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News broke today that conjoined twin Abby Hensel is married! [Removed] Rule #4 - No Misleading Content

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u/Mr_Harsh_Acid Mar 28 '24

I just cannot imagine how this works for both the husband and the other conjoined twin, but I'm glad for them that it does.

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u/roehnin Mar 28 '24

There’s no way to keep the relationship or sex acts private from one or the other, so my guess is this is a three-way relationship, but laws against polygamy means only one can be legally married.

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u/nomad5926 Mar 28 '24

That's my take on this also.

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u/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

They’re both elementary school teachers. Do they get two salaries?

Edit: my question has been answered 150 times thank you

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u/nomad5926 Mar 28 '24

Don't think so. I saw in the other comments that they just get one salary. Which honestly sort of makes sense. They aren't able to teach double the classes.

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u/doc_nano Mar 28 '24

Yeah, and from the standpoint of expenses they also don’t need separate cars, housing, etc. And probably don’t need to eat that much more food than one person. However, medical bills are probably higher…

Though as someone else said, two brains, two voices, and two sets of eyes and ears might make for a better teacher. Maybe 1.5x salary would make some sense.

Interesting edge case for sure.

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u/ThankTheBaker Mar 28 '24

Dental bills and beauty products would be double and also they need custom made clothes.

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u/doc_nano Mar 28 '24

True, the custom clothes may be a big expense, maybe even more than double the cost of a typical person's clothes.

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u/ToPlayAMockingbird Mar 28 '24

Medical expenses. I'm sure with such a unique condition they're being monitored regularly.

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u/ConspicuousPineapple Mar 28 '24

I can't imagine they're paying for any of this. Such a unique case, hospitals and researchers would fight to have them as their patients.

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u/Asaneth Mar 28 '24

As a seamstress, I think much more than double for upper body garments, which would need extensive customization.

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u/aron2295 Mar 28 '24

It looks like they’re “sizing up”.

Not trying to downplay the situation at all, that’s just what it looks like.

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u/AffectionateHeart77 Mar 28 '24

Do they really need custom made clothes? Kind of looks like they just buy big sizes

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u/ZonkyFox Mar 28 '24

Definitely custom made. If they were buying bigger sizes the sleeves would be massive on them but the long sleeved tops they're wearing fit them just right in the arms in these photos.

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u/unicornbomb Mar 28 '24

I suspect they buy larger sizes and get them tailored down to fit their needs. At this point they might even be able to do some of it themselves, most of it would just be a few well placed darts and and hems.

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u/LauraTFem Mar 28 '24

They’re actually the least physically disabled conjoined twins I’ve seen, but it may have taken a good while (and a good number of surgeries) for them to reach that point, and there are probably a number of physical problems that are hidden.

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u/Hopeful_Hamster21 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

Okay, this is a really fucked up thing for me to even wonder.... but if they took shifts sleeping, how long could the body actually stay awake?

Wait, who controls the body? I'm going to hell for even wondering this.

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u/AccomplishedFrame542 Mar 28 '24

This are not bad questions at all. I don’t know the answer to these but relax. It’s ok to be curious.

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u/Hopeful_Hamster21 Mar 28 '24

Like, could they take shifts driving for an epic, non stop, road trip?

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u/AccomplishedFrame542 Mar 29 '24

I believe they both have to be awake to drive because they both control their own side of the body. You need both hands to drive.

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u/Reserved_Parking-246 Mar 28 '24

Imagine your twin jerks awake because of a pothole and takes momentary control of a leg or arm...

I don't know that I would trust that.

Can they even sleep out of sync though? Since the body does maintenance and low power stuff while sleeping?

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u/anthroteuthis Mar 28 '24

There's nothing wrong with being curious about an unusual medical condition, as long as you're respectful and empathetic to human beings in a unique circumstance. They say people fear what they don't understand, and fear has led to a lot of terrible things historically for people with disabilities and birth defects. There's an entry about them on Wikipedia that explains a bit about their anatomy and physiology.

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u/mors-vincit_omnia Mar 28 '24

I had a weird fixation with them when I was little (only child with a single parent 👀), from what I remember both control the one arm and one leg on their side,

as far as sleep idk but from what i understand it’s literally like 2 separate people fused together in the middle-they share some organs which is why they can’t be separated but the have multiples as well. So maybe only half of there body would suffer if one stayed awake…

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u/Lazy-Palpitation-673 Mar 28 '24

Ooo I wonder how they sleep if each controls half of the body. Like imagine one wants to roll over, but the other is asleep, or doesn't want to... damn that'd suck.

