Essay:Why All Alaskans Are Mentally Ill

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It is a well-known fact (by me) that all Alaskans suffer from severe mental illness. Thankfully, the good Lord has made known to me the reasons for this.

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[edit] Geography

Maine is the part of the U.S. furthest from the equator (except for Alaska). This makes all the difference. [1] Large sheets of ice called "glashers" or something like that, and mountains and stuff keep all the people apart so that they get lonely.

[edit] Isolation

[edit] Physical

This isolation leads to loneliness [2], Onanism...

[edit] Genetic

...and inbreeding.

[edit] Sunlight, what's that?

They suffer from chronic seasonal affective disorder.

[edit] Dessert

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And they have a lame, old-fashioned dessert named after them, which does not contain goat.

[edit] Anecdotal evidence

Valerie Plame is from Alaska, and she clearly has a persecution complex, thus essentially proving the hypothesis.

[edit] But the Technology!

At least one of them understands the Internet!

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