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Molyneux wrote: Well, tattoos are one option, but I was thinking of maybe something changeable...and I'd rather have a fur coat than full-body tattoos, to tell the truth.

Now, a coat of fur with whatever color patterns you want in it, THAT would be cool...
So you envy this guy?

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salm wrote:
Molyneux wrote: Well, tattoos are one option, but I was thinking of maybe something changeable...and I'd rather have a fur coat than full-body tattoos, to tell the truth.

Now, a coat of fur with whatever color patterns you want in it, THAT would be cool...
So you envy this guy?

*image of guy with furry face snipped*
No, for several reasons.
1) He had no choice about it - or about the color or texture.
2) The human face is not one on which fur is a generally attractive feature; it's shaped wrong. At least minor changes would probably be necessary for it to become aesthetically pleasing.
3) I was referring to fur, not hair. Something like a short, fine covering...and I would be happy with the ability to alter pigmentation at will, as well.

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That's more along the lines of what I was thinking of...
Hell, when it comes right down to it, I'm not that enamored of the human form at all. We could use another pair of arms, 360-degree vision extending into the infrared and ultraviolet, and muscles and reflexes sufficient to run thirty miles an hour and survive a thirty-foot fall.

I'd settle for minor, cosmetic adjustments, though.[/img]
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I wouldn't mind being genetically altered so that I wouldn't have to shave my legs anymore. Of course, I could always just move to France. ;-)
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Trinity wrote:I wouldn't mind being genetically altered so that I wouldn't have to shave my legs anymore. Of course, I could always just move to France. ;-)
Yeah, that's the other extreme, and it'd be nice as well...(as well as useful for the whole skin-patterns thing).

We need to cure baldness, and find some way to induce it everywhere *except* the head ^_^
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As long as we're re-engineering the human body. Why does the female have to menstruate and give birth? I think it's a job better suited to the stronger of the species. If men will take over the periods and birth process, I'll agree to take over farting and scratching! Image
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No! Never! The right to fart and scratch shall be ours, and ours alone. Our precious...

Personally, I'd like the body constitution of a Gorilla. 400 lbs and able to lift ten times my body weight. Plus, monkeys kick ass. They get to live the male life: sex, violence and comedy.

I'd also like a thick, crocodillian tale to smash bones with, tyranosaurine jaws and claws as long as a grizzly's. Why? Because it's fucking cool, that's why. I could have bones made of titanium alloy, 3 in skin made of kevlar, and eyes able to view the entire electro-magnetic spectrium. Yes, bio-mechanical wankery is the best way to go.
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wolveraptor wrote:No! Never! The right to fart and scratch shall be ours, and ours alone. Our precious...

Personally, I'd like the body constitution of a Gorilla. 400 lbs and able to lift ten times my body weight. Plus, monkeys kick ass. They get to live the male life: sex, violence and comedy.

I'd also like a thick, crocodillian tale to smash bones with, tyranosaurine jaws and claws as long as a grizzly's. Why? Because it's fucking cool, that's why. I could have bones made of titanium alloy, 3 in skin made of kevlar, and eyes able to view the entire electro-magnetic spectrium. Yes, bio-mechanical wankery is the best way to go.
Yes, but biomech might be harder than just tweaking the body itself...
Though a godzilla-like humanoid would look fecking awesome.
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The idea of being a monkey is kinda interesting. Hot monkey sex, curiosity & a sense of humor. Plus, I'd get to hurl my feces at all the on-lookers in the zoo!
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Coalition wrote:Instead of upgrades, how about fixing various problems with human body? I.e. the appendix, the prostate
Ya know, only 49% percent of the population has potential or actual prostate problems :P
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