I’ll start by saying that I’d get rid of the need to shit. I’m pretty sure everyone can agree that it’s unpleasant.

  • Talaraine@fedia.io
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    4 hours ago

    You could pre-empt the need to shit by not having to eat or drink. Honestly, when I lament humanity’s weaknesses I eventually always come back to the fact that we’re creatures in this universe that can only persist if we kill and eat other creatures. How would we be fundamentally changed if that were no longer true?

    • moonlight@fedia.io
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      5 hours ago

      Good news, we can actually do all of the above already!

      • add consciousness have kids

      • remove consciousness die

      • alter consciousness do drugs

  • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
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    6 hours ago

    Sweating. I wanna be exclusively water cooled. None of this evaporative cooling BS. Just swap fluid every six months to a year. I always need moving air anyways…

    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      To be water cooled we would need some kind of radiator, I guess moving blood through your extremities could work but seems risky from an evolutionary perspective. Like if you’re hot from running from a predator your hands and feet would be flush with blood.

      Also I think evaporative cooling could help you maintain a body temp of 38 when the ambient temp is somewhat warmer than that like 45 or so. I don’t think a radiator could do that.

      Sorry to get all practical in this thread about not needing to poop. I was just kinda thinking out loud.

  • toadjones79@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Sneezing/snot production. Sure, it can feel amazing. But the sudden urgency to stop everything I’m doing and focus on my nose or risk a disgusting eruption of green mucus all over my face in a public setting is something I could do without.

    Also, I’m waiting for someone with medical knowledge to come in here and mention Prions or something else silently devastating to the body.

  • Apepollo11@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Sleep. It used to take up nearly a third of my life. Since having Long COVID, it’s closer to half my life.

    Honestly, think of what we could get done if we had all that extra time…

  • Uncle@lemmy.ca
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    7 hours ago

    needing food. that would free up a lot of time and money, no input = no output. no dishes, no stove or fridge, no need for a dishwasher, then on the other end, no need for TP, or even a toilet!

    • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      This was my comment. My dad and I felt that same way but my grandmother just couldn’t understand how we could.

      If I never needed to eat, that’d be wonderful. No more getting fat ever again and I’d probably be 100 times healthier.

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      If you’re still regenerating tissue, your body is still producing weight. Drastically reduced (I’d guess by 75% total, of which 2/3 is dead digestive bacteria you’d no longer need), but still existent.

      Fun fact, you don’t defecate out weight loss, either. You exhale carbon in CO2

  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 hours ago

    Nails. I think we could go without nails. Specially toe nails. Finger nails could be an optional add on.

    I don’t mind shitting, it feels good. We could probably absorb more of it so we have less shit to do? Seems so inefficient.

    • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 hours ago

      Eh, I think I’d rather keep the nails for protection and to open soda cans and whatnot, but yeah it would be nice if they weren’t continuously growing and need regular trimming.

      Have an upvote 👍

      • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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        4 hours ago

        OK, we can compromise and keep your index finger and thumb nail. But they grow at 1/10 the speed.