joelfromaus@aussie.zone to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago“Back in myyyy day…”aussie.zoneimagemessage-square167linkfedilinkarrow-up11.09K
arrow-up11.09Kimage“Back in myyyy day…”aussie.zonejoelfromaus@aussie.zone to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square167linkfedilink
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·6 days agoBefore modern medicine, often people would have a ton of kids because they would frequently die.
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up29·6 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-up34·6 days agoAlso, women didn’t really get much of a say in the matter.
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up23·6 days agoGod forbid you point that out though, there’s a bunch of people who think this was all consensual.
minus-squarecabbagepatchcrabs@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 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-up6·6 days agoIt’s ok to not laugh at a meme like this.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoRather than attributing this to the lack of modern medicine, I would attribute this to the lack of television and the internet. 🤣
minus-squareIPeaceInYourFace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days ago100% What else if there to but fuck?
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.
God forbid you point that out though, there’s a bunch of people who think this was all consensual.
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.
Rather than attributing this to the lack of modern medicine, I would attribute this to the lack of television and the internet. 🤣
100%
What else if there to but fuck?