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?

  • angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.comEnglish
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    7 months ago

    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.)

  • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 months ago

    We’ll just all assume that every person who gets this would make themselves early twenties

    Nooope. Hard pass on that.

    My question is, would you change yourself from your genetic baseline, and if so, how?

    Really, only fix some funky hormonal stuff, I’d not even heal my bad ankle, even though it sometimes causes discomfort - it provides me with an extra sense that I didn’t have before; barometric pressure.

    It would be cool to have a “built-in” HUD with metrics about my body, sensory input, and a few other things that could be switched on or off at will.

    The “gear” that I was born with has shaped my experiences in life so far. Any major change and I’d probably be someone different.

  • Kattiydid@slrpnk.net
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    7 months ago

    No more garbage genetics please. EDS, pots, ADHD, probably autism (on the waiting list for testing), chronic stomach troubles, depression, anxiety, hormone imbalances, PCOS, chronic pain, inflammation, weak loose skin. All that can go fuck right off forever and die. Once my body actually worked, and looked like it wasn’t cursed from the get go, I think I might actually like it. Mostly. Might like an androgynous unit for daily living and a feminine one for sexy times. Both thoroughly muscular of course. Gotta get that muscle tone. If we went for non human stuff on top of that, wings. Huge fuck off dragon wings. None of that Superman flying shit, I wanna FEEL the flight. Hell, I’d probably actually be able to enjoy doing any physical activity if my fucking body wasn’t so, so breakable. Really I just wish I wasn’t in so much pain.

  • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Within the realm of existing biology, I would take the ability to rapidly change colors like cuttlefish and octopuses. More efficient skeleton/muscle to be as strong proportionally as a monkey. Better eyesight and color vision (birds of prey).

    Beyond that into superhero/magical, omnipotence is the catch-all that makes everything else moot. I probably wouldn’t hit that button though.

      • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
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        7 months ago

        The only people I’ve met who called themselves transhumanists were straight up barmy. I don’t know enough about the actual movement to claim association with it when the small sampling I have indicates “hell, nope”.

      • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 months ago

        There are things like vitamin C and D your body has to get from somewhere else. Food, sunlight. Other animals don’t have this issue. Every creature is built different, i just wish we were a little lower maintenance - or failing that, a good answer why it has to be this way.

      • Eylrid@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Infodump incoming:

        Amino acids are the basic building blocks of life. DNA encodes which animo acids to put together in which order, and when. Ribosomes read bits of RNA that was copied from DNA and match up amino acids. The different animo acids correspond to different three nucleotides combinations (the As, Cs, Gs, and Ts of DNA). The ribosome attaches each animo acid in a chain.

        When the amino acid chain detaches from the ribosome it folds into a protein. Different amino acids in different orders affect how the protein folds and what it becomes. Proteins are the structures and machinery of our cells.

        There are 20 amino acids we need to make the proteins we rely on. Our bodies can make some of them and some of them we can’t. The ones our bodies can’t make we have to get from our diet. Those ones are called vital amines, or vitamins for short.

  • WanderingVentra@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    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.

  • Skua@kbin.earth
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    7 months ago

    My body’s fucking terrible in a bunch of both objective and subjective ways that I can’t do anything about, so yes, without a shadow of a doubt

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Have you tried drinking more water? Everybody says we’re not drinking enough water. You’re supposed to drink 42 gallons a day.

  • 7EP6vuI@feddit.org
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    7 months ago

    Never change a running system. Even small changes may have unexpected consequences, if the machine is as complex as our bodies…

    • edric@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      I think a minor change to my ACL to fix my knee and bring it back to normal healthy condition is a small enough change to not cause unexpected consequences, since it’s just restoring it to new condition.

      • 7EP6vuI@feddit.orgEnglish
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        7 months ago

        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?

      • 7EP6vuI@feddit.orgEnglish
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        7 months ago

        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…

      • 7EP6vuI@feddit.orgEnglish
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        7 months ago

        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…

        • bizarroland@fedia.ioOP
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          7 months ago

          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.

    • bizarroland@fedia.ioOP
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      7 months ago

      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

      • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        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).

            • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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              7 months ago

              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.

              • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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                7 months ago

                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.

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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      7 months ago

      From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel.

      -MisterNeon

  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’d be a head shorter and make myself a cutie lol

    I’d also want to get rid of my mental illnesses, and reset my weed tolerance. And, if possible, give myself an eye for art. I love to draw, but I sssuuucccckkkkk. And be smarter. Cause I have a severe case of the dumb.

    I also would ask to not be asexual since it seems like everyone else is having a good time and I wanna be involved lol

    • Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      Assuming you are in a position to do so safely (given the mental illness stuff), stop smoking/vaping/eating weed for 3 to 6 months and I can almost guarantee your tolerance will reset.

    • wheeldawg@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Weed tolerance varies over time and isn’t something genetics couldn’t change. Overall sensitivity maybe, but not tolerance.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I also would ask to not be asexual since it seems like everyone else is having a good time and I wanna be involved lol

      honestly, idk about you, i’m having a great time myself (though im also asexual) so that’s probably the autism speaking lmao.

      • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Oh, I don’t think being Ace equals a bad time, but I don’t understand the concept of romance or sexual attraction on a personal level (I understand it in media). I feel like I’m missing out on that sort of stuff. But I’m otherwise happy with my cat 🙌🏾

        I’m also gross and I think if I can’t put out, no one is willing to hang out with me. I feel like if I at least put out I’d have something to offer

        • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          7 months ago

          personally i don’t understand it on a personal level, and i don’t find it appealing in media either, as its just an extension of that. And i prefer genuine human interactions to hee hee hoo hoo sex scene, look these characters are intimate and close, because more often than not, it’s just shitty writing unfortunately.

          I’m also gross and I think if I can’t put out, no one is willing to hang out with me. I feel like if I at least put out I’d have something to offer

          personally i just operate under a very specific pretense, and either inform people of it, or fuck with them because they aren’t expecting it. I have oddly specific and weird standards for a “prospective partner” so it’s not really something i think about or actively worry about, it’ll either happen or not, and i’ll be perfectly happy either way lol.

          friends are weird though. I like having acquaintances more than friends, i think. I’m not sure that’s related to being ace, or some flavored autism bit, or perhaps something spicier, but it’s definitely something. Friendships are hard bro.

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
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    7 months ago

    I would change everything in a heartbeat. You wouldn’t even be able to finish explaining what the button did before I pressed it like 7 times lol

    I absolutely loath who I am, physically and mentally.