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[Skyrunner]

Well... I have a thought but I don't think I can talk about it elegantly enough. It's not that there is a soul though.

[mastahcheese]

I just personally think gender is useless when it's not used to identify biological difference. (i.e. I'm "male" because I can sexually reproduce with "females")

I just wish we were all born intersex, and can switch our sex at will.

And I'm pretty sure that with modern medicine, we could outright change someone's gender to the point of being capable of reproducing as that new gender.
Don't quote me on that, though, cause I'm not a geneticist, but it seems logical to me.

But yeah, if people could change genders at will, that would solve sooooo many problems.

[Skyrunner]

I don't think it is possible. Biology is hard.

Result of hormonal therapy, btw, is being sterile.

[mastahcheese]

I don't think it is possible. Biology is hard.

Result of hormonal therapy, btw, is being sterile.

Hmm. I suppose it would be considerably more difficult than just transplanting the entirety of the reproductive system...

This is why I'm not a scientist.

[Xantalos]

If you find a suitable cadaver and are willing to undergo some trauma you could theoretically transplant your brain to someone else's body.

[Bauglir]

Sadly, no, we can't do that. I believe that with sufficient shenanigans we can let any two people breed, but you need a biological woman to offer a place to stash the fetus for a while, and the shenanigans are... well, let's just say you're not likely to be internalizing them any time soon.

Transhumanism is an attractive future for lots of reasons.

[Xantalos]

Sometimes I wish I could just scream,
"I will not set myself on fire to keep you warm."

But you could hug them for 2d8 damage per turn, Caroline.
Per. Turn.

[mastahcheese]

If you find a suitable cadaver and are willing to undergo some trauma you could theoretically transplant your brain to someone else's body.

Yeah, but that's your physical brain, not uploading it to a computer chip or something, which I assume is what's causing Descan to go into spasms.

Unless you're talking about doing so for the case of gender reassignment, in which case...
I suppose maybe it could theoretically work? But this also requires a dead person, so I can't imagine many people considering this as an option.

In any case, I certainly would not risk it.

"I will not set myself on fire to keep you warm."

May I sig this? It's perfect for almost any occasion.

[Tawa]

You know, if you ask me, all this "gender" stuff (not the physical stuff, mind you) is really a byproduct of early societies. If no sense of gender roles had ever developed, none of this would have happened.

But that's just me.

[Arcvasti]

but you need a biological woman to offer a place to stash the fetus for a while

We still don't have any machines capable of doing that for us? Huh.

[Bauglir]

Man, are you familiar with how much shit women have to do to keep the things alive? I'm no expert any longer, but my recollection suggests that a society capable of building a machine that can carry a pregnancy to term is a society that can actually do that brain transplant sort of thing. Can we just take a minute to appreciate how crazy pregnancy is, and thereby how much crazier it is that it so often gets shrugged off as a minor thing?

You can get surprisingly far in a test tube with the right nutrient baths, and I might be wrong about needing a genetically-female person, but I can definitely guarantee we can't get the whole way through in a machine yet.

[Skyrunner]

Biology is hard

I've read an article about how the huge hormone production  in women that are pregnant is because she is in constant combat with the fetus, who is continuously trying to wring more and more nutrients from its mother. Also why the placenta is made of some of the toughest cells in the body, so the mother can better resist the probing tendrils of the baby...

Edit: more specific example. The foetus produces a ton of vasodiliation hormones, the better to get more blood for more nutrients. The mother produces a ton of vasoconstriction hormones, to resist the foetus's efforts. The result? A delicate balance where the baby gets just enough nnutrients to develop. A mother who did not produce enough of the hormone would die.

[WillowLuman]

Pregnancy is no less than one of the pillars of our mammalian superiority, one of the amazing adaptations that let us conquer the Earth.

[Lagslayer]

Pregnancy is no less than one of the pillars of our mammalian superiority, one of the amazing adaptations that let us conquer the Earth.

+1

It's a taste of our badassery as a species. Embrace the human form. It is the most badass thing you've ever seen.

[Bauglir]

"I will not set myself on fire to keep you warm."

May I sig this? It's perfect for almost any occasion.

You can. Just keep in mind I didn't come up with it~

Well you picked a fucking awesome place to use it