Absolutely Chaotic Memes From The “Absurd Posting” Page That May Leave You Questioning Things (50 Posts)

WHERE THE SKIES ARE SO BLUE!

SWEET HOME ALABAMA

IM COMING HOME TO YOU

*racist lines

*Duelling banjos plays*

Cousins marrying isn't really a problem so as long as it doesn't happen too often in the same family. Where I come from, cousins get married if they can't find anyone good outside of their family, and no one bats an eye 🤣

It'd still make me squeamish and I don't personally like my family enough for all that 😉, but for reference, a 1st cousin should be roughly 12.5% shared DNA, 2nd cousin 3%, and 3rd cousin .78% ish (based on a quick search). Depending on the culture, socially it could be quite alarming, but genetically, the risk of problems is probably low. Another search placed the risk of birth defects at an 1.2-2% increase over non-related couples for 1st cousins - a similar increase as having a child at 41 vs 30. Though I'd want to see more data on that since it was one source data and a bit outdated. It'd not be something I'd ever consider as an option personally, but I recognize the intense repulsion I feel at the idea is more socially generated than science based.

I had a non blood related cousin who wanted to date me, and there's no way that was ever going to happen. Some people didn't think it was a big deal but if you can use the word "cousin" to describe your relationship with a person, that's far too close for me.

Thanks for the info, and I feel that it's definitely more of a social repulsion. Something that I find especially odd is that fact that people in the West (America, Europe, etc.) find the idea of cousins marrying terrible, despite the fact that many people don't even know their first cousins; let alone 2nd or 3rd ones. But in Asia, most first cousins grow up together, my mother is even close with her 2nd cousins. Yet we have no issues with cousin marriages 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️

Idk bout the west Virginia part. The Alabama is strong in this comment

West Virginia legislators just voted down a bill that would raise the age of consent for marriage to 18. So, you can still be a child bride there. Just saying. I do however believe you can still marry your brother/sister in Alabama

In some states there is no age, as long as there is parental consent... and they criticise Islam. No matter how hard people fight, the Republicans vote against a minimum age. Evil.

(leave the pig-lovers alone)