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You can regularly sync your memories with your copies (either one way or both ways)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

I'm having an orgy with myself for sure.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What are the limitations here? Like... can I boss the clones around, or will they need to be coaxed?

Because if I can get a clone army you bet your ass I'm getting a clone army.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Coaxed in the same way you convince yourself to get up in the morning

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So we sleep in a pile like hamsters and accomplish just about as much as a pile of hamsters.

Are hamsters depressed? Has anyone checked to see if hamsters are ok? I am worried about hamsters, they deserve to be happy.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I’m assuming these copies would also need to eat, sleep, and bathe as well, so there’d be some cost increases as these copies are added into the mix. Just getting extra jobs probably would only go so far before questions started getting asked or somebody noticed, so an army of me working multiple jobs really wouldn’t go well. I’d probably keep it minimal with only one copy, maybe two if I could make it work financially and set up some sort of work rotation so that “I” was only going into work once every few weeks. I might start doing a bunch of freelance design, writing books, gaming and whatever else.

Even better though would be if these were short-term copies that I could just absorb back into myself after a day or whatever and I didn’t have to worry about maintaining their bodies, like Mr. Meeseeks and they just disappear after their task is done. Then I’d just make copies left and right. “Oh shit, I’m out of milk. Copy #3,945,612, go get some milk, thanks.”

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

2 clones should be good. I can do a lot with 3 of me without complicating much.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Do the copies require existing matter? If not, I'm making infinite clones to explore the cosmos.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Only if the copies are temporary. If they're actual permanent clones, all I've done is create more issues for myself. They gotta eat, and we can't both work, how we gonna file taxes separately?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Probably one, and I would need to swap the good and the bad parts between us.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Burdening your bad parts onto a version of yourself won't accomplish much if your memories sync regularly. I think you might need to defeat your demons another way

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One. Then I can kill myself and let them deal with it all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Then you're still one of the copies and now all copies have post traumatic stress disorder and clone suisyndrome, including you.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Being able to clone myself and sync with my clones is something I've thought about since I was a kid.

I don't think increasing the number of clones would ever allow me to satisfy all my wishes. The number of things I want to do increases with the number of experiences I have in a non-linear way. If I want to be satisfied I need to be willing to accept all of my wishes will never be fulfilled.

To answer your question specifically: 0 clones

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

8.6 billion.

Each of my clones would kill one person that was not a clone of me. Then we would all commit suicide.

Climate change is solved. You're welcome. Hopefully the next animal to evolve consciousness does a better job of it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I think 5 or 6. I'd get to experience living in different cultures without having to abandon friends and family in my current location.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'd say two hundred to be on the safe side. Have each clone specialize in different skills that would be beneficial in a grand adventure. Have some infiltrate white nationalist groups, government positions, etc. Giving my clones their own identity would be important, so many would need to undergo plastic surgery and build fake identities. I would also have many clones assist with organizing unions and creating revolutionary organizations, though I would tell nobody of the Hestia Legion, as to avoid the eyes of the powers that be.

Have others learn martial arts, visit shooting ranges, chemistry labs, and fab shops to learn how to build tools to further Our aims.

Others, including Hestia Prime, would form a "think tank" of sorts, where we'd take all the information from the hivemind and prepare the revolution.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

2 copies. One for work. One for Personal life. One for spare parts.

But if they have individualism then I will assume a fight will eventually break out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Here’s a real fun and recent take on this:

Chris and Jack

Are my clones having fun without me?

https://youtu.be/sT9sHi7BEUw

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (8 children)

As many as my finances can comfortably support

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

9

3 for security, 3 for family, and 3 for wandering.

we are crawancon

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