Would you get mechanical augmentations?

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 noticing a pattern…

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?

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. :stuck_out_tongue:

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.

I voted several yeses on the assumption that price (both installation and maintenance) is not a problem. IRL I probably couldn’t afford them.

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.

I would, depending on the severity and likelihood of any side effects - and of course the cost.

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.)

Only two things I’d want implanted:

-better eyes

-automatic, worry-free anti-rejection drug dispenser.

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.

Thank you. Unfortunately, you aren’t the first person I’ve encountered with that complaint about those devices.