I’d get a 2 scoop cone with Almond Joy and something called Cowabunga which is a vanilla base with fudge swirl, coconut, marshmallow, and walnuts. I’d have 3 bites and pass it to my guy, he’s not diabetic!
Oh give me a clone, a clone of my own,
With the Y chromosome changed to X
And when wer’e alone, this clone of my own
Will be thinking of nothing but sex
@Kyeh@macromeh@pmarin
FIFY:
Oh give me a clone, a clone of my own,
With the Y chromosome changed to (an) X
And when we’re alone, this clone of my own
Will be thinking of nothing but sex
@Kyeh@macromeh I was trying to think about how long ago it was, but yes about 40+ years. Wait, but was there an internet? Not in its current form but yes there were systems at the university, and also at work in 1980s. (We had communication between our systems from around the world using “leased lines.” ) Our systems would check-in with nightly diagnostic reports. And later by 90s we could offer tech support with video and live control of customer systems with screen sharing. So nothing new is really that new!
A clone to go to work, do my job and earn money for me. He’d better not eat too much or get fired or sleep with my wife.
This would free me up for my recent study of Christian apologetics. I hope a clone isn’t a violation of God’s exclusivity of creation.
Hmm…I wonder what the Bible says about killing a bad behaving clone. It’s not one of God’s creations…
@algae1221 A valid point. I personally think it would. Here’s a thought example…
I read an interesting sci-fi short story once about two friends that were in love with the same woman. She married one of the men. The other man was a scientist and after several years developed a way to replicate things and eventually, people. So, he made a duplicate of the woman he still loved and married her. She basically felt obligated because she owed her life to him. Unfortunately, over the years the original woman and the other man had developed a strong bond and deep devotion in their marriage. Unbeknownst to the scientist these memories and attachments were duplicated with the woman’s brain so BOTH women were deeply in love with the OTHER man because they had both, in their own experiences, been his wife.
There’s more to the story but I was pretty young so the details are foggy. As with much science fiction writing, this was a cautionary tale about misusing science to achieve things we were not meant to have. In essence, Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. One of my favorite sci-fi authors, Ray Bradbury, nearly always included that warning in his works.
@tweezak I think so too, although I followed a different line of reasoning. The closest thing I can think of to a clone of someone is if they have an identical twin and there’s no question what it is to marry one twin and sleep with the other. I think the same principle probably applies to clones.
@algae1221@chienfou@therealjrn@tweezak on topic of Harlan Ellison, ALWAYS a good time to re-watch (or watch if you are younger and never heard of it) the original Blade Runner. Amazing imagery and filming for the 1980s. Based on book “do androids dream of electric sheep.”
It leaves open some questions (many) of when is a bot a bot and do they even know if they are or not? And yes it seems that designing “pleasure models” has been a dream for quite some time. Note the ending was fiddled with to make it less dark, apparently.
Feat Sean Young, Harrison Ford, the late Rutger Hauer.
If we’re talking shadow clones, that’s worth having (provided the cost to make them isn’t prohibitive and the mental strain of reintegrating all the memories doesn’t cause any real problems).
@regnowsin I thought the same at first but then I’d be the third smartest person in the house and while I don’t mind second I don’t want to move down either.
I’ll take the scone, it tastes better than the other two options.
I see a lot of people are saying clone so that they can turn them into their slave. But wouldn’t a clone be no different than having an identical twin sibling? You can’t turn your twin sibling into your slave. A sibling is their own person with their own life.
Fun fact: Most of the UK (where they were invented) and its former colonies pronounce scone as skahn (rhymes with yawn).
Kind of messes with the thread question…
@macromeh in grade school math class (7th grade) there was a boy from Scotland that recently come over. The math teacher asked if he liked s-cones and the boy kept being confused about what he was asking. And just as you say, finally the boy figured it out and said “skahns?” Oh yes I love skahns!
