Would be cool to be like "Today I'm gonna have a penis just for fun"

And I'm not just saying that because I want to see what it's like to spin it around and go "brrrrrm weeeee!"

  • Mickmacduffin [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    So burglars could change their dicks into keys and break into my house? No thank you

  • QuillcrestFalconer [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    This is basically Iain Banks' Culture series. Although in the books the sex change takes about a year

    • ryepunk [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      This is where my brain went to also. It would also give us all drug glands so we can get high whenever we want.

        • space_comrade [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          The Culture is the absolute best depiction of a utopian science fiction society and nothing else what I've read or seen even comes close.

          Does anybody have any recommendations that come close or exceed it? I've also read The Dispossessed which is pretty cool but it's not really the same kind of optimistic utopian vibe as The Culture.

      • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        If you're a masochist, the drugs only need to be released with a little hustle. ;)

    • RustCat [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      I looooooooooooooove Minds, what silly little guys doing silly little things :)

  • Moss [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    Would be incredibly useful for anyone having a period to say "ok penis mode engaged"

    • Moss [they/them]
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      2 months ago

      Oh also when some asshole says "what's in your pants though" you could just change it to whatever proves them wrong

      • AutomatedPossum [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        Also useful if you're dating somebody who's already been spoilered on what's in your pants, although i could see the effect of that wearing off after a while.

    • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]M
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      2 months ago

      I guess that depends on how it works? Does it change all the innards/important bits, or just exterior? I think having a period AND a penis might just make it worse

        • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]M
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          2 months ago

          I've never had a period, but my thought process is like, the blood would have to come out of an even longer tube? I feel like that would just be an obvious negative. I guess you could just wear a condom though and it'd be easy enough to take care of

          • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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            2 months ago

            I hate to break it to you guys, but you can't shed your entire ueterus lining through a tiny dick hole and a condom ain't gonna be big enough.

            (New site tagline)

            • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]
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              2 months ago

              I figure all that other stuff becomes penis parts too, right? The ovaries would have to drop to be the balls, vulva becomes scrote, eggs>seminal fluid? I dunno I'm not a doctor. What does the uterus become? Prostate?

              • DancingBear@midwest.social
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                2 months ago

                Most parts and pieces are modified parts from females…. So the ball sack is the same as vaginal lips anatomically speaking. But to have a ftm transition you generally need to get a hysterectomy. They fashion the penis using skin from your forearm or thigh, and use the labia to make the ballsack… I’m not an expert but I did just do some research online. The photos are not the prettiest in the world so nsfw on that but it is pretty interesting and they do a pretty good job. It looks like penis’ and vaginas.

      • MarxGuns [comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        I've had them queued up as books to read. What does Iain Bank's Culture series say about gender?

        • QuillcrestFalconer [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          People have full reproductive control. That includes the ability to change sex at will, to control fertility, to pause pregnancies, even to get pregnant, change sex, and go through pregnancy as a man

        • Beaver [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          Beyond what the other reply said, there are also examples of societies that have 3 genders - for example, the people of Azad in The Player of Games have male, female, and apex (I think they do have the tech to change gonads, but would not use them because their society is turbo-sexist. Also CW for all sorts of gender stuff in the Culture series, it's NOT all sunshines and rainbows for the people outside the Culture itself).

        • buckykat [none/use name]
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          2 months ago

          From Player of Games:

          'I feel you want to take me,' Yay said, 'like a piece, like an area. To be had; to be possessed.' Suddenly she looked very puzzled. 'There's something very I don't know; primitive, perhaps, about you, Gurgeh. You've never changed sex, have you?' He shook his head. 'Or slept with a man?' Another shake. 'I thought so ,' Yay said. 'You're strange, Gurgeh.' She drained her glass.

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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      2 months ago

      nerd actually the Gethenians are strongly beholden to a biological cycle of sexlessness and sexuality and if anything have less control of their sexual capacities and desires than more familiar humans

      • MarxGuns [comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        Which is possibly better because you won't have all these horn dogs posting horny on main and such. Everyone will be in normal mode until the orgy period starts for a few days then another month or so of normal.

  • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Dirt_Owl? More like Dirt_Frog. And yes, but more for my friends' sake than mine.

  • nothx [any]
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    2 months ago

    I could see the huge benefit in swapping to a penis when using a public restroom.