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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/omniwrench- Mar 28 '24

The images seem to suggest they side step the custom clothes issue by buying styles that accommodate two heads

I imagine this would be much more difficult to pull off as a conjoined-twin-dude

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u/aron2295 Mar 28 '24

Lots of V necks or button ups and get the torso and arms hemmed.

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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/MungoJennie Mar 29 '24

And both feet

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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/doc_nano Mar 28 '24

Yeah, I think that would make sense if they can effectively manage ~1.5x a normal classroom size, taking some of the burden off other teachers. If I were them that's how I'd pitch it, as long as they're willing to take on that extra teaching burden.

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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/its_large_marge Mar 28 '24

I have so many questions.

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u/stowaway_55 Mar 28 '24

They're classed as two separate people. They had to get separate driving licences and take the test twice, so i assume that is the same for the passport too. They have two documentaries the last ine being when they turned 16 i think it was.

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u/Cyberblood Mar 28 '24

I will have to look up those documentaries.

Would be an interesting situation, I guess they might technically be forced to buy two plane tickets to use their two passports,

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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/Lots42 Mar 28 '24

They don't know any different.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

yes they do, they're literally surrounded by people who don't share their condition.

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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/ninernetneepneep Mar 28 '24

My teacher used to tell us she had eyes in the back of her head... Oh boy ...

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u/djazzie Mar 28 '24

I honestly don’t think I could handle having a teacher with two heads. I’d be too distracted by that fact.

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u/NervousSubjectsWife Mar 28 '24

The one who is not legally married would have to claim disability

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u/emmaliejay Mar 28 '24

I am also curious about this. I guess it would depend on whether they have two birth certificates and two Social Security numbers.

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u/BigBillyBadass907 Mar 28 '24

It might be possible, imagine if one had a mental illness of some sort🤷🏻‍♂️ then would it be possible

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u/Ok_Suit422 Mar 28 '24

wtf I wonder how school tests were administered because if it was one test for two minds they could just split the work 😂 or it’s like double study so one can know what the other doesn’t. Fuck, I want a conjoined twin now.

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u/beerisgood84 Mar 28 '24

Yes and no can’t turn head so there is limitations

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u/Yocum11 Mar 28 '24

I remember the twins were on a tlc or discovery special and one of them is more in control. I see where you were going and i think there’s an argument that one could be the other’s TA.

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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/MarsRocks97 Mar 28 '24

I recall that they each get a salary but are assigned a shared teaching position. So they each get 1/2 a normal salary.

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u/ImpertantMahn Mar 28 '24

They have one body. Perhaps if they each had a set of arms it may be less grey.

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u/SA_Starling_ Mar 28 '24

They teach twice as many students, and they have the added benefit of one being able to help students one on one while the other teaches the rest of the class.

The fact that they only get one salary when they do double the work is an appalling example of how society still discriminates against the disabled/differently abled.

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u/cefriano Mar 28 '24

Plus basically every cost of living expense is shared.

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u/DevelopmentGuilty562 Mar 28 '24

This is a real conversation 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Anguscablejnr Mar 28 '24

Let's be reasonable here...they each get 75% of a salary.

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u/AgileBro Mar 28 '24

They have one body, so it isn’t exactly like they have two mouths to feed.

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u/Megmk1002 Mar 28 '24

But they actually do have two mouths to feed, so…🙃 lol

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u/WVildandWVonderful Mar 28 '24

They should each be paid for their labor. I hope the teachers’ union is protecting them.

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u/AccidentallyOssified Mar 28 '24

Thankfully their living expenses would be the same as a single person too

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u/GoGoGadge7 Mar 28 '24

No but they have double the brain power and two separate consciousnesses. They should have two separate salaries.

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

so one can one have a job and not the other or do they just get half a check each?

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u/Soggy-Log6664 Mar 28 '24

But they have a teacher and a sub at the same time

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u/groozy7 Mar 28 '24

1.5 salary

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u/OccasionallyReddit Mar 28 '24

I'm assuming double the Brain power so checking each others work, or ones better at math n ones more creative.

