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Stacey Grove

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42. The "having a bunch of kids" crap

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 02:45 AM

5 hrs ago

worked better when the society was more agrarian/early industrial/had more access to piece work opportunities.

You could put kids to work.

That was one of the "benefits" (yes, I understand that child labor is bad) of lots of kids is that they could work if they made it through early childhood without dying from common illnesses that modern vaccines prevent.

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Oh, I agree! sagetea 18 hrs ago #29

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Exactly. What white bigots fear most is becoming the minority William Seger 20 hrs ago #5

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That's what struck me BaronChocula 18 hrs ago #28

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"... believe they're on a reality show." playing to that orange corpustulence. erronis 20 hrs ago #9

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Really???????? BurnDoubt 19 hrs ago #20

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Exactly what the REPUBLICNS want! some_of_us_are_sane 18 hrs ago #25

Thank you. hamsterjill 18 hrs ago #34

The "having a bunch of kids" crap Stacey Grove 5 hrs ago #42

Well said! NNadir 18 hrs ago #26

Thank you. hamsterjill 18 hrs ago #31

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Links to NYT article TommyT139 18 hrs ago #30

"endometriosis" WILL KILL YOU -- that is, it will kill women AverageOldGuy 18 hrs ago #32

That's another "woman's problem". Something the Project 2025 authors don't care about. erronis 15 hrs ago #36

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I'm so glad for your friend. erronis 10 hrs ago #39

They must have hit the "hideous her up" button on their AI thingy jmowreader 18 hrs ago #33

To say nothing about that "godly man" probably having multiple other partners, even marriages. erronis 15 hrs ago #37

The GOP needs more little kids to diddle Blue Owl 18 hrs ago #35

This article is a slap in the face to women for multiple reasons dlk 9 hrs ago #40

Objectification. Turning women into objects. erronis 9 hrs ago #41

I need to do research Stacey Grove 4 hrs ago #43