I feel like, even five or six votes in, people feel this strong urge to be positive about a baby photo, willing to lie about its attractiveness just to be nice. I mean, I’m sure most people who aren’t assholes are going to fake it, for sure. “Oh my goodness, what a cute baby!!!!!!!!!!!!” 😹 I do. Not over the top, just…yeah. Like “what am I -supposed- to say? What does convention require?” That’s what I say and do. And I think parents think their babies are cute regardless of the evidence.
Also, the voting seems to imply that some people strongly believe that “all babies are beautiful…” (even when they are objectively not).