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What modifications would you like to make to the human body?

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BabyJellyShark · 28/04/2023 14:48

I don't mean bigger/smaller breats, liposuction or anything of that nature but helpful additions.

I wish that there was a reflex that'd stop you biting your tongue when eating or sneezing.

It'd be great if when you experience a pain or nausea, if your brain could tell you exactly what you need to do to fix it e.g drink more water, see a Dr, you need rest etc.

And teeth that replace themselves would be wonderful.

Oh and if you could get a period over with in an hour or at least one day, that'd be great.

What modifications would you make?

What would you add?

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Mostar · 28/04/2023 18:28

SoupDragon · 28/04/2023 17:39

I wonder what men would suggest if asked the same question?

Just don't.

CoraPirbright · 28/04/2023 18:37

A better designed urethra so that UTI’s are Not A Thing

gills

wings that work in air or water

some sort of valve arrangement for releasing trapped wind

Theoldwrinkley · 28/04/2023 18:51

A little pocket to keep everything that is necessary, but I always forget! Eg a tissue, pen, scrap of paper.... And another eye in the back of your head (particularly if you have children).....
it could close or grow over when child is, say, 12.

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eighteentwentytwo · 28/04/2023 19:32

CheeseCakeSunflowers · 28/04/2023 16:09

Short hair all over our bodies similar to a Labrador so no need for clothes, we just grow a thicker coat in winter. We would save money and time doing all that laundry. I mean what animal can you think of that's mainly bald except for an odd tuft here and there then a huge long hair growth from the top of the head. It's ridiculous.

We're bald cos of our brains.

JazzHans · 28/04/2023 19:50

Human babies should be strong enough to hold on to us all the time like monkey babies from birth.

Soul2Squeeze · 28/04/2023 19:50

Wider range of hair colours, like those of a kingfisher’s or parrot’s feathers!

wankyseahorse33 · 28/04/2023 19:54

Clit in the entrance of the vagina would be an improvement please 🥰

katepilar · 28/04/2023 19:56

More arms. At least one. And actually an extra brain or two would be useful.

katepilar · 28/04/2023 20:05

I would love for women to be able to have children without men.

BogRollBOGOF · 28/04/2023 20:11

Men get the rest of the pregnancy like sea horses.

Or at least skin that retracts back to the appropriate size after birth rather than sagging around for the rest of your life. And pelvises that don't put you through months of burning pain, and that can ping back to normal once baby has exited.

Either extra sets of teeth every 20 years or self-healing teeth.

TourmalineGiraffe · 28/04/2023 20:15

wankyseahorse33 · 28/04/2023 19:54

Clit in the entrance of the vagina would be an improvement please 🥰

Genius!

Mostar · 28/04/2023 20:25

Hair that you can style using the power of thought, and photosynthesis. Not to much to ask for. Come on evolution, do your magic.

DorisParchment · 28/04/2023 20:28

I’d like the penis to be detachable.

And arms. I never know what to do with my arms when I sleep.

TourmalineGiraffe · 28/04/2023 20:31

JudyGemstone · 28/04/2023 15:06

A sphincter that neatly crimps off turds in a clean and hygienic manner, negating the need for the money and faff of toilet paper.

😀

TourmalineGiraffe · 28/04/2023 20:32

DorisParchment · 28/04/2023 20:28

I’d like the penis to be detachable.

And arms. I never know what to do with my arms when I sleep.

Please expand on the detachable period, I need to know the reasoning!

TourmalineGiraffe · 28/04/2023 20:33

Penis

TourmalineGiraffe · 28/04/2023 20:37

DisforDarkChocolate · 28/04/2023 15:53

Can I just say that I really like you.

Well, thank you! 😼

UnaOfStormhold · 28/04/2023 20:41

Gills would vastly improve my swimming. Marsupial style birth sounds perfect. Aging backwards so you don't have to deal with decline but are ready to make the most of all that energy and strength when you get it.

TheChosenTwo · 28/04/2023 20:45

I’d like a birthing zip.
So it would work in the same sort of way as a caesarean but without the need for surgery, and the zip would be in your knicker line so not noticeable. I had 3 vaginal births. It felt like a punishment every single time.
or just make men able to birth somehow.
id also like some sort of switch behind me ear to adopt different hair styles instantly.
Also periods can just fuck off, it seems ridiculous in this day and age that we still walk about bleeding and in pain.

vipersnest1 · 28/04/2023 20:49

TheChosenTwo · 28/04/2023 20:45

I’d like a birthing zip.
So it would work in the same sort of way as a caesarean but without the need for surgery, and the zip would be in your knicker line so not noticeable. I had 3 vaginal births. It felt like a punishment every single time.
or just make men able to birth somehow.
id also like some sort of switch behind me ear to adopt different hair styles instantly.
Also periods can just fuck off, it seems ridiculous in this day and age that we still walk about bleeding and in pain.

And a vagina that isn't in a position such that the rest of your organs don't feel the need to try and fall out of it as you get older....

bevelino · 28/04/2023 20:51

Darthwazette · 28/04/2023 14:57

I’d like to grow an extra hand/arm for every child you have after 2.

This, I would love an extra pair of hands.

Sprogonthetyne · 28/04/2023 20:53

I'd make us have a breeding season like other animals do, so there's no need for periods or contraception the rest of the year. Then a few weeks each spring where you either ttc or abstain, meaning all the kids in a school class are roughly the same age and there's on summer born / autumn born variation to account for.

Mostar · 28/04/2023 20:56

DorisParchment · 28/04/2023 20:28

I’d like the penis to be detachable.

And arms. I never know what to do with my arms when I sleep.

Detachable?!

But... wouldn't they just get lost or stolen?

Could testicles also be taken off?

Imagine. Blokes leaving their dicks behind because they're late for work and they don't have time to look for their genitals and the car keys.

Heaven help us.

TourmalineGiraffe · 28/04/2023 21:02

Inspired by another thread would love to be able to erase things from mind or memory.

Sometimes this would be to let go of traumas or awful memories.

Generally though, would be so you could erase favourite books or series so you repeatedly have the pleasure of discovering them.

viques · 28/04/2023 21:03

Sprogonthetyne · 28/04/2023 20:53

I'd make us have a breeding season like other animals do, so there's no need for periods or contraception the rest of the year. Then a few weeks each spring where you either ttc or abstain, meaning all the kids in a school class are roughly the same age and there's on summer born / autumn born variation to account for.

Tough on midwives that one! A whole years work in a couple of weeks.