If you got accidentally duplicated, do you think your copy would try and kill you? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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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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[-] python@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago

We'd get along fine, but feeding two people on one salary will definitely be annoying (my job has a non-competition clause where I can't pick up a second job in the same field), and getting enough adhd meds for the both of us will be impossible due to strict regulations here.

One of us still could bring value to the household by being the designated bangmaid though

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

you job barely pays enough to feed you AND and you have a noncompete?

There is almost no way that's enforceable.

[-] python@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Nono, it feeds me comfortably, I'm just really into saving up since I want to own an apartment one day and I'd definitely be annoyed at having to feed an extra person with no prior notice.

[-] med@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

I would trade meticulous handover notes fit in to the working week if it meant I could work one week on, one week off.

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