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“Back in myyyy day…” (thelemmy.club)

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Before modern medicine, often people would have a ton of kids because they would frequently die.

Before modern medicine, birth control and abortions were much harder to come by, too.

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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Also, women didn't really get much of a say in the matter.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

God forbid you point that out though, there's a bunch of people who think this was all consensual.

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[–] cabbagepatchcrabs@retrolemmy.com 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

This is a really important factor here that it wasn't exactly "Grandma's" choosing (not to make the meme unfunny but...) Yeah, more often than not it was "Grandpa" with no choice in the matter.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

It's ok to not laugh at a meme like this.

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