joelfromaus@aussie.zone to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours ago“Back in myyyy day…”aussie.zoneimagemessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1985arrow-down115
arrow-up1970arrow-down1image“Back in myyyy day…”aussie.zonejoelfromaus@aussie.zone to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square154fedilink
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·18 hours agoBefore modern medicine, often people would have a ton of kids because they would frequently die.
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down2·18 hours 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-up33arrow-down1·17 hours agoAlso, women didn’t really get much of a say in the matter.
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·17 hours agoGod forbid you point that out though, there’s a bunch of people who think this was all consensual.
minus-squarecabbagepatchcrabs@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·16 hours 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-up5arrow-down2·16 hours agoIt’s ok to not laugh at a meme like this.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·15 hours 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-up1·8 hours 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?