# Cute Culture **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-culture/639518 "2012-11-01T03:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-culture/639518/1 "2012-11-01T03:06:02Z")
Anyone into this? I myself am not, but I guess it’s just another hobby or type of collection like stamps or coins or snow globes (my personal collection 🙂 ) [This article](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-klaffke/the-story-behind-cute-cul_b_2044844.html?utm_source=concierge&utm_medium=onsite&utm_campaign=sailthru%2Bslider%2B) says some people are shunned for collecting cute things, but that I don’t understand. So, SDMB, what have you to say or elaborate about “Cute Culture”? Some picture examples [Hello Kitty Collection](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3682893581_6d0f0bc3fe.jpg) [Kawaii tumblr](http://kawaii-stuffs-kawaii.tumblr.com/) [Kewpie Doll Collection](http://genki.com.au/static/files/assets/1c4bdaf4/IMG_5587_lewpie.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-culture/639518/2 "2012-11-01T03:58:27Z")
It’s not my thing, and that is a big part of the reason I am not as far into anime as would seem logical, given that I am a comics geek, writer, Japanophile, and artist. However, it did provide dandy story fodder when I was writing about Devilbunnies. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-culture/639518/3 "2012-11-01T05:00:32Z")
I’ve seen more instances of jeering and mocking of cute things as “uncool”, TBH. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-culture/639518/4 "2012-11-01T07:33:03Z")
I’ve collected Hello Kitty items since I was 10,and my daughter likes Hello Kitty also. However, when I bought her a Hello Kitty rolling backpack to take to middle school, she rejected it because it was too childish. So I exchanged it for some other Hello Kitty items for myself, including some plastic containers and an insulated lunch bag, which gets me compliments from the other ladies at work. I don’t care if I get called “uncool” for this, since I gave up on coolness many years ago. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-culture/639518/5 "2012-11-01T14:55:19Z")
**Lucky** , I am waiting for when my 4 year old daughter is too little for Hello Kitty. That will be sad ☹