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August 6, 2008

Some Fake Babies Are Creepier Than Others

If you have the internet on your computer, you probably know about "Reborns," the very expensive dolls that look exactly like real babies. There are ladies out there who treat them like real babies. Those ladies are the perfect complement to those men who treat those Real Dolls like their girlfriends. When I saw this celebration of the "lives" of some fake babies on Greg Johnson's blog just now, and saw that Greg Johnson had called it "10:52 of your life that you can never get back" I scoffed. But then I couldn't stop watching:

My disappointment that there were no photos of the fake baby with its face in the birthday cake was alleviated by my astonishment that they have pacifiers. Pacifiers! Don't they have cats where these ladies live?

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I'm sorry, but this is somehow new to me. By "Reborns" are they implying these are supposed to replace dead babies? It's creepy as hell either way, but I'm really asking.

Posted by: mtobey profile link at 08/06/08 3:32 PM | Reply
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When I first heard about Reborns they were dolls made to look exactly like actual dead babies and for the grieving parents. Which makes it leagues creepier. But I'm sure there are people out there now that just want these things to have around..and if that's true can you imagine??? Your neighbor inviting you over to show them off, 'look I got my premie today!'

Posted by: Parker profile link in reply to mtobey's comment at 08/07/08 1:37 AM | Reply
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Probably cheaper than the real thing.

Posted by: mattabramson profile link at 08/06/08 4:10 PM | Reply
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That song is longer than the longest song on Brain Salad Surgery!

Posted by: LIam at 08/06/08 6:04 PM | Reply
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what

Oh my God.

Posted by: what profile link at 08/06/08 7:17 PM | Reply
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This is oodles more frightening then any terrorist attack the government is worrying about

Posted by: radioactive rabbit profile link at 08/07/08 2:59 AM | Reply
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10.52? Try AN HOUR. Earlier this year Channel 4 showed a full-length documentary ("My Fake Baby") here in the UK on the women who buy (and often obsessively customise) those things. It was not the easiest of shows to watch...

Posted by: RB at 08/07/08 11:42 AM | Reply
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