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we are going to become very good at this. eliminating genetic errors, choosing to be straight, tall, etc

by foolfoolz 1y ago

phs318u 1y ago
...blonde, blue-eyed, round-eyed, strong-jawed, big-dicked, big boobed, you name it, you can have it!
- irrational 1y ago
  Five out of six ain’t bad. Though, if my man boobs get a bit bigger…
  - trhway 1y ago
    As long as you can pay for it. Not everybody can drive Ferrari. (Or rephrasing a USSR movie quote - A society without an upper/lower differentiator has no purpose)
    - pbhjpbhj 1y ago
      [Mutual] Happiness isn't a purpose?
- ben_w 1y ago
  > big-dicked, big boobed And Facebook is already, with no ironic self-awareness, showing me ads for both.
- conradfr 1y ago
  The irony will be that once everybody is that, it won't be attractive.
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WA 1y ago
Homosexuality is not genetic.
- bluefirebrand 1y ago
  Interesting. Where do traits that aren't genetic come from then?
  - kelseyfrog 1y ago
    A variety of sources[1]. 1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4262890/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4262890/
  - WA 1y ago
    It's complicated. The most compelling theory is that several genes might have a bit of an influence paired with the hormonal conditions in the womb. Here's an overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetic_theories_of_homosexuality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetic_theories_of_homosex...
n4r9 1y ago
Reminds me of that story about the casting of Patrick Stewart as Picard. Apparently Roddenberry originally had in mind a youthful, virogous figure much like William Shatner was for Kirk. So Stewart auditioned in a toupee to compensate for his baldness. An impressed Roddenberry realised that the toupee was pointless. Later when a reporter asked him why baldness hadn't been cured by the 24th Century, he said that society would be so advanced that no one would care anymore.
rbanffy 1y ago
We need to be extremely careful with what we consider “errors”. We’ve been through this before and it never ends well.

we are going to become very good at this. eliminating genetic errors, choosing to be straight, tall, etc

phs318u 1y ago

...blonde, blue-eyed, round-eyed, strong-jawed, big-dicked, big boobed, you name it, you can have it!

irrational 1y ago
Five out of six ain’t bad. Though, if my man boobs get a bit bigger…
- trhway 1y ago
  As long as you can pay for it. Not everybody can drive Ferrari. (Or rephrasing a USSR movie quote - A society without an upper/lower differentiator has no purpose)
  - pbhjpbhj 1y ago
    [Mutual] Happiness isn't a purpose?
ben_w 1y ago
> big-dicked, big boobed And Facebook is already, with no ironic self-awareness, showing me ads for both.
conradfr 1y ago
The irony will be that once everybody is that, it won't be attractive.

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WA 1y ago

Homosexuality is not genetic.

bluefirebrand 1y ago
Interesting. Where do traits that aren't genetic come from then?
- kelseyfrog 1y ago
  A variety of sources[1]. 1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4262890/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4262890/
- WA 1y ago
  It's complicated. The most compelling theory is that several genes might have a bit of an influence paired with the hormonal conditions in the womb. Here's an overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetic_theories_of_homosexuality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetic_theories_of_homosex...

n4r9 1y ago

Reminds me of that story about the casting of Patrick Stewart as Picard. Apparently Roddenberry originally had in mind a youthful, virogous figure much like William Shatner was for Kirk. So Stewart auditioned in a toupee to compensate for his baldness. An impressed Roddenberry realised that the toupee was pointless. Later when a reporter asked him why baldness hadn't been cured by the 24th Century, he said that society would be so advanced that no one would care anymore.

rbanffy 1y ago

We need to be extremely careful with what we consider “errors”. We’ve been through this before and it never ends well.