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http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/24/caitlyn-jenner-halloween-costume-sparks-social-media-outrage-.html

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...een-costume-labeled-817515?utm_source=twitter

It's nowhere near October, but one ensemble is already on track to be named the most controversial Halloween costume of 2015.

Social media users were out in full force on Monday criticizing several Halloween retailers for offering a Caitlyn Jenner costume reminiscent of the former-athlete's Vanity Fair cover earlier this year.

While Jenner's supporters condemned the costume as "transphobic" and "disgusting" on Twitter, Spirit Halloween, a retailer that carries the costume, defended the getup.

"At Spirit Halloween, we create a wide range of costumes that are often based upon celebrities, public figures, heroes and superheroes," said Lisa Barr, senior director of marking at Spirit Halloween. "We feel that Caitlyn Jenner is all of the above and that she should be celebrated. The Caitlyn Jenner costume reflects just that."

 

[Trombonista]

This thread needs the Horrifying rating.

 

[Surtur]

I can't wait for all the rednecks braying about how this is karma.

EDIT- As expected, they've already started!

Yep. Not like they weren't paying respect for the dead or anything

 

[Johnny Bravo]

If this was the will of god he sure took his sweet ass time.

For a computer scientist he doesn't seem too smart. The only vacation he'll be taking after this is in a hospital bed for the rest of his life. Maybe that's the future he's looking at anyway, but he only stands to kill himself or make his life 100x worse.

 

[bearycool]

This is all possible, but we honestly first need to deal with that pesky little thing called "immune response rejection". It's what fucks up a lot of organ transplants, let alone a brain/head transplant.

 

[Qualm]

This is all possible, but we honestly first need to deal with that pesky little thing called "immune response rejection". It's what fucks up a lot of organ transplants, let alone a brain/head transplant.

I don't think they'll have a problem there, the brain ultimately is responsible for that part. Unless the human body has another off shoot mechanism for that I'm not sure. Unless the surgeons have all their ducks in a row, it's going to be a colossal failure.

 

[bearycool]

I don't think they'll have a problem there, the brain ultimately is responsible for that part. Unless the human body has another off shoot mechanism for that I'm not sure.

Hmm... I'm not sure either, honestly.

Well, it's better to get empirical evidence via a botched surgery so we learn from our mistakes I suppose.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Given the way prosthetic and robotics have been advancing I think we'll see the first cyborg with a human head before we see a successful head transplant. Biologically speaking it seems a hell of a lot simpler.

 

[SpessCaptain]

They've have done this before with monkeys and dogs - it was a success but they did not have any real functionality or life quality

 

[Qualm]

Hmm... I'm not sure either, honestly.

Well, it's better to get empirical evidence via a botched surgery so we learn from our mistakes I suppose.

Yeah it's a great medical study, but a terrible misfortune for the volunteers getting the transplant. Not sure how the hell they're going to do it though, you have seconds before the head dies of lack of oxygen to the brain and blood flow.

 

[Linako 2.0]

Holy shit,, fucking Kojima wasn't lying

 

[Johnny Bravo]

I don't think they'll have a problem there, the brain ultimately is responsible for that part. Unless the human body has another off shoot mechanism for that I'm not sure. Unless the surgeons have all their ducks in a row, it's going to be a colossal failure.

I think the problem in that case is the brain seeing the transplanted body as a threat and attacking the whole damn thing.

 

[Qualm]

I think the problem in that case is the brain seeing the transplanted body as a threat and attacking the whole damn thing.

If the human brain is that sentient enough, then they larger problems at hand.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

If the human brain is that sentient enough, then they larger problems at hand.

???

The immune response isn't a conscious decision by the brain. I'm not sure where the cells or chemicals that cause transplants to be rejected are produced in the body, but it's not something you can control by thought. It's your body's natural response to exposure to a foreign biological entity.

 

[Qualm]

???

The immune response isn't a conscious decision by the brain. I'm not sure where the cells or chemicals that cause transplants to be rejected are produced in the body, but it's not something you can control by thought. It's your body's natural response to exposure to a foreign biological entity.

I'm not a neurologist so don't quote me. Unless the human body has its own unique code that it goes by which the brain ultimately controls i'm not sure. Or the brain just accepts any other human body and is all good.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

I'm not a neurologist so don't quote me. Unless the human body has its own unique code that it goes by which the brain ultimately controls i'm not sure. Or the brain just accepts any other human body and is all good.

