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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€“] Ragdoll_X 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

lmao no, I'm way too lazy to try it, and also don't really have a reason to do something like that.

We'd probably just alternate going to work/uni. The extra free time sounds nice.

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

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

[โ€“] southsamurai 3 points 1 week 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 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

sorta a reverse spy vs spy.

[โ€“] choss 3 points 1 week ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

They might. But I wouldn't want that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

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

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