# Is this fish cute? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511 "2010-06-17T03:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/1 "2010-06-17T03:49:32Z")
[Link](http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/14/gulf.oil.threatened.species/index.html?hpt=C1) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/2 "2010-06-17T03:50:43Z")
Yeah, cute like a stomach pump. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/3 "2010-06-17T03:55:34Z")
Sorry, I really don’t mean to insult your fishie, but yeesh - that’s a face only a spawning female parent could love. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/4 "2010-06-17T04:01:29Z")
Love it. But what of the poor pancake robin fish? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/5 "2010-06-17T04:23:17Z")
Wow. That is possibly the most repulsive animal I have ever seen. Seriously. In what conceivable way could any human being find that thing endearing? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/6 "2010-06-17T04:25:12Z")
See this? This is a cute fish: [http://www.fugly.com/media/IMAGES/Random/cute\_fish.jpg](http://www.fugly.com/media/IMAGES/Random/cute_fish.jpg) He’s all bug-eyed and grinning and whatnot. Adorable! Note how he is almost, but not entirely, completely unlike the fish you posted. This is what makes a cute fish. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/7 "2010-06-17T04:26:56Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Wow. That is possibly the most repulsive animal I have ever seen. Seriously. In what conceivable way could any human being find that thing endearing? [Click](http://beachchairscientist.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/blobfish1.jpg) at your own risk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/8 "2010-06-17T04:43:50Z")
I think it’s awesome. Of course, my favorite animal in the coelacanth. I just think fishes are cool. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/9 "2010-06-17T04:56:48Z")
Not all that cute, but the name is chock full of awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/10 "2010-06-17T05:07:02Z")
Gotta admit, I find that fish off-the-charts cute. Like, it hits cute receptors I didn’t even know I had. It makes me want to SQUEE even though I hate that word. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/11 "2010-06-17T05:19:35Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > See this? This is a cute fish: [http://www.fugly.com/media/IMAGES/Random/cute\_fish.jpg](http://www.fugly.com/media/IMAGES/Random/cute_fish.jpg) > > He’s all bug-eyed and grinning and whatnot. Adorable! Note how he is almost, but not entirely, completely unlike the fish you posted. This is what makes a cute fish. Wow. I clicked “How can a fish be cute?” but this guy is a real winner. I’ll have to revise my opinion. He’s a sweetie. > [@runner pat](#): > > [Click](http://beachchairscientist.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/blobfish1.jpg) at your own risk. 😃 Dammit! I was thinking the OP was going to be blobfish and was relieved when it wasn’t. I’ll never escape blobfish! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/12 "2010-06-17T05:47:27Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > Not all that cute, but the name is chock full of awesome. My thoughts exactly. > [@runner pat](#): > > [Click](http://beachchairscientist.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/blobfish1.jpg) at your own risk. 😃 Yay! It’s Mr. Blobby! ---
**Author:** ![Cyningablod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/13 "2010-06-17T06:00:29Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > Not all that cute, but the name is chock full of awesome. I think he’s awfully cute just BECAUSE of the super-awesome name! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/14 "2010-06-17T06:25:20Z")
well that angle is just not fair. her preferred mugshot is from the top. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/15 "2010-06-17T06:26:31Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [Click](http://beachchairscientist.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/blobfish1.jpg) at your own risk. 😃 Dear Og, I think that fish is one of the minor characters in Sherman’s Lagoon. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/16 "2010-06-17T06:42:48Z")
YECH, looks like a loogie with eyes! ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/17 "2010-06-17T06:44:32Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Wow. That is possibly the most repulsive animal I have ever seen. Seriously. In what conceivable way could any human being find that thing endearing? [This thing](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4785482.stm) is far, far more repulsive. :: shiver :: ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/18 "2010-06-17T08:02:49Z")
Actually, that’s kind of cool. And the blobfish is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/19 "2010-06-17T10:14:48Z")
The fish in the OP is cute in the same way the[worlds’s ugliest dog](http://www.joshanddoug.com/photos/Pics/worlds-ugliest-dog.jpg)is cute. That lobster has gorilla arms! I love the smiley fish! The blobfish picture is my avatar on another board. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511/20 "2010-06-17T10:39:28Z")
The OP fish is not cute. Cute is something that I wouldn’t mind swimming next to. If the oil spill didn’t keep me from visiting Louisiana beaches, the thought of that thing swimming around my toes definitely would . . Yech! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511.md?page=2)