on the transitivity of cuteness

"He looks just like you"
"Thank you"
"Soooo cute!"

Huh?

Ok...

so:

  • my decades long struggle to transcend "cute" and reach some suitably manly adjective has failed,
    or
  • cuteness is not transitive

must achieve zen

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Neither - cuteness is an independent traits from general looks. Therefore, cuteness is only partially transitive, and you may or may not be cute. Or you both are and are not cute..

mini versions of things (even manly things) are cute. Haven't you seen the burger king commercial?

Doesn't Arrow's Theorem apply to cuteness? That is, one cannot avoid nontransitive cuteness. For example, my dog is cuter than your cat, your cat is cuter than his iguana, his iguana is cuter than my dog?