On a completely random note...

[silverthunder]

I've noticed on Facebook recently that a few of my friends have pictures of their kids as profile pictures. The reason I make any kind of note of this is the fact that more than a few of those kids are babies, and babies - to me - all kind of look alike.

In several different cases, I've been skimming through status updates and mistook one friend for another because they both had baby profile pics. It always causes me to do a double take before I notice the name and go 'oh'.

Not sure why I find this funny... Maybe it's my lack of attention to detail (and I program for a living, imagine that), or maybe it's the sheer number of people I know with offspring. I'm sure it's the same for some people when their friends have the 'wedding photo as profile picture' (this is me, btw) because all they probably see while skimming is a girl in a white dress - and given the number of weddings I heard about this summer, there's gotta be a lot of those on most people's lists.

Or maybe there's just something wrong with me. XD

Comments

[jupiterah2.livejournal.com]

lol! Don't worry, I think babies look the same too.

[silverthunder]

Well, they do! XD Unless they're really strikingly cute or really hideously ugly, they're just generic babies until they get some defining characteristics as toddlers and such.

[boo-spot.livejournal.com]

lol, don't worry, in a few months I'll get rid of my wedding pic and post a baby pic instead! HA!

[silverthunder]

Doooooo eeeeeet... Then I can mix you up with the other four or five people who have baby status pictures. ;)