I know it. I know my one genie wish, my answer to the “if-you-could-have-anything-in-the-world” question.
A clone of myself.
The more I think about it, the better an idea I realize it is.
When most people think of people who want a clone they think they’re lazy. A clone to do your chores, to go to school, to go to work. But hey, if I wanted a slave, I’d wish for a slave. I don’t want a slave.
I don’t know if my clone is a robot or thinking, feeling person, or a thinking, feeling robot, so I’m not going to treat her badly.
I’m assuming my clone is created as an exact duplicate of myself initially: we both look the same, have the same knowledge, personality, yada yada. But once the clone is made, we become different depending on our individual experiences. My clone could go to half of my classes and I could do the other half, so when exam time comes, we each only have half the work load. Plus, we’ll talk to each other all the time and talk about the crazy stuff we learned in astronomy or what we didn’t learn in computers, so we’d both still have similar knowledge.
I’d be a lot more productive. I could work on a Java program while my clone’s making a new website layout. Or hell, we could both be working on the program together! Things would get done so much faster!
I could play “Rock Band” and get 100% on vocals and drums at the same time, instead of 80s and 90s like I have been when I attempt it as one person.
I’d have no problem with paying for food since I eat less than half of what I’m allotted at the school cafeteria. The people at the cafeteria might find it funny that I come downstairs for each meal twice a day, but hey, whatever. I’ve got a freakin’, clone, okay? You don’t mess with me.
I would absolutely crack myself up. Myself and my clone would each write a story, then give the story to the other one and we would both invariably find it hilarious like no one else in the world could. I would get all the obscure jokes that my clone would write and vice-versa. One of us would probably die of laughter, which would be quite tragic, but we would just clone the remaining one again.
We would watch “Don’t Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth” and during “Papa Gene’s Blues” when Mike winks, we’d look at each other and smile, knowing what the other is thinking.
I could make all those awesome videos I’d like to make and actually do a good job of them, considering I won’t be acting and directing at the same time. And if I ever need two characters in a scene, I can actually do it without editing and everyone will be like “holy crap! That’s awesome editing!”.
If I was ever in a situation where I needed to be two places at once, I could be, but that’s a given and hardly a creative use of a clone. But it would prevent any wacky Mrs. Doubtfire-type dilemmas, although I do plan to one day have two dates/meetings at the same time and continually run out of each one to go to the other one. It’s just one of those experiences everyone has to have, you know?
One of us could watch a movie or read a book and then if it wasn’t good, the other one would know they don’t have to bother with it. Your self is much reliable than a friend or Siskel and Ebert.
Anyway, that’s it.