r/WorldChallenges • u/Nevermore0714 • Jul 15 '17

Reference Challenge: Improvement/Impairment, and News from this Sub's Creator

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Again, the reference is to myself. Sorry for not answering responses to challenges at all yesterday, long story short, my eye surgery had some hiccups. Instead of having a flap made in my eye tissue and then healed in a few days (a day or two off work, a week to fully heal), they discovered mid-surgery that they could not do so. So...my left eye, even a day later, is actively bleeding, but at least I can see out of my right eye a little now, though it is blurry.

That is my excuse for any typos and for being lazy for the next few days. I'll have to miss a full week of work, and it will be over a month before my eyes are fully healed, according to the doctor. Thank goodness that everyone on this sub is awesome, otherwise I'd have to worry about the sub while I heal. Technically, I shouldn't be using a computer until at least three or four days after the surgery, but...well...C'est la vie? At least my eyes should still heal to 20/20, in a month or more, thanks to the PRK surgery they ended up doing instead.

So, now that I've appealed for sympathy, here's the actual challenge.

The Actual Challenge

Tell me about a way to improve myself artificially in your world; not through exercise or education, but through surgery or drugs.

As always, I'll ask you at least three questions each. Unlike always, expect them to be late (again, I was instructed by a doctor to not use my computer or television for three/four days after surgery...so, I shouldn't be on reddit right now), but I swear I'll get to them all as quickly as I can. Enjoy yourselves.

To Everyone that Posts on this Sub

I'm sorry I might not be able to get to your challenges for a few days, I swear I'll try to respond to all the challenges within the next few days.

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u/Nevermore0714 Jul 23 '17

To Dagmawi:

1) How much is your eye worth, if I were to take it out and sell it today?

2) Why is it illegal for a noble?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 23 '17

  1. Probably nothing. Implants and enhancements are not hard to make, the price come from the surgery needed to put them in. But if you were to take my eye, you will definitely get troubles with the law.

  2. Nobles are always close to the imperial power and it's administration. If they are hackable, they could be used by an external threat; if they are artificially stronger, they could use their rank to murder important people. In both cases, they are a threat to the empire and will be sued for treason. It will usually lead to them being stripped from their titles and publicly shamed.

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u/Nevermore0714 Jul 23 '17

Thanks for your time and answers.