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In media, there are sometimes stories where a person is cloned/duplicated (usually with identical memories) and the clone is murderous towards the original. Usually it's something like "I knew there could be only one of us, and you would do the same". Sometimes, they're able to work things out and can share a single public identity, or duplication gives one copy a chance to do go off and live a new life that they always wanted.

How would you and your duplicate get along? Assume you are living like you do today, in a society where duplication is unheard of and has no legal precedent.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Isn't it weird how I can fap without a second thought, but the idea of having my clone give me a hand job disgusts me

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Na I'm pretty chill. We'd just live and let live. I'd probably have to prove I'm the original which might be tricky but then the clone would leave and start a new life I guess, that's what I'd do so it's probably what my clone would do too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Do his farts smell the same as mine? Then no, sorry dude you've gotta go live somewhere else.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

If it's a perfect copy, without a doubt we'd try to kill each other as soon as the confusion of the situation wore off. We might not succeed, but we'd try.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

One of us has to move out and it's not me

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Oh no we'd be cool! Assuming we have the same brain, we can switch out and only work half as much. And eat half as much too I guess, but that's probably good lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay but hear me out here. What if you both worked the same job 75% of the time rather than 50? You're still working 25% less but, 25% of your pay is overtime which should be paying time and a half. It's still a pay cut but if you're both pooling your resources, probably not really noticeable.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Me and my clone will be allies. I don't know if we could get along well enough to cohabitate, but we would definitely help each other.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

More likely himself or we would be arguing about who should get to die.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Sitcom where two clones are constantly foiling each others' suicide plans

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

sorta a reverse spy vs spy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Nope. There's a plan in place for that.

What? I do a lot of writing, this kind of idea isn't new, so I've thought about how it should work.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

We'd both be dealing with too much existential dread to try and kill each other.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

They might. But I wouldn't want that.

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