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	<title>Comments on: Pandamonium</title>
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		<title>By: Almost Can&#8217;t Bear It - Asymptotia</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/12/01/pandamonium/comment-page-1/#comment-7920</link>
		<dc:creator>Almost Can&#8217;t Bear It - Asymptotia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] [*Update: I&#8217;ve been guilty of cute bear cub posts before. Remember my post Pandamonium?] [...]</description>
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		<title>By: SMEGMASTER.COM &#124; panda</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/12/01/pandamonium/comment-page-1/#comment-7919</link>
		<dc:creator>SMEGMASTER.COM &#124; panda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Aww.  &#8211; Dec 2, 1:00 am     Previous            Link it up! [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Aww.  &#8211; Dec 2, 1:00 am     Previous            Link it up! [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Frank</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/12/01/pandamonium/comment-page-1/#comment-7918</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Awwwwwwwww!  (And I&#039;m a gay man, so I&#039;m not saying that to get in good with the ladies!)

I know Arun was joking, but I have often wondered what evolutionary basis there is for &quot;cuteness.&quot;  I mean, it&#039;s obviously advantageous for us to find our own young adorable, but why do we find things like lion or bear cubs (or adults, even) so cute?  They could eat us!

erc: &quot;Butterstick&quot; came from the fact that he was the size of a stick of butter at birth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awwwwwwwww!  (And I&#8217;m a gay man, so I&#8217;m not saying that to get in good with the ladies!)</p>
<p>I know Arun was joking, but I have often wondered what evolutionary basis there is for &#8220;cuteness.&#8221;  I mean, it&#8217;s obviously advantageous for us to find our own young adorable, but why do we find things like lion or bear cubs (or adults, even) so cute?  They could eat us!</p>
<p>erc: &#8220;Butterstick&#8221; came from the fact that he was the size of a stick of butter at birth.</p>
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		<title>By: erc</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/12/01/pandamonium/comment-page-1/#comment-7917</link>
		<dc:creator>erc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Awwwwwwww.... Very, very cute....

How did he get the name Butterstick though?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awwwwwwww&#8230;. Very, very cute&#8230;.</p>
<p>How did he get the name Butterstick though?</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/12/01/pandamonium/comment-page-1/#comment-7916</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Possibly. It doesn&#039;t have the same ring to it though. At least not in MY Arnie voice...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Possibly. It doesn&#8217;t have the same ring to it though. At least not in MY Arnie voice&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Clifford</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/12/01/pandamonium/comment-page-1/#comment-7915</link>
		<dc:creator>Clifford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>don&#039;t you mean boy-ey-woman?

-cvj</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>don&#8217;t you mean boy-ey-woman?</p>
<p>-cvj</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/12/01/pandamonium/comment-page-1/#comment-7914</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>so that would be, respectively, a she-woman, woman or \begin{governator} manly-girl \end{governator}??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so that would be, respectively, a she-woman, woman or \begin{governator} manly-girl \end{governator}??</p>
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		<title>By: Alex R</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/12/01/pandamonium/comment-page-1/#comment-7913</link>
		<dc:creator>Alex R</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apparently some people will &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wonkette.com/politics/butterstick/what-would-you-do-for-the-stick-138672.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;go to great lengths&lt;/a&gt; to get to see this panda in person...  Pandamonium, indeed!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently some people will <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/butterstick/what-would-you-do-for-the-stick-138672.php" rel="nofollow">go to great lengths</a> to get to see this panda in person&#8230;  Pandamonium, indeed!</p>
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		<title>By: Clifford</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/12/01/pandamonium/comment-page-1/#comment-7912</link>
		<dc:creator>Clifford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I defy anyone to not Awwwww (or equivalent) at that picture..... Regardless of their motivation....and whether they be he-man, man, girly-man, (whatever those really mean) or the female analogs.


cheers,

-cvj</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I defy anyone to not Awwwww (or equivalent) at that picture&#8230;.. Regardless of their motivation&#8230;.and whether they be he-man, man, girly-man, (whatever those really mean) or the female analogs.</p>
<p>cheers,</p>
<p>-cvj</p>
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		<title>By: Eugene</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/12/01/pandamonium/comment-page-1/#comment-7911</link>
		<dc:creator>Eugene</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!


(breaths)


Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!


In college I was &lt;I&gt;told&lt;/I&gt; that, as a guy, the ability to be Awwww-ed by a cute fluffy animal is a powerful help in attracting members of the fairer sex. They say it has something to do with demonstrating a softer side of yourself, and thus making you more likely to stay in the nest. I don&#039;t know if that is true or not, but....


Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!</description>
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<p>(breaths)</p>
<p>Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!</p>
<p>In college I was <i>told</i> that, as a guy, the ability to be Awwww-ed by a cute fluffy animal is a powerful help in attracting members of the fairer sex. They say it has something to do with demonstrating a softer side of yourself, and thus making you more likely to stay in the nest. I don&#8217;t know if that is true or not, but&#8230;.</p>
<p>Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!</p>
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