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?

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
      21·
      4 months ago

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

      -MisterNeon

    • bizarroland@fedia.ioOP
      9·
      4 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
        12·
        4 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
              3·
              4 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
                6·
                4 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.

  • klemptor@startrek.website
    39·
    4 months ago

    I would absolutely:

    • Get rid of anxiety (assuming there’s some genetic component to this - seems like all the women in my family have it)
    • Change my eye color from hazel (mixed green & brown) to full green
    • Add about 5 inches of height (I’m only 5’0")
    • Add gills to my sides that deploy at will when under water, but otherwise are hidden
    • Fix that annoying “it went down the wrong pipe” design flaw
    • Add a nictitating membrane to help fix my dry eyes
    • Wings? Maybe!
    • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      4 months ago

      Definitely wings. First thing I thought of. Unfortunately that would require a massive redesign. Firstly, you’d need hollow bones, as well as a very low body fat percentage. Decent chance boobs and butt don’t grow hardly at all. Secondly, you’d need extremely strong chest muscles, which also still have to be light. And in order to provide enough energy for that, you’d need a larger and stronger heart with wider blood vessels. You’d also need to most likely quintuple your daily calorie intake. Possibly more depending on how often/when/ where you are flying. You would also want lungs with more surface area to absorb oxygen better, even at low altitudes. Especially at higher altitudes. That would likely mean a stronger diaphram. Stronger leg muscles for takeoff/landing. Better eyes for scoping out landing points and avoiding hazards. Most birds don’t fly at night, so you may consider something akin to a cats eyes, or go the bat route with echolocation. And you’re going to need a neutral remapping unless you just plan to replace your arms with the wings. Fortunately, outside of a higher energy cost, that last one might happen automatically, our brains are very plastic.

  • Kattiydid@slrpnk.net
    231·
    4 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.

  • SolarMonkey@slrpnk.netEnglish
    21·
    4 months ago

    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.

  • (⬤ᴥ⬤)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    20·
    4 months ago
    1. add tail
    2. make cell cloning perfect
    3. better error correction
    4. add error messages other than “pain here figure it out”
    5. do away with blood types
    6. all colors are now customizable
  • Tywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    223·
    4 months ago

    As I’m trans I would change my body to align it with my gender identity. But I would love to start at an earlier age, I want the whole experience.

  • 7EP6vuI@feddit.org
    202·
    4 months ago

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

      • 7EP6vuI@feddit.orgEnglish
        62·
        4 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
          9·
          4 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.

    • edric@lemm.ee
      6·
      4 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
        6·
        4 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
        6·
        4 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…

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    17·
    4 months ago

    Let’s see here, I think I would implement…

    • better cable management for more efficient routing
    • A settings menu to enable things like “abundant food” mode, set body hair preferences, etc.
    • 3 sets of teeth, make baby teeth last a little longer like my first one fell out when I was about 5 or 6, I’d start replacing them at like age 8, then the middle set would last until about 35 and then you get your last set.
    • Sperm valve with 2FA.
    • There’s probably some upgrades we can make to the eyes.
    • Maybe some kind of heat pump system for urine, so if its very hot you can take a 150 degree piss and save some sweat, or if its very cold you can piss ice water to retain more heat.
    • build caliper functionality into my hands, so I can know the size of something just by holding it.
    • bizarroland@fedia.ioOP
      2·
      4 months ago

      I heard they recently developed a meta material that can passively convert approximately 1500 mm wavelengths down to 500 mm wavelengths.

      Incorporated into sunglasses they purport themselves as being non-powered night vision goggles.

      If they could incorporate that into contacts that would be fucking stellar.

    • 0ops@lemm.ee
      2·
      4 months ago

      3 sets? I’ll take a shark-like conveyor belt mouth of infinite teeth thank you

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        I would settle for exchanging baby teeth a part of puberty. Just that extra few years of wear transferred from the second set to the first set I think would make a load of difference.

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
    16·
    4 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.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
    15·
    4 months ago

    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…