What if you were suddenly Cloned?

[Toon Richard 534]

Okay no not happening

First I would grab my katana and put my hand on the clones shoulder

 

Second. Tell him he can't be alive

 

Third. Run him through with the katana and kick him off the blade

BRUBRUBRUTALITYYYY!!!

I would shoot him in the head. Its a lot less painful.

 

Would'nt killing your clone be technically suicide?

[Jackleberry 1,923]

Uh ... ah'd probably just kill 'im, ah can create my own clones, thanks. Er actually, maybe ah'd keep 'im and let 'im tag along with me. Ah reckon together, we'd be one heck of a fighting force! Besides, killin' 'im would be too difficult, what with the both of us having the exact same skills an' such. Would be an exciting battle though. :3

[Demonic Soulz 483]

If its suicide then its assisted suicide cause I had assist in my death by killing my self now Natalie go back to Matt Lance and the other girl and kill more monsters or the Godcats again

[Discordian 6,015]

Not a lot really. 

 

The thing is, a clone would merely look identical to me. It is unlikely it would have a mind the same as mine, as cloning only copies the body, but cannot copy non-genetic things, like personality which has been shaped by many years of experience. So it would be a genetic copy of me, but most likely with the mind of an infant.

 

Of course, if it did have the same mind as me... we'd try and kill each other. One of me is bad enough, but two? No thank you!

The topic never specifies such rules though. Cloning with a gun is utterly impossible with the technology we have now (it may never be possible) so it's easy enough to impose whatever rules you want onto what the clone should or shouldn't be like.

 

Me? I'd totally make out with my clone self. No real reason, just cuz. I don't even like guys but I like myself.

[Malinter 3,064]

"I am a perfect clone of you, no one will be able to tell us apart. I'll ruin your life."

 

"Pfft... Please, every one can tell your not me!"

 

"And hows that? By the look in my eyes? The way I talk?"

 

"I'm bald, asshole. you have hair."

 

"Wait... What?"

 

*punch clone in the face.*

[Rainbow Eclipse 3,927]

I would immediately change their appearance so that we don't get mixed up. 'Too Many Pinkie Pies' taught me a valuable lesson.

[Miss Mechanical 88]

not sure if I'd love her and we'd be best friends or I'd be really annoyed and hate her lol

 

Hmm now that I think of it, I can't even ask her for advice, she wouldn't tell me anything I don't already know D:

[Xievie 498]

secks

 

Tough question. Assuming he thinks what I thinks and feels what I feel, I'd keep him at home so that I can study him to make myself a better person by seeing my own flaws.

One day he'd also grow to NOT be me. Personality may change and stuff- so mostly only physically, he will still be me, but then I will be able to treat his as a different person rather than a clone.

Edited October 7, 2013 by Xievie

[Throwaway19573639385 764]

Oh my god, I would finally have someone that would walk the dog and do my homework!

 

We would effectively jobs, make loads of cash and then live like true kings. Since we (me) eat only junk and fast food, we would save loads of money on bogus like "healthy food", "vitamins" and "sports", becoming super rich in a matter of weeks.

 

Then, when we have enough money, we would buy our own space station and rule over the world, hosting crappy soap series about a family with a pet monkey and time travelling space ninjas.

 

.. that or we just have pizza night, every night. As well as having someone that would force me to do things by poking me with a pointy stick until I do said things, that would cure my laziness in probably just a few minutes, or seconds.

 

Not to mention, I would have a personal me that has the same humor as the actual me! We could joke about the most stupid things and only we would get the jokes and laugh at them! There's nothing better than that!

[SoundRaptured 139]

if he had the same personality as me and everything.. I don't think the world could handle that. but at least I could talk to someone who ACTUALLY knows what I'm saying.in all honesty, nobody ever really understands me. I tell them they do when I try expressing myself but only to make them feel better so we'll be  close friends. don't get me wrong, sometimes people get me, sometimes but..

anyways i'd probably talk to him a lot and find out about myself more with him. 

[JustAnotherBrony 90]

I'd finally have a good friend.    But anyways, I'd probably eat chocolate and watch netflix with him. Don't forget PC gaming also.

[ReverieRiver 526]

I would get some serious multitasking accomplished! xD

 

And by multitasking, I mean that I would be drawing while my clone would do everything else that needs to be done (i.e. college work, housework, etc.), lol.

 

I would also be willing to give one of those classic twin pranks a try. That could be fun, confusing my friends.

