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If one conjoined twin commits a murder without the consent of their twin, will both have to go to prison or nobody? (lemmings.world)
submitted 7 months ago by freijon@lemmings.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Not disagreeing but I don't think it's appropriate to refer to one twin as a "half"

[–] shrugal@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Afaik it's pretty common to call twin~~k~~s "halfs", conjoined or not. I'm a twin, and I've been asked about "my other half" my whole life. Same thing with couples, or any two people who are perceived as belonging together for some reason.

[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

it's pretty common to call twinks "half's"

That is a brilliant typo

[–] shrugal@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Can't hide my gaming history 😅

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago

It's half a set of twins. It's okay.

I don't speak for my clone, let alone all twins. But I don't care. I rode a bike down the side of a highway with no helmet as the logging trucks passed us by: this label will not hurt me.

[–] Baahb@feddit.nl 2 points 7 months ago

The person per person count is slightly skewed for conjoined twins :)