I think I’d rather have an android duplicate (a drone?) than a clone. A clone of me would not just obediently follow my orders and do my work. He’d be a real dick…
Just sayin’
@brennyn The dictionary defines drone as “a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen.” You probably could eat those but based on my experience eating other insects they probably wouldn’t taste very good.
I have questions about this scone!?! Is it a dry hardtack style scone? If it is I retract my answer.
I co-owned a restaurant for a little while and we had scones that were out of this world. Not too dry, just moist enough and served with house made clotted cream and seasonal jam… my favorite being persimmon.
@ItalianScallion the “good” old days of Alaska Airlines flying, we would get scones, not too dry, Starbucks Coffee, and in afternoons local microbrews. All included. And I think about a foot more legroom.
Scone. A delicious scone.
I want a cone, with ice cream
@heartny
What flavor?
I’d get a 2 scoop cone with Almond Joy and something called Cowabunga which is a vanilla base with fudge swirl, coconut, marshmallow, and walnuts. I’d have 3 bites and pass it to my guy, he’s not diabetic!
I can’t afford a good drone, and a crummy one is pointless.
Clone of what, me? Even if the tech was mature (which it isn’t), a clone takes too long to grow to maturity. Pass.
A good scone, on the other hand, is delicious.
OBTW, I managed to find an online source for actual dried blackcurrants. (“Zante currants” aren’t currants)
Oh give me a clone, a clone of my own,
With the Y chromosome changed to X
And when wer’e alone, this clone of my own
Will be thinking of nothing but sex
@pmarin
Wouldn’t that kind of be incest?
(Good poem, though!)
@Kyeh @pmarin
Or ultra high-tech masturbation…
(Made me smile though)
@Kyeh Supposed to be a song, to the tune of “Home On The Range”…
)
(I think I first saw this one on a Usenet thread in the 80’s.
@Kyeh @macromeh @pmarin
FIFY:
Oh give me a clone, a clone of my own,
With the Y chromosome changed to (an) X
And when we’re alone, this clone of my own
Will be thinking of nothing but sex
Sung to the tune of Home on the Range
@Kyeh @macromeh I was trying to think about how long ago it was, but yes about 40+ years. Wait, but was there an internet? Not in its current form but yes there were systems at the university, and also at work in 1980s. (We had communication between our systems from around the world using “leased lines.” ) Our systems would check-in with nightly diagnostic reports. And later by 90s we could offer tech support with video and live control of customer systems with screen sharing. So nothing new is really that new!
I’ll take the clone. They can do my job, which will free me up to make my own delicious scone
A clone, so I can stay in bed eating bonbons and he can be cleaning.
I would like a clone, but
https://calvinandhobbes.fandom.com/wiki/Duplicator
@pakopako I want pizza Steve.
A clone to go to work, do my job and earn money for me. He’d better not eat too much or get fired or sleep with my wife.
This would free me up for my recent study of Christian apologetics. I hope a clone isn’t a violation of God’s exclusivity of creation.
Hmm…I wonder what the Bible says about killing a bad behaving clone. It’s not one of God’s creations…
@tweezak Would it be adultery to sleep with a clone of your wife?
@algae1221 @tweezak how about having Both in bed at the same time.
@algae1221 @mycya4me @tweezak
/giphy bow chica bow wow
@algae1221 A valid point. I personally think it would. Here’s a thought example…
I read an interesting sci-fi short story once about two friends that were in love with the same woman. She married one of the men. The other man was a scientist and after several years developed a way to replicate things and eventually, people. So, he made a duplicate of the woman he still loved and married her. She basically felt obligated because she owed her life to him. Unfortunately, over the years the original woman and the other man had developed a strong bond and deep devotion in their marriage. Unbeknownst to the scientist these memories and attachments were duplicated with the woman’s brain so BOTH women were deeply in love with the OTHER man because they had both, in their own experiences, been his wife.
There’s more to the story but I was pretty young so the details are foggy. As with much science fiction writing, this was a cautionary tale about misusing science to achieve things we were not meant to have. In essence, Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. One of my favorite sci-fi authors, Ray Bradbury, nearly always included that warning in his works.
