I would set my clone up with an airtight alibi, then go off to make mad, passionate love to Ruffian. When DeathLlama came around to do me in, I would say “It couldn’t have been me! I was at (someplace), doing (something), and here’s the proof!”
Now if I could just get Ruffian to go along with this plan, I’d have no problems. 
I would have zee clone go to work for me so I can go surfing.
Well, if the clone was me in EVERY way, it would say everything I would say and do everything I would do at exactly the same time, so it would be almost useless. An annoyance and then we would be driven to fight out of sheer exasperation, but neither of us would ever win.
Only if a third party could do something to me or the clone to shake things up- throw a shoe at the clone, for instance.
Then the clone would have to react in some way (choosing not to react is also a choice)to the stimuli and I will not have experienced the stimuli.
From then on, we would no longer be duplicates. Her reaction was different, we did something different and we would be EXTREMELY similar, but being hit by a shoe would cause a chain reaction until the two of us would just be similar, not the same. Then as time went on, we would continue to differ until we only looked alike and had some of the same mannerisms.
Identical Twins are genetic clones. If they are raised together, they have the same upbringing.
My best friends are identical twins. They grew up together. They are vastly different in personality, yet have as many similarities as non-twin siblings. The difference result because it’s impossible to undergo exactly the same experiences.
..or, in the bars, you let him make the first approach. If he screws up, you appear and yell at him for bothering that nice young lady, act real sensitive, and maybe you score. You already know what WON'T work. If she's kinky, you just join in. Next time, take turns, you move first, he stands in reserve.Don’t think about tying the other one up, or anything like that, cause IT will be thinking the same thing, at the same time as you! IT is YOU, in every way. Your consciousness are parallell! **
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Ummm… I can’t agree with that. You change your mind all the time. You can’t expect someone who IS you, still to be thinking the same identical thing as you at the same identical time. Unless of course you live in identical universes (NOW THERES an idea…).
OK, your ideas and reasoning would be similar, but maybe your clone would have gone to see a movie, while you stayed home and read a book. So, suddenly you both have different memories from different situations. You would BE different.
Right?
On whether or not to fool around with the clone, it reminds me of the Seinfeld where Jerry meets Janine Garofalo playing a female him. At first he likes it (we’re just alike, she thinks just like me) and gets engaged and then the kicker, “I can’t marry someone just like myself. I HATE MYSELF!”
I think Turpentine finally got it right…
A third party action, or something “outside” of the two of you, would sever the link. You then would become separate entities, like The Corsican Bros. You’d still both feel everything the other felt, and would know everything the other does, but you would HAVE to react different.
Sat you and your clone are walking down the sidewalk side by side. The “real” you is on the left, and clone you is on the right. You both are ogling some hot babe on rollerblades, and not looking where you are both stepping. Clone you, steps on a skateboard some brat left lying on clones side of the sidewalk, and whoops falls on his ass, but REAL you is still standing. Uht oh, the clone just became “self-aware” he his to react independantly.
Turpentine couldn’t have said it better. The only way to preserve the absolute identicalness would have to a controlled environment.
Even if you and clone were together all the time, it wouldn’t take long for the clone to become independant.
New Rules
[li]Prior to creating the clone, the real you gets a special tattoo for identification of the real you. Tats are a foriegn substance and would not clone.[/li][li]You and clone are independent indivuals, but are telepathically linked at all times, no matter how far apart you are. It is impossible to outwit/hide anything from the other.[/li][li]Physical stimuli is felt by the other also, simultaneously. If your clone gets laid by some hot babe, while you’re grocery shopping, better wear some depends as you might have sticky a mess. lol[/li]
Have fun. Your clone is now your sockpuppet and will do whatever you both agree on.
Well hell! there are twins in society now that claim they are telekineticly linked. Perhaps not to the extent you’re describing, but they can tell when one is hurt or having sex.
I think it would be similar to life now, since you don’t own your clone. It is a person just like everyone. You would just have the added bonus of your clone getting lucky. Although it would be weird if he was masterbating hile you were shopping. I know I don’t want to see my sister doing that!!!
Well, I know one thing for sure. I would never push my clone to his death.
Because then I could be arrested for making an obscene clone fall!
Well, I would certainly make Hucfinn (the SO) very, very happy.
Actually it could work well. I would like him to live in a different city. I could keep up a social calender and retrain accademically. You see, us being in seperate cities we can cover for each other. I am assuming whatever he learns, I have natural privy to some of it. We both can learn stuff and the other would at least instinctively know.
It would be great for time off. The girlfriend becoming a pain but you still want her, just call ole clone bro and switch places. You can hang with different friends for awhile, you may not know them but you would be instinctively familiar with them. The would say, what a cool guy, always happy. But that is only because it is more fresh experiences.
Down side. If he parties his ass off you’de better plan on being asleep or both of you will feel double.