If I fail it, does that mean I'm a cyborg?
I think it would mean I'm retarded, so I'm sticking to the cyborg bit.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:08, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

we're all cyborg now
According to Donna Haraway. Also, according to my mate who reckons wearing a watch makes you a cyborg
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:12, Reply)

I think you need more technology than a watch.
For instance, my arms are held together with metal. I'm half man, half machine, all strange.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

When I broke my leg, the docs said the break was too close to my knee to use metal bindings/pins
This made me sad.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:14, Reply)

I have 2 titanium bolts and 6 screws in my L4, L5 and S1 vertebrae.
I refer to this as my hyper-alloy super chassis

(I know that titanium is not an alloy).
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:17, Reply)

That does sound impressive.
I'd love to use it to attract girls.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:23, Reply)

who have magnets in their boobs?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:24, Reply)

spinal fusion. Not as amusing as spinal tap.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:26, Reply)

yes it is.
Well, titanium itself isn't but the screws will most likely be made of 6AlV4 which is an alloy.

/medical geekery strikes again.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:32, Reply)

So it is a hyper-alloy super chassis. Excellent.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:36, Reply)

I believe so.
Now please don't use your superpowers for evil.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:39, Reply)

I wouldn't dream of it...

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:43, Reply)

maybe, but really as soon as our identities become entangled with technology of any kind we started the process of cyborgification
Especially when we do things like commit our memories to machines. I mean, how many people when asked if they know something now refer to where they can find the information rather than actually knowing it? Computers and books are extensions of our selves and our knowledge.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:18, Reply)

this isn't true
for any scientifically accepted definition of a cybernetic organism. But I kind of get where you're going, but it's not in any way a cyborg until you actually have something in you, rather than vice versa. Thoughts and memories do not equal organism.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:43, Reply)

man, that took a long time for someone to call 'bolllocks' on ( coz it really is)
Really, I was using cyborg in a more 'identity' way rather than a purely physical one
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:54, Reply)

Yeah,
But contact lens wearers could be described as cyborgs.
We walk among you.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 13:40, Reply)

I think it makes you a zimboe, doesn't it?

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:18, Reply)