... how old are you? This is high school bio shit.

 

[meatslab]

I don't think they'll have a problem there, the brain ultimately is responsible for that part. Unless the human body has another off shoot mechanism for that I'm not sure. Unless the surgeons have all their ducks in a row, it's going to be a colossal failure.

No, that's actually the biggest problem. You have to remember, your brain is physically hardwired to suit YOUR body. Your body is so complex and it's different from every other body there is despite the vast similarities to other people's bodies. Remember, all your genes and cells are physically different from everyone else's. So of course your brain isn't made to keep those certain things that make you YOU function properly if it doesn't have the same cells to send messages to. That's why I said earlier that the most, if at all, this man will get out of the donor body is basic stimuli responses. With animals they are much less complex creatures than we are. Their bodies are much more simplified and are programmed to not have the variety that we have. That's why their bodies, such as the dogs, were able to live so long. Their brains do not require the same power as ours, or any primate's, to function.

With the monkeys they were successful in the sense that they were able to function on the most basic of levels. However, primates being the complex group of animals that they are, their brain was not able to fully assimilate with the body provided because it had to rewire such a complex system. Much different than a simple dog's. When you get to humans, we are the most complex of primates. We are literally the most complex of any animal species on this earth. We have so many layers to us that even our own brains are still a mystery to us and how we function. We are such a complex species that we can't even figure out why certain members of our society work the way they do, or at least certain traits any one of us exhibit exist the way they do.

So then we take a human's brain, with all its intricacies physically hardwired to adhere to a single person, and put it in a body just as complex and different as its own, it does not know what to do. The brain cannot just adhere to all of these differences at once when transplanted. It's not the connections with the arteries and veins scientists are worried about. It's the brain itself that none of us can control and help adjust.

I'm sorry if I jumble up my wording too much. I hope this makes sense.

 

[Qualm]

... how old are you? This is high school bio shit.

Highschool? Unless yours had a neurology class or i was too preoccupied enough too miss this your guess is a good as mine. I'm 23, yourself?

No, that's actually the biggest problem. You have to remember, your brain is physically hardwired to suit YOUR body. Your body is so complex and it's different from every other body there is despite the vast similarities to other people's bodies. Remember, all your genes and cells are physically different from everyone else's. So of course your brain isn't made to keep those certain things that make you YOU function properly if it doesn't have the same cells to send messages to. That's why I said earlier that the most, if at all, this man will get out of the donor body is basic stimuli responses. With animals they are much less complex creatures than we are. Their bodies are much more simplified and are programmed to not have the variety that we have. That's why their bodies, such as the dogs, were able to live so long. Their brains do not require the same power as ours, or any primate's, to function.

With the monkeys they were successful in the sense that they were able to function on the most basic of levels. However, primates being the complex group of animals that they are, their brain was not able to fully assimilate with the body provided because it had to rewire such a complex system. Much different than a simple dog's. When you get to humans, we are the most complex of primates. We are literally the most complex of any animal species on this earth. We have so many layers to us that even our own brains are still a mystery to us and how we function. We are such a complex species that we can't even figure out why certain members of our society work the way they do, or at least certain traits any one of us exhibit exist the way they do.

So then we take a human's brain, with all its intricacies physically hardwired to adhere to a single person, and put it in a body just as complex and different as its own, it does not know what to do. The brain cannot just adhere to all of these differences at once when transplanted. It's not the connections with the arteries and veins scientists are worried about. It's the brain itself that none of us can control and help adjust.

I'm sorry if I jumble up my wording too much. I hope this makes sense.

Yeah it makes sense, thanks.

 

[Tailypo]

Our medicine and technology isn't advanced enough to completely heal spinal cord injuries, let alone make successful head transplants. And like everyone else said, there's also the problem with the brain rejecting the foreign body.

This guy is going to die.

 

[AnOminous]

If this was the will of god he sure took his sweet ass time.

Plus it was kind of a half-assed job. Should have been some Old Testament shit. Or at least a giant black asteroid made out of the same stuff as that thing in the Ka'aba.

 

[Operator Kyoko Sakura]

Plus it was kind of a half-assed job. Should have been some Old Testament shit. Or at least a giant black asteroid made out of the same stuff as that thing in the Ka'aba.

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