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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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[–] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd not change much, just my suicide weight, a couple of functional issues, and a few troublesome moles.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How much does suicide weigh?

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

Being suicidal weighs about 50 pounds for me.

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

Lots of changes. Not much on the outside, but fix breakable/broken stuff, be more efficient, this kind of things. Not having to worry about your own body betraying you seems like a good idea.

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

Other than the assumptions OP mentions in the prompt, I would actually add a prehensile tail... I think that would be a super fun and useful appendage to have hehehe

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can I use the button multiple times? If so, I have several experiments / experiences to do / have.

If it's a one time thing, I'd probably stick with the same genetics. I got pretty lucky, and I'd hate to make a change that I later felt negative about.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Once every 7 years. You have to wait that long for your body to stabilize after using it.

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago

i mean yeah, i'll take just having the same body but made of nanites please. There are just no downsides to that: i'd be immortal, impossible to damage since the nanites would just flow back into place, i could reconfigure my body at will, and extremely cool shit like extruding tools from my body (either made of nanites or effectively 3d printing them).

nanomachines son

[–] Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

Ye Ye body that stays perfectly healthy with no maintenance. Would be sick. We are all alive so of course I want me my body to be better at being alive. I want to be able to be poor and "malnourished" but thrive despite that and keep living my vest life without having to participate in capitalism to depend on my wellbeing

[–] nayminlwin@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Natural body, except healthier. No dry eyes, no stomach problems, no nerve problems in shoulders and legs.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love my body, I am very content with every detail of it, but I would make my tongue smaller in my throat.

It's a tiny detail but it is ruining my life by slowly choking me to death at night. Some nights are good, others suck, and it's a crap shoot.

The vast array of problems this causes are difficult to properly describe, and the damage it's done to my life overall is incalculable.

If that one thing stopped being a problem and I could plan knowing it wouldn't come back, my life would change virtually overnight.

[–] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously, ask your doctor for a sleep study or a referral to a sleep medicine specialist.

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