Roughshod

Jailed for not jailing them sooner! Justice delayed is justice betrayed!

Banned for being smoothshod.

Banned for lack of puns.

Banned for over-banning! Who do you think you are? Bannondorf?

Banned for impersonating a princess.

Jailed for not brushing their hair. Scruffiness is no joke kids! Oh, and also the guns and violence and stuff.

I wanted an avatar that was fitting for a site dedicated to all things pony(well maybe not ALL things). Plus the appearance and colours used somewhat resemble my own identity, minus the blue coat and other pony-specific attributes. Roughshod's perpetual scowl is perfect for my conception of him.

Frankenshod Or The Post-Modern Brometheus

I used to live with my brothers before the lab accident.

I just broke an academy record for the number of bucks I gave!

BECAUSE I AM A STRONG AND INDEPENDENT STALLION WHO DON'T NEED NO MARE! HMPH!

This story of generosity has Rarity's approval. Oh, and I guess kindness was also a factor? There was quite a bit of humour here as well... Oh buck it, I'll just throw 'em all in. And as a special recognition for a moderator.

Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey. Just threw it back like it was nothing.

Curse this mortal coil and all its wretched frailties!

I'm going to have to go with pizza on this one. Chocolate is fine and I'd be happy to eat both(although I think giving a both option defeats the purpose of an either-or poll) but pizza is just so much more fulfilling.

I've been thinking about getting back into my old workout routine.

Concerned. Mostly about my finances and work.

Are you saying your favourite character in the Arthurian legends is the sword Excalibur itself? Does that count as a character?

I'm curious as to how this would be achieved, how your memories would be completely replicated and inserted into a cloned body(one supposedly grown at an accelerated rate). Perhaps a memory bank of some sorts would have people's minds copied into it digitally and stored for future transfer. Although that would raise up a lot of security and ethical questions regarding privacy. I'm not sure how such an institution and process would be managed or regulated. Reminds me of the Johnny Depp film Transcendence. Well that's debatable. If you're a clone that's been grown and assigned to the strict purpose of filling in someone else's life, even if you are biologically identical in every way, you didn't have the right to refuse being made for that purpose, even if you can change your mind about how you want to live afterwards. Of course nobody chooses to be born and there's much in our lives we have no control over. But to be tasked with taking over another person's life with memories you didn't actually create but simply had installed puts in question what rights one has over their consciousness and what value if any our memories have in forming in our identity. What if the clone is based on someone who committed suicide? Is it right to perpetuate their existence for the comfort of others? That's a very utilitarian and practical outlook. Somewhat dehumanizing I'd say. What I don't understand is why you would openly tell someone they're a clone. I can't think of many things that could be more distressing or have more potential to trigger an existential crisis. What you're describing sounds like an abomination from a dystopian future. Besides having a funeral defeats the whole purpose of perfectly cloning someone and filling their shoes socially. At that point you've admitted that the clone is in fact a different person, identical but not original and thus inferior(as a tool and not a self-driven agent). If I woke up one day and discovered I was a clone of my memories after having died I wouldn't just go back to doing things as usual. I'd take that second chance at life and try to get more out of it, even if that meant making some big changes and hard choices. Well okay, I might not because I'm a pretty lazy and nihilistic bastard. But I bet a lot of cloned people would. So the obvious solution would be to not only copy the memories of the deceased into the cloned(minus any memories prior to death) as well as removing your memories of their passing. Then neither of you will know the difference. Of course, someone will know. Whoever is manipulating the memories of their clients.

I feel like you're on a different level of consciousness.

Sir Lancelot. He's cool.

Coffee and a blueberry muffin.

Posting on the forums, drinking some coffee and listening to Green Day.

Not sure if you've heard of the show Black Mirror but there's an episode with the exact premise you outlined in your opening post. Personally I believe scientific progress exists outside any moral framework; it can be used for good or bad. The choice is ours. Replacing the dead with carbon copies is intriguing as it offers the potential for a sort of pseudo-immortality, at least in the eyes of others besides the deceased. I think full cloning is inevitable if scientific knowledge and research continues to march forward, regardless of some peoples apprehensions. Some country or organization or even a solitary figure will attempt it and eventually succeed. China is already experimenting with gene editing and considering a near future where it's children will be more and more designed for optimal health and faculties. So we'll see.

Excrete bodily waste. If I didn't have to do that and my body had complete fuel efficiency I would save a lot of time and hassle. Just saying.