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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Taller and have a deep voice that can command a room.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Just gimme the character creator and a super long time to work with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It might be nice to try out different hair textures without having to put any work into it.

Other than that, the only scifi dream I would have is a proper GUI/HUD reporting system so I can just get the raw data about when things are going wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

That would be freaking awesome!

Constantly see your brain waves, blood pressure, blood sugar, heartbeat, respiration, the amount of lactic acid in your body, you're various creatinine levels, just basically everything they would check if you were in the hospital but always visibly available to you so you can see and get direct feedback on what actions you take and how they affect you.

I'd pay thousands for that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd rather have a dedicated, hidden tube for breathing so I can't choke on food. maybe have it filter pathogens and stuff too.

and the for plumbing, I'd like an extra pee hole dedicated for cumming and/or designer pee fighting.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It would be foolish to not doing improvements. Unless you wanna die faster

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

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).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

If I could change, I would jump at the opportunity.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I'd give myself a nice set of teeth. Not 100% perfect cause I find that off putting, but 90% perfect. Slight imperfections are what make a beautiful smile imo

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Depends, if it's only biological changes, I'd get myself two hearts, and minimize the chances of any disease or aging knocking me out, then become an anthro folf because being hooman is overrated

If cybernetics are allowed, I'd probably get rid of the damn body and just have a virtual one, with my brain connected to some machine deep underground

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