You and your double

[Miss Chicken]

I have just been watching THG episode 'Second Chances" in which Will Riker meets his double Thomas Riker.

It set me sort of wondering about this question

If a double of you was created somehow, with the same memories and personality, do you think you would get on with each other or do you think that you would dislike the other you?

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Apparently I do have a doppelgänger running around town causing all sorts of mischief, because I get stopped by people on occasion who ask "Hey, weren't you that guy who flipped out in Blockbuster?" (seriously) or other similarly weird questions. So, I doubt I'd find my evil twin fun to hang around with because he sounds like kind of a prick.

Now, if it were someone with an exact copy of my personality and memories, it might be a cool novelty for a while that we share the same interests and can talk about our shared memories, but I think it would get boring very fast. If I know how my double is likely to react to any given situation there's no real capacity for learning something new or gaining a new perspective on something.

 

[Kommander]

I would assume he was created by and/or under the control of my enemies and I'd kill him as quickly as possible.

 

[JonathonWally]

Form the greatest crime partnership ever.

We're talkin Chaos and Mayhem.

 

[Hermiod]

I'd arrange a massive life insurance policy in my own name with him as a beneficiary, arrange for him to die in an accident and then make it look like I was the one who died. Then I'd cash in the insurance policy.

Simple.

 

[RoJoHen]

I'd finally have a workout buddy!

 

[Deckerd]

There can be only One.

 

[Hermiod]

There can be only One.

That's what your double said so I'd watch your back if I were you.

 

[The Borg Queen]

Another me? Hmm... *dirty thoughts*

 

[Nardpuncher]

I think most of us wouldn't get along with our doubles very well. Look at most fathers and sons. The father sees the son as a strange reflection of himself and that causes a bit of conflict as he tries to make his reflection perfect.

 

[jamestyler]

What was that cloning film? Multiplicity? For some reason the first thought was if my double slept with my wife (well, ex wife... but still a no-go zone) I'd have to kill him.

I'd probably either really, really loathe him, or try to convince him to take over my job so i could retire happily without anyone noticing (thus still be invited to all the parties). Though at 25 that might be a little lazy.

 

[Jadzia]

If a double of you was created somehow, with the same memories and personality, do you think you would get on with each other or do you think that you would dislike the other you?

I know we'd get on great...

... until it came to questions like "Whose house is this? Whose credit card is this? Whose bed is this? Whose clothes are these?". I can be quite strong willed when I feel I want to be, and either me or my double might end up being murdered by the other

But then again, we'd both be sympathetic to the emotions of the other, so I know we'd work something out.

 

[trampledamage]

I already have one - an exact clone except for the fingerprints. Identical twins are so close genetically, that a DNA fingerprint wouldn't tell us apart, only actual fingerprints.


It gives you an interesting outlook on life, I can tell you - having someone out there who is me, but isn't. And it's a battle when you're younger to be different, especially when everyone automatically thinks "ooh you're twins, now I can't tell you apart" even when they were doing fine before they knew you were twins

Me and my evil twin get on well when we're apart. So I live in Canada, she lives in England

Sorry for the rant.

I think to be handed a twin when you're already an adult would be incredibly difficult to cope with, because you no longer have time to make yourself different, to be an individual being. Trust me, you'd hate it.

 

[WillsBabe]

Eww, I'd hate the other me. I know too much about myself that I dislike to like it in another person. I'd see all my faults and shortcomings, and really couldn't bear to be around the other me. Which is pretty much the way I am around the me-version of me.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

Form the greatest crime partnership ever.

We're talkin Chaos and Mayhem.

I get on ok with my double, but then again she only comes out at full moons . And I usually have to apologise for her in the morning

 

[John Clark]

Eww, I'd hate the other me. I know too much about myself that I dislike to like it in another person. I'd see all my faults and shortcomings, and really couldn't bear to be around the other me. Which is pretty much the way I am around the me-version of me.

Yep, I think I'd have to go with this for an answer too

 

[Davros]

Do evil twins have evil twins?

 

[An Officer]

I would neither like nor dislike my double. I probably wouldn't be friends with me though - nothing interesting about finishing my own sentences. Plus, hanging out with yourself would be a worrying sort of narcissism.

 

[Warp Coil]

If my double were like me, then we'd probably get along really well. He would have the same work ethic as me so we could divide and conquer. I could rely on him to do things when he says he will. We'd have the same interests in TV and movies so we wouldn't fight over the remote. Of course, there would be issues when it came to clothes. I have favorite jeans and hoodies 'n such - we'd both want to wear them (I'd make him go and buy his own clothes).

We'd have a good time confusing people, too. Play a few innocent tricks on friends and co-workers. I could totally convince a couple of friends that I'm a cylon

 

[Holdfast]

Form the greatest crime partnership ever.

We're talkin Chaos and Mayhem.

I see you've picked out your Supervillain names already.



I don't think I'd get on with my double at all. In fact, I think we'd snootily ignore each other.