• @Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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                127 days ago

                I mean, what would you do with it? If I had it, I could greatly influence the politics of any country, simply by being any leader I wish to be and screwing their public image

                • @grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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                  027 days ago

                  I would be a thespian of course! But now that you mention it, I can see the potential to use myself as a biological weapon to help bring about amore equitable world …

                  • @Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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                    126 days ago

                    TIL what thespian means. And I don’t think it would make you a better actor, just a cheaper and more versatile one. Besides, it’s funnier to kidnap random people and live their lives for a day. Since everything you need to know about them is inside a rectangle protected by the face and finger you just replicated, it should be feasible enough. Besides, they’ll take the experience to the grave or be considered nuts

    • Thelsim
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      826 days ago

      But comes with body dysmorphic disorder. You’ll never be satisfied with how you look.

      • @jsomae@lemmy.ml
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        225 days ago

        Not until you finally get it right, and at that point you look like a total freak to everyone else. But at least you’re satisfied.

    • @OZFive@lemmy.world
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      727 days ago

      Your brain shape shifts as well into an exact copy of the animal you mimic. You have the intelligence of the creature you turn into. Which means a one way trip as any coherent logical human thoughts is driven out by animal instincts.

      • @Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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        27 days ago

        If I shapeshift into another human, I’d just have their memories. Id have to shapeshift somewhere calm, and leave myself notes

        • @sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          225 days ago

          Oh my god, Memento meets Animorphs.

          Holy shit this is actually a good idea, I would actually read this book or watch this movie…

          It could also work in a video game, but it would be very difficult to pull this off as the player character… could make for some extremely interesting NPCs in various settings.

        • @OZFive@lemmy.world
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          127 days ago

          This would have infer that your shape shifting skill had the ability to mimic not just their DNA but their nueral patterns as well. Without that you are again just left with instinct and a blank slate brain with no memory or knowledge.

        • @WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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          626 days ago

          You shapeshift, including your mind. When you change into a person, you take on all of their memories as well. You become a complete copy, and the old you simply ceases to exist. If you turn yourself into Donal Trump, there’s just a random copy of the president sitting in your apartment, utterly confused about where he is or how he got there. And the ability to shapeshift was a power of your old body. The new one can’t shapeshift.

    • @borokov@lemmy.world
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      227 days ago

      Your weight also change, but the difference is converted to energy using mass–energy equivalence formula.

    • @Jarix@lemmy.world
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      225 days ago

      You forget what you like if you are changed for too long and don’t have a detailed enough reference

    • Xeno
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      027 days ago

      Granted, but you can never turn back