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Right in the Think Meat.
quick one today… firstly, thanks for everyone who joined the discord! it’s been a lot of fun so far, and i’m glad we were able to replicate the chill vibe of the comic over to the server. so, anyone who wants in, there’s a button at the top, it’s been good for a few laughs.
secondly, i saw a news report that kinda grossed me out. being a fan of cyberpunk, i could imagine a cool future where people are augmented, maybe a chip in your brain that helps you see, or bypasses spinal cord injury so that paraplegics could walk again. i mean, there’s more evil applications too, but even those are ‘dystopian chique’. not like you’d want one, but it would be interesting.
so now Elon Musk is hopeful to start human trials on a brain chip surgery within 6 months. and… i just can’t with this crap. it’s just… ugh. how about a shadowy board of investors? a wealthy benefactor who is trying to further science, from his island fortification. this? nope. the future is going to be pioneered by the guy who bought twitter so he could post ‘dank memes’.
i was promised COOL dammit!
Thank you Anonymous for pointing out that we already have brain augmentations beyond pressure valves, like cochlear implants.
The Red Mandarin doctor who genetically engineered people in vitro to be born resistant to AIDS despite being born to a mother with it (Red China can do solid genetic engineering, but ti cannot get sanitary blood DONATION conditions standardized … or rather has not)) was punished, but I believe the kids are still alive.
Yeah, I read about the chimp and pig experiments, too. Thing is with the pigs, that’s breakfast, lunch, and dinner there when you stop to think about it. A pig died? Time for a roast, don’t waste the meat. Yeah, we should be humane with animals, but I don’t think there’s a benefit to humanizing my food. Next thing you know, I’ll be successful with my gene splicing experiments, and vegetables will be able to vocally express their desire to not be eaten. “Carrot Juice is Murder” by the band Arrogant Worms.
carrots don’t have central nervous systems. and i don’t think not torturing things is ‘humanizing’. it’s just humane. i mean, i’m not going to tell anyone what they can and can’t do. but i think how we treat the least of us is a good indicator how badly the aliens are going to probe our butts when they take over.
“carrots don’t have central nervous systems.”
Not yet they don’t!! Bwahahahahaha!
one day, my carrot mutants will stride across the land, murdering and pillaging. maybe a little rampaging and defiling. we’ll play it by ear.
Bunnicula shall get them for us.
Good lord….the ads.
“Honey, I think we’re low on dog food”
Cochlear implant: “AMAZON HAS PURINA PUPPY CHOW ON SALE NOW FOR JUST $24.99 FOR A $ POUND BAG!”
you know, i once wrote a short story as a writing exercise about a world where everyone had an implant at birth that showed your brain that every surface you looked at was covered in ads, and if you bought the product, it would stop showing you THAT ad. for like a day.
it seemed dystopian at the time. now, it seems like, yeah, that’s about right.
Cyborg clones actually lol. Remember that Snake and I are identical twins? ;-) and yes, I am deaf as well and use cochlear implants too. No MRIs for me though!! The internal magnet and the machine does not get along well.
i wasn’t sure if it you were identical, but you both have the same implants? crazy. that cloning procedure needs to be perfected….. what we’re saving on clones, we’re just spending on cyborg implants!|
and i hear you on the MRI. man, that would not be a pleasant experience.
Not as thrilled, since he invented Facebook. He doesn’t know about surgery or medical technology. For social media design, I mean, he is more helpful in that regards though.
well, that’s my point. i don’t want the twitter guy in my brain.
thumbs up on the cochlear implants. i thought they were one thing, turns out they are not what i thought. that is quite the tech you have. you’re like a full on cyborg!
Elon did Paypal, not Facebook.
The latest revelations on which MDs were banned and shadow-banned on Twitter are a lovely public service … especially since they were mostly correct on the science, just inconvenient.
i think she was referring to my other comment, out of order, ‘how would you feel if your implants were designed by the guy who made facebook’. as in social media is not at all the same thing as medical tech. not much crossover there.
Well, I have cochlear implants. It’s been working out well for me.
awesome! how would you feel if you found out that they were designed and produced by mark zuckerburg though?