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What are some small things we should change about the human body? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by LesserAbe@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Ripping off a post I just saw in the Isaac Arthur subreddit. Imagining we work out the technical ability. Examples they suggested were:

No periods
No balding
No nausea
No body odor
Resistance to obesity and muscle wasting

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[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 24 points 10 months ago

Very short mating season. The amount of people is too god damned high.

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago

Or just have a built in birth control switch that has zero side effects. Of course, it would have to be entirely controlled by the individual so as not to turn into some dystopian population control mechanism.

[-] HerrVorragend@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Pon farr!

[-] ImTryingLemmy@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

OK, but only if it's like May or June. No one needs that shit in February.

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