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Voting closed: April 07, 2013, 10:34:35 am

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Alright then.

Assuming that there are people who care about your psychological health enough to not let you fester in your malignant thoughts, and assuming no other issues, it should be simple enough to prevent the problems from happening. They're long-term ones, easily solved with a little bit of effort every day.))

[BFEL]

While in the stasis pod STEPHEN HAWKING muses about that time he invented the stasis pod.

[Harry Baldman]

((Grate should get 20 tokens and get himself a full body prosthesis. It'd be like a sci-fi war criminal version of Big.))

[SeriousConcentrate]

(Pfff haha XD I don't think synthfaces resemble Tom Hanks, though.)

[Doomblade187]

While in the stasis pod STEPHEN HAWKING muses about that time he invented the stasis pod.

((Stasis dementia is truly a wonderful thing, it would seem. Especially in this case.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Grate should get 20 tokens and get himself a full body prosthesis. It'd be like a sci-fi war criminal version of Big.))

((That would be amusing, but it's unlikely to happen.))

((I'm trying to think of things Grate could do to try and be less pathetic. My current plan involves getting over his unpleasant experiences in the mission, followed by an inquiry into space magic, followed by finding ways to earn credits.))

[Doomblade187]

((Grate should get 20 tokens and get himself a full body prosthesis. It'd be like a sci-fi war criminal version of Big.))

((That would be amusing, but it's unlikely to happen.))

((I'm trying to think of things Grate could do to try and be less pathetic. My current plan involves getting over his unpleasant experiences in the mission, followed by an inquiry into space magic, followed by finding ways to earn credits.))

((Alternatively, he could become a speech character with a group of slaves bodyguards. Denzel would be willing to help out.))

[Thearpox]

((Grate should get 20 tokens and get himself a full body prosthesis. It'd be like a sci-fi war criminal version of Big.))

((That would be amusing, but it's unlikely to happen.))

((I'm trying to think of things Grate could do to try and be less pathetic. My current plan involves getting over his unpleasant experiences in the mission, followed by an inquiry into space magic, followed by finding ways to earn credits.))

((Alternatively, he could become a speech character with a group of slaves bodyguards. Denzel would be willing to help out.))

((First order of business is to stop clinging to adults trying to protect you.))

[Doomblade187]

((Grate should get 20 tokens and get himself a full body prosthesis. It'd be like a sci-fi war criminal version of Big.))

((That would be amusing, but it's unlikely to happen.))

((I'm trying to think of things Grate could do to try and be less pathetic. My current plan involves getting over his unpleasant experiences in the mission, followed by an inquiry into space magic, followed by finding ways to earn credits.))

((Alternatively, he could become a speech character with a group of slaves bodyguards. Denzel would be willing to help out.))

((First order of business is to stop clinging to adults trying to protect you.))

((Now that I think of it, I wonder how Grate would react to overloading a manipulator and causing collateral damage, namely to innocents. That would actually be pretty interesting to see how it plays out.))

[Tiruin]

((It's the little things. You realize that you don't feel air currents on your face, or smell the chemical smell of the latrines or whatever they have onboard. With no metabolism, you have that much less to do. Waking and dreaming are that much less distinct. On its own, it won't cause insanity, but in a fragile person or on top of other factors, it could push them over the edge. And the HMRC has plenty of people close to the edge...))

((The thing is, since no real-world studies have been done on this kind of thing, we don't know if it would cause insanity on it's own. I would cautiously lean towards the idea that yes, it would. But once again, we really don't know.))

((I would post down a medical note, but it would take long. So I'll just say this: I've taken Psychology, and those kinds of things are relative to the person's philosophy before that current time. While the concept of 'being human' is also as relative, it has universal definitions...

And GWG isn't putting the correct details there. :p I'd rather take this to PMs if anyone is interested.))

((Alright then.

Assuming that there are people who care about your psychological health enough to not let you fester in your malignant thoughts, and assuming no other issues, it should be simple enough to prevent the problems from happening. They're long-term ones, easily solved with a little bit of effort every day.))

((Don't be a jerk and assume that people don't. Because this rubbed off very badly for me.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((We're also assuming a you who has been put into a robot body. My point is, I wasn't trying to target any of you guys or, indeed, any single real person, but rather a hypothetical person who decided to go through with the bodyectomy.))

[TCM]

Have dreams that I'm a gangster. Drinking Moet, holding Tecs. Making sure the cash came correct when I stepped. Investments in stocks, sowing up the block to sell rocks, and winning gun fights with mega-cops.

[Thearpox]

((It's the little things. You realize that you don't feel air currents on your face, or smell the chemical smell of the latrines or whatever they have onboard. With no metabolism, you have that much less to do. Waking and dreaming are that much less distinct. On its own, it won't cause insanity, but in a fragile person or on top of other factors, it could push them over the edge. And the HMRC has plenty of people close to the edge...))

((The thing is, since no real-world studies have been done on this kind of thing, we don't know if it would cause insanity on it's own. I would cautiously lean towards the idea that yes, it would. But once again, we really don't know.))

((I would post down a medical note, but it would take long. So I'll just say this: I've taken Psychology, and those kinds of things are relative to the person's philosophy before that current time. While the concept of 'being human' is also as relative, it has universal definitions...

And GWG isn't putting the correct details there. :p I'd rather take this to PMs if anyone is interested.))

((Well, of course they're relative, the question is how much, and what exactly they are. There's always going to be a small minority, a sizable minority, and a majority. The question is who is who. For my side, I wouldn't go insane or murderous per se, but I'm not sure I would be able to distinguish between imaginations and reality, since there isn't any real way to distinguish between them when being in a robot body.

Not sure that I see how it relates to the concept of 'being human'. I mean, I see how being in a robot body can raise questions about one's humanity. But were talking about what it means to the user, not how humanity will see him. And I don't think Grate put any details at all out there, correct or not.

And can't you just put it in a spoiler? If you really feel uncomfortable putting it here, the yes, please do pm me.))

Assuming that there are people who care about your psychological health enough to not let you fester in your malignant thoughts, and assuming no other issues, it should be simple enough to prevent the problems from happening. They're long-term ones, easily solved with a little bit of effort every day.))

((Don't be a jerk and assume that people don't. Because this rubbed off very badly for me.))

((Caring requires action, not caring does not require one. Therefore, it was correctly written.

We're not talking if you or any of our friends, or specific people, or whether a society at large will care. There are many situations where that won't happen, from HMRC to bad neighborhoods to failed states. Therefore, it should not be a foregone conclusion, and was written correctly.))

[Parisbre56]

((I can't understand why one would be unable to distinguish between imagination and reality. Imagination and dreams are even more imperfect and fragmented then memories or reality. It requires conscious effort to maintain them in the case of daydreams or remember them in the case of dreams. And I feel things in my dreams. I can imagine the taste and smell and texture of a perfectly cooked piece of bacon and make my mouth water. I don't see why there would be a problem.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Well, it all depends on how the robodies interfaced with the brain and what senses they provided...and, above all, the mental health and situation of the individual. Really, we're just guessing.

I feel confident in saying that it wouldn't help...))