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?
Keep myself. We are born with everything we need and are part of something much larger than ourselves.
Taking a deep breath. Removing some of the choicer words from this comment before posting.
Some babies are born without functioning hearts or lungs. Some babies are born just to die painfully.
“Born with everything we need”? Really?
Maybe you were. I’m glad for you. But recognize that for the fortune and privilege that it is and appreciate it, because no, there isn’t a grand plan. Yes, some people are born fucked. No, there isn’t a reason.
Make things better where we can.
This is an ask lemmy thread about genetic mods. It’s supposed to be fun. Everybody gets perfect health for free.
Citation needed
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
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.
I would like to have the enzymes that would allow me to drink alcohol. :(
Alcohol sucks and makes people feel bad, you’re not missing anything
I agree. Everything people think it improves, it does not. Its an illusion
Well I’m beginning to bald… I want that full head of hair
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Endogenous vitamins.
I’m not sure I understand.
What would this do and how would it work?
Infodump incoming:
Amino acids are the basic building blocks of life. DNA encodes which animo acids to put together in which order, and when. Ribosomes read bits of RNA that was copied from DNA and match up amino acids. The different animo acids correspond to different three nucleotides combinations (the As, Cs, Gs, and Ts of DNA). The ribosome attaches each animo acid in a chain.
When the amino acid chain detaches from the ribosome it folds into a protein. Different amino acids in different orders affect how the protein folds and what it becomes. Proteins are the structures and machinery of our cells.
There are 20 amino acids we need to make the proteins we rely on. Our bodies can make some of them and some of them we can’t. The ones our bodies can’t make we have to get from our diet. Those ones are called vital amines, or vitamins for short.
There are things like vitamin C and D your body has to get from somewhere else. Food, sunlight. Other animals don’t have this issue. Every creature is built different, i just wish we were a little lower maintenance - or failing that, a good answer why it has to be this way.
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 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.
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…
Some basic QOL-fixes such as asthma, eyesight and allergies. Fix the propensity for alzheimers and heart disease. After that, probably not much.
If I could change, I would jump at the opportunity.
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).
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
Weed tolerance varies over time and isn’t something genetics couldn’t change. Overall sensitivity maybe, but not tolerance.
A girl can dream 😤
My girlfriend calls becoming sober “taking a tolerance break”.
Assuming you are in a position to do so safely (given the mental illness stuff), stop smoking/vaping/eating weed for 3 to 6 months and I can almost guarantee your tolerance will reset.
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
honestly, idk about you, i’m having a great time myself (though im also asexual) so that’s probably the autism speaking lmao.
Oh, I don’t think being Ace equals a bad time, but I don’t understand the concept of romance or sexual attraction on a personal level (I understand it in media). I feel like I’m missing out on that sort of stuff. But I’m otherwise happy with my cat 🙌🏾
I’m also gross and I think if I can’t put out, no one is willing to hang out with me. I feel like if I at least put out I’d have something to offerpersonally i don’t understand it on a personal level, and i don’t find it appealing in media either, as its just an extension of that. And i prefer genuine human interactions to hee hee hoo hoo sex scene, look these characters are intimate and close, because more often than not, it’s just shitty writing unfortunately.
I’m also gross and I think if I can’t put out, no one is willing to hang out with me. I feel like if I at least put out I’d have something to offer
personally i just operate under a very specific pretense, and either inform people of it, or fuck with them because they aren’t expecting it. I have oddly specific and weird standards for a “prospective partner” so it’s not really something i think about or actively worry about, it’ll either happen or not, and i’ll be perfectly happy either way lol.
friends are weird though. I like having acquaintances more than friends, i think. I’m not sure that’s related to being ace, or some flavored autism bit, or perhaps something spicier, but it’s definitely something. Friendships are hard bro.
I would make small changes untill I sm happy with it.
I would make a small change one month, adapt and learn to live with it, make another change next month, and so on.
I would start my reducing my weight by 2kgs a month and make my psoriasis recide slowly.
I would also make a few old scars start to fade.
