It's the real world and you are yourself even as you read this. You're alone and have an accident which cuts off the top portion of your finger. Right before your eyes the finger grows back in a matter of seconds.
"Holy $***, I have regeneration!"
You don't know how it happened or why. What do you do now?
You continue to regenerate. It wasn't a one time thing. Now what?
Does the finger tip that got cut off do anything? I'd be interested to find out.
I would put a knife through my hand or leg to see if I am incapacitated by the pain and if it would also regenerate. If so, then I would put myself through a battery of tests to see just how far I could go before being truly injured. If I have no limit that I can determine, I'd go out and fight crime.
Does the finger tip that got cut off do anything? I'd be interested to find out.
Good question. Can I make more of myself.
I'd probably go out and just learn to fight. I don't have to worry about dying from accidents, except drowning, starvation or thirst, so the only way I'm going to die is if someone kills me and does something drastic like dissolve me in acid. So, it'd be a very good thing for me to learn to fight.
And then there'd probably be a lot of people who'd want me to fight for them, for considerable sums of money.
==Aelryinth
Does the finger tip that got cut off do anything? I'd be interested to find out.Good question. Can I make more of myself.
inert flesh.
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I wouldn't test this theory further, because pain hurts
inert flesh.Does the finger tip that got cut off do anything? I'd be interested to find out.Good question. Can I make more of myself.
Probably for the best......the planet would get overpopulated pretty quickly by my sloughed skin and hair children anyway.
If fear of death or dismemberment was no longer an issue I'd take up a lot more dangerous hobbies. Not sure what exactly. Skydiving or something.
Also would figure a way to make quick money. Something thats risky for some people, but not myself anymore. Now sure what. Would have to think about it.
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1) Sequence my DNA and ironclad patent it.
2) Figure out how to use my stem cells to repair others; Alzheimers got both my grandmothers, and my godfather has late stage Parkinsons. Donate blood, bone marrow, a kidney, and chunks of my liver on a regular basis.
3) [REDACTED] Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Probably for the best......the planet would get overpopulated pretty quickly by my sloughed skin and hair children anyway.inert flesh.Does the finger tip that got cut off do anything? I'd be interested to find out.Good question. Can I make more of myself.
That's a different power. ;-)
1) Sequence my DNA and ironclad patent it.
2) Figure out how to use my stem cells to repair others. Donate blood, bone marrow, a kidney, and chunks of my liver on a regular basis.
3) [REDACTED} Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Ohh!! I could sell a couple of black market organs. Of course they'd be my own and not some innocent, but still good for a quick couple of thousand dollars.
On another note, do you think going public with this would be the way to go? I'm thinking no.
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1) Sequence my DNA and ironclad patent it.
2) Figure out how to use my stem cells to repair others. Donate blood, bone marrow, a kidney, and chunks of my liver on a regular basis.
3) [REDACTED} Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Ohh!! I could sell a couple of black market organs. Of course they'd be my own and not some innocent, but still good for a quick couple of thousand dollars.
On another note, do you think going public with this would be the way to go? I'm thinking no.
Money would change hands for genuine Amby brand parts, but AmbyCorp would charge based on income of the receiver (Godfather wedding-style favors would also be accepted and/or required). Much of said funds would be invested in buying and keeping my privacy. All attempts to violate my privacy would meet an immediate and overwhelmingly force; examples will need to be made of violators to "dissuade" any repeated attempts.
Money would change hands for genuine Amby brand parts, but AmbyCorp would charge based on income of the receiver (Godfather wedding-style favors would also be accepted and/or required). Much of said funds would be invested in buying and keeping my privacy. All attempts to violate my privacy would meet an immediate and overwhelmingly force; examples will need to be made of violators to "dissuade" any repeated attempts.1) Sequence my DNA and ironclad patent it.
2) Figure out how to use my stem cells to repair others. Donate blood, bone marrow, a kidney, and chunks of my liver on a regular basis.
3) [REDACTED} Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Ohh!! I could sell a couple of black market organs. Of course they'd be my own and not some innocent, but still good for a quick couple of thousand dollars.
On another note, do you think going public with this would be the way to go? I'm thinking no.
That's a lofty goal. Good luck with that.
I'm with rubber ducky. As awesome as this would be, unless it took away pain, I'd rather not do it for the lols.
I'm with rubber ducky. As awesome as this would be, unless it took away pain, I'd rather not do it for the lols.
So long as the pain was fleeting, I think I could get over it. Of course there would be much crying and whining like a little baby.
For sake of argument lets say it's the Wolverine Regeneration package without the unbreakable skeleton.
For sake of argument lets say it's the Wolverine Regeneration package without the unbreakable skeleton.
Wolverine... Ugh.
Movie level regen or original comic level fast-healing factor?
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BE DEADPOOL.
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I'm with rubber ducky. As awesome as this would be, unless it took away pain, I'd rather not do it for the lols.
Not to belittle anyone who suffers, but it'd just be physical pain to me. You might be surprised with what you can learn to live with/tune out, especially if your income is high enough to afford the best medical care and pharmaceutical aid.