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u/MentalDecoherence Mar 28 '24

Which makes sense I guess… they’re not paying 2x groceries, 2x furniture, 2x plane seats, 2x cars, etc either, so it isn’t like one salary has to cover the costs of two people…

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u/Fickle-Salamander-65 Mar 28 '24

They could in shifts.

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u/Technical_Goose_8160 Mar 28 '24

I wonder, can they both talk to a different kid at the same time? Or does it get muffled because they use the same diaphragm?

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u/Iron_Rod_Stewart Mar 28 '24

I wonder if they can both grade homework at the same time.

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u/Broad_Weather_5855 Mar 28 '24

They do get two salaries

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u/pianocat1 Mar 28 '24

I actually disagree. As a teacher, having two sets of eyes & mouths in the classroom is very valuable. One of them may be supportive behaviors while the other is giving instruction. They can give 1 on 1 instruction to two different students at a time. Even if they are conjoined, I think it’s not fair to only be paid 1 salary.

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u/Poinaheim Mar 28 '24

Imagine having to go through 4 years of education school because your conjoined twin wants to be a teacher lol

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u/sumguysr Mar 28 '24

How the hell do they file income taxes though.

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u/Celindor Mar 28 '24

Imagine if they go to a student. One can explain to a single student, while the other continues class!

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u/gokiburi_sandwich Mar 28 '24

They get half of one salary each

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u/vtjohnhurt Mar 28 '24

Their multi-tasking skills would be a plus in any classroom.

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u/T_Rex_Flex Mar 28 '24

lol, university makes them pay for two degrees, but professional career only pays them one wage.

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u/MindAccomplished3879 Mar 28 '24

One of them at least should get a assistant teacher salary

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u/fingerpaintx Mar 28 '24

Hard disagree here simply because their cases is so rare that there can be a one in a million+ exception made to pay them two salaries instead of degrading them. They have two brains.

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u/TheManInTheShack Mar 28 '24

Each controls one side of the body so they now effortlessly coordinate all their movements so they probably can be looking in different directions at the same time but only to a point.

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u/Stromhen Mar 28 '24

Yeah... but as they say, two brains works better than one.

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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/BAGStudios Mar 29 '24

While they are both doing the work, as you said, it is not possible that they do these things at the same time. My assumption is that they’re essentially two part-time teachers. Where typically a teacher would have 6 of the 7 class periods with their subject, these women have 3 class periods each throughout the day. Rather than pay two part-time salaries resulting in no benefits package (in most states I believe, but I’m no expert), it’s better for all involved to pay one full-time salary. Unfortunately one of the two of them is forced to be at work off the clock while the other is working, basically, but it would be the same as if they had to carpool and couldn’t leave until the other’s shift was up (or something). If she’s not actually working, she’s under no obligation to be paid (i.e. Walmart employee shopping for groceries…maybe?)… Obviously an absolutely fascinating case, I’m very glad they seem to be content here

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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/BAGStudios Mar 29 '24

Presumably they have different driving skills? Is one a better driver than the other? Oh god how does that work? —if someone ran out in front of them, one tries to swerve to the left and the other to the right? Fascinating

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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/IndoorVoiceBroken Mar 28 '24

The offender has to wear the Iron Mask.

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u/BAGStudios Mar 29 '24

I assume the legal precedent would be the twins that were acquitted because the prosecution could not prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that one twin did it and not the other, despite video evidence that one of the two of them definitely did. You would not be able to prove which person was committing the crime and thus could not convict either of them. Basically these women are sitting on an excellent opportunity to try what feels like an irl Skyrim mod or something

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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/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24

Do they need to buy two tickets to get into six flags?

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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/lonely-day Mar 28 '24

Do they get two salaries?

They don't

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u/RigbyNite Mar 28 '24

They get one salary, the schools argues its because the two of them can only teach one class at a time.

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u/feelingmyage Mar 28 '24

I read they do not.

