We’ll just all assume that every person who gets this would make themselves early twenties with flawless skin, perfect organs, appendages and functionality, and no excess weight.
My question is, would you change yourself from your genetic baseline, and if so, how?
So many ideas popping into my head, but no I wouldn’t because I like my body as is. Even with all the defects, I’m still proud of my fat ass.
Depends, if it’s only biological changes, I’d get myself two hearts, and minimize the chances of any disease or aging knocking me out, then become an anthro folf because being hooman is overrated
If cybernetics are allowed, I’d probably get rid of the damn body and just have a virtual one, with my brain connected to some machine deep underground
I ain’t judging the furry thing but man, I just cannot imagine wanting to trade the best graspers on land (human hands) with paws
Mostly curious, but if you added simple opposable thumbs to say a cat or a dog paw, would that be bad or good?
Maybe that’s a simple way to put it but like what would the consequences be it’s what I’m asking.
I think hands with pawpads and some proper claws are a good compromise :3
I’d be an anthro, so all the benefits of being hooman without being hooman (except sweating, so you’d be able to outrun me eventually)
I guess I shouldn’t have assumed what the hands would be like since I’m not well-versed in fursonas lol sorry
No body hair, straight hair, no scalp issues, and more feminine face.
If I can extend it to the brain, no family history of schizophrenia (I don’t have it myself but it’s the reason I intend to abstain from psychedelic drugs.)
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Have you tried drinking more water? Everybody says we’re not drinking enough water. You’re supposed to drink 42 gallons a day.
I only drink 41 gallons a day and I died because of it, 42 is the bare minimum.
A past me would have 100% answered in the affirmative to change myself, but I’ve since then, I’ve gained some confidence and realized I’m not as horrifically ugly as I thought I was when I was younger. I just need to take care of myself. So other than the improvements you mentioned, I think I’d keep my natural self.
Actually, maybe make myself a little taller lol. That is a huge benefit both in personal lives and in business. So mostly natural self, but optimized and some increased height.
Never change a running system. Even small changes may have unexpected consequences, if the machine is as complex as our bodies…
hm. i did not think about serious illnesses when writing my comment. maybe we can specify this as a “not running system”, but i can understand that my first snarky comment could be perceived as rude when you have problems with your body. i fear i walked right in the privileged trap without realizing it?
Found the robot!
Counterpoint: the cable management of the human body is fucked
90 millions years of evolution, or you: who knows better?
It looks funny on pictures, but i bet everything would go south if you would straighten it out or reorganize it.
If you don’t know the intend why it looks as it currently looks i would not touch it. even if you know why it looks like that and you can somehow compensate those effects, i would not do this on my own body for the first time…
I think one thing I would change is that the nostrils would use a slightly different air path then the swallowing mechanism, so that if you were to choke on food you could still breathe and get air into your lungs to expel the food.
Pretty sure those changes were made to get us better vocal cords, allowing us more range for speech. Here’s the first link I found that talks about it.
For extra fun show this to your friends who are on very powerful psychogenic chemicals
How do you “reboot”, medically-induced coma?
you can not.
just think about it: 80 to 100 years uptime, no reboot, no fall back system, not even a cold spare. and you want to change something while its running? madness! maybe if you are very lucky you may be able to replace some of the internal components… but not to upgrade, only if your on the risk to loose the whole system…
Do I have to have a biological body? I don’t want to be carbon based anymore.
Good news! You are now water based! Nothing changed, enjoy your wish!
Awww c’mon this ain’t monkey paw.
I mean I’ve heard that arsenic-based life forms are plausible but I think you have to live in a methane Rich environment to survive so you would basically like collapse into a puddle of toxic goo
I was hoping for something more mechanical or digital. If I’m going through all the hassle of getting a new body then I don’t want to bother with the habits of the old one ( eating, sleeping, etc).
So basically just like turn you into Data.
I was thinking a bit more industrial.
But bender drinks, and sleeps…I think he eats? Maybe? I know he doesn’t have taste buds though. They did a whole episode on him cooking with lsd.
Drinking is for fuel and they’ve demonstrated that the robots can have alternate fuel sources. A Bender body is perfect because I can claim a major victory against entropy while not going crazy by sacrificing my human stimulus (like Metalo from Superman). I want to be unfettered from Earthly needs while still being able to party.
TIL Alex Mack probably smelled like a fart.
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel.
-MisterNeon
That quote gets thrown around at me alot. Which is weird since I paint Orks.
I’ve got 2/3 of those (my cholesterol is fine). I just had the impingement fixed in March along with the labral tear it caused, and recovery has been annoying but worth it. I’m back to all my regular activities! If you’re interested, I really recommend looking into surgery.
