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Author Topic: Pros and Cons of Having a Clone  (Read 11779 times)

BP

  • Beside Pacific
« on: May 20, 2006, 11:17:58 PM »
First off, I DON'T want this to turn into an argument about whether or not it's ethical to use science this way. I personally don't know what side I'm on with cloning. This is about what you would do if you had a clone, an exact copy of you. I think it'd be more fun than a problem.

Pros:
You'd always have a person to play a game with.
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! would go VERY smoothly.
Someone would always be there for you to talk to, even though it's talking to yourself.
You wouldn't be able to get on each other's nerves, since you know what you like and dislike.
Think about it, you could share drinks and toothbrushes... technically, even without a clone you're sharing it with the you of two minutes ago/yesterday.
Card games would be possible to fairly play since the cards are drawn at random.
You'd have half the chores and split the homework (heads odds, tails evens.)
You wouldn't fight over music or TV since you have the same interests.
You could sit by yourself on the bus to keep the freaks away from you.

Cons:
Single-player video games. You COULD take turns, like "You be on the Fungi Forums while I play, we'll switch in an hour..."
Multiplayer games would depend on items to determine who wins.
Going somewhere? "Shotgun!"
You'd always have to have a coin to flip for decisions since rock-paper-scissors would never work.
Any contest would result in a tie. Staring contest, hold your breath, art contest, running (considering that the track is the same), anything.
Since you'd think the same way, you couldn't April Fool yourself.

What kinds of things woul you and you do?
All your dreeeeeeams begiiin to shatterrrrrr~
It's YOUR problem!

SolidShroom

  • Poop Man
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2006, 11:28:39 PM »
another pro:
You would fight against other people with cunning teamwork


More cons:
You could never make each other laugh.
(s)He could steal your girl/boyfriend
If (s)he turned on you and some little boy wanted to shoot the evil clone, he would have to shoot you both.

Hirocon

  • June 14-16, every year
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2006, 01:03:49 AM »
Pro: You'd have someone around who would share your exact tastes.  Thinking of seeing of movie that's been getting mixed reviews?  Send your clone!  He'll give you a review perfectly suited to your tastes in movies.

BP

  • Beside Pacific
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2006, 01:24:27 AM »
He'd want to send you, though.
All your dreeeeeeams begiiin to shatterrrrrr~
It's YOUR problem!

Hirocon

  • June 14-16, every year
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2006, 02:33:42 AM »
You could take turns.

Suffix

  • Steamed
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2006, 03:36:36 AM »
This being written late at night, expect some interesting ideas.

Pros:
Cover more ground in searches for the car key quicker.
Money can be gained faster.
Being that a clone is not a mirror image of you, he/she could think up some more pros or cons to being around that you wouldn't think of.


Cons:
Be continuously flummoxed in chess.
Get interrupted often.
Flaws become obvious.
A clone obviously will steal whatever you want to wear on any particular day.
A clone will also want to use your DS. And your profile, even if you don't trust him/her with it.


« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2006, 03:40:50 AM »
Pros: You'll never get bored talking to your clone, you have identical interests.
You can never be tricked by your clone.

Cons: The clone knows all of your personal details.
You can never trick your clone.
Bills will go up.
You can never blame your clone for something you did, because then you'd be admitting you did it.
If my son could decimate Lego cities with his genitals, I'd be [darn] proud.

MaxVance

  • Vance Vance Revolution
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2006, 05:25:27 AM »
Just ask Watoad about this. He has a clone, after all.
Remember that your first Goomba boldly you walk? When Mario touched that mushroom being brought up more largely remember that you are surprised? Miscalculate your jump that pit remember that it falls?

Hirocon

  • June 14-16, every year
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2006, 10:03:54 AM »
Was that some sort of strange fungi-forum-esque joke, or does Watoad actually have an identical twin?

BP

  • Beside Pacific
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2006, 12:44:21 PM »
Cons: The clone knows all of your personal details.
So? They're his personal details too.
All your dreeeeeeams begiiin to shatterrrrrr~
It's YOUR problem!

« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2006, 12:50:08 PM »
Pro: You could do the old swith-a-roo on a teacher
Skip classes while another one doesn't
Homework would get done faster

Con: It would kind of annoying with yourself always around...yourself?

Kojinka

  • Bruised
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2006, 01:04:31 PM »
Pro: Half the amount of Homework

Con: Technology isn't quite advanced enough yet to safely and successfully clone a human.
Regards, Uncle Dolan

Insane Steve

  • Professional Cynic
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2006, 01:57:29 PM »
Here's a question:

If you get sick of your clone and kill it, would it be suicide or murder?
~I.S.~

« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2006, 02:03:17 PM »
I think it would be murder. You would be killing someone that's not yourself even if it is a clone. UNLESS, it does everything like you in everyway that it makes it look like that you are in fact killing yourself even though you aren't. URGH! My brains hurts...good question Steve.

SolidShroom

  • Poop Man
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2006, 06:51:58 PM »


Con: Technology isn't quite advanced enough yet to safely and successfully clone a human.
Yeah, look at Snake in MGS4, He's only 47 but he looks like a 70 year old.

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