First comes love, then comes marrige, then comes Make Me Babies with virtual offspring in an html carriage. Huh?
Even though The Prof's mom reminded us that the correct order is "marriage, then babies" (no worries there, Mrs. Murf,) I still couldn't help getting sucked into the weird site Make Me Babies. Ever wonder what your child with a partner, friend, or "HOT celeb" might look like? The answer, like so many others in this big big world, is simply accessible online.
"MakeMeBabies' unique technology will show you exactly (well... almost exactly...) what your future child with another person will look like! We take both your photos, do some magic calculations, and congratulations! You have a new baby!"
If only the process of having an actual baby seemed so easy! Once I found the site, I became so curious that I made not one, but FIVE examples of what Mark and I's future children might look like "exactly (well...almost exactly." I am lukewarm on the results:
I guess all the, erm, kids look similar...but why do they have such big foreheads? Personally, I like the little dark haired snorkeler the best, although I suppose that I shouldn't play favorites... And I just plain don't trust #3 (girl with the flower crown.) Mark said just seeing all of our virtural children freaked him out a bit, and made me promise not to "make" any more babies.
Clearly, I needed a control group for testing. So I decided to use a pair that had produced a known entity old enough to compare to the MMB results...Cho and Bobby. Here, their actual offspring (with Auntie Em):
Here, their Make Me Babies (how much do I love that the first one is dressed up like a bird?):
In conclusion, I am highly skeptical of the MMB results, which makes me feel better about only having an 'eh' reaction to our possible brood. On the other hand, I'm glad to know that our odd, snorkel-loving son will have another of his kind for playdates!
that is really too much. i will wait until i can meet your actual kiddos someday and put the virtual reality kiddos on the back burner for now. can't wait to see you at your wedding, if not before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! go pittsburgh!
Posted by: Jerri | Saturday, 25 October 2008 at 10:04 PM
creepy.
Posted by: General Disarray | Friday, 24 October 2008 at 04:30 PM
looks like we hit the jack pot with our actual kid! Those potential kids are enough to give one pause in the face of reproducing. (shudder).
and yes, our freaky snorkel children could play. Maybe we could keep them in a room with no windows together somewhere.
Posted by: cho cho | Friday, 24 October 2008 at 09:29 AM