If you could genetically modify your children, what would you change? - Because it's your sacred duty as a parent to make your kid a freak

[BeanBidan]

I'd turn my children into a bunch of Elvis clones, like his 20yr old head on a child's body saying "hey daddy-o let's toss the hunka hunka pigskin"

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Immunity to all diseases on Earth, which is already possible to do to already living people using CRISPR.

Imagine having immunity to every STD in the world, no more herpes, no more gonorrhea, no more HIV, no more hepatitis, none of that shit.

Imagine there being no risk of being born with Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, diabetes, downs syndrome, sclerosis, none of that shit.

Imagine what it'd be like being fearless of disease.

 

[Rand /pol/]

Immunity to all diseases on Earth, which is already possible to do to already living people using CRISPR.

Imagine having immunity to every STD in the world, no more herpes, no more gonorrhea, no more HIV, no more hepatitis, none of that shit.

Imagine there being no risk of being born with Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, diabetes, downs syndrome, sclerosis, none of that shit.

Imagine what it'd be like being fearless of disease.

If all humans were immune to disease we'd quickly overpopulate and African and India would become even bigger shitholes.

 

[dopy]

the tail risk of genetic modification is astronomically miscalculated and we will likely pay an unimaginable price for it at some point whether through GMO crops backfiring because of unintended mutations causing sickness, allergy (&c) or by breaking down biological systems we can hardly comprehend at the current time (other scenarios likely, which is why the term "under opacity" applies here with bold heading, red letters, and several exclamation marks,

 

[Audit]

the tail risk of genetic modification is astronomically miscalculated and we will likely pay an unimaginable price for it at some point whether through GMO crops backfiring because of unintended mutations causing sickness, allergy (&c) or by breaking down biological systems we can hardly comprehend at the current time (other scenarios likely, which is why the term "under opacity" applies here with bold heading, red letters, and several exclamation marks,

So what you're saying is that we'll want a couple copies of our kids in case one malfunctions?

 

[dopy]

So what you're saying is that we'll want a couple copies of our kids in case one malfunctions?

no

 

[The Demon]

Immunity to all diseases on Earth, which is already possible to do to already living people using CRISPR.

Imagine having immunity to every STD in the world, no more herpes, no more gonorrhea, no more HIV, no more hepatitis, none of that shit.

Imagine there being no risk of being born with Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, diabetes, downs syndrome, sclerosis, none of that shit.

Imagine what it'd be like being fearless of disease.

but they're japanese so

most likely cat ears

 

[Autopsy]

Give them vaguely uncanny facial features. Not uncanny to the degree that anyone will notice ordinarily or regularly, but enough so that when they're moving around or tilting their head someone might look at them and think "what the fuck is this thing pretending to be people?"
It's like child abuse but subtle and more entertaining.

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

Power level but I have a (relatively common, as far as these things go) genetic condition that makes my blood clot without reason if not controlled with medication. So first thing I'd do is make sure any kid had those bits CRISP'rd out. Also make sure that they were AB+ blood type so they could be universal receivers.

Other than that, whatever suite of enhancements that were available and I could afford.

If all humans were immune to disease we'd quickly overpopulate and African and India would become even bigger shitholes.

Ignoring the hugely over optimistic nature of the prediction of people very soon being immune to every possible disease; and further ignoring that there are many sources of mortality besides illness, I just want to point out that statistics in developed countries indicate that overpopulation is a self correcting problem.

the tail risk of genetic modification is astronomically miscalculated and we will likely pay an unimaginable price for it at some point whether through GMO crops backfiring because of unintended mutations causing sickness, allergy (&c) or by breaking down biological systems we can hardly comprehend at the current time (other scenarios likely, which is why the term "under opacity" applies here with bold heading, red letters, and several exclamation marks,

You haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about but you've cleverly made that the cornerstone of your argument by projecting that on to every single scientist in existence. After all, you're arguing on the basis of assuming that there's something huge every one has missed. It's not impossible, but it's inherently unprovable. Nice.

 

[Mongolian_CoolRat]

exchange their mouths with their noses without making it look obvious

kinda like mii maker but irl

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

exchange their mouths with their noses without making it look obvious

kinda like mii maker but irl

Believe it or not that's one of the easier genetic mutations to get. Just some fucked up hox genes. That's how you get shit like that fly with legs instead of antennae.

 

[Joan Nyan]

I would give them Asperger's so that they can be a member of the new superior breed of humanity, Homo Sapiens Autismus.

 

[HG 400]

I'd just genetically alter them enough so nobody can pin paternity on me with a DNA test.

 

[Sperglord Dante]

the tail risk of genetic modification is astronomically miscalculated and we will likely pay an unimaginable price for it at some point whether through GMO crops backfiring because of unintended mutations causing sickness, allergy (&c) or by breaking down biological systems we can hardly comprehend at the current time (other scenarios likely, which is why the term "under opacity" applies here with bold heading, red letters, and several exclamation marks,

All of that can and has likely already happened through conventional agriculture and animal breeding.

You don't have to dig too hard to find stories about how modern crops are vulnerable to newer diseases or how specific dog breeds have utterly fucked gene pools.

 

[ES 148]

I'd make them all stillborn

 

[vertexwindi]

I'd just genetically alter them enough so nobody can pin paternity on me with a DNA test.

What are you, black?

 

[HG 400]

What are you, black?

If I was black and had access to genetic modification why the fuck would I still be black?

 

[Dane]

All these ideas are pussy shit,

my boy is gonna have swords for hands.

 

[QB 290]

A secret revolver grown inside their index finger, so if anyone gives them shit they can just finger gun them to death.

I'd make them all stillborn

fuck you too mom

 

[DangerousGas]

More eyes. Definitely more eyes.

Maybe a bonus testicle, too.