[Exile Phoenix 20]

Oh you would have no idea what i would do with my sexy twin

 

The endless amount of things we would be doing, a lot of my problems would slowly vanish 

[crazitaco 596]

Not a lot really. 

 

The thing is, a clone would merely look identical to me. It is unlikely it would have a mind the same as mine, as cloning only copies the body, but cannot copy non-genetic things, like personality which has been shaped by many years of experience. So it would be a genetic copy of me, but most likely with the mind of an infant.

 

Of course, if it did have the same mind as me... we'd try and kill each other. One of me is bad enough, but two? No thank you!

Eh... About that. Our personalities are the product of our experiences, which are physically stored in the brain, as well as determined by the physical structure of our brains.  For instance, the wiring of an introvert's brain is very different from that of an extroverts. And we are born with these structures already in place, which is why traumatic head injuries can be so serious. Damage part of one's brain, and you may wipe out their whole childhood, or drastically alter their very personality. So if the clone was an exact copy of your physical body, down to your brain-wiring, it would have all your memories, personality traits, behaviors etc. Basically the clone would be you. Of course, everything that happens to the clone post-creation would be a divergence of yourself. Over time, it would no longer be you. Still, its kinda depressing to realize your mind/being is nothing but the product of your own physical brain, amiright? Which begs the philosophical question...Are we our brains, or our minds?

 

Anyway, if i had a clone who was exactly me....Then i guess i'd just treat her as i treat myself. I wouldn't take advantage of her and make her go around doing all my chores and things i don't want to do. That's not fair to her, because she's just as much a person as i am. I know that would hurt my feelings if that were me, and that IS me! The good thing though is that i would have someone to finally talk to on a deeper level Someone i can truly trust. I can be friends with myself and finally achieve Forever Alone in its purest essence c':

Edited October 8, 2013 by crazitaco

[Smarts 1,623]

I'd hang out with him. The thought itself is weird to me, but interesting at the same time. I'm fine with it, as long as this clone doesn't go evil or does anything chaotic. If it comes to that, let's just say a certain clone is going to be living six feet under.

[Jack Spades 162]

I'd become instant friends. We'd team up and become robbers. Or we'd become great chefs. I'd move to Canada and my clone would live in Mexico pretending to be me. I have a whole list of ideas.

[Lunas Husband 2,777]

Bucking kill it.. why?

 

Well because one, he is going to try and get with my man...

 

Two because one of me is bad enough the world does not need 2 of me... end of story..

[Dsanders 5,747]

What if suddenly, someone came up to you and shot you with a gun. But not just any gun, a cloning gun, then the guy just disappears. What would you do with your new found clone?

lolwat

 

That would be really random. But if that really did end up happening, I'm pretty sure that me and my clone would both be freaked out at first. But then we would spend the next few hours getting to know each other(despite already knowing everything about each other...you get what I mean! ).

 

And then I'd probably send him somewhere far away from here, in some other country or continent. That way our lives will not disrupt or intertwine with one another. 

 

I'll let him live out his own life, without the fear of getting judge or taken away for scientific experiments. 

 

It would be for his own good. :3

[Cakebandit :3 1,064]

if your clone killed you would that be murder or suicide? or both? god that would be confusing if your clone goes to court for murdering himself

[Derpaholic 1,155]

... And then sex would happen, for I am smokin'.

In all seriousness, though, I'd probably end up killing the clone before it could cause any serious damage, either to me, or to those I love.

[LittleRawr 679]

Hmm...

 

My clone and I would probably just hang out together, doing the most random of stuff

 

We'd laugh at each other's jokes, and-

 

Oh wait.

 

That basically means that I'd be laughing at my own jokes.

 

[TheSupremeLeaderOfChaos 1,206]

I would do all of my favorite stuff with her! I would watch ponies, watch Doctor Who, watch Star Trek, and eat food with her. We would be the bestest of friends. Oh, and whenever one of us doesn't feel like doing something, the other could their place. And no one would ever have to know........

[swordsman 192]

lets see do all the stuff i like to do. we would have a sword fight and RP out the highlander (in the end there can be only one) who know , maybe take over the world.

[just ignore me 86]

I would either team up with my clone and pull pranks / make things/ play games. OR we would both fight each other to the death for the right to be the real one.

[Ianpiersonjdavis 513]

Personally I'd kill it before it could kill me (or anyone else) as I've seen and read WAY too many horror stories about cloning going bad and the duplicates wanting to kill and replace the original after turning evil and then going on a bid for world conquest or on a senseless killing spree.

 

Besides, I've always been disgusted by the mere thought of myself-let alone two of me existing on this world simultaneously.