• nieceandtows@programming.dev
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    2 years ago

    What I’ve found is that after a week socializing with twins, it’s pretty much impossible to confuse one with the other, especially if they’re older. There’s always some little quirk that differentiates the two. The parents who raised them would have to be out of the world shitty if they can’t tell apart their children.

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      2 years ago

      Have siblings who are twins. Can confirm. In fact growing up with them it was weird to me that people got them confused with each other at all given how different they really are

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      Can confirm. During my whole primary school there were two twin girls in my class and me and all my other mates could tell them apart instantly but any other child in the school couldn’t. Actually we were quite surprised when they couldn’t because for us was quite obvious to differentiate them both.

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      This. I know identical twins, at first glance they look exactly the same, but with a little time it’s pretty easy to tell them apart. Even in older photos it’s not that hard to tell which is which.

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        Me and the clone argue about old photos about who is whom. Like, WE don’t know who WE are in some photos.

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          Keep in mind that you two also aren’t used to telling each other apart. You’re perspective is always from the inside and the other is just the other. Your parents or other siblings would probably be much better at differentiating between you two. (I would assume.)

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      I could see this happening when they are babies though. Like 6 weeks in Bob becomes Tom and Tom becomes Bob and you might never know. I don’t think that would be harmful at such a young age though.

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        Where I live, birth certificate registration require footprints taken by a nurse. I imagine identical twins still have different footprints pattern?

        Imagine when you’re old and tried to compare your footprints out of curiosity only to find out your identity has been swapped this whole time.