand people feeling like they just went to Daily Puppy and got a Daily Angry Wet Cat photo instead.
I don’t see why both sides are getting all angry at each other (anonymous strangers whose views don’t affect your life at all)? It’s just one photo of a lamb baby…?

Paws and Claws, this is a baby. in a lamb coat. Not the death of the modern woman, the symbol of unfulfilled potential, an oppressive and intrusive burden, etc. It’s a baby. In a lamb coat. If you’re projecting your personal negative baby experiences onto this particular picture of a baby (wearing a lamb coat), I think you’re taking the Internets too seriously.

My cat stepped on my keyboard and typed my name for me, btw.
THAT’S cute at least, right? ^_^ squee!

Cute baby. Cute coat. Awesome nuffing.
Really, though, how old are some people who are posting here? Younger than 10 years old, surely. “I hate babies,” they say. What exactly is it that you hate? The sweet little chubby cheeks?
We need a psychologist here, to figure out this irrational hate of cute babies.

Once upon a time there was a man an a woman, and the hated children. Oh yeah they hated them so, but they love sex. Oh yeah they love sex so. And sex produced….children. That was when child abuse began.. the end.

Someone said it, but I have to agree:

I <3 COMMENTROVERSIES!

Wha!!!I thought I was 400!!! My claim to fame — Gone! (Goes home to pout.)

This photo DOES NOT belong here.
I would have much rather seen a cute puppy in that lamb outfit than a baby! Is this what this site has come to? Ugh.

Hmmmm…. I wonder what would happen if you tried to shave him…

Yikes! Cute Overload, you should totally post more baby pictures. Send these angry people away to the Daily Kitty/Puppy/etc! She’s a little lump of cute and I approve!

Also: have you considered posting a baby picture and then disabling the comments? Not to stop commentroversies, but rather just to annoy all the crazy people who can’t freak out in the comments?

Come oooon. It’d be fuuu-uuun~~

No. I correct myself. I wonder if we will make it to the next, oh, 100 years…

Now I’m not the most mathological person in the room, but as far as I can tell… for every anti-baby comment there are at least 40 anti-anti-baby comments. And I’m sure there is a variable for anti-anti-anti-baby comments. Cuteoverload Algebra 101, and me without my homework.

As fun as this commentroversy was to read, did anybody actually comment on the lambaby picture? I can’t admit to loving babies, but I do think I would love a lambaby wool scarf and hat set this winter.

to everyone who has replied with a “no more human babiez plz”-type comment.

i have to ask: do you ever read those comments aloud before you post them? if not, you should try it. it might help you realize that you sound like an idiot.

PS Pasickie isn’t cute either.

LOLz at all the comments but I gotta admit I don’t like babies either. I dunno, it just looks like it’s about to start slobbering…

Also, Marthava, see Bridget’s comment above.

Man, the comments have *really* made this post. I’m still laughing at how bent out of shape people are getting. NTMTOM, you rascal, you. Extra points for the “lambasted” crack.

I usually prefer to look at cute baby animal pictures online over human babies, in that I seek out pictures of puppies and bunnies to ooh and ahh over and never look for pictures of babies, but this baby is very cute, chubby and in a cute costume, so I like. Thumbs up! BUT I do agree that CO should stay 99.999999% about cute ANIMALS.

This is still going on? any popcorn left?

[I can probably shake some out of my collar if you really need it. - Ed.]

to all the “why I hate babies and think you should know” essays:

cool story, bro.

I just came back here to see if anyone left anymore snarky comments and alls I can say is
WAHAHAHAHHHAAAAAAHAAAAHAAHHAAAA….

I seriously need another beer to read all this…too frakkin’ funny!

I’m not too keen on *endless* baby pictures. But, if I recall, CO has posted a grand total to TWO pictures of babies since I started visiting about two years ago (that’s this one and the rather endearing pa-sick-ie post). That’s an average of once a year. Chill out, folks, it’s not like there’s a sound bite of a screaming child attached to it. If you don’t like it, scroll PAST it.

To make up for it… here’s a pic of my two brand new kittens snuggling with each other… and a pound puppy – http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/orangeandcream/Nuada%20and%20Nuala%20Black/DSCF3835.jpg

You know what’s great about Cute Overload? We don’t worry about war, poverty, disease, or environmental catastrophe. Our biggest concerns are:

1) Photos of human babies.
2) Photos of cleavage.
3) A story about a B&B that had cats running about.

My goodness, what a perfect world!

[I do appreciate your long memory, D. - Ed.]

Not as cute as a greyhound sheepdog, if you ask me . . . . http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s357/PrairieProf/downsized_1020091325.jpg

lol @ the nuffer overload tantrums.

Awesome work, Nomtom.

Not a huge fan of babies myself, but C’MON – the kid has a TAIL!!!! The people who don’t think this is cute must have missed it. Take another peak… a TAIL!!! A floofy tail! On a human! A CUTE human at that… Also… commentroversies are fun. Weeeee!!!

I didn’t really like the pah-sickie video because it was a video and it was jarring to watch it, expect an animal, and not be disappointed.

But I absolutely loved this post b/c in my opinion it was cuter, and NTMTOM had one really great buildup.

And I found that reading NTMTOM’s post made me feel a lot more amused at having witnessed the pah-sickie incident, because it made me feel like I could read a lot more humor than the first few “baby hate” posts – that these people were deliberately being either sarcastic, or just being silly.

This is mostly irrelevant, but there are two xkcd comics that I think about on this incident:

Cat Proximity (which was posted on CO some months ago): http://xkcd.com/231/
- People become really really silly the more exposed they are to cute things. Maybe the “baby haters” are just suffering from overexposure.

The other, more relevant, is called troll slayer: http://xkcd.com/591/

I also feel like cornutt’s post brought up some valid points. But hey, I’m glad NTMTOM, Meg, and Teho are having fun at everyone’s expense. I’m sure they deserve a good night of popcorn after all the hard work they do to bring us this site. =)

(P.S. no sarcasm in those last two sentences. Given how dark the comments turned after the first hundred or so, it might be worth saying that explicitly)

I don’t want to see babies on here for many reasons others have already touched on–my co-workers/friends are constantly talking about babies or showing me photo after photo, I’m not interested in having any, etc.

But I think maybe one concern is that the powers-that-be will also be bitten by the baby bug that seems to be sweeping the nation and Cute Overload will go from being 99% cute animals to a way higher percentage of babies, and we don’t want that. I don’t care for the picture but I’m not going to say I HATE it. I just don’t want to see babies on this site any more frequently.

“But hang on, if the human purpose is to contribute to society, and procreate, and try and make the world a better place, but yet YOU don’t want to do those things, then maybe there isn’t a place for YOU in this world!”

So we can’t contribute to society or make the world a better place without having babies?

This whole thing has escalated into something it probably was never intended to be. I doubt the first people to post the “nuffer” comments really believe all the things you people claim they do.

Babies are animals. So, CO administrators are actually adhering to their “rules”.