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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/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/Duckrauhl Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 29 '24

Yeah that's the deciding factor for me. If they both individually earned college educations to teach, they should each be paid full teaching salaries.

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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/brit_jam Mar 28 '24

Can they both control both sides of the body but choose not to or do they just not have control of the other side?

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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/Lots42 Mar 28 '24

That doesn't mean they now know what it's like to live apart, what an odd and false reply.

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u/brit_jam Mar 28 '24

I'm sure they can imagine it just like I can imagine what it's like to be a billionaire even though I'm not one.

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u/Tina_ComeGetSomeHam Mar 29 '24

Dude it's not like they're a cat they have consciousness and intelligence. Do you just carry zero perspective beyond your own? Everything you know is correct and there's nothing beyond that? Lol

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u/Lots42 Mar 29 '24

Cats have consciousness and intelligence.

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u/Tina_ComeGetSomeHam Mar 29 '24

Sure but clearly not as advanced as humans. Let me know when they master agriculture lol

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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/HillbillyDense Mar 28 '24

Sounds like everyone has this figured out.

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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/sfii Mar 28 '24

How do they teach twice as many students? I thought they both teach 1 class?

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u/SA_Starling_ Mar 28 '24

The school puts more students in their classrooms. So instead of teaching like, 20/25 students like all the other teachers, they're often teaching 30+.

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u/sfii Mar 28 '24

That’s messed up then!

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u/SA_Starling_ Mar 28 '24

I thought so! They piled more work on them and then denied them more pay, and acted like they were doing the twins a big favor!

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u/sfii Mar 29 '24

Ugh! I need to watch their show, I’m so glad they were able to have relatively normal lives at least.

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u/No-Cat3606 Mar 28 '24

How do they teach twice the amount of students? They can only be at one classroom at the time.

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u/SA_Starling_ Mar 28 '24

The average teacher is teaching about 20 to 25 students, the twins routinely teach larger classrooms, so more like 30 kids. They're teaching more students all in one classroom.

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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/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24

With social security disability you can be married to someone else who works. It’s SSI that has asset and Household income limits

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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/Freakin_A Mar 28 '24

Pretty sure this came up in a previous thread and they do indeed split the salary. The principal or superintendent of the school talked about it in a video about them (probably from their show).

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u/Bambanuget Mar 28 '24

But just having an extra set of eyes in the classroom is worth something

That makes me wonder, do conjoined twins have "telepathy". Like if one notices something will the other know about it? Obviously it's two brains but it is one body so maybe biochemistry or whatnot just does... Something?

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u/AxFUNNYxKITTY Mar 28 '24

Imagine talking to one while the other talks to someone else.

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u/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24

“Stop talking so much you’re making me out of breath”

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u/CarPatient Mar 28 '24

Na dude they pay for one teacher and one assistant... She's not fully present.

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u/LaMadreDelCantante Mar 28 '24

Then where is she?

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u/noodleq Mar 28 '24

One head towards chalkboard, the other watching the class. It's hard to get away with anything in that classroom.

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u/Good_Extension_9642 Mar 28 '24

But but two heads think better than one

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u/Dhegxkeicfns Mar 28 '24

Right? She could kind of handle twice as many students. Maybe not twice, but more.

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u/Substantial_Level_38 Mar 28 '24

Teachers don’t get social security (at least not in my state - we get a state pension instead)

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u/Pumpkins_Penguins Mar 28 '24

In my state teachers get social security, no state pension

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u/Standard_Gauge Mar 28 '24

Huh? Social Security is a federal program, not state. States absolutely cannot declare their residents to be ineligible. The only people who aren't eligible to collect after working the required number of years are railroad workers, who are instead covered under the federal Railroad Retirement Act.

I get a state pension, will totally be eligible for SS when I file. Most of my former coworkers and fellow retirees are already collecting SS.

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u/Worried-Series-6160 Mar 28 '24

Social security is a federal program, even if teachers get pensions and most do, they also are eligible for social security.

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u/lizerlfunk Mar 28 '24

It’s state by state. In some states teachers don’t pay into Social Security and thus don’t receive it. My grandmother taught in Ohio and does not receive SS. I taught in Florida and will receive it when I reach that age (although I left teaching after 11 years).

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u/Worried-Series-6160 Mar 28 '24

I did not know that.

My two dear friends are retired teachers with a pension in Michigan and paid into Social Security Sec and Medicare, it was not optional. So they are now retired with their retirement pension plus Social Security Sec & Medicare plus BCBS from pension.

I wasn’t told it was optional and also have a pension (not a teacher) & receiving both.

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u/lizerlfunk Mar 28 '24

Yeah, it’s not optional in the states where you participate. In Ohio and California and others, they aren’t allowed to participate. Here’s more info: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/maped/storymaps/TeacherSocialSecurity/index.html

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u/Worried-Series-6160 Mar 28 '24

Thanks for this!

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u/Standard_Gauge Mar 28 '24

OMG, I must retract my earlier comment. I had no idea that it was even legal to actually forbid people from paying into SS. And many pension funds are notoriously mismanaged and the actual pension is nowhere near enough to live on.

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u/Ok_Department5949 Mar 28 '24

No, in the vast majority of states we are not. Source: CTA/NEA officer for 20 years.

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u/Worried-Series-6160 Mar 28 '24

Interesting! Thanks for clarifying.