But AmbyCorp parts wouldn't be a cure all; people probably couldn't be cured of any of the ailments, like [LIST REDACTED], I seem (epi)genetically prone to have. And I'd probably be repeatedly sued by everyone for creating whatever "new" ailments they'd contract or existing ailments my parts would fail to cure.
Besides, if it was real, I have little doubt as to my actual fate: Disappeared, lobotomized, my body kept physically alive in some BigPharma lab as a modern Henrietta Lacks and harvested for parts for the wealthiest patients. Everyone else would do without.
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For sake of argument lets say it's the Wolverine Regeneration package without the unbreakable skeleton.Wolverine... Ugh.
Movie level regen or original comic level fast-healing factor?
Sorry, I have to draw the line somewhere. No one mentioned I'd be in that many s*$+ty comics, s%*%ty movies, s+$!ty shows, and s+$&ty merchandising lines. If that's part of deal, then I'm out.
For sake of argument lets say it's the Wolverine Regeneration package without the unbreakable skeleton.Wolverine... Ugh.
Movie level regen or original comic level fast-healing factor?
I'm not that saavy. Your parts grow back quickly. Just run with it.
Sorry, I have to draw the line somewhere. No one mentioned I'd be in that many s+*!ty comics, s$$*ty movies, s~$$ty shows, and s#+$ty merchandising lines. If that's part of deal, then I'm out.For sake of argument lets say it's the Wolverine Regeneration package without the unbreakable skeleton.Wolverine... Ugh.
Movie level regen or original comic level fast-healing factor?
This post is a thing of beauty.
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OH MY GOD! IT WORKS HOWEVER YOU WANT IT TO!
**Shakes head**
Nerds.
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I would put a knife through my hand or leg to see if I am incapacitated by the pain and if it would also regenerate. If so, then I would put myself through a battery of tests to see just how far I could go before being truly injured. If I have no limit that I can determine, I'd go out and fight crime.
I'd probably do that eventually, but to begin with I'd mess around with my pseudo-invulnerability to do all of the crazy death-defying stuff I'd normally be too terrified to do. I'd go bunge-jumping, snowboard off a mountain, go on the scariest possible roller-coasters, etc. I'd do party tricks, like, all the time. I'd show up, grab a kitchen knife, and chop off my fingers before everyone's horrified eyes, and then I'd hold up my hand as it regenerates and bow to applause.
Then finally, when I've gotten tired of being a complete spazz (well, not really), I'll wear tight-fitting spandex in bright cheerie color, call myself "Dr. Impossible" and battle evil.
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OH MY GOD! IT WORKS HOWEVER YOU WANT IT TO!
**Shakes head**
Nerds.
OK then ...
1) New fingerprint = potential for being super criminal (you could change your fingerprints whenever you wanted) or the ability to change identity based off of any fingerprints on file anywhere.
2) New Teeth = new identity potential and no dentist visits EVER AGAIN!!! You could be the Human Shark!!!
3) Implants = OUCH! either way you go, it would suck ...
Seriously though, regeneration would probably lead to a Real Life Kick Ass ...
First things first. Install a tooth device that I thought COULD A CTUALLY KILL ME. As in permanently dead dead dead. Being tortured is no fun at all. Second, make SURE nobody else knows. There are two or three people I would trust with knowing about this. Third, start leading the dullest, most risk free life I could, paying careful attention to whether I can still forget, and age. Prepare for this. Fourth, do careful experiments to see the exact limits of it. Still, you know, just because it happened once doesn't mean it will keep working. My hand is a precision instrument. No sense in putting things through it. If anything, consider if there was anything I wanted to implant in my body. I don't know what that would be.
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You don't know how it happened or why. What do you do now?
I go about my life just as before, while hoping the regeneration works like Wolverine's and reverts me back to a physical age of 25.
It's not like I'm going to start jumping off buildings again. Regeneration or no, it still hurts. I would also prefer having anybody else notice that I'm suddenly different.
This post is a thing of beauty.Sorry, I have to draw the line somewhere. No one mentioned I'd be in that many s+*!ty comics, s$$*ty movies, s~$$ty shows, and s#+$ty merchandising lines. If that's part of deal, then I'm out.For sake of argument lets say it's the Wolverine Regeneration package without the unbreakable skeleton.Wolverine... Ugh.
Movie level regen or original comic level fast-healing factor?
One very important difference ... you exist. You can collect all those lovely royalty checks, appearance fees and exercise creative control. Best hope you don't go all Lucas on yourself...
Implications:
- memory either improves or goes right in the crapper as the regeneration repairs brain cells;
- you don't need more than one solid REM cycle every now and then to keep from going stark raving nutters;
- perfect hygiene, perfect hair, perfect skin, perfect teeth ... hopefully your regeneration molds you into your 'perfect self';
- you are either Stupefyingly fertile or barren - do your antibodies devour your reproductive goodies as fuel, or do you produce so many that you're better off making a living in a couple dozen clinics? - perhaps Highlander has this part right?;
- NSFW:your are a sex god/goddess - and with imperviousness to diseases, parasites and viruses, it's time to go to Los Angeles and make a living as a PORN STAR! ... IF you're reasonably attractive 'perfect self' wise and 'endowed' sufficiently ... and IF you are of the 'barren' persuasion (it wouldn't to knock everyone up now would it)
- a big downside is you cannot die of old age - everyone you know now will die, the culture will change around you, fashions will come and go and come and go and come and go, slang and - if you live long enough - language will change - there may at some point come a time when you are literally sick and tired of living ... and your traitorous body won't let you;
- you will eventually have MiBs showing up at your door - whether they're BigPharma / corporate Suits or flashing badges of one (or more) govornment agencies, if nothing else your continued existence past whatever the current maximum lifespan is will eventually raise eyebrows - time to learn the PF skills of Disguise, Linguistics and Perform (acting)!
