Making dozens of digital copies of myself and assigning each one a task from my "to do" list-- then watching in disgust as they all dwaddle about procrastinating.

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@futurebird I read the following story in a magazine decades ago:

A man comes up with the clever idea of cloning himself, thinking he can let his clone do his work while he parties. Inevitably, the clone has the same attitude.

Eventually, the horrible clone has totally ruined the original's life by insulting everyone he knows, committing crimes, etc. In despair, the original goes up to the roof of the nearest tall building. There he finds the clone, swearing at the police through a megaphone, buck naked.

At this point the original has an epiphany: "Legally, he's the same person as me! If I kill him, there's no crime. I can get my life back!" So he pushes his duplicate off the roof.

When he returns to the ground floor, he's immediately arrested. "Oh yeah?" he smirks, "What's the charge?"

"Making an obscene clone fall."

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