Ask Lemmy

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

I’d get a new bum. Mine’s cracked.

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

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.

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

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

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.

I’d keep my natural self.

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

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?

Everyone would make changes you fucking snowflakes

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

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

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.

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)

Smaller penis.

Nightmares beyond human comprehension like something out of a video game character creator with lots of liberty but even weirder and then probably the default settings again.

• 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.

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

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...

Flesh is weak and biology sucks. I'm going to look like Atom Smasher.

estrogen from the get go, the rest can do whatever

No body hair, and a higher pitch voice (because my singing is GOD AWFUL). That's all.

I'm in the process of getting all my teeth pulled for dentures.

I would make changes.

I would flip my gender to female and ensure that my hair would match my Dad's hair color. Fix my chronic pain and IBS if I can, assuming those are genetic. Fix my singing voice. I ended up the shortest of my siblings, so double down on that and drop a few more inches off my height. I'm 5'8" now, so 5' even to 5'4" seem nice. My grandma's that height, so the code is in there somewhere.

I'd remove my personal need for sleep, making it completely voluntary. But I wouldn't tell anyone about it. I could use an extra eight hours of free time every day.

I mean, is this easily repeatable? I can think of lots of things I would try out, but a much smaller number of viable options if it was a once in a lifetime thing.

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.)

Besides the common stuff, I would add an extra set of arms. Who couldn't use 4 arms?

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.

I would like to have the enzymes that would allow me to drink alcohol. :(

Clicks button Suddenly I'm Brad Pitt in Fight club

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.

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.