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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?

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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 84 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm trans so yes, I've been trying to do that for over a decade

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 79 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I’d get a new bum. Mine’s cracked.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (4 children)

That's nothing, mine has a hole that goes all the way through!

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 39 points 4 months ago

If you really think about it, people are just donuts with anxiety

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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 52 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Do I have to have a biological body? I don't want to be carbon based anymore.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

-MisterNeon

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[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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).

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So basically just like turn you into Data.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I was thinking a bit more industrial.

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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 39 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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!
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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’d completely change everything and end up being a perpetually horny sex doll

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (9 children)
[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 4 months ago

I wouldn't wish this burden on anyone.

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[–] Kattiydid@slrpnk.net 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

i was gonna say the same. just wanna be pain free😭

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[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)
  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
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[–] Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Trans people have entered the chat 🙂

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 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 18 points 4 months ago (6 children)

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

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Counterpoint: the cable management of the human body is fucked

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago (5 children)

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.
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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 16 points 3 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.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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...

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’d keep my natural self.

I’ve been a software developer before. I know exactly how well my self-designed body would work.

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[–] noxy@yiffit.net 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Everyone would make changes you fucking snowflakes

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I doubt I'd do anything major. Tweak my hair and eye color a bit. Predispose myself to a higher metabolism. Crab claw. Maybe add an inch, though I'm already pretty tall. Just simple confidence things, ya know?

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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 months ago

Well I'm beginning to bald... I want that full head of hair

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don’t want to be human. I want to see gamma rays, I want to hear X-rays, and I want to smell dark matter. Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can’t even express these things properly, because I have to — I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid, limiting spoken language, but I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws, and feel the solar wind of a supernova flowing over me. I’m a machine, and I can know much more, I could experience so much more, but I’m trapped in this absurd body.

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[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Some basic QOL-fixes such as asthma, eyesight and allergies. Fix the propensity for alzheimers and heart disease. After that, probably not much.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

I'm not trans but It would be cool to have the body of the opposite sex.

Other then that, hell yeah, my genes suck and I would rather change them, fuck my soft shitty teeth and their slow agonizing journey to replacement

[–] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
  • Get rid of hair on my: chest, shoulder, back, belly, ass, pubic region and armpit.
  • Add 7 cm in height.
  • Get rid of whatever genetic code is making me bald.
  • Sightly bigger ass.
  • Make both my eyes be the same height, instead of one slight above the other.
  • Get rid of my asthma.
  • Better eyesight.

Other than that it's pretty good.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)
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[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I'd give myself long curly hair (I'm bald), an 11 inch penis (currently only 10.5), and huge-ass angel wings (anyone that doesn't say huge-ass angel wings is a fuckin liar)

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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (8 children)

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

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[–] Nikki@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

estrogen from the get go, the rest can do whatever

[–] shish_mish@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

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