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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThere are regions of the states that could use this:
A new smartphone app has been developed in Iceland that can be used to alert each of the country's 320,000 inhabitants as to whether they share a common ancestor with potential sexual partners. The "anti-incest" function allows users to bump their phones together to check their heritage against a central database and make sure they're not breaking any laws before knocking boots. All of which raises the question: was there anything about your former partners that you wish an app could have warned you about beforehand? Which nasty surprises could you have done without? It could be anything from bad breath to a secret lovechild.
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/18/iceland-anti-incest-app
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There are regions of the states that could use this: (Original Post)
ohiosmith
Apr 2013
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Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)1. If forced to chose just one, it would have to be,..........
the 'inexpert'
Moondog
(4,833 posts)3. ~
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)5. !!!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. “Bump in the app before you bump in the bed.”
That could solve all kinds of problems.
Moondog
(4,833 posts)4. It could. But it probably won't.
All too frequently those moments are not accompanied by a lot of forethought or reflection.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)6. Ah spontaneity.
It's not likely that I'll be boffing ant of my cousins.
I'm not worried about anyone else.
Moondog
(4,833 posts)7. Just so.
Not a likely scenario for me either.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)8. I've looked at the pillow next to me and shook my head.
Charity begins at home.
Not anymore.
We've decided that I've become rather high maintenance in some areas.
Not anymore.
We've decided that I've become rather high maintenance in some areas.