Anon01/28/26, 13:42No.4014959
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Isn't it the opposite? The oldest study I can find about it is one from 2015 concerning "dimorphous" emotional expression (being so happy you cry type of stuff) that used cuteness because it's easy to reproduce in a controlled setting. Google trends says the term cute aggression dates back to 2014, but I can't find how people were using it.
As far as I know, that one 4chan post about malevolent cuteness aggression was made after this. And it was less a refutation of it and more an observation of a dysfunctional, maladaptive variant of it that seems to be prevalent among some populations and explain some of their behaviors.