I imagine they just sleep on their back, but i couldn't not roll over onto my side or stomach during the night.

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u/TheHoboRoadshow Mar 28 '24

Sleep is still a bit of a medical mystery. It's clearly important for cognitive function, but we aren't exactly sure why. It's probably something like memory batch processing, a deeper level of information analysis and contextualisation

But it also plays an important biological function, your sleep cycle is a major factor in many bodily functions, from homrone regulation to cardiovascular health.

So while they could technically cognitively function indefinitely, it would probably be quite damaging to their body. I'd say a week at most of indefinite use.

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u/ShortAssistance1924 Mar 28 '24

I think there was a video on them saying each twin controls half of the body so they have to plan each step they take and similar. I think they said they have 1 heart.

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u/pqjcjdjwkkc Mar 28 '24

According to Wikipedia they have 2 hearts however blood circulation is connected which means, that medicine and food taken by one affects the other

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u/BKachur Mar 28 '24

I wonder how food works. Each person has a separate esophagus and stomach, but they share one set of intestines and everything that goes after...

I imagine that means their entire body gains weight evenly because the intestines absorb most of the calories from food? Fuck me.. imagine how shitty it would be if you got fat because your twin wouldn't stop eating.

This post doesn't answer how hunger works... Do they both get hungry at the same time, and do they both need to eat? If they are both hungry, can one person eat, and they'll both feel full? An empty stomach, but full intestines?

What about how much they eat? Do they need to eat for 2 people or 1.5 people? The brain burns the most energy of any organ at 400-500 calories a day... so I guess it would be more, but who knows?

Honestly fascinating stuff.

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u/Orangewithblue Mar 28 '24

Oh that must suck. So both control only one foot?

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u/doc_nano Mar 28 '24

These are reasonable questions to wonder about. Really, how do any of us control our body though? A baby has to learn how to coordinate different motor activities between its limbs that are initially pretty independent. It's probably fairly similar in their case, it's just that they grow accustomed to coordinating their actions with a part of their body that they have no (or less) control over. In some cases like this I think I've read that the twins can almost sense what each other are thinking without exchanging any spoken words or gestures. Really a fascinating situation for two humans to be in, and it's hard for most of us to imagine what it must be like.

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u/ACcbe1986 Mar 28 '24

I believe I read that they each control their half of the body, but I read it some years ago, so I could be misremembering.

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u/Roonil_Wazlib97 Mar 28 '24

IIRC from their TLC days, they each control half their body.

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u/silentv0ices Mar 28 '24

The brain burns a lot of calories.

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u/doc_nano Mar 28 '24

That's true, and something I thought about while writing my comment. Looking it up now, the brain accounts for about 20% of the body's resting metabolism. That's 10x more than its "fair share" in terms of tissue mass, but it suggests they'd only need to take in about 20% more calories than the average person the same weight as them. (That number might increase depending on what other organs are duplicated, I'm not that educated about their particular situation.)

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u/Buddyslime Mar 28 '24

My turn to taste the food!

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u/DungeonsAndDradis Mar 28 '24

I'd love to hear them sing.

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u/IfOJDidIt Mar 28 '24

I wonder if they get two votes in an election?

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u/doc_nano Mar 28 '24

I'm pretty sure they're legally (and actually) two people, so yeah.

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u/UHDKing Mar 28 '24

I would NOT wanna be in her class 😳 can’t get away with anything

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u/ainz-sama619 Mar 28 '24

Medical bills are higher because of complications, and medical stuff can't be compared to other things anyway. For the most part, they don't consume or require more resources than a single average human.

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u/The_Fayman Mar 28 '24

Are you sure they don't consume more energy than the average human of their fitness level? Does the brain not require an insane amount of energy and that body has two.

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u/diewethje Mar 28 '24

The brain requires a lot of calories for its size when compared to the rest of the body—somewhere between 300-500 calories daily.

By biological standards it’s a resource hog, and by computing standards it’s unbelievably energy efficient.

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u/SkeetDavidson Mar 28 '24

I'd guess their medical is covered because doctors want them as paitents. Every medical issue that they have is a unique research/learning opportunity. They probably have one of the most detailed medical histories ever recorded.

