▲ 481 ▼ Winter Olympics in crisis as athletes deplete entire stock of 10,000 free condoms (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 5 months ago by Infrapink@thebrainbin.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 78 comments fedilink hide all child comments ‘It is rule 62 of the Olympic Charter that we have to have a condoms story,’ says IOC spokesman Mark Adams
[–] stephan262@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 child) I have a feeling it's gonna be a long road, getting from here to there with eugenics. I'd much rather use technology to overcome our limitations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 5 months ago (3 children) I would like to overcome my limitations in this fashion. Aside from my tongue and naughty bits, the human body doesn't offer me any experience that I enjoy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] electrotabby@piefed.social 3 points 5 months ago (1 child) I would watch the cybernetic olympics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 point 5 months ago It would be like Robot Wars, but with a lot more strategies. Rock wall climb? Hover boots, piledriver spikes, gecko skin, and so on. Someone should make an anime or show focused on robosports. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago From the moment I understood the weakness of my Flesh permalink fedilink source parent [–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Wishing to become just a brain in a robot body sadly misunderstands the totality of the human body. It’s been shown that gut biome affects mental health, for example. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 point 5 months ago One would assume that a robotic body would have devices and supplement cartridges for that, automatically monitored and regulated. The human body is a machine - but a robotic version would be actually optimally designed, rather than an endless variety of useful accidents. Even better, you can move the brain into different vessel shapes, each built for a particular purpose. In any case, converting a fleshy brain's memories into an computerized format would be preferable. Unfortunately, I suspect that is hard to pull off without being lossy or fatal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 5 months ago (3 children) I would like to overcome my limitations in this fashion. Aside from my tongue and naughty bits, the human body doesn't offer me any experience that I enjoy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] electrotabby@piefed.social 3 points 5 months ago (1 child) I would watch the cybernetic olympics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 point 5 months ago It would be like Robot Wars, but with a lot more strategies. Rock wall climb? Hover boots, piledriver spikes, gecko skin, and so on. Someone should make an anime or show focused on robosports. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago From the moment I understood the weakness of my Flesh permalink fedilink source parent [–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Wishing to become just a brain in a robot body sadly misunderstands the totality of the human body. It’s been shown that gut biome affects mental health, for example. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 point 5 months ago One would assume that a robotic body would have devices and supplement cartridges for that, automatically monitored and regulated. The human body is a machine - but a robotic version would be actually optimally designed, rather than an endless variety of useful accidents. Even better, you can move the brain into different vessel shapes, each built for a particular purpose. In any case, converting a fleshy brain's memories into an computerized format would be preferable. Unfortunately, I suspect that is hard to pull off without being lossy or fatal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] electrotabby@piefed.social 3 points 5 months ago (1 child) I would watch the cybernetic olympics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 point 5 months ago It would be like Robot Wars, but with a lot more strategies. Rock wall climb? Hover boots, piledriver spikes, gecko skin, and so on. Someone should make an anime or show focused on robosports. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 point 5 months ago It would be like Robot Wars, but with a lot more strategies. Rock wall climb? Hover boots, piledriver spikes, gecko skin, and so on. Someone should make an anime or show focused on robosports. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago From the moment I understood the weakness of my Flesh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Wishing to become just a brain in a robot body sadly misunderstands the totality of the human body. It’s been shown that gut biome affects mental health, for example. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 point 5 months ago One would assume that a robotic body would have devices and supplement cartridges for that, automatically monitored and regulated. The human body is a machine - but a robotic version would be actually optimally designed, rather than an endless variety of useful accidents. Even better, you can move the brain into different vessel shapes, each built for a particular purpose. In any case, converting a fleshy brain's memories into an computerized format would be preferable. Unfortunately, I suspect that is hard to pull off without being lossy or fatal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 point 5 months ago One would assume that a robotic body would have devices and supplement cartridges for that, automatically monitored and regulated. The human body is a machine - but a robotic version would be actually optimally designed, rather than an endless variety of useful accidents. Even better, you can move the brain into different vessel shapes, each built for a particular purpose. In any case, converting a fleshy brain's memories into an computerized format would be preferable. Unfortunately, I suspect that is hard to pull off without being lossy or fatal. permalink fedilink source parent