Ewwwwww....

Two legs bad, eight+ limbs good.

If you're stupid enough to do this, you should be smart enough to put the cups on the inside/underside of your arm.

Yeah, I'll take the 8 limbs...you can keep the creepy sucker part.

(I've already got the "shoot out inky black liquid" part, but I promise, I'm gonna go get it checked out this week!)

aaaaahhhh, goosebumps!!!!

This could work for my wife...she's been going on about how she needs extra arms...

When I can have a functional gill/spare limb/tentacle put on, I'll get in line.

This just strikes me as the next step in behavior-designed-to-scare-grampa.

Great if you want to become Hatchan from One Piece

Caveat: Implantee should be careful to avoid amorous octopi when swimming.

@Tim Faulkner: haha, I was thinking the exact same thing!

Ooooookay....

Octopussies is what I call em. Squids fer life, yo.

About time. I was wondering when the REALLY weird stuff would start happening. Piercings, tattoos, and dyes? Pfft. Give me the Tri-ocular upgrade. And can you make it so it can see the entire electromagnetic spectrum? Hmm, Don't like shape... do you have it in compound?

Tanner Sack. Parole.

"hey look at me, hipster with octopus arms"

=

"hey look at me, 35 year old with a corvette"

All we need now is for someone to figure out how to graft a dorsal fin to the top of my head and we can do mock Ultraman battles... :P

I'm going to rebel against the status quo and not have any implants or body modifications. How daring and counter-culture is that?

(Okay, I'm just copying a certain Ilia Volyova, but at least she was original...)

Call me when I can get a fully functional tail. You can keep the Octo-man stuff.

@Tim Faulkner: Seriously... Even the Octopus know better than that..

@mighty_squid: Heh, squids for life...

First of all, sub dermal implants of this level and far more extreme have been around in the body modification community for almost a decade now, and there are far more competent artists performing it in North America and EU. The procedure is fairly safe as long as the person is experienced. I should know, I've had small domes implanted on the outside of my wrist for nine years.

The reason why they weren't put on the inside of the arm, is that the implants would put pressure on the blood vessels of the underside of the arm (there isn't enough tissue depth).

I also find it interesting that on a blog about sci-fi craziness some of you are reacting so closed minded. Sci-fi geeks are supposed to be educated and intelligent enough to see past such pettiness. In the end it's his body to do what he pleases with. He isn't hurting you.

@bodmodkub: Sticks and stones may break my bones, and words may never harm me, but a picture like that hurts my eyes , my mind, and my stomach...so honestly, I'd prefer it if he just threw a stick at me or something.

...but I do like the idea of small domes.

@bodmodkub: People are VERY uptight here.

@92BuickLeSabre: They aren't anywhere near as visible as the arm suckers, but I like em :D

@guibom: I can see that

They've been doing it for years.

Including ceramic inserts of bulbs, knobs, anything that will raise the skin.

It's your body, and I have no reason or right to prohibit your use of it, but free-thinking has nothing to do with liking something. Always agreeing with what other people do isn't being open minded, it's being a conformist.

I have every right to be squicked out at the idea of large object underneath the skin, deforming the shape of the human body. If people here were calling the person names or making assumptions about the person, that's different. I see personal opinions, not attacks, and that seems perfectly valid to me...