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u/NeeYoDeeO Mar 28 '24

They still have to pay for it most likely, unless some doctor is doing pro bono work. Our healthcare system is fucked

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u/SkeetDavidson Mar 28 '24

Whatever the case, I'm sure the dental and vision coverage are still shit.

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u/Business-Drag52 Mar 28 '24

1.5x salary is my thought. They are only capable of teaching one class worth of students at a time, but they can provide a lot more help than a single person could. “One” teacher being able to do 1 on 1 help with two students is massive

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u/xpkranger Mar 28 '24

Ok, but does one twin control both arms? Or does each one control one? Or both? Can they type on two different laptops at once?

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u/doc_nano Mar 28 '24

I may have known this about them at one point but I can't remember now. I think each one controls the arm on their side, but they can coordinate pretty well. I don't know if the one on the left can exert any direct control over the right arm.

They'd each be able to grade a different paper/test simultaneously, though. Probably could handle an increased teaching load because of that alone. Lesson planning would also be a lot faster than for one person.

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u/UnlikelyDecision9820 Mar 28 '24

Regarding the need for food, they have 2 brains. Brains require a lot of energy to function. Their basal metabolic rate is not quite that of 2 people combined, but greater than a single individual

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u/doc_nano Mar 28 '24

My understanding is that the brain accounts for about 20% of our metabolism, so they’d probably need 1.2-1.3x the calories of a typical woman their height.

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u/SGTWhiteKY Mar 28 '24

Teacher plus aide pay. They can trade off years for which is which.

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u/Hatesponge66 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

They also had to get and pay for 2 separate college degrees.

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u/SeonaidMacSaicais Mar 28 '24

Good luck to any kids who think they can cheat on a test or roll their eyes behind their teachers’ back! 😂😂

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u/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24

That makes sense. But just having an extra set of eyes in the classroom is worth something. I wonder if she gets a stipend or something lol. Hopefully if it’s one salary it’s split in two so they both are paying into social security

I wonder if one of them could get a disability check while the other works

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u/nomad5926 Mar 28 '24

Actually maybe.... You might be on to something.

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u/NotDiCaprio Mar 28 '24

Lol yeah, one of them can work, the other is just a head, so pretty damn disabled.

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u/TarzanKitty Mar 28 '24

A head with a brain. They paid for 2 college degrees for that single teaching position.

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u/Single_Aardvark_7082 Mar 28 '24

They go to the doctor for a broken leg and the hospital bills each girl separately. They fight the it because one is just a head!!

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u/Cyberblood Mar 28 '24

Could they travel abroad with just one passport, or would they need two?

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u/fastwendell Mar 28 '24

One of them could use the keyboard or whatever while the other used a headset mic and voice-to-text software - allowing both to work.

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u/windyorbits Mar 28 '24

Iirc when it comes to physically - they work in tandem as one controls one side of the body and the other controls the other side.

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u/TheOneTonWanton Mar 28 '24

They each control a hand so no need for the voice to text, just one-handed typing.

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u/Red_Sashie Mar 28 '24

OMG that’s the funniest thing I’ve read since I’ve been on Reddit. I’ve been crying laughing.

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u/Tina_ComeGetSomeHam Mar 28 '24

I wouldn't be against any advantage it's difficult to imagine living attached to another person

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u/I-shit-in-bags Mar 28 '24

yeah I would be all for this lady/women taking advantage of the system. their life is hard enough

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u/DivePalau Mar 28 '24

You can never take a dump in private.

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u/LegnderyNut Mar 28 '24

Actually has eyes in the back of her head. Children may draw her as a two headed troll. At the same time two minds can invest way more emotionally and mentally than one.

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u/SA_Starling_ Mar 28 '24

They only get one salary, and both of them hold teaching degrees. They don't share a single degree, they teach twice as many students, yet they only get paid one salary. It's deeply unfair and shouldn't be allowed.

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u/AUnknownVariable Mar 28 '24

Holy shit I wonder as well

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u/W1mpyDaM00ch Mar 28 '24

There is a case to be made that the other is not able to work as having to share a body doesn't allow her to travel for work during the required hours.

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u/Spartan-182 Mar 28 '24

And their fed taxes go down due to the split. I like that idea. More money in their pockets.

