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Dizzman
Thomas Martel, 28, of Bonnie Brae is a big guy. So he has a hard time using the features on ever-shrinking user interfaces on devices like his new iPhone. At least, he did, until he had his thumbs surgically altered in a revolutionary new surgical technique known as "whittling."

"From my old Treo, to my Blackberry, to this new iPhone, I had a hard time hitting the right buttons, and I always lost those little styluses," explains Martel. "Sure, the procedure was expensive, but when I think of all the time I save by being able to use modern handhelds so much faster, I really think the surgery will pay for itself in ten to fifteen years. And what it's saving me in frustration - that's priceless."

"This is really, on the edge sort of stuff," explains Dr. Robert Fox Spars, who worked on developing the procedure. "We're turning plastic surgery from something that people use in service of vanity, to a real tool for improving workplace efficiency."

The procedure involved making a small incision into both thumbs and shaving down the bones, followed by careful muscular alteration and modification of the fingernails. While Martel's new thumbs now appear small and effeminate in comparison to his otherwise very large hands, he says he can still lift "pretty much anything I could lift before the surgery - though opening spaghetti sauce jars has been a problem. That was a big surprise."

http://www.northdenvernews.com/content/v...
Moon-Hawk
Bad linkage.
Corrected linkage.
nezumi
If only they made some sort of... thumb cover that you could wear without plunking down thousands of dollars to play with your thousands of dollars of toys.


eidolon
*blink*

There is no end to people's idiocy.

Um, use a phone/device/etc. that doesn't require that you first undergo surgery?
Use an assisting device, such as nezumi suggests?

Nah, gotta have that iPhone! Better get my fucking thumbs surgically altered.

Jackass.
Ol' Scratch
QUOTE (eidolon)
*blink*

There is no end to people's idiocy.

Um, use a phone/device/etc. that doesn't require that you first undergo surgery?
Use an assisting device, such as nezumi suggests?

Nah, gotta have that iPhone! Better get my fucking thumbs surgically altered.

Jackass.

What he said.
wargear
I just let my thumbnails grow a bit long and trim them into a useful shape...most people dont even notice...
Kagetenshi
He has achieved a new purity of interaction. He is the path forward.

~J
NightmareX
Meh, call me when they can implant and DNI link the things (reliably and without that huge ass DNI interface they use atm) and I'll be right there in line. Till then, not worth it.
Ophis
Wow, I just found one of the founders of a gang I used in my Denver game last night...
SirBedevere
And people said that no-one would have surgery to get technological enhancements cyber.gif

Wonder how many trolls would do that in the 6th world?
Particle_Beam
I'd say almost none, what with implanted commlinks and datalinks being quite common and widespread.
mmu1
It's not just silly, it's bullshit. A fake.

The description of the surgery doesn't sound even remotely realistic, and the doctor mentioned in the article doesn't come up on a Google search in any article not related to this story. Or, more importantly, have a single article to his name listed on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=PubMed
Ol' Scratch
Probably a street doc then.
bibliophile20
Annnnd... here's the verdict from Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/iphonethumb.asp
(it's false, BTW)
eidolon
Heh. Just goes to show you that after playing SR for long enough, no body mod sounds too outlandish to be true, even if it does sound effing retarded. biggrin.gif
NightmareX
Unfortunately not SR related here - I just have great faith in the idiocy of the majority of mankind.
Dizzman
Okay, since I was the original sucker who posted the story, I post this in my defense.

Dennis "Cat" Avner
http://www.stalkingcat.net/

Compared to him - surgically altering someone's thumbs seems damn reasonable.
sarcastic.gif
Kyoto Kid
QUOTE (Dizzman)
Okay, since I was the original sucker who posted the story, I post this in my defense.

Dennis "Cat" Avner
http://www.stalkingcat.net/

Compared to him - surgically altering someone's thumbs seems damn reasonable.
sarcastic.gif

...bad link. locked up my system & had to restart.
Dizzman
The other link worked fine on my computer. Try this one instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking_Cat
hyzmarca
Altering yourself to look like your Totem as an act of religious devotion. Shaving your thumbs so that you can use an iphone is just insane.
ShadowDragon8685
What if Steve Jobs is your Totem?
Kagetenshi
Then you'd end up with a lot of black mock turtlenecks and blue jeans.

~J
hyzmarca
Which is better than picking your nose with your non-retractable wolverine spur

Kyoto Kid
QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685 @ Aug 18 2007, 04:18 AM)
What if Steve Jobs is your Totem?

...hey at least it's not "Bill the Gates". though I wonder if Mr. Avner still has a job as programmer. Definitely not normal "IS drone" dress code.
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