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joelfromaus@aussie.zone to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago

“Back in myyyy day…”

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“Back in myyyy day…”

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joelfromaus@aussie.zone to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago
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    46 minutes ago

    Eight survived…

  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    People with mad game don’t need to front it.

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    They didn’t think about it they just did it.

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    That’s like 2 decades of pushing out kids.

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    I love being childless.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      I love children … in 15 minute doses. That’s why being a childless school bus driver is so great.

    • Dymonika@lemmy.ml
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      *childfree!

      • Omgpwnies@lemmy.world
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        Definitely not free, little fuckers are expensive AF :D

        • IPeaceInYourFace@lemmy.world
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          A 20 year credit card you can never pay off.

  • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
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    13 hours ago

    That’s what happens when a wife is not allowed to say no and birth control doesn’t exist. Could also represent having sex only 15 times over 16 years and getting pregnant every time. My grandmother swore all my grandfather needed to do was look at her and she was pregnant yet again.

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    I don’t think most women wanted to be pregnant back to back like that then.

    My grandmother had 16 children. It destroyed her.

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    19 hours ago

    They needed workers. Not pictured is the shallow grave out back for the 4 that got the rickets

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      And the “orphan train” already passed by, so it’s not pictured either. Or the “for sale” signs when the children became too many. But the chimney sweep kids are “living it up”, as they’re learning an important trade!

      • velma@sh.itjust.works
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        But the chimney sweep kids are “living it up”, as they’re learning an important trade!

        The cancers those chimney sweep kids got were horrific. Last Podcast on the Left recently did a deep dive into chimney sweeps and it was eye-opening. Highly recommend listening if you’re into that kind of thing.

        I was just recommending a podcast episode lol

        • NABDad@lemmy.world
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          if you’re into that kind of thing

          Chimney sweeps, podcasts, cancer, or open eyes?

          • velma@sh.itjust.works
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            Learning more about fucked up things lol

        • MrShankles@lemmy.world
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          Sorry, sorry… that was sarcasm. It was mostly slavery of orphans, guised as trade-skills. As well as the cancers, they also had hellish injury/death, because ya know… 7 year olds are climbing chimneys

          “Put their feet to the fire”… sometimes kids were too afraid to keep climbing, so they lit a fire under them. Sometimes, they became too grown and got stuck in the chimney, possibly dying. Hellish

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            I wasn’t correcting you, I just have ADHD and saw your line about chimney sweeps which reminded me of that podcast episode so I recommended it hahaha

            I’m sorry I didn’t make it clear that I was just conversing with you.

            • MrShankles@lemmy.world
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              Lmao, well damn I’m sorry again! That makes more sense, I misinterpreted cause I is a little dumb. I’ll have to check it out because I am in fact, into those kinda things! Thank you

              • velma@sh.itjust.works
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                No problem :)

                Tone can be so hard to convey on text and then further complicated with neurodivergence haha

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    My dad is 70 and he was the youngest of 14 kids…

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    The food bill for those kids today would be pretty close to the median gross income in USA.

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    https://youtu.be/CAklf8EqDTo

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    If you teach women about their bodies and give them the choice, they will have fewer children.

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      This is why conservatives are anti-sex ed and anti-abortion.

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      True, but they also have more options for birth control. And a family needs two working parents to have a children nowadays as well.

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        True, but they also have more options for birth control.

        That’s the choice that yesman is talking about. Birth control and abortion.

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          Ah, I was thinking more along the lines of emancipation

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    Grandma, you know better. Everyone was just as horny and kinky back then as they are today. You’re STILL horny and kinky Grandma!

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    Grandma wasn’t thinking about sex, she was having it.

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    Bros gotta start pulling out

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      or butt-secks

      • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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        Or maybe they could even consider taking a break from sex altogether

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      No

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        Government minder here wants more meat for the wars

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