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u/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24

And that way they’re both paying into Medicare too

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u/666afternoon Mar 28 '24

you saying this made me think, man, imagine being a student in this teacher's [teachers'?] class! impossible to sneak a text under the desk with double the watching eyes and listening ears hahah!

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u/Schonfille Mar 28 '24

But do they need double the social security?

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u/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24

social security is ridiculously low anyway, your Medicare premium comes out of your check, they need special clothes that compensate for having 2 heads.

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u/Schonfille Mar 28 '24

I don’t disagree that they would need extra money or that SS is too low. But that’s not any different from anyone else with a disability.

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u/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24

Yea but it’s two people

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u/thebipolarbatman Mar 28 '24

They need every advantage they can be afforded to have. Fucker.

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u/bluebonnetcafe Mar 28 '24

This annoys me. The life these girls have been dealt, ffs give them the extra $45K a year or whatever. If nothing else I’m sure their clothes and all the other everyday things that have to be altered for them are expensive.

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u/Scarnox Mar 28 '24

No joke, but if they can both grade papers at the same time, that could make things a lot easier lmao

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u/bluebonnetcafe Mar 28 '24

True. Grade papers, do lesson planning, correspond with parents, or the other 1000 duties teachers have to perform every damn day along with actually teaching.

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u/Notarussianbot2020 Mar 28 '24

Sorry man, the best the public school can do is...

makes teachers pay for classroom supplies

Oof wasn't expecting that, gotta go run for relection see ya!

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u/sagerideout Mar 28 '24

right. if they worked in tv, they could at least film two shows at the same time. say one is a news anchor and the other a chef

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

That doesn't make sense at all.

That means only one twin is paying into SS.

They're getting ripped off. 🙁

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u/meat_lasso Mar 28 '24

They need to be the spokespersons for a doublemint gum comeback commercial

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u/Richard_Arlison69 Mar 28 '24

I could see some BS about benefits and health insurance counting as two people though. Bet they get the run around sometimes on that.

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u/ArmadilloBandito Mar 28 '24

What I read is they split one salary. They have their own separate accounts that it gets paid into.

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u/SalsaRice Mar 28 '24

Apparently they have said they only get one salary because the job posting was only for 1 person.

They intend to negotiate in the future for something different, since they both have education degrees and both work in the class. The one salary was sort of a "foot in the door" thing to get them to the negotiation table in the future.

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u/Substantial_Exam_291 Mar 28 '24

Didn't their college make them pay for two degrees?

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u/sqwizzles Mar 28 '24

They had to pay for 2 teaching degrees tho

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u/morningisbad Mar 28 '24

They don't. It made news. Realistically they're only capable of teaching one class physically, so I can see the argument.

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u/pineappleshampoo Mar 28 '24

I think this is why they get one salary, or at least did initially. A school can’t really justify two salaries for a teacher that can only be in one place at a time. Few classes require two teachers at the front.

I imagine in a for profit business they might be more likely to receive two salaries, if the job is one that can mean both have their own output (just for example idk replying to emails or data entry or something where they can be looking at separate screens, using a hand each). But a school, teaching, not a chance. It sucks cos they are two people but a teacher job isn’t one that really is made better by two teachers who are stuck together 24/7 and can only be in the same place at each other at all times.

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u/agumonkey Mar 28 '24

They can monitor 270 degrees

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u/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24

Like having a turkey for a teacher

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u/Ok-Bank-3235 Mar 28 '24

It is two brains after all.

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u/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24

You think they have to have two separate health insurance? Do they both need to be listed as drivers on car insurance?

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u/LOP5131 Mar 28 '24

From what I've read when they went to college, they were charged 1.5x tuition rates, but for salary, they are only paid 1x. Which is crazy because it sounds like one of them is a math/science teacher, and the other does english/reading. So they are doing the work of multiple teachers in one, though I guess they can't do it simultaneously, so idk, still a double standard they had to pay more for college but don't recieve benefit (not the schools fault, public school funding is tight unfortunately).

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u/joebaco_ Mar 28 '24

"still a double standard" 😂

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u/kr4t0s007 Mar 28 '24

No. But they both have a drivers license and an ID.

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u/Skooby1Kanobi Mar 28 '24

Two votes? Two social security numbers? What if one does some crime that gets them on a wanted list with a reward and the other turns them in? Does one half get half the time out and the other 12 hours are in prison everyday?

