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I remember a college conversation with a bio major when I said I wished we could just eliminate mosquitos. She said if there were no mosquitoes it would be disastrous because some other thing eats them that gets eaten by some other thing, I don’t remember the details, but essentially it would destroy the whole food chain. I couldn’t help thinking that these bugs etc. would probably eat something else because you know, they would be hungry. Just a couple students with a little bit of knowledge thinking they could conclusively analyze the world. And new here we all are on social media doing the same thing.

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There’s not many* types of mosquito that are a problem for humans. If we wiped out the dangerous ones, there would still be plenty of mozzy to go around

*I feel like it’s either 1 or 3

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I’ve read a while ago that the only vew spiders who occasionally eat them don’t really like them either, because they have low nutritional value. In short, mosquitos are pretty much useless.

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Ain’t much meat on 'em.

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RGB rules

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  • separated genetalia from waste systems

  • removed body hair and baldness

  • fixed acne glitch

  • added ability to change biological sex, with default neutral configuration

  • rerouted laryngeal nerve

  • uterus lining is now reabsorbed automatically

  • reinforced spine and knees

  • simplified foot structure

  • adjusted mental pathways to better adapt to modern environment

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Reabsorption of uterine lining is called being “in heat” in dogs and cats. It’s quite common in the animal world, and it makes all the males very rapey.

One of the prevailing theories about why humans pair bond is our males can’t tell when our females are ovulating/menstruating so it’s advantageous to be kinder and stick around for more sex.

TL;DR: I think that’s not a great idea.

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Interesting, didn’t know those two things were linked.

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i’m not sure i want to know what the first point would look like, moving either the genitals or the anus sounds horrifying, and i especially don’t want to imagine where penis wielders would urinate or ejaculate from if those functions are separated…

…perhaps we’d do like octopi, reach under and fetch a sperm package that we present instead of a wedding ring? Or maybe let’s just leave it like it is and not create horrors.

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Just have us piss from asshole

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Birds had it right all along with one waste exit.

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Turn standing while peeing into an actual skill.

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I do that already :(

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Let’s also reroute the ulnar nerve, thx

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I’d like to be able to alter body hair density based on climate.

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added ability to change biological sex

PLEASE

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I like baldness and body hair! They should be optional too

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Smooth on top, rugged in the middle

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What’s the laryngeal nerve and what’s wrong with it?

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Iirc it goes down your neck, makes a 180 around an artery at the height of the breasts and goes up your neck again.

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For some reason when I read this I read “Reticulating Splines” instead of reinforced spines. I was like wow random sims reference.

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Remove hangovers

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These are the sort of genetic engineering/eugenists I want to see. None of that “deleting gay gene” or “breeding smart people” pseudo science garbage.

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I think life would be a little better if we cranked up the gay gene. Y’all know how to party.

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Make everyone pansexual. It would simplify a lot of things.

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I thought you had to put something in the water for that?

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That only makes the frickin frogs gay.

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All eugenics is pseudoscience garbage.

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In that case, let’s all marry our cousins and brothers!

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That’s not eugenics.

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I’d like someone to at least look into the whole ADHD thing. It’s been going on for some time now without any word on why it’s there, or what it’s for- and aside from funny and relatable memes, it’s yet to provide any positive results.

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Or, like, at least a caffeine gland or something.

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I’d like to add depression and anxiety to fixing ADHD as an individual can exhibit all three.

This can be split into several patches if necessary.

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Absolutely! I just figured that for many, addressing the one will help the others, but yeah… they are their own bugs unto themselves for a lot of people.

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