I talked to a Dr about ten years ago and he seemed like I was wasting his time. He sent me to physical therapy and told me not to do the activities that cause pain (ok champ, I won’t internally rotate my leg ever). So I was kinda jaded about it.
I have an X-ray and an appointment with an Ortho on Monday! I am so excited. Ready to get my hips ground.
What was the recovery like? I live in a 3rd story attic so I am a little worried I won’t be able to walk
Recovery was a combination of frustrating and boring. I was on crutches for about 3 weeks, then down to 1 crutch for another week, then finally no crutches and I was allowed to drive. You will definitely need to navigate the stairs on crutches, but your physical therapist will teach you how.
The drive home after surgery was pretty awful (thanks, City of Philadelphia, for having such prodigious fucking potholes!) and the first few days were rough. I actually wasn’t in too much post-surgical pain, but every little thing was a hassle. There are certain restrictions as to how to can move, how you can sit, etc which were not always easy to work with. For example, I wasn’t allowed to bend past 90° at the waist, so my husband had to help me get dressed, or pull up my pants after I used the bathroom, etc. He was a champ but it’s really frustrating to have to rely on someone for things like that. Showering was also difficult, even though I had a shower stool. I was prescribed oxycodone for the first 5 days after surgery, which gave me the most severe, painful constipation. In retrospect I probably could’ve gotten by with just extra-strength tylenol. Sleeping was awful - I was only allowed to sleep on my back or my nonsurgical side, and nighttime is when the pain was the worst.
For the first 2 weeks a physical therapist came to my house 2-3 times a week, and also a nurse visited 3 times. I had some simple physical therapy exercises to do twice a day for the first 3 weeks, plus I had to use a continuous passive motion machine for four hours each day. Aside from physical therapy exercises, you’re supposed to make sure you get up and move around every hour to prevent blood clots, but otherwise you’re more or less bed bound for the first few weeks. I read so many books and watched soooooo much Star Trek!
Once I was off the crutches and allowed to drive, I made quick progress. I went to physical therapy twice a week and made sure to do my exercises every day. I think it helped that I was already in good shape before the surgery due to weightlifting, and I was really motivated to get back to lifting as soon as I could. At around 5 or 6 weeks after surgery I was doing kettlebell squats in physical therapy, and by 8 weeks I was doing deadlifts in PT. At that point I started back in the gym with my personal trainer, and I also continued seeing my physical therapist twice a week. No jogging/running or jumping until the 3 month mark.
At 3 months post surgery, I had a follow-up with my surgeon, and he cleared me to return to all activities with the caveat that I ramp up slowly. So now I’m 4 months post-surgery and I can do everything I was doing before surgery - weightlifting, hiking, biking - but I’m still working my way back to the weights and intensity I was at prior to surgery.
I definitely notice an improvement in my hip. I’m middle-aged, and the surgeon made sure I understood that the surgery wasn’t going to give me a perfect hip like a young person would have, which helped set reasonable expectations. And despite the frustration of surgery, I’m glad I did it. I still have some pain if I overdo it, or if I sleep on it weirdly, but it’s a lot more flexible and resilient than it was before surgery.
This turned into a wall of text, but I hope it’s useful to you. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!
Yeah absolutely. Fixed hearing and eyesight plus removal of various skeletal issues, yes please.
I’d rather have a dedicated, hidden tube for breathing so I can’t choke on food. maybe have it filter pathogens and stuff too.
and the for plumbing, I’d like an extra pee hole dedicated for cumming and/or designer pee fighting.
Yeah… Food is definitely what I’m worried about choking on the most…
It would be foolish to not doing improvements. Unless you wanna die faster
If you really think about it, people are just donuts with anxiety
Hold on, just a thought. If a straw only has one hole because it goes all the way through, then anus and mouth are both the same hole.
We are NOT having the “how many holes does a straw have?” arguement again!
Why not?
I thought we all agreed that a straw was a tube with one hole all the way through it, and that one hole has two openings.
MEND BUTTCRACK
You could become the unibummer.
Smaller penis.
It’s not worth it my dude. Having a big ass dick is such a hassle.
I’ve never seen an ass dick, is it pretty different from a regular dick?
Yeah instead of a bell end and balls it has an anus and cheeks.
Like a reverse dick butt?
It’s just how you use it…
Oh wow so you shit out your dick? Very inventive
I wouldn’t wish this burden on anyone.
I would dial the clock back 35 years and fix my teeth. A tail would be nice too and a sot pelt and maybe cat ears to go with the tail.
