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Man Claims He's a Cyborg

Posted August 04, 2014 8:23 AM

From CNN.com - Technology:

A man with an antenna implanted in his skull identifies as a cyborg. CNN's Laurie Segall reports on this growing trend.

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08/04/2014 8:40 AM

Why is this nonsense on this board?

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08/04/2014 11:48 AM

Because the board is expanding its horizons to compete with rags like the National Inquirer?

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08/04/2014 10:07 AM

Next up- politician claims it's a human!!! Don't go away, we bring you all the relevant and ridiculous!

Shucks, next thing ya know he's gonna get a pacemaker. I think you could argue that someone with a tracheotomy and assisted breathing would qualify far more being as that's an integral part of their life function, but most of them probably have much better things to do and hopefully more to be thankful for in that they are still maintaining a human life than to try and supply headlines.

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08/04/2014 10:08 AM

This is his father.

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08/04/2014 10:23 AM

There was a man from Triennium who had an antenna attached to his cranium.

He thought it the norm, that during a storm, lightning shot out of his arse!

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08/04/2014 10:25 AM

Oh, we can beat this, no trouble:

Wikipedia: List of people claiming to be Jesus Christ

If you are so inclined, Google has a much, much larger list of people who claim to be the reincarnated Messiah.

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08/05/2014 1:52 AM

Three of them once duked it out with each other at Ypsilanti.

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08/04/2014 10:31 AM

.,.... CNN (Comedy News Network)?

The guys name wouldn't happen to be Al Gore,.... would it?

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08/04/2014 3:45 PM

Links to this all over the net, and they all point back to the single news article.

Heck, I even found the story on a food and drink website!

Is it even worth watching the video or are first impressions correct and this little shock fluff reporting flash-in-the-pan will go the same way as the two who claimed to be from Mars and the rightful owners.

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08/04/2014 4:12 PM



Surly they are aware of our indigenous people policy...

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08/04/2014 4:55 PM

Lock 'em up in a Faraday cage.

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08/05/2014 4:23 AM

Perhaps "faraway cage"... we don't need these types close to our technology...it could be dangerous.....

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08/04/2014 9:27 PM

A Cyborg?! Really? I think he's going to have to show us the Data....

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08/04/2014 11:22 PM

Must suck to have a plural name. Two were made but, individually, shouldn't it be 'Datum'?

Was he a cybernetic organism? I don't recall.

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08/05/2014 1:49 AM

Would a cyborg ever descend to claiming to be human?

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08/05/2014 1:50 AM

The $600 man meets the $6 million man?

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08/05/2014 11:09 AM

Link leads to a video, not an article. The video didn't load for me so I can't comment on the content. However, the headline says the man claims to hear colors. This makes him a synesthete.

Does he claim the antenna functions in any way?

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08/05/2014 11:22 AM

No, that makes him an idiot!

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08/05/2014 11:30 AM

Well, I suppose idiot and synesthete are not mutually exclusive. The former is rather common and rarely interesting, the latter is less common and, to me at least, interesting.

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08/05/2014 11:33 AM

I hear constant ringing in my ears. What am I?

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08/05/2014 11:43 AM

Does that make you a ding-a-ling???

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08/05/2014 12:02 PM

Like me, you have tinnitus. Annoying, isn't it? I also have hearing aids but, since I remove them every night, I suppose I can't claim cyborg status. If I were to get cochlear implants, perhaps I could claim cyborg status.

Does the cybernetic part of cybernetic organism mean it has to have some kind of computer function? Are people with hip or knee replacements cyborgs? Does the nonorganism part have to be permanently affixed to the organism?

Is it possible that the attached part may be classed as a form of parasite?

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08/05/2014 3:28 PM

Obviously forgetful, that's your phone!

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08/06/2014 2:39 AM

I think he infers reception of colours through it. It is right handy for hanging him in a closet overnight.....or for peeing out of a window, or over a wall. He didn't say anything about multi-functionality.......

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