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Cats, dogs, bears, owls, weasels. Most of them could seriously injure/kill an average human with minor difficulty and yet we find them adorable?

Does not compute.

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 2 days ago (14 children)

We're predators ourselves, so if we couldn't find predatory aspects (large, forward-facing eyes, for example) to be cute our babies would get left on hillsides.

[–] Fondots 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It's not something I'd generally consider to be one of my kinks, but I remember one time noticing a girl I know has somewhat more prominent than average canine teeth. Not ridiculously exaggerated vampire fangs or anything, definitely within the range of normal variation of the human species, but towards the upper end of that range, just a tiny bit longer and pointier than most.

And that did something for me. Like the primal reptilian part of my brain was saying "yesss, now there's a female you can go and hunt mammoths with"

It surely didn't hurt that she is otherwise very conventionally attractive, but in that moment it wasn't the great tits, ass, pretty face, blue eyes, long blonde hair, etc. that caught my eye, it was those carnivore teeth.

She's also been an on-again/off-again vegetarian as long as I've known her, and has expressed some interest in hunting, so I think her own lizard-brain also seems to have some strong thoughts on the matter.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts 4 points 1 day ago

somewhat more prominent than average canine teeth

this is definitely a "thing"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

on the opposite end of the scale, ive always found buckteeth super adorable. Like, cmon little beaver creature, let's find you a piece of wood to chew on and cuddle

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Blumpkinhead 1 points 11 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't recommend that line of thought unless you enjoy your weenie being chewed off.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

maybe just chewed on

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I discovered this about myself fairly recently, but I'm never really attracted to a woman unless I'm also at least a little bit scared of her.

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