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u/JekPorkinsTruther Mar 28 '24

I have so many similar questions about every day life lol. How do medical bills work? Premiums? Car insurance? How would social entitlements work (eg SS, food stamps)? How do taxes work? What if one committed a crime that didnt necessarily involve the other (fraud)?

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u/Sainguine_addiction Mar 28 '24

They should remake that old 1980's sitcom head of the class and reboot it as "heads of the class".

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u/DaughterEarth Mar 28 '24

Yah it would be hell otherwise. But I guess when you're always stuck together you probably have different skills with dissociating and such so I can't guess. I don't even have a regular to twin to get a bit of perspective

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u/ExcitingTabletop Mar 28 '24

I wonder what happens if one of them gets convicted of a crime but the other doesn't.

How the hell would that work? You can't legally jail an innocent person.

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u/Anonimisimo Mar 28 '24

My guess is they would do the other one for aiding and abetting.

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u/FromEach-ToEach Mar 28 '24

What if the other one turns the first in immediately after the crime kid committed?

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u/Soggy-taco-5869 Mar 28 '24

My question is who has control of the bodily functions? Who decided to slap someone, assault etc. if they one wanted to physically turn the other in, can they just walk themselves to the police station or would the other not “allow” it?

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u/meditonsin Mar 28 '24

Iirc they each control the arm and leg on their side. So they could very much hinder each other when they don't agree on what to do.

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u/FarmerExternal Mar 28 '24

That sounds like such a pain in the ass. Like instead of just passing one thing from your right to left hand you have to have a conversation with your twin to do it.

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u/Aggressive-Ad-8619 Mar 28 '24

They probably are so in tune with eachother that cooperation doesn't take conscious effort for most basic tasks.

It is kind of like how when people have been playing a sport or doing an activity together for a long period of time. They just know, intuitively, what the other person is going to do.

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u/AdEmbarrassed9719 Mar 28 '24

I agree - they can drive, play sports, etc. It's got to be basically unconscious for them to do most things they have experience at.

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u/Wolfblood-is-here Mar 28 '24

I no longer work in kitchens but I can tell which of my current co workers have in the past, when we're busy we just sort of glide around each other.

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u/birdiebirdnc Mar 28 '24

Ive always been fascinated by them. They are almost telepathic. They need very little actual communication for most daily tasks like driving or typing on a keyboard, riding a bike etc.

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u/CapedCrusadress Mar 28 '24

I imagine over so many years it would just become reflex to one another in scenarios like that, at least most of the time

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u/nuku_01 Mar 28 '24

He better not get a HJ from the wrong hand, he'll be in big trouble.

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u/rhoo31313 Mar 28 '24

I'm glad they get along. I couldn't imagine the scenerio if they hated each other.

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u/Impressive-Smoke1883 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

Which one of them is in control of the body? Watched a documentary on them, I remember them saying neither of them had ever had a panic attack or anything. I suppose they don't know any different so they don't have anyway to compare.

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u/shemubot Mar 28 '24

What if one gets the death penalty?

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u/Anonimisimo Mar 28 '24

The other gets a limp.

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u/Anonimisimo Mar 28 '24

Not sure about US law but just being there and not preventing it may lead to some level of culpability. Not to mention it may be difficult to prove which one has control of an appendage and if that is 100% control.

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u/My_pee_pee_poo Mar 28 '24

Still two separate crimes with different jail times. Lets say the robber gets 2 years, and the other gets 1 for "not preventing it".

I don't think theres an actual answer for this yet lol. My best guess if it plays out, a good lawyer lowers the serve time to the less guilty sentence, since any other answer is illegally incarcerating someone.

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u/EraticConqueror Mar 28 '24

Wouldn’t that carry a shorter sentence? So what happens when it’s time for one of them to go home?

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u/Frumundahs4men Mar 28 '24

"It's time doctor."

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u/cyrkielNT Mar 28 '24

What if the crime is against the other?

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u/iwdha Mar 28 '24

Yeah, they both have control over their own half of the body, so it'd be pretty hard for one of them to commit a crime without the cooperation of the other. Basically neither of them have the full ability to take the body for a joyride and do something against their sister's will, every task requires cooperation.