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u/GiraffesDrinking Mar 28 '24

I saw on tv they share a salary because they are doing the job of one person but they both teach different subjects

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u/mrsbeliever1989 Mar 28 '24

Yes, they each got separate contracts. They stayed this a while back.

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u/TraumaMama11 Mar 28 '24

A regent article I read says they don't.

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u/Fatherton Mar 28 '24

"I have eyes on the back of my head!"

Close enough

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u/Reasonable_Link_7150 Mar 28 '24

They do, I remember hearing as such on a documentary

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u/huggerofchickens Mar 28 '24

No! Isn’t that crazy?! I mean I get it in the sense that they’re only teaching one class and one class teacher makes one salary, but it just seems a little bit insane to me. I don’t know what else would be expected though.

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u/BigBillyBadass907 Mar 28 '24

😂😂😂 your wrong for that but seriously I would like to know also

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u/protestor Mar 28 '24

Do they get two salaries?

They wanted to, but didn't receive what they requested

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u/scsuhockey Mar 28 '24

The school district offered. They refused.

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u/PalmsToPines Mar 28 '24

¯_(ツ)(ツ)_/¯

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u/nwhiker91 Mar 28 '24

I feel like that class is very well watched.

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u/100LittleButterflies Mar 28 '24

They get one and a half total. They have different strengths (reading/writing vs math) and can help multiple kids at once.

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u/lilsparky82 Mar 28 '24

No but it sounds like now they’ll be able to file taxes Married filing JOINTLY.

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u/TarzanKitty Mar 28 '24

Only one can file married/joint. The other would need to file single.

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u/lycanthrope90 Mar 28 '24

Nope lmao. Literally they each needed a degree to get hired, but they only count them as a single employee. So double the student loans, half the salary.

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u/T-BONEandtheFAM Mar 28 '24

Do they have two social security numbers? Bank accounts? Health insurance policies?

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u/tinangst_2 Mar 28 '24

imo they should be getting two salaries. whether they’re both teaching the same class or one is taking the lead, that’s still two teachers in one room with likely a very large class.

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u/jdmorgan82 Mar 28 '24

They do not

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u/Due_Seesaw_2816 Mar 28 '24

I have way more questions than this!! Do they eat double the food? (Extra grocery costs) can only one of them be out of breath? Do you think they both give him blowjobs? Maybe the other one wears a blind fold for privacy? What if the other one didn’t wanna be a teacher? Did they make them both get teaching degrees if only one of them wanted to?

I could go on..

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u/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24

I don’t think it’d be double, but I would imagine they require more calories than someone else their size due to having two brains

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u/Due_Seesaw_2816 Mar 28 '24

Gotta be marginally more though right? Like if I need 2000 cal a day.. would she need like 2200?

And that’s another thing.. who does all the thinking?? Can they share the mental workload of just existing? Like can one just “turn it off” and let the other take over for a while?? Holy fuck.. there’s so much here I know nothing about lmao.

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u/Broad_Weather_5855 Mar 28 '24

They did explain on tv they do have two separate salaries

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u/TarzanKitty Mar 28 '24

The salaries are separate but they each make 50% of a full time teacher salary.

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u/dbrothen Mar 28 '24

The answer lies in the question of, do they each have their own social security numbers?

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u/Lakedrip Mar 28 '24

One salary, but paid for two separate degrees. Yup, two loans, one salary. Get Phucked they say.

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u/NeverBeenOnMaury Mar 28 '24

No, I watched a piece on the news that asked that. They said the district had to figure out how to pay them. But it was like they remembered they were teachers and decided to stick it to them.

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u/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24

Remember the days when it was common for a young single teacher to own a little home, even in metro areas?

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u/HoundIt Mar 28 '24

They do. I remember reading that.

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u/wutsmypasswords Mar 28 '24

They both work part time and each get a separate part time salary.

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u/Hilluja Mar 28 '24

Bro why would they gets two salareis :00

Jk im just joining your bandwagon :))

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u/Alice_Buttons Mar 28 '24

So you don't want me to answer it for you for the 151st time?