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Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / January 2008My Fake Baby
You can never underestimate humanity's capacity for insanity: http://www.aolvideoblog.com/2008/01/08/my-fake-baby/ J. > You can never underestimate humanity's capacity for insanity: > > http://www.aolvideoblog.com/2008/01/08/my-fake-baby/ Ya know......I happen to be a big fan of all things creepy, but that was a bit much for me. Yikes!  SignatureRobyn Resident Witchypoo BAAWA Knight! #1557 > > You can never underestimate humanity's capacity for insanity: Indeed. Eeek. Over the last couple of years I've seen two grown women cradling dolls in public as if they were real babies. One was on a bus, the doll was obvious and she was obviously 'dotty'. The other was a relatively normal looking (other than the life-like but phoney 'baby' she was cooing over. I took a good look, and it wasn't real) young woman in a supermarket. > >http://www.aolvideoblog.com/2008/01/08/my-fake-baby/ > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > BAAWA Knight! > #1557 On Jan 8, 6:31 pm, kippaherr...@hotmail.com wrote: > > "J." <jmd...@aol.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Ya know......I happen to be a big fan of all things creepy, but that was a > > bit much for me. Yikes! I encountered these on E-bay, and was quite amazed by the descriptions of the work that went into them. Some people make these as a cottage industry - they start with a life-size baby doll made for the mass market, root in mohair hair that can be combed, color the "skin" to make it life-like, open the nostrils, add binkies, and beautiful baby clothes, and generally do everything they can to make the doll look realistic. They state clearly that these are *not* toys for children. I always assumed it was a natural extension of the baby and child dolls that are targeted at collectors (who I always assumed to be older women, not necessarily childless). (The ads that are coming up on this page as I post include www.bountifulbaby.com that sells realistic dolls, verymuchreal.com and KarisKeepsakes.com that advertises a Newborn Nursery Center.) On Jan 9, 1:50 am, "rkb...@pacific.net.sg" <rkb...@pacific.net.sg> wrote: > On Jan 8, 6:31 pm, kippaherr...@hotmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > that sells realistic dolls, verymuchreal.com and KarisKeepsakes.com > that advertises a Newborn Nursery Center.) Oh, and one of them features, for $129, a doll that breathes! http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-913083.jsp?RightNav1 >On Jan 9, 1:50=A0am, "rkb...@pacific.net.sg" <rkb...@pacific.net.sg> >wrote: [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > >http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-913083.jsp?RightNav1 When I was in Japan in September I saw dolls that are gaining a large share of the toy market - interactive dolls aimed at adults rather than children. True to the Japanese attraction to "cute" things, they are not designed to physically resemble real babies but are more similar to anime characters, with the effort going into the technology rather than the appearance. These interactive dolls are bought by lonely adults, often elderly folk, who treat them like children. It was really pretty sad to see. Here's a story on one such doll... http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Dolls-give-Japanese-elders-a-new-lease-on-li fe/2005/02/23/1109046986394.html "As Japan produces fewer children and more retirees, toy makers are designing dolls not for the young, but for the lonely elderly. They are companions that can sleep next to them and offer caring words old people may never otherwise hear. Talking toys have become such a hit that some elderly people have embraced them as substitutes for the children who have left home in the rapidly greying country...." My daughter, who is living and studying in Japan, also said that old folk there can hire a stand-in family, who come and visit them in their home and pretend to be their son, daughter and grandchildren. Julia > > You can never underestimate humanity's capacity for insanity: > > >http://www.aolvideoblog.com/2008/01/08/my-fake-baby/ > > Ya know......I happen to be a big fan of all things creepy, lol but that was a > bit much for me. Yikes! Gee, do you suppose if I had one of these tiny globs of synthetic, molded cookie snot after the relinquishment of my son, I'd have been on Easy street? Kathy On Jan 8, 4:35?pm, "Robibnikoff" <witchy...@broomstick.com> wrote: > "J." <jmd...@aol.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Ya know......I happen to be a big fan of all things creepy, >lol but that was a > bit much for me. Yikes! >Gee, do you suppose if I had one of these tiny globs of synthetic, >molded cookie snot after the relinquishment of my son, I'd have been >on Easy street? Eeeeeewwwwwwwwww!! I mean, no, I don't think so ;) SignatureRobyn Resident Witchypoo BAAWA Knight! #1557 |
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