[extropy-chat] BODY: What Strutting Modifications are Transhuman?!

[Emlyn]

When are the body modifiers going to work out that no matters how many
tatoos, vampire teeth, and ball bearing implants they get, they'll
still be shallow wankers? Heh heh.

-- 
Emlyn

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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 23:26:32 +0100, ben <benboc at lineone.net> wrote:
> I don't see that tattoos or piercings are any more significant to
> Transhumanism than cosmetics or high-heels.
> 
> Personally, i don't even so much as wear any jewellery, but i am a
> transhumanist. I do wear spectacles, though, and that counts for far
> more, in my opinion, than a piece of decorative metal, no matter where
> it's stuck on, or in. (Not that i'm saying that wearing 'specs makes you
> a transhumanist!)
> 
> If somebody came up with a tattoo that was an active display, that could
> for instance show a clock face, and keep time, i'd get one like a shot.
> Not because it's decorative, but because it's useful. I'd love to have
> the time tattooed on the back of a finger. Couldn't forget or lose my
> watch, then!
> 
> To answer the question, though, it's not the modifications that are
> 'Transhuman' at all, it's your attitude.
> 
> ben
> 
> 
> 
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