Sentry said:
On this topic, I see our future in the same light, except remove technological prowess with biological prowess. Why advance ourselves mechanically if we can do the same biologically?
Oh definitely, sorry if that wasn't clear. I'm thinking of biological augmentation primarily, but with mechanical/electronic enhancements if required. Obviously it sounds like I've just been playing too much Deus Ex, which is half true, but it was my interest in augmentation and prosthetic technology which lead to me liking the series, not the other way around.
Billychu said:
Reading this thread is making me remember the gender identity problems I had in high school that I honestly haven't really though about until now (which is why they weren't mentioned in my other posts).
Me always playing as a girl in video games is starting to make a lot of sense.
This is not so much directed at you as it is just something your post made me think about, because I did a lot of soul-searching about this, and a lot of other shit, as a teenager. I think that there's a difference between identifying as female while being biologically male, and not feeling connected to the default identity of your gender.
When I was a teenager, I asked myself a lot of questions about gender identity, not because I felt like my identity was feminine like the experiences trans people have shared in this thread, but because I didn't feel that my identity was all that manly. No interest in kicking a leathery egg around. Never bothered to learn to drive because it seemed pointless. Would rather join the choir and debating team than the cadet corps. Was into girls but found the idea of telling everyone about how you fingered them tacky.
As the years progressed, I was also lucky enough to meet a few trans people who I could discuss identity with. I live in Sydney, Australia, so there's no shortage of gay, lesbian and trans people here. It helped me to understand that what I was reacting to was being different to the expectation, not being the same as another expectation, if you catch my drift.