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[Egan_BW]

They have shadowrunners? Well, at least we ended up in the cool dystopic future.

[MrRoboto75]

at least we ended up in the cool dystopic future.

Man, I wish.  Where's my cyber arm.

[misko27]

The founder of reddit is Serena William's husband. 

(Serena Williams is the Tennis star who's been in the news about the US Open lately)

[Frumple]

at least we ended up in the cool dystopic future.

Man, I wish.  Where's my cyber arm.

Last I checked we more or less have them. They're just still kinda' shitty complete drek. SotA prototype prosthetics stuff, but there.

[Doomblade187]

The founder of reddit is Serena William's husband. 

(Serena Williams is the Tennis star who's been in the news about the US Open lately)

Woah. That's really cool.

[MrRoboto75]

at least we ended up in the cool dystopic future.

Man, I wish.  Where's my cyber arm.

Last I checked we more or less have them. They're just still kinda' shitty complete drek. SotA prototype prosthetics stuff, but there.

they exist but they're still just for people who lost their old arm.  I cant replace my arm with steel on a whim.

[TamerVirus]

Not with that attitude!

[Egan_BW]

I mean, not like they're really gonna turn you down if you chop your own arm off before arriving at the hospital, right?
...And you're rich. Don't go auto-dismembering unless you have the filthy, filthy cash to back it up.

That's the sad reality that makes this world not quite the best cyberpunk dystopia: us punks don't get the cool stuff.
Maybe in 20-30 years the shit'll be cheaper. I mean, computers are pretty easy to get now. Guess you could be the hacker flavor of cyberpunk right now, if you really wanted to.

[wierd]

Unlike a Pen and Paper setting, the real world has all these interconnected consequences.

consequences like "what happens when one side of your body weighs significantly more than the other", which is what would happen with a permanently attached steel cybernetic arm.  It would do all kinds of horrific things to your back and spine, would cause excessive wear on the hip socket, etc.  That's not counting the many diverse sources of complications of the graft itself.

Doctors tend to not want to cause unnecessary harm to their patients. As such, they are loathe to let a patient undergo an elective surgery that is completely unnecessary without a pretty big incentive, especially in a highly litigious environment like ours.

Rather than the "rule of fun", you get the meddling and oppressive "rules of physics".  Those bastards are real sticklers, and wont relent.   You dont get to harass them into seeing things your way.

[Trekkin]

Well, that and at modern scales it's not really economical to only replace parts of people. Just replace the whole person; we've got plenty.

[Dunamisdeos]

ONCE, HE WAS BUT A MAN. NOW, HE HAS BECOME... DRIFT CAT!

(I found out you can basically endlessly drift like a racecar in the lion king level of kingdom hearts and it was funny enough to me that I made a video.)

[Akura]

Oh great, now my War Thunder client is starting to launch itself for updates with no prompting.

[TamerVirus]

Oh great, now my War Thunder client is starting to launch itself for updates with no prompting.

You’ve only noticed that now?
It’s been doing it for a while

[Kagus]

What kind of absolute madperson puts bag clips in the dishwasher?

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[EnigmaticHat]

Unlike a Pen and Paper setting, the real world has all these interconnected consequences.

consequences like "what happens when one side of your body weighs significantly more than the other", which is what would happen with a permanently attached steel cybernetic arm.  It would do all kinds of horrific things to your back and spine, would cause excessive wear on the hip socket, etc.  That's not counting the many diverse sources of complications of the graft itself.

Doctors tend to not want to cause unnecessary harm to their patients. As such, they are loathe to let a patient undergo an elective surgery that is completely unnecessary without a pretty big incentive, especially in a highly litigious environment like ours.

Rather than the "rule of fun", you get the meddling and oppressive "rules of physics".  Those bastards are real sticklers, and wont relent.   You dont get to harass them into seeing things your way.

You could probably deal with the weight of steel using a hollow prosthetic, or one filled with lightweight materials.  But then it wouldn't do anything a normal arm couldn't, so still no cyberpunk supersoldiers.

Also, the future is now.  IIRC most of the people who have them are US veterans.