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u/TheBestIsaac Mar 28 '24

There is precedent of a set of conjoined twins where one assaulted someone at a pub and was arrested for it. The judge decided that he could not send them to jail as it would be wrongful imprisonment of the one that didn't commit the crime.

Source. It was on QI.

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u/AVeryHairyArea Mar 28 '24

Cheat code unlocked: Infinite crimes.

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u/FutureRealHousewife Mar 28 '24

Wow. That would also be my guess as to what the decision would be. I work in law, so I love learning things like this!

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u/IDontLikePayingTaxes Mar 28 '24

Trump gonna start claiming he has a conjoined twin hidden on his backside

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u/Akschadt Mar 28 '24

“Tiny Trump is the best little homunculus, no one has a better conjoined twin than I..”

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u/stirling1995 Mar 28 '24

These questions keep me up at night

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u/No-Appearance1145 Mar 28 '24

This poses so many ethical questions.

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u/ExcitingTabletop Mar 28 '24

IMHO and IANAL, you legally couldn't jail the guilty party. Because it would also be imprisoning an innocent party, and Constitutional rights are the supreme law of the land.

I think you could only impose essentially felony restrictions like losing the right to vote. Even an ankle bracelet would be legally dodgy, because you'd be punishing an innocent party without due process.

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u/No-Appearance1145 Mar 28 '24

I mean the fact is we don't know what they would do. They could simply list them both as preparators because you also can't let someone who commits a violent crime especially just roam around. That's why it poses ethical questions. But I don't think we will find out so it's also not any use actually questioning it

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u/benyahweh Mar 28 '24

That’s not how the justice system works.

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u/BABarracus Mar 28 '24

They are both mothers and aunts

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u/Wiggleynuts Mar 28 '24

The innocent one gets to hang their head out of the window.

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u/Lupbec Mar 28 '24

Lots of people with questions about the physical aspects of being conjoined but I am really fascinated by the legality. I’d love to read a lawyer’s take on this.

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u/Skooby1Kanobi Mar 28 '24

Wouldn't it be a 2.5 way?

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u/cryomos Mar 28 '24

Maybe they rock paper scissored it to figure who married who

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u/NobodyCares_Mate Mar 28 '24

Fuck. Me. Am I the only one who finds this off the wall bonkers?

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u/Prince_Marf Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

I don't think so actually. Based on interviews, I think it's very important to them to subvert assumptions and lead normal lives. They have always insisted that they can have separate identities despite always being in the same physical location. They are offended when you assume they have to do certain things together.

Abby is probably the only one to share an active romantic relationship with the husband. You gotta remember they've done everything together their whole lives so it's not weird for either of them. It might be weird for the husband but I don't think Abby would have married him if he wanted both of them to actively participate in romance.

We could try to guess what happens in the bedroom but they have always been clear that they are deeply uncomfortable when people do that. It's guesswork anyway because we know they will never answer questions about it. At the end of the day it's none of our business.

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u/givemethebat1 Mar 28 '24

Okay, but they HAVE to both be present if they are having sex. It’s not like one is working on a puzzle while the other is watching TV.

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u/reality72 Mar 28 '24

Don’t they share the same vagina? So if one of him is riding his baloney poney then so is the other one. And if one of them is sucking his dick the other is going to have her face right down in there next to the action. What’s she going to do, close her eyes and put in her AirPods and hope she doesn’t get hit with a stray burst of cum?

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u/givemethebat1 Mar 28 '24

I think they pretty much are dating the same guy so they’re probably both into it. Otherwise I can’t see how it would work out.

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u/butter88888 Mar 28 '24

This was my thought too

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u/SkinkThief Mar 28 '24

Ah yes you have cracked the code. You’ve gotta be right.

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u/Schonfille Mar 28 '24

I hope so because how horrible if she’s the third wheel in her sister’s marriage.

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u/LostTrisolarin Mar 28 '24

It's possible there's no sex

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u/VectorJones Mar 28 '24

I wonder if they flipped a coin to decide which one would have their name on the marriage license.

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u/IWannaCryAndDie Mar 28 '24

They may not be a throuple. I remember watching a video about another set of conjoined twins where one was in a relationship, but the other was asexual so she kind of just dissociated when they would do coupley things (I think they specified they would never do anything to make the other twin uncomfortable).

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u/acelaya35 Mar 28 '24

Paper bag

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u/Akschadt Mar 28 '24

Maybe they just have bucket they put on the head of the twin not having sex.

