Some people will argue that geekiness is not a hereditary trait, that parents cannot pass said geekiness onto their children. But that doesn’t mean they’re not going to try!

Photo Basement, the premiere blog in all things hilarious and photography, has published a list of “8 Good Examples of What Happens When Geeks Have Children.” It’s not pretty.

Apparently, for any parent, the need to plaster a phrase to represent one’s own political, social or attitudinal stance on a t-shirt extends beyond the parent’s chest and onto the baby’s as well. 

Except babies are small, so the message takes up their entire torso, which in turn transforms the baby into a billboard for whatever cause or leisure pursuit the parent sees fit.

Take the first picture on Photo Basement’s countdown. I am not a pediatrician or early childhood developmental specialist, but I will venture to say that I don’t think babies play Dungeons & Dragons. But from looking at this picture, we can deduce that one or more of the child’s parents does indeed play D&D, that one or more of the child’s parents is a geek and that the child looks fabulous in earth tones.

Number 7 on the countdown is the baby that has now become an iPod. Does he get promotional compensation from Mac? Does he listen to Death Cab For Cutie or is he more of a Metallica kind of kid? It’s hard to say from the angle of this picture, but we can breathe easy knowing his parents are huge geeks.

In conclusion, it is important to remember that regardless of the level of trauma some geek parents inflict on their children with certain types of costumes, at least the onesie isn’t broadcasting a sexual innuendo about its mother’s bossoms.

 To see the full geeky baby countdown, click here.

Image: Photo Basement

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