By the way, do you know 1/3 of all couples in the world are incestuous? Mostly first or second cousins, especially in non-Western countries.
> If offspring results, it'll probably have some severe genetic problems.
Not rly, not so fast. A couple generations won't do anything. This is mostly a myth created by the church. For example, it's much worse and more dangerous to make babies after drinking alcohol, than incest.
> My Holy Book says it's a no-no.
Those are written for the lambs. Since you created this thread, you're a thinking being, so don't worry about what "holy" books say.
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Taboo is not the result of instinct. If incest were so bad, measures against it would have been taken long before apes, just like everything else related to reproduction, the main feature of life.
> Also it occurs with friends--"I couldn't date him, he's like a brother to me."
Only girls think like this, and this is because, for some reasons, they have two completely independent mindsets of "friends" and "love interests", and for some retarded reason, their loved one is not considered their best friend. I think the way these girls think is majorly fucked up and idiotic, but not really related to incest.