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Black_Angel_Flowne

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:41 am
Since we've got an abortion post now, I thought I'd add this one.
Have you ever heard of Mail order babies? Basically, for a large fee, you can choose your babies sex, how tall they are, and even whose facial features you want for them. Isn't this going a bit too far?
Honestly, I was kinda surprised when I first heard of this. Expecially since most of the stuff I write about deals with these sorts of things. (except my stories involved combining human and animal DNA into a more superior being...) Is this going against nature?

Honestly, I think it is cool that science has been able to go this far. However, making your baby the exact way you want them to? That's too far.

However, if this is more developed, maybe it could help humanity. If we can alter DNA and genetic coding to this level, maybe we could also remove potentially hazardous genes that could lead to disorders like autism and the like.

...Then again, this means people would start looking for mates merely for their genes, too, wouldn't it?  
PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:46 am
This made me think of the scene from this movie....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi3-kqLJGA8&feature=related  

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:12 am
Its been a long time since I've heard of this...last I heard is that the good points is that you can stop disease. If that's the case that'll be nice but it brings up problems like over population and something other things which I can't remember.
We watched a movie on this is school before. ^_^  
PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:03 pm
....................................
What?

I've heard of that maybe in a science fiction movie but...
SERIOUSLY?
I wonder if I could ask them to make my child look like Megan Fox.
(Even though I think she's unattractive, BUT WHY DOES MY OPINION MATTER?)
Guess who's gonna have the most popular kid? 8D

Srs Time:
I do think they should look into this more.
You are exactly right that while creating your child like you do a Sim is shallow and frankly, kind of frightening, it would be much more useful to humanity to use it to cure genetic diseases.

Though I wonder if I can make an army of Hugh Jackman children or something.
THE SEXIEST ARMY EVER.

*coughcough*
I MEAN
Save humanity and cure diseases.
Hugh Jackman can wait for later medical developments.  

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:39 am
there's this movie abt it-- Gattaca
its a pretty interesting movie (at least i think so sweatdrop )
i think it would be an interesting area to look into to lower the risk of diseases. however, it should not be for the purpose of having a genetically more advantageous baby. this is just wrong and against nature, taking the fun and anticipation out of having a baby.
 
PostPosted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:03 am
Now that Zizzy mentioned it. There are tons of people who might just make there kids look like celebrates. o_O!! SCARY!  

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:00 am
I woudl like to add a bit more to this. Sure there's people who will make celeb-look a likes, but based on the stories I come up with...

My stories are usually based on people who use a procedure sort of like the mail order babies thing, except they exchange human DNA with some from a plant or an animal. Makes me wonder, will we soon have people creating children that look like werewolves and stuff? I mean, if there's people that wanna make their own Johnny Depp and stuff, there's probably others who want to make real life werewolves and vampires, too...

Though I might just be going a bit crazy... I don't think we got that far yet... have we?????  
PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:20 am
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Hold on a second

You're saying they can splice human and plant or animal DNA?
*facepalm*  

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:25 am
Zizzykitty
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Hold on a second

You're saying they can splice human and plant or animal DNA?
*facepalm*


I'm saying that's what in the stories I WRITE! blaugh
I don't think we can do that just yet, but seriously, what if they COULD do that?!

There's probably some freaks who would try to do something like that...  
PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:31 am
OH
Okay.
I was a bit worried.
You can do whatever you want in fiction but in reality that would hardly be practical.

Is it sad, the first group I thought it would be good for if we could do that, was furries?  

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:38 am
Zizzykitty
OH
Okay.
I was a bit worried.
You can do whatever you want in fiction but in reality that would hardly be practical.

Is it sad, the first group I thought it would be good for if we could do that, was furries?


Umm... furries???
I don't think... I don't know what a furry is... *searches her mental vocabulary...* Nope, never heard of it... though at first, I thought you said Furbies. Like those little toys that talk. LOL  
PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:43 am
lol
*grabs papers and documents checking off what she likes for her child*
"Hm....hazel eyes...check..."
"Orange hair...check..."
"Short or tall...check..."
"Hm..vampire....or warewolf..."
*Quiet*
"ZOMBIE! .....Check.."

lol It'd be terrible if you can make your child. It'll be like...Sim's in Real life. Or something. XD
 

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Black_Angel_Flowne

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:49 am
Moonlight_HuangHou
lol
*grabs papers and documents checking off what she likes for her child*
"Hm....hazel eyes...check..."
"Orange hair...check..."
"Short or tall...check..."
"Hm..vampire....or warewolf..."
*Quiet*
"ZOMBIE! .....Check.."

lol It'd be terrible if you can make your child. It'll be like...Sim's in Real life. Or something. XD


You wouldn't be able to control them like in the Sims, either. What a shame.  
PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:28 pm
Black_Angel_Flowne
Zizzykitty
OH
Okay.
I was a bit worried.
You can do whatever you want in fiction but in reality that would hardly be practical.

Is it sad, the first group I thought it would be good for if we could do that, was furries?


Umm... furries???
I don't think... I don't know what a furry is... *searches her mental vocabulary...* Nope, never heard of it... though at first, I thought you said Furbies. Like those little toys that talk. LOL

You don't know what a furry is? LUCKY!

It deals with anthropomorphic animals. No, not like my avatar. Werewolves aren't furries.  

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:30 pm
hsha furries aren't ALWAYS perverted...i think.
I suppose they only hark back to what you used to do as a kid *shrugs*  
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