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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This comic refers to the use of "{{w|baby talk}}" when speaking to pets, especially {{w|cats}}. A person's voice becomes {{w|falsetto}} and {{Wiktionary|cooing}}, vocabulary becomes simplified, and phrases are repeated, such as "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty." The chart shows that a person's apparent intelligence decreases, and that the {{Wiktionary|inanity}} (i.e. uselessness or emptiness) of their statements increases, the closer they get to a cat. Most people act like this when they're playing with cats or trying to call them over to them.
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{{incomplete|Understand the graph}}
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Thankfully, being close to a cat doesn't actually cause any decrease of intelligence in normal circumstances. In [[1535: Words for Pets]], [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] mentions again how people often talk strangely to their pets. Typing "cat" in [[UniXKCD]] will print "You're a kitty", a reference to Cueball's line in the comic.
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This comic refers to the use of "baby talk" when speaking to pets. A person's voice becomes falsetto and cooing, vocabulary becomes simplified, and phrases are repeated, such as "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty". The chart shows that a person's apparent intelligence decreases, and the inanity of their statements increases, the closer they get to a cat.
  
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The title text continues [[Cueball|Cueball's]] obvious statement (and thus inane/useless point made) from below the graph.
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Come on, who here doesn't act like this when you're playing with cats? (unless you're allergic, of course)
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Thankfully being close to a cat doesn't actually cause brain damage in normal circumstances in normal circumstances; the graph technically refers to ''demonstrated'' intelligence rather than IQ.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[A graph with the x-axis labeled, and the scale indicated from left to right:]
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:[A graph is drawn, x-axis: "human proximity to cat" from far to near.]
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:Far
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:[A curve labeled intelligence veering downwards.]
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:Human proximity to cat
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:[A curve labeled inanity of statements veering upwards.]
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:Near
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:[Cueball standing far from a kitten.]
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:[Two curves are  drawn and labeled, first the one starting on top, which then veers downwards and crosses the other as that curve veers upwards.]
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:[Cueball standing closer to a kitten.]
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:Intelligence
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:[Cueball standing next to a kitten.]
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:Inanity of statements
 
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:[Below the graph, Cueball is seen standing at three distances from a cat that is drawn to the far right. The two first Cueballs are just standing, one below far, the other in the middle, and the last is standing close to the cat (below near) with his hands up, and he is speaking.]
 
 
:Cueball: You're a kitty!
 
:Cueball: You're a kitty!
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==Trivia==
 
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*This comic used to be [https://web.archive.org/web/20220125023401/https://store.xkcd.com/products/signed-prints available as a signed print] in the xkcd store before it was [[Store|shut down]].
 
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*This comic, along with its title text, is the image used for {{tvtropes|CutenessProximity|Cuteness Proximity}} on TV Tropes.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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[[Category:Cats]]
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[[Category:Charts]]
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[[Category:Line graphs]]
 
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[[Category:Comics with xkcd store products]]
 

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