# Would you get mechanical augmentations? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713 "2011-09-18T14:45:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/21 "2011-09-19T01:02:31Z")
If I could get past my needle phobia I’d do anything they’d allow. Especially anything that made me stronger. And laser eyebeams of course. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/22 "2011-09-19T01:05:31Z")
> [@rate me 1-10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-me-1-10/596702/34): > > I think if there were laser beams coming from your eyes that would be totally hot. > [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > And laser eyebeams of course. I’m noticing a pattern… ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/23 "2011-09-19T03:26:34Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Not unless my life depended on it. The anti-rejection drugs was the killer for me. … me too yada yada. it is one thing to sign up for a warranty package or having to constantly download patches, but a lifetime regular schedule of drugs? no. what happens if you fail to take them? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/24 "2011-09-19T03:34:40Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > If I could get past my needle phobia I’d do anything they’d allow. Especially anything that made me stronger. > > And laser eyebeams of course. I’m sure there would be a brain upgrade to include the “not fearing needles” software. EDIT: Ironically, it may require one last needle injection. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/25 "2011-09-19T05:11:23Z")
Oh. And I’ll take the automated internalized pharmacopeia synthesizer to dispense the anti-rejection drug and whatever else I might want/need. ETA: It could probably take over all the functions of the liver and kidneys and be installed in the same location. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/26 "2011-09-19T05:44:03Z")
I voted several yeses on the assumption that price (both installation and maintenance) is not a problem. IRL I probably couldn’t afford them. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/27 "2011-09-19T12:45:31Z")
I voted for all the yeses that didn’t have the word only in them. If you’d remove the word only, I’d’ve voted for those, too. Assuming I am actually in a position to decide (aka I can afford it), the only thing that would hold me back was worries about safety and design problems. Otherwise, there’s no reason not to. EDIT: I agree with Yatzee’s review. Why wouldn’t you want it? We’ve all already shown we aren’t Luddites. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/28 "2011-09-19T13:51:18Z")
I would, depending on the severity and likelihood of any side effects - and of course the cost. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/29 "2011-09-19T14:15:06Z")
I already have some artificial teeth and a plate in my neck to help keep my head on, so I am already on the way to being Borged. Bring it on. (But I would like Imperial Shock Marines level augmentations, thank you, none of the low powered or otherwise limited stuff available to civilians. I would stay clear of a total upload, because I have some serious questions about the fate of my soul when there is a computer around programmed to believe it is me. After the organic brain is destroyed I am dead and I really don’t care if a simulation is still running.) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/30 "2011-09-19T14:45:58Z")
Only two things I’d want implanted: -better eyes -automatic, worry-free anti-rejection drug dispenser. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/31 "2011-09-19T15:36:07Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Now I’m curious. Of course, it’s your right not to discuss anything regarding your medical history, but I wouldn’t be at all upset if you decided to share the story. I’ve posted about it before but to save you the search I have a prosthetic pump device that enables me to have sexual intercourse. If I had known how painful the recovery would be, I would never have had the surgery. The damn thing no longer works the way it should and I suppose I could have it replaced but that’s about the last thing I would ever do. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713/32 "2011-09-19T16:13:38Z")
Thank you. Unfortunately, you aren’t the first person I’ve encountered with that complaint about those devices. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-mechanical-augmentations/596713.md?page=1)