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This is probably the best argument I’ve ever heard for admitting Syrian refugees, or really anyone

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Developed by three young software-engineering students at the University of Iceland, it lets users instantly compare their lineage by bumping their mobile devices together. The app includes an “incest-prevention alarm,” says Arnar Freyr Adalsteinsson, one of the developers. “When you bump, it shows your nearest common ancestors. If you bump with someone who’s too closely related, you get an alarm sound and a text warning.”

That’s right, a country where people are so similar you need a mobile app to tell you if your drunk booty call is a relative.

46 Responses

  1. Stared at this for solid 5 minutes before realizing what the joke was. Can we leave refugees out of this? I can think of a hundred better reasons for all of our nations to welcome refugees – without making light of the trauma they’ve faced and the homes they’ve lost.

  2. This is the stupidest argument I’ve ever heard of for admitting a bunch of low-IQ Muslim louts into one of the largest and civilized countries in Europe.

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