- On the upside, you can advise to consult with 25th Century Hollywood studios as someone of uncanny first hand knowledge of how things really were in the end of the 20th/first years of the 21st century - best start up your memoirs!
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OH MY GOD! IT WORKS HOWEVER YOU WANT IT TO!
**Shakes head**
Nerds.
Shouldn't you be reading something...bookish.
And i was just saying how would this work because if we applied physics you would never get the same result twice. At a certain point the victim of regeneration would be a giant tumor who looked more like a handful of toenails and deformed hair.
Thank god the flawless first and second world are safe.
Why not just go whole hog and proclaim yourself president for life?
Cry as some medical tech keeps trying to cut my head off so they can attach Walt Disney to my body.
See if i can transfuse it. If so, this year the millionaires. Next year the people that deserve it.
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Thank god the flawless first and second world are safe.
Why not just go whole hog and proclaim yourself president for life?
First world has a lack of roving bands of pirates and petty warlords. no fun there. don't want to rule them, just want to kill off the bad people so the good ones can be safe to self rule. Fear of death, that i would no longer have, is what stops them from casting off the evil to begin with.
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I would put a knife through my hand or leg to see if I am incapacitated by the pain and if it would also regenerate. If so, then I would put myself through a battery of tests to see just how far I could go before being truly injured. If I have no limit that I can determine, I'd go out and fight crime.
Pffft. Just being able to regenerate damage dosen't go a long way towards making you useful in fighting crime. When the real crime fighters are doing their job right, no one has to relay on regeneration because no bullets are shot. Fighting crime is about investigation and working along with the authorities.
Me? I'd contact a good ass lawyer as soon as possible and make sure that I am able to give free samples of my cells and blood to science groups all around the world (can't trust such a thing to just my own country).
I'd also totaly show off to my girlfriend ("guess what I got you for Valentine's day? my heart, of course, for you to safekeep. Yes, my actual heart, it's cool, I got another one.").
That's gross man. You rip out your heart for your gf, I'll wear spandex and zip line across town.
OH MY GOD! IT WORKS HOWEVER YOU WANT IT TO!
**Shakes head**
Nerds.
In that case, I'm finally free of this genetic condition that makes me reliant on daily meds and therapy! WOOT!
As to what I'd do...
1. Work out, now that muscle growth isn't agonizingly slow.
2. Don't tell anyone but my closest friends and family.
3. Devise a long-term strategy for becoming rich and powerful, now that I'm immortal.
4. Look for the other mutants.
5. Get laid. A lot.
6. Use my growing knowledge and resources to affect real change.
IIRC, Wolverine couldn't ever get drunk because of his regeneration powers. I assume you wouldn't be able to get high, either.
OH MY GOD! IT WORKS HOWEVER YOU WANT IT TO!
**Shakes head**
Nerds.
In that case, I'm finally free of this genetic condition that makes me reliant on daily meds and therapy! WOOT!
As to what I'd do...
1. Work out, now that muscle growth isn't agonizingly slow.
2. Don't tell anyone but my closest friends and family.
3. Devise a long-term strategy for becoming rich and powerful, now that I'm immortal.
4. Look for the other mutants.
5. Get laid. A lot.
6. Use my growing knowledge and resources to affect real change.
I'd use my regenerative powers to come up with a way to heal you permanently dood. It would be in my top ten list of things to do now that I have powers.
Lay down in a bathtub of ice and start selling organs!
But more seriously, grow a few teeth back...
That would be a hell of a lot cheaper and less painful then bridgework or whatever.
1. Realise that this regeneration is actually really slow shapeshifting into a default template, since it barely makes any sense as 'fast healing'.
2. Figure out how to alter the template.
3. Realise that this alteration is a direct subconscious manipulation of matter and energy and that the boundary of self is an arbitrary one.
4. Transcend mortal existence.
1. Realise that this regeneration is actually really slow shapeshifting into a default template, since it barely makes any sense as 'fast healing'.
2. Figure out how to alter the template.
3. Realise that this alteration is a direct subconscious manipulation of matter and energy and that the boundary of self is an arbitrary one.
4. Transcend mortal existence.
This is why we can't have nice things. :-)
1. Realise that this regeneration is actually really slow shapeshifting into a default template, since it barely makes any sense as 'fast healing'.
2. Figure out how to alter the template.
3. Realise that this alteration is a direct subconscious manipulation of matter and energy and that the boundary of self is an arbitrary one.
4. Transcend mortal existence.