Shit… You really do have a long memory. I’m beginning to wonder if those rumors about you being an AI have some truth in em.
Yes that’s the one. I could have it implanted tomorrow by my installer. The trouble is, when I approached him with the idea, he agreed to do it immediately (after doing some research of course). Anybody willing to mess around with arm muscles - even a vestigial one - without looking slightly concerned even for a minute scares me.
Meh, he said “It’s vestigial, where’s the 'arm in it”
Or he thought “Ha, perfect learning opportunity.”
As for @Pilgrimsmaster I am beginning to wonder if he is an accidental AI creation that got free on the internet and is now trying to hurry the singularity along.
Joke aside, probably a bit of both. And to be fair, I think he might be talented enough to pull it off safely. But anybody who knows anything about the intricacies of muscles, tendons and nerves in the arms and hands should look at least slightly worried when asked to do this, and he didn’t. A doctor would be alarmed by my request.
I know he’s done enough crazy stuff in his life to be totally unimpressed by just about anything. But my overactive sense of self-preservation felt his response was a bit too casual-like. Call me Mister Boring…
I don’t blame you, and if I was him I would look at it as a mixture of both.
I would look at what was required, and assuming I thought I could do it, would assume that as you had such a specific request that you were fully aware of all of the possible risks.
But I don’t blame you for deciding to pause on that.
I don’t know Lassi in person, but this might be very much the case.
Plus, bodmod artist usually help other people achieve their dreams, even if they seem dangerous / impossible / crazy, so there is a very different mindset compared to a surgeon or the like.
I once told Arnulf, jokingly, that I would like to have a USB port behind my ear or somewhere, and he instantly came up with ideas on how to achieve that. It would be annoying, partly risky, and totally possible. He just insists that I am aware of things that can go wrong, and that I agree in doing experimental stuff without knowing the exact outcome, and if that’s all okay, he’ll help me achieve whatever I’d love to get (as long as he is able to, of course!).
I really love that mindset, though I can understand it can be worrying if you’re used to doctors or surgeons who would rather talk you away from such ideas
But knowing that mindset, and knowing that Lassi is a Finn (who seem to be a bit special anyway ), his reaction doesn’t really surprise me
I think I understand that the idea behind body artistry (as opposed to medicine) is that the artist helps you achieve what you want in the safest possible way. But if what you want to do is stupid to begin with, well, the onus is on you not to do stupid things to your own body. Which I suppose is fine when you deal with responsible individuals such as us, but maybe not so great for folks who have no concept of the risks of what they request.
Hmmmmyes… but I think that people who are not aware of the possible risks, or totally new to the world of body artistry, would be adressed differently. I guess Lassi knows you and your unusual ideas a bit by now, knows that you are responsible and sound, and thus thinks that you are aware of what might go wrong
And he seems to be confident in his own skills - I don’t think he would risk his reputation with an experimental install unless he knows it will lead to a good result
So now that the Titan is a regular retail item, I’m going to buy one and put it in my fingertip.
Now I need to figure out where to put my xG3 v1 I bought. Any recommendations?
Yeah… mine is still sitting in its beautiful box. I will get it installed, that’s for sure, but to be honest… first, Covid fucked up a lot of things considering bodmods, and now… well. I will not get it installed without having some free days afterwards. There’s no way I’ll be going to work with a freshly-installed fingertip implant and stitches
So, if all goes well, I’ll be getting it either in february or next summer