Let’s add a little international flavour to the mix of rising Internet Epidemic among the 12-20 Demographics. Ready for the overview? Here goes! The Internet Epidemic, Site Types and How to Recognize Them (A Field Guide).

Epidemic: Acute (Get it? “A Cute”?! Oh never mind) Wicked kaWaiiness (AWWs)

Symptoms

  • Sanrio character overdose
  • Cute, animated, flapping, blinking, bouncing … things

Kawaii means cute in Japanese, by the way Cute colours

  • A big splash of colours
  • Pixels please, can you go any smaller?

Polkadots and bouncy things Bub's got it Kawaii! I LOVE her design!

  • Polkadots are the new everything
  • Music preferences fall into J-Pop, Honger, or generally “Azn”
  • A lot of hearts

Warning signs: appearance of excessive scribblings, layout featuring anything that has eyes bigger than its ears, cute but slightly creepy dolls, use of ^_^ @-@ >.< x.x more numerous than the number of polkadots in the background, random splurting-out of Japanese and otherwise “cute” sound!

So cute it's slightly scary Doll attack!

Mutations: AWWs are easily mutable to its various forms, including, but not limited to, fatal glitterosis and near-fatal OMGZDOLLZ Dizziness.

Treatments: Improving domestic pop culture and blocking importations from Japan.

Slightly creepy dolls...

Contagious level: Immediately contracted after uttering “AWWWW[insert infinite W's]“.

Coming soon: Piczo Fever and Animethrax.

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Citations, see these symptoms in their natural habitats: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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