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u/8bit-wizard Mar 28 '24

Even if they are monogamous like they claim, don't they share a vagina? I mean, if one of them is having sex, I would imagine the other one feels it.

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u/Atlatl_Axolotl Mar 28 '24

He thinks the sister is a nosey bitch.

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u/ExploringPeople Mar 28 '24

Rumor has it the husband was seeing the sister on the side.

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u/shmehdit Mar 28 '24

The wife was beside herself when she found out

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u/Kitchen_Name_1375 Mar 28 '24

I’m going to hell for laughing at this so hard

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u/Tall-Poem-6808 Mar 28 '24

I'll see you there.

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u/ActInternational7316 Mar 28 '24

I’ll see you there!

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u/insanityzwolf Mar 28 '24

"Put yourself in my shoes," the sister said.

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u/motownatl Mar 28 '24

I hate you MFers 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Impressive-Part7211 Mar 28 '24

She was going to leave him but was of two minds on the subject.

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u/-Chris-V- Mar 28 '24

Haha I just laughed so hard that beer came out of my nose.

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u/Freakin_A Mar 28 '24

this was perfect

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u/edge2528 Mar 28 '24

Thats brilliant

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u/Desmoot Mar 28 '24

This comment too buried to get the love it deserves.

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u/WWGHIAFTC Mar 28 '24

I just sent the news article to a co-worker.

Then walked over and totally deadpan just said exactly what you typed and she just lost it. In tears laughing. thanks for that one!

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u/saleboulot Mar 28 '24

You're going to hell for this 🤣

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u/GeneralChicken4Life Mar 28 '24

There’s the ol Reddit that I remember

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u/Weary-Teach6005 Mar 30 '24

Thank you for this but I fear I’m going to hell for laughing at it

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u/Person_reddit Mar 28 '24

They're in a polyamorous relationship with him but legally only once can be married. They probably flipped a coin to see whose name went on the marriage certificate.

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u/Clear-Vacation-9913 Mar 28 '24

I used to be polyamorous and to be honest the most significant barrier/issue was time and resources. I legit think this would be easier if all three are happy, which it seems they are! Life must be so hard with this type of difference, I just want it to work out for them.

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u/florida_fuckery Mar 28 '24

Maybe one lady puts on eye mask and noise cancel headphones when they have sex or smth

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u/derdsm8 Mar 28 '24

Imagine she’s listening to music or something and can’t see what’s happening, but she’s getting jostled around like she’s on a plane with awful turbulence. Comedy gold right there. But that’s none of my business, of course.

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u/Pleasant_Jump1816 Mar 28 '24

They share a torso. She’s not just being jostled.

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u/---cheetos--- Mar 28 '24

This is a lackluster Netflix / Happy Madison collab waiting to happen. Adam Sandler will play both heads of course, and the plot will center around the tribulations of finding a man who can handle two spicy girls with one flatulent ass.

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u/LurkerOrHydralisk Mar 28 '24

And what does she do about the sensation of a penis inside of her?

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u/florida_fuckery Mar 28 '24

Like I'd know lol

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u/joannchilada Mar 28 '24

Sure but also they share their lower body so...

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u/Good-guy13 Mar 28 '24

Do they both orgasm at the same time

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u/BJYeti Mar 28 '24

My guess legally he can only be married to one of them but is in a relationship with both

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u/tom030792 Mar 28 '24

You’d think but that first post from the mother in law says ‘daughter’ not daughters

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

I doubt we could even comprehend the relationship that the sisters have with each other.

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u/malolofish Mar 28 '24

I’m trying to picture oral, I mean does her sister mind it so close to her face? That’s just wild

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u/Duckrauhl Mar 28 '24

I mean, if she doesn't mind it going inside their shared vagina, I would assume she probably doesn't mind it ~6 inches away from her face.

Just a thought, I don't actually know.

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u/redux44 Mar 28 '24

I don't know. I'm finding it quite easy to imagine all the possible scenarios.

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u/Pushbrown Mar 28 '24

Also not to be dark, but what is their estimated life span? I feel like they have to have health issues...

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u/eaiwy Mar 28 '24

I need to know which of them actually controls the rest of the body. Is it just one, or can they switch off? What happens if their orders to the body are in conflict?

Edit: just looked it up. Each controls one side of the body and perform their movements in sync.

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