Captain Swoopties 50/50 Gender mod
Faizah:
That's what you have a problem with? Seriously? When sims can have babies with ghosts, and even have ghost-babies, it's the 'fruit influences gender'?
The gender foods thing is really only playing on pre-existing superstitions, it's not like they're the first people to think it'd be neat to be able to choose the gender of babies. There was one man in the news not too long ago who thought that he would get a son if he smoked pot and didn't bathe. And he's been trying this method for the past thirty-odd years. That's dedication. While I doubt his chances at getting a son, I don't think he's getting any more daughters, either.
MissKitty:
Quote from: Faizah on 2009 June 29, 16:03:51
The gender foods thing is really only playing on pre-existing superstitions, it's not like they're the first people to think it'd be neat to be able to choose the gender of babies. There was one man in the news not too long ago who thought that he would get a son if he smoked pot and didn't bathe. And he's been trying this method for the past thirty-odd years. That's dedication. While I doubt his chances at getting a son, I don't think he's getting any more daughters, either.
I read something about you supposedly being able to influence the gender of your offspring prior to conception with up to... idk, 1-2% more chance in their favor, so, not much. The idea in that was that boy sperm is apparently lighter, weaker and faster while girl sperm is heavier, stronger and slower. So if you drink or do drugs, the boy sperm will be the first ones to die, but that's obviously not a good solution. If you time your conception to certain days of ovulation, however, the boy sperm will either have tired out while the girl sperm will still be going strong or they will be fertilizing the egg before the girls have a chance to catch up.
I sincerely doubt that any of this is really proven, though. Especially since it's such a LOW chance. Methinks it's mostly very ineffective voodoo. Much like eating apples and watermelon is in my game after a slight change in an XML. XD
sumpsychochic:
There are also methods of influencing gender based on the acidity. We learned about it in my child development class in college a few years ago. One gender survives better in a more acidic environment than the other. Therefore if you can increase the acidity or lower the acidity, you have more of a chance of those sperm surviving. It is a small chance though. Nothing near what the game does with the apples and watermelon.
J. M. Pescado:
I understand the most reliable method is centrifugal. You simply sort the results in a centrifuge, and skim from the top or the bottom.
Madame Mim:
Post coital breakdancing anyone?
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