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?
Ever since I saw Ghost in the Shell, I’ve wanted a full on robotic body. I’d have a few different ones to suit my mood, too. Assuming I could afford it, anyway. Which since it’s a dystopian nightmare, means I probably wouldn’t be able to get anything other than the shitty tank-like body and only if my insurance covered it. 😮💨
Ever since I knew the weakness of my flesh, it has disgusted me…
Unfortunately, your need for a new body is a pre-existing condition…
would you change yourself from your genetic baseline
Yeah, I’d get rid of Celiac’s for one. There are other potential inherited conditions that I’d enjoy not having as well (colorblindness, etc.).
I think I’d keep aphantasia since the opposite (and the inner monologue that is actually heard) seems like it would be hell.
The neurodivergence I’m not sure. I would probably want to keep it even though it does sometimes (often?) cause pain.
Physically, I’d repair a lot of damage done to my body (metal rods and plates hold together parts of me, among other things).
Do I have to have a biological body? I don’t want to be carbon based anymore.
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 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
TIL Alex Mack probably smelled like a fart.
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.
Good news! You are now water based! Nothing changed, enjoy your wish!
Awww c’mon this ain’t monkey paw.
Never change a running system. Even small changes may have unexpected consequences, if the machine is as complex as our bodies…
Found the robot!
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.
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?
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…
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
Smaller penis.
Trade?
I wouldn’t wish this burden on anyone.
It’s not worth it my dude. Having a big ass dick is such a hassle.
Don’t worry, I’ll hold it for you and make things easier. I wouldn’t want to make it any harder than it has to be.
I would.
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’d get a new bum. Mine’s cracked.
MEND BUTTCRACK
That’s nothing, mine has a hole that goes all the way through!
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.
You could become the unibummer.
i mean yeah, i’ll take just having the same body but made of nanites please. There are just no downsides to that: i’d be immortal, impossible to damage since the nanites would just flow back into place, i could reconfigure my body at will, and extremely cool shit like extruding tools from my body (either made of nanites or effectively 3d printing them).
nanomachines son
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.
Honestly, just go the full 9 lives and become a cat.
Taller and have a deep voice that can command a room.
I’d improve the efficiency of my uric acid processing, decrease cardiovascular pressure, and throw in a cat’s spine just for fun.
I’d fix my kidney
I’d get rid of the daily headaches that started around 12, all the random aches and pains I’ve had since my early 20s, and give myself better dental/oral genes so I didn’t end up with a cavity every damned year.
But the thing is those are changes I’d make with CRISPR, too, if we knew enough about genes to actually implement them. I’d do it in a heartbeat.
The aesthetics aren’t that important, tho I wouldn’t mind having thicker hair. My mom got a nose job and told me I have her old nose, and even that I’d keep.
I’d keep my adhd/autism/personality/appearance stuff, just want the rogue pain/deterioration genes fixed.
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Might help with the cavities, gl
become dragon
derg
Other than the assumptions OP mentions in the prompt, I would actually add a prehensile tail… I think that would be a super fun and useful appendage to have hehehe
Can I use the button multiple times? If so, I have several experiments / experiences to do / have.
If it’s a one time thing, I’d probably stick with the same genetics. I got pretty lucky, and I’d hate to make a change that I later felt negative about.
Once every 7 years. You have to wait that long for your body to stabilize after using it.
Hmm. That’s a long commitment for something I can’t try out. Still, yeah, if it can restore any “youth” I might lose during that seven years, I’d experiment. Lots of changes I’d be curious to experience.
