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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?
You could pre-empt the need to shit by not having to eat or drink.
Um, you know that your body expels more than digestion by-products through defecation, right? Where do you think dead blood cells go?
The other "noble ape" shit I'm not touching.
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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…
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.
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It's selfish, but hair growth. Hair removal steals so much of my limited time.
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.
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.
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OK, we can compromise and keep your index finger and thumb nail. But they grow at 1/10 the speed.
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...