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They must of just let there babies starve or something idk

This is a semi joking post

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[–] 7uWqKj 4 points 14 hours ago

If the post is not a joke, your grammar definitely is

[–] kofe 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Jokes aside, there have been cultures where women went into labor and would deliver by themselves away from the tribe. It's been a while since I read about it, but iirc if she returned without the newborn is was either unacknowledged or at minimum just accepted as her decision. Imagine having a still birth or a child with extreme physical deficiencies prior to modern medicine. I do remember thinking when I read it that it surely resulted in women not returning, too, because childbirth can be risky even with a team of professionals.

Also wet nurses have been a thing, and the practices with that range from understandable to horrific - think wives of slave owners not wanting to breast feed, so they force a slave that's given birth recently take on the duty, usually as a priority over their own child. Course, there's always been women who couldn't produce milk, so it has been done altruistically, too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

