# Would Your Clone Annoy You? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798 "2005-10-18T19:52:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/21 "2005-10-19T01:22:42Z")
Yeah, there are times I’d be annoyed by a clone. I’ve got two younger brothers, and it bugs me when I see them imitating me. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/22 "2005-10-19T01:45:08Z")
We could form our own band. But only if I didn’t punch her in the throat first. God, I hate her. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/23 "2005-10-19T01:47:28Z")
Well, since clones already exsist (identical twins) you may want to ask them if they annoy eachother. I doubt identical twins ever have a “there can be only one” moment and they both pretty much have their own personalities. And if you did manage to clone yourself through modern science your clone would be a newborn. So maybe you’d be annoyed by them crying in the middle of the night. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/24 "2005-10-19T03:03:12Z")
I think that I’d get real tired of people asking: ``` *"How can you live with yourself??"* ``` ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/25 "2005-10-19T03:18:55Z")
Heh, **blondebear**. My clone might annoy me, but I think mostly I’d be quite fond of her. After all, I love myself far more than anyone else has ever loved me or ever will. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/26 "2005-10-19T03:34:32Z")
Not unless the bastard got me fired from my job. While, I sit on my lazy ass drinking Margaritas all day. Hey, you know what would be cool about it though? I could have sex with my (hypothetical) girlfreind; then after we’re done I could excuse myself to the bathroom then have my clone go back in my place so he could handle all the luvy-duvy talk and spooning. While, I head off to the bar for some beers! [shakes fist] Give me my clone damn you! [/shakes fist] ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/27 "2005-10-19T03:44:34Z")
Well, your clone would be born as a baby, so you’d sort of have to wonder whether you would have liked yourself as a snivelling or colicky kid. Then in later periods of its development, you’d be able to see how it develops both in ways you did and didn’t. I don’t see the interest of a clone of myself, personally. I like myself enough, and I like my unicity. Living with a clone would also be very different from living with an identical twin, who shares all of your experiences as well as your genes. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/28 "2005-10-19T03:47:38Z")
Seriously, I’d go gay for me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/29 "2005-10-19T04:00:31Z")
I’d kill the lazy slob inside of a week. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/30 "2005-10-19T04:01:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey, you know what would be cool about it though? I could have sex with my (hypothetical) girlfreind; then after we’re done I could excuse myself to the bathroom then have my clone go back in my place so he could handle all the luvy-duvy talk and spooning. While, I head off to the bar for some beers! Bummer if you lose the coin toss though. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/31 "2005-10-19T04:04:26Z")
If the only way to get a clone is as a baby, it couldn’t be you, could it? He or she would not have been born when you were, have any of your memories or experiences, not have your education and accumulated knowledge, and would not grow up with your parents and relatives. They wouldn’t be any more you than your reflection in the mirror. It would be a whole other person who looks like you, but is not you. No different than having your own kid. I get the feeling that the OP was having some fun with the idea of there being another one of you, like you are now. A replica. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/32 "2005-10-19T14:36:31Z")
I’d kick my clone in the nuts probably within a few hours of meeting him. Come to think of it, no I wouldn’t. I’m a vindictive, plotting bastard, and if I kicked me in the nuts I’d probably spend quite a while figuring out how to have my revenge…and my revenge is never simply “eye for an eye” I include punitive damages 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/33 "2005-10-19T14:42:33Z")
omigawd - my clone would not only _not_ annoy me, but think of how much faster the weekend chores would get done? or more accurately, I’d finally have someone to play marathon seesions of Monopoly with (attention “grammar nazis” - leave me alone - I \*like \* ending using prepositions to end sentances with) Yeah I know I have annoying habits. Who doesn’t? - But with a clone, I could be in two places at once, run more errands, etc etc etc. (best of all, play pranks on any guy I might be dating \) The only thing I’d require is that we somehow be linked telepathically, so we’d always know what was going on in _my_ life, and never miss out on anything (we) I did ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/34 "2005-10-19T14:43:48Z")
At first, it would rock. After a while, I think it might wind up like that Rimmer-clone scenario from Red Dwarf. I’m too annoying and neurotic to get along well with myself. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/35 "2005-10-19T14:43:49Z")
:eek: :smack: > [@](#): > > (attention “grammar nazis” - leave me alone - I like \*\*\*ending \* \*\* using prepositions to end sentances with) ok - you can pit me for that sentance, i suppose 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/36 "2005-10-19T15:27:15Z")
OP’er here. Personally, I abhor self-aggrandizing people. Vanity is sinful and bragging is deplorable. However, there is nothing wrong with my taking satisfaction in hearing people’s praise of my clone’s painfully good looks and horse-like endowment. 🙂 …and don’t any of you dyslexic wiseacres post that I meant to say painful endowment and horse-like good looks… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/37 "2005-10-19T15:43:36Z")
If my clone was available at this age and size, I don’t think I want to see what my ass looks like from behind…ever. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/38 "2005-10-19T15:50:33Z")
I already annoy myself, why should my clone be any different? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/39 "2005-10-19T16:04:13Z")
truth be told, I’d much rather clone my friend’s husband… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798/40 "2005-10-19T21:03:34Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > No. Most likely, I’d be so enamored of him that we’d become a gay couple. Would that be considered Masterbation? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-clone-annoy-you/326798.md?page=3)