#ooc

Nice!

Sarah Avery Wilde

if you want to look her up

Dad's line is all mountain, Mom's family came from the city

cool

on my dad's side, we have a pirate

LOL I know this is a taboo, but first cousins ARE genetically safe to bred.

my great-aunt laura and her husband eugene were first cousins

to be fair, laura was born in 1890

she died a very tiny, very old lady

The incest taboo comes wholly from the fact that close relations can carry recessive mutations.

yup

but weird social things - like, cultures where "cross cousins" are fine, but other first cousins aren't

Well, it's not a universal taboo...ancient Egypt? What's a cross-cousin?

cross cousin is, like, your dad's sisters or mom's brother's kids

but not dad's brothers and mom's sisters

There was a case, I think, where siblings separated as infants met later in life, fell in love and wanted to marry. It was disallowed, even though they had not planned to have children. That seems...hypocritical, to me? They weren't going to be popping out mutant babies. OHHH, okay, I see. Hm.

Yeah, I can't figure out the difference, cross-cousins.

i recall this from an undergand antho class, so details are fuzzy and I am sleepy

but incest taboo varies

Yeah. Interesting fact, though -- it is strongest in females who have seen their mother nursing another infant, it supposedly inhibits later romantic feelings for that person.

And incest taboo-disgust is, not surprisingly, weaker in guys, supposedly. With the whole raised-together thing.

cool

I guess it makes sense, it's a lot worse for a female to carry and bear a defective baby than a guy to make one.

Psychology classes, the weird crap you learn in texts.

Sorry, you said you were sleepy. smooch And I am rambling. Night!

nini

night

-peers in to see if anyone is alive, pokes with a stick-

Leaving a note - I'm off on a theme park day trip for the Birthday of the Things. I'll get EMs. Feel free!

morning

Morning

sup?

Just woke. Thinking if coffee is worth getting up for.

You?

pretty much, yes

mmm

i think i want a waffle

Sorry I ran off suddenly last night. My smol is going through crazy nightmare shit and sometimes literally will not stay in his bed unless I'm there. It will pass soon, hopefully.

I'm out teaching today but will likely try to be around tonight.

wheeee

Sorry Z went poof JUST as you were ready

I brought in Janet for you

so friendly, much nice

For her? Hmph. She never came to see Jer since Desolation, has she? ^_^ I tease. Not many have, to be fair.

I want Jack In the Box, but don't want to get dressed to go out.

jeremy was also overwhelmed last night

she said hi and -smiled-

I know, I am teasing. 🙂 Tbh, convalescents can make people really uncomfortable.