@algae1221 @tweezak The story you’re referring to sounds like “The Replicator” by Philip K. Dick.
@algae1221 @therealjrn @tweezak
Another great writer, as was Harlan Ellison.
@tweezak I think so too, although I followed a different line of reasoning. The closest thing I can think of to a clone of someone is if they have an identical twin and there’s no question what it is to marry one twin and sleep with the other. I think the same principle probably applies to clones.
@algae1221 @chienfou @therealjrn @tweezak on topic of Harlan Ellison, ALWAYS a good time to re-watch (or watch if you are younger and never heard of it) the original Blade Runner. Amazing imagery and filming for the 1980s. Based on book “do androids dream of electric sheep.”
It leaves open some questions (many) of when is a bot a bot and do they even know if they are or not? And yes it seems that designing “pleasure models” has been a dream for quite some time. Note the ending was fiddled with to make it less dark, apparently.
Feat Sean Young, Harrison Ford, the late Rutger Hauer.
@algae1221 @tweezak
Isn’t that every day in Utah?
“Marry one sister, get the other one free”
If we’re talking shadow clones, that’s worth having (provided the cost to make them isn’t prohibitive and the mental strain of reintegrating all the memories doesn’t cause any real problems).
A yummy scone. I’m hungry.
I barely want to put up with myself. A clone of me would be awful. Maybe a clone of my wife?
@regnowsin I thought the same at first but then I’d be the third smartest person in the house and while I don’t mind second I don’t want to move down either.
I wouldn’t know what to do with a drone or a clone. But scone…
A clone…trooper. Yes, please.
@lordbowen Speaking of troopers have you seen this?
@yakkoTDI This is wonderful, thanks for sharing. The background activity is fun too.
I’ll take the scone, it tastes better than the other two options.
I see a lot of people are saying clone so that they can turn them into their slave. But wouldn’t a clone be no different than having an identical twin sibling? You can’t turn your twin sibling into your slave. A sibling is their own person with their own life.
@kittykat9180
Sure you can. You just have to try harder.
I’d take some scones, I’m hungry
All the above
/showme many cloned scones being delivered by drone
Fun fact: Most of the UK (where they were invented) and its former colonies pronounce scone as skahn (rhymes with yawn).
Kind of messes with the thread question…
@macromeh
So my /showme should be a scone drawn with a yawn?
@macromeh in grade school math class (7th grade) there was a boy from Scotland that recently come over. The math teacher asked if he liked s-cones and the boy kept being confused about what he was asking. And just as you say, finally the boy figured it out and said “skahns?” Oh yes I love skahns!
I think I’d rather have an android duplicate (a drone?) than a clone. A clone of me would not just obediently follow my orders and do my work. He’d be a real dick…
Just sayin’
@macromeh LOL
@macromeh lol.
A clone would be independent person with their own thoughts, desires, and rights.
That’s my thoughts on it.
@macromeh on the Sci Fi topic of the day, maybe a Philip K Dick?
Can’t eat a drone and don’t have a freezer big enough to store a clone.
@brennyn The dictionary defines drone as “a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen.” You probably could eat those but based on my experience eating other insects they probably wouldn’t taste very good.
I have questions about this scone!?! Is it a dry hardtack style scone? If it is I retract my answer.
I co-owned a restaurant for a little while and we had scones that were out of this world. Not too dry, just moist enough and served with house made clotted cream and seasonal jam… my favorite being persimmon.
I’ll take a scone… as long as it’s not too dry!
@ItalianScallion the “good” old days of Alaska Airlines flying, we would get scones, not too dry, Starbucks Coffee, and in afternoons local microbrews. All included. And I think about a foot more legroom.
@pmarin Oh yeah, I remember Alaska Airlines making a bit of a big deal over serving Starbucks coffee!
Scone, Definitely scone. IM SO HUNGRY.