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[–] [email protected] 89 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Incest must have been going on further back in their families because first cousins do have higher risk of genetic issues but it's barely higher than normal if it's a first occurrence (hence marriage between first cousins being legal in most places even to this day).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, for sure but come the 50th occurrence however....

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, yeah - what they said.

And Arkansas needs a tax base, so this family reunion is sponsored by Tinder!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

there needs to be a word or phrase for when someone simply restates the previous comment.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm sure he wasn't the first to notice that incest had negative health effects.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

And yet, it was witchcraft.

"Those damned heretics!... May the Divine smite them down each time we cousins clap cheeks!"

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm pretty sure the effects of inbreeding have always been well known.

Sorry to ackshully, the joke was funny