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In terms of having the "marrying cousins" stereotype.

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[–] bradv@lemmy.ca 103 points 1 year ago (7 children)
[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Here's a tip for Americans, if you want to annoy a Canadian ask them if they're from Alberta, if they ask why tell them they give of Alberta vibes, if you're feeling sauce just say 'Berta vibes instead of Alberta vibes.

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[–] fresh@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don’t think Canada has an Alabama. As conservative as they are, Alberta is wealthy, highly educated, and they frequently vote for women and POC. They like β€œsmall government”, but also have some of the highest paid government workers in the country. I just don’t see much similarity.

I think the comparison to Texas is more apt because they’re both conservative petro states with center left suburban sprawl cities.

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[–] krayj@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I've always heard that Alberta is the 'Texas of Canada' (presumably for the oil & being politically conservative). But since Canada only has 10 provinces, I guess that would mean each province needs to represent 5 different US states.

If Alabama and Texas are two of them, what are the other 3 for Alberta?

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

New mexico, Utah, not sure about the other

Most of the mid-west would be split between Saskatchewan and winnipeg

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Rafael Cruz is from Alberta, so even got enough crazy to export.

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[–] cs127@lemmy.sdf.org 64 points 1 year ago

Iranian here.

All of them.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tasmania for Australia. At least they are on their own island.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tasmania, reputedly home of the diamond-shaped family tree

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[–] mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the Saarland for Germany or some parts of Bayern (Bavaria) depending on who you ask

[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Bavaria is more like Texas and Saxony is Florida, the crazy swamp part, not the rich.

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[–] peter@feddit.uk 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ask anyone in the UK and they'll tell you the next county over from them

[–] christophski@feddit.uk 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Globulart@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I'm from Somerset which would be a classic answer but Norfolk is still considered the one county that saves us from being the goto joke inbreds.

It's a load of bs anyway... I'm barely related to my wife at all!

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[–] T1000@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago
[–] Ashiette@lemmy.one 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The north, in France. Lille is the rumoured capital of cousin-inbreeding.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Les Ch’tis

[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

In the Netherlands, its gotta be Urk.

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[–] Treczoks@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] Persen@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Every other balkan country except the one i live in.

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sardinia is something between Alabama and Scotland (πŸ‘)

[–] T1000@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

You misspelt England.

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago

In Australia it's Tasmania

[–] Mananasi@feddit.nl 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

In the Netherlands it's Urk, although it's not a province but a municipality

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[–] matto@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Probably Saskatchewan.

It's not Alberta, right guys? Right?

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[–] sndrtj@feddit.nl 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

For the Netherlands: Katwijk, even had a genetic disease named after it.

https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katwijkse_ziekte

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[–] astreus@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Loving all the Scots embracing the United Kingdom in this thread by describing England as a part of their country πŸ˜‰

[–] Pogbom@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

If they're gonna be forced to be part of the UK, they can also enjoy the privilege of shitting on it like the rest do.

[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Either SkΓ₯ne or anything far up north in Sweden.

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[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

South mountain in Nova Scotia, Canada. There was (still is?) a family (the Goler clan) famous for poverty, sexual abuse, and inbreeding. A bunch of them were arrested for sexual abuse in the 1980s. Rumor has it, they inspired the Xfiles episode "Home".

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[–] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] GodsKillerKirb@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Vaginal_blood_fart@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

EVERY SINGLE ONE. Marrying cousins is more than common, its prrtty much standard.

[–] mrsgreenpotato@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Podlasie in Poland, definitely. My friend's parents have both the same maiden name despite not being closely related. Their whole village has basically the same surname.

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[–] InactiveBeef@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Speaking only on the incest stereotype, Spanish Wells in the Bahamas. They’re known for strictly dating and marrying other fellow islanders, which at this point is basically one large family.

Edit to remove the double β€œat this point”

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Mexico: Nuevo LeΓ³n (specifically Monterrey)

[–] iByteABit@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The south. It's always the south.

The question is: does it flip after passing the equator or is the law universal for both halves of the globe?

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[–] Grimble@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Alberta, and definitely traces of it in the Maritimes kkkanada

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[–] TvanBuuren@feddit.nl 12 points 11 months ago

The Netherlands? Urk.

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