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Ninjas4cool t1_j1t070f wrote

If it’s good enough for Futurama it’s good enough for me

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Fermifighter t1_j1vb0b8 wrote

VERILY! And that past-nastification is arguably worse.

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TheNerdChaplain t1_j1t2ari wrote

Wait till they learn about Aragorn and Arwen.

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Mangledpork t1_j1tkm9k wrote

As a perfect extra factoid from checking the Wikipedia page, I love that one of the scenes cut for the change was "A cameo by director James Mangold where he plays a director whose film is being changed to meet the demands of a test screening."

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dishonourableaccount t1_j1t4tue wrote

Funnily enough Stuart was portrayed by Liev Schreiber and Leopold by Hugh Jackman. The two would later portray the siblings Sabertooth and Wolverine.

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Wyjen t1_j1uvkvc wrote

Didn’t James Mangold direct an X-men movie too?

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BrightBlueSquid t1_j1vk2xm wrote

Not any of the main films, but he did direct The Wolverine and Logan (arguably the best movie set in that universe).

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Destination_Centauri t1_j1t4niu wrote

Rule#1 of Time Travel:

NEVER EVER sleep with anyone! NEVER! Might end up being your great-grandmother, or some direct ancestor?

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Gladix t1_j1ubiji wrote

Honestly, judging by the current porn trends that's more of a dare than a threat at this point.

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chbailey442013 t1_j1vqht3 wrote

But what if your mom is really hot and she thinks you're Calvin Klein?

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emceemcee t1_j1wxzxs wrote

Don't tell me how to live my... * poof *

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doct3r_l3xus t1_j1u8mpa wrote

Well, if you go back in time on the same timeline your present is on, you would not be able to avoid or force something like that.

Because everything that lead to your existence in the future can't be changed by you in the past. Otherwise, you would not exist and therefore would not be able to travel back in time and change something.

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snow_michael t1_j1uno5w wrote

Unless you believe in branching timelines

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doct3r_l3xus t1_j1unw9g wrote

In that case, clap them cheeks cause it won't affect you personally.

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kyle_750 t1_j1xexy9 wrote

So you're saying terminator 2 isn't real

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snow_michael t1_j1unlel wrote

Go watch The Flip Side of Dominic Hide for proof of this

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T3canolis t1_j1swy24 wrote

I get why the screenwriter would think that’s a fun little joke, but I also agree with the critics that it does not belong in an otherwise light and breezy fantasy rom-com. Like, even if it isn’t incest in the legal sense, I don’t know if that sort of thing is what you want your audience contemplating.

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sprint6864 t1_j1ucnlv wrote

Futurama has proven you wrong; it can make it quite hilarious

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crixx93 t1_j1svf0m wrote

I think great great grand parents are removed enough to not be considered incest. I think you are even safe with second cousins

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Hattix t1_j1tsye0 wrote

You work out how much of your genome would be identical to the relation to calculate the Relationship Coefficient. As the relative is direct-line, then it's simply how much of your genome is contributed by that ancestor and this simplifies much of the math.

It'd be 6.25% for a great great grandparent.

In terms of centiMorgans, it'd be around 200. Full first cousins share the same as great grandparents (around 850 cM), first cousins once removed would be the same as great great grandparents.

To avoid inbreeding related malady, you usually want shared DNA to be below 10%, ideally below 5%.

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tetoffens t1_j1txyy4 wrote

As in that it won''t lead to genetic defects? Yes. As in far enough to remove the gross factor? I'd say no.

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Vordeo t1_j1tzutt wrote

So you're saying that if I ever got a time machine, going back in time and banging my great great grandma would be cool, right?

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snow_michael t1_j1unghv wrote

I think the level of 'cool' might depend upon her level of 'hot'

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spasske t1_j1uh7og wrote

The 60s Elvis movie Kissin Cousins title song included the lyric:

“But we're kissin' cousins 'n that's what makes it all right”

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frogandbanjo t1_j1t73bp wrote

...when?

I distinctly remember seeing the movie on some basic cable channel, and it was right out there in the text. It wasn't a subtle reference. She was absolutely his distant relative. He realizes it and gives some aw-shucks speech about the nature of the cosmos and time.

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