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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 102 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (12 children)

I'm CIS white male and I don't want to be a girl; I want to be a robot. I don't want pretty dresses or thigh high socks. I want a single glass visor for eyes and a rust proof exoskeleton.

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 68 points 8 months ago (2 children)

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

I'm more of a Mekboy than a Tech priest. Cybork technology is not only more affordable but it's environmentally friendly since it's all scrap.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

^i crave the strength and certainty of steel^

[–] cypherix93@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago (3 children)

this, and never having to eat, pee, or poop ever again

[–] variants@possumpat.io 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

peeing and eating can be awesome, too.

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Every try all 3 at the same time?

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

i have farted and sneezed at the same time while pissing before. a rainbow appeared.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 2 points 8 months ago

My coworker was set on all of us sitting in stalls while we drink our coffee because that's what they did on the morning shift at his previous company

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 4 points 8 months ago

You're still doing those things?

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago

You should read Red's discussion of eating as a far future transhuman in This Is How You Lose The Time War

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 8 months ago (3 children)

david martinez is that you???

[–] eldritch_lich@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

From Edgerunners anime show from the games studio CD Project Red, creators of Cyberpunk 2077 video game. The show takes place in the same city, before the events of the game.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Oh, thanks for clarifying.

[–] fishbone@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'd rather follow Alt's path than David's. I don't want a different body. I don't want a body at all.

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

how come? you know she was imprisoned there right?

[–] fishbone@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I meant more in a general sense of being exclusively a "net" being.

As for why to that: without going into great detail, I feel a level of detachment to my body that I think most people don't have, and I feel like it would be a much better experience for me as a consciousness to be removed from my uncooperative body.

Basically, I feel like basic signals from my body (hunger, fatigue, pain, etc.) Are not well received by my brain. Many times it feels like a totally unlabeled signal from a body part, and I need to actively troubleshoot what the feeling is and why.

As an example, I'll get a feeling in my abdomen, but I won't know if it correlates to pain, hunger, thirst, sitting still, being sore, or any number of other things.

The abdomen sends a messenger up to the guy in charge at the brain, and the interaction goes something like this:

  • Brain: what is it, messenger?

  • Messenger: I come with important news from the stomach!

  • B: Great, let's hear it.

  • M: oh, dang, I think I dropped the message on the way here. It was definitely important though. Anyway, bye!

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If everyone had this subjective reality we would not have survived as a species. I have similar experience with having to manually intervene in signal processing.

I'm sure "the average person" occasionally misreads a signal but it is not the same thing.

[–] fishbone@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

If everyone had this subjective reality we would not have survived as a species.

This is actually a very nice thing to hear from someone, thanks for that.

The gravity of it is difficult to really explain to others, because it's a weird concept, and an explanation usually only covers one aspect, but the reality is that the example that I gave is a truly constant occurrence and means I end up using most of my energy in a given day just troubleshooting what my own body is trying to tell me. I also think a big difference is for many others, misread signals will sort themselves out by becoming clear without much active intervention before it's an issue, and that rarely happens in my experience.

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

I feel like we all get that in some way. I might get a food signal, but I try to eat something and its actually a fuck you signal because I won't be able to eat, for one example

[–] ziixe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 8 months ago

Honestly the Murder Drones "Worker Drone" is an awesome base design (the disassembly drone just looks like an emo version of the base design), if I ever wanted to be a robot I would be that, too bad they (canonically) run on core 2 quads(or maybe even core 2 duos), which I had the experience to deal with irl and even on Linux they're painfully slow

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm close, but would prefer to keep my looks and squishy brain. I want to be a cyborg.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Good to see you again. We could start a cyborg outlaw gang.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 8 points 8 months ago

Cis and trans* at the same time!

*transhuman

[–] z500@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago

I want to be a cat so I can be pampered, and lash out randomly and have people think it's cute

[–] Maultasche@feddit.de 7 points 8 months ago

Upgrading is compulsory!

[–] just_squanch_it@lemmy.one 7 points 8 months ago

Is this the Confederation of Independent Systems(CIS) or the Commonwealth of Independent States(CIS)?

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you fond of steak? When you were young were you good at fights?

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm not fond of steak since I'm a vegetarian and although I got into some fights in my youth I wouldn't call myself good at it.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

Not a strong Wilhelm candidate, then.

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Preach, fellow robot