joelfromaus@aussie.zone to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days ago“Back in myyyy day…”lemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down13
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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoBefore modern medicine, often people would have a ton of kids because they would frequently die.
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·29 days ago 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.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoAlso, women didn’t really get much of a say in the matter.
minus-squarecabbagepatchcrabs@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·29 days agoThis 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.
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·29 days agoIt’s ok to not laugh at a meme like this.
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.
Also, women didn’t really get much of a say in the matter.
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.
It’s ok to not laugh at a meme like this.