Want your legs chopped off?

[McWigglebum4th]

http://www.tested.com/science/weird/458506-transhu...

based on the above

This man can already run faster then you



And if the rules were changed he could run faster then anyone with normal legs

We are reaching the point where we are within reaching of distance of having engineering limbs that are better then what we were born with.

So would you be willing to chop off your legs to get better engineered ones?

[B17NNS]

McWigglebum4th said:

So would you be willing to chop off your legs to get better engineered ones?

No.

[groucho]

His legs will be lighter for a start.

[DanielSan]

Does it make you more accurate when you need to shoot intruders?

[Hoofy]

What if we put springy stilts on our perfectly formed legs?

[MajorProblem]

DanielSan said:

Does it make you more accurate when you need to shoot intruders?

No, but it helps you run from the cops :-)

[DoubleSix]

McWigglebum4th said:

We are reaching the point where we are within reaching of distance of having engineering limbs that are better then what we were born with.

No we're not.

You mean better at propelling you in straight line on a grippy track.

Bit more to legs than that.

[Jasandjules]

MajorProblem said:

No, but it helps you run from the cops :-)

No, that is what being famous is for....

[Chim]

Could he kick you in the bks for asking stupid fking questions

No, thought not

[Chunkymonkey71]

Chim said:

Could he kick you in the bks for asking stupid fking questions

No, thought not

'Whit ye gonnae dae, big man? Boot ma bawz or butter ma roll???'

[G600]

DoubleSix said:

No we're not.

You mean better at propelling you in straight line on a grippy track.

Bit more to legs than that.

Exactly, ever seen the athletes with those standing still? They are constantly moving from one to the other because they can't balance the way people with legs can.

[MajorProblem]

Would like to see him squat more than 150kg on those things

[airbrakes]

G600 said:

DoubleSix said:

No we're not.

You mean better at propelling you in straight line on a grippy track.

Bit more to legs than that.

Exactly, ever seen the athletes with those standing still? They are constantly moving from one to the other because they can't balance the way people with legs can.

they also have practically no feel through them.... for feeling for grip on a slippery surface, or doing something like driving that requires pressure sensitivity in the foot, you cant beat normal legs

[NDA]

airbrakes said:

they also have practically no feel through them.... for feeling for grip on a slippery surface, or doing something like driving that requires pressure sensitivity in the foot, you cant beat normal legs

Phew. Lucky I read this, I'd just signed up for the op.

[valais]

Look daft in bed.

[McWigglebum4th]

MajorProblem said:

Would like to see him squat more than 150kg on those things

Its not about having his legs

Its about having legs that are btter then your current legs

Future legs

[NDA]

McWigglebum4th said:

Future legs

Soooo PH.

Love it.

[Simpo Two]

He'll be rubbish at football though.

[hornet]

Possible tangent, but bear with me...

Was sat in a coffee shop at Euston station during the recent(ish) heatwave and noticed a gentleman pacing up and down outside, deep in a mobile phone conversation. Took me a second or two to twig why he'd caught my attention out of all the other people milling about, but then it clicked - he had a prosthetic leg from just above the knee. My next thought was the thing that struck me, as rather than think "ooh, that man only has one leg, how sad for him", I instead thought "wow, that looks amazingly engineered". We can talk about technological progress, but I think there's been a huge attitude shift as well.

[MajorProblem]

hornet said:

Possible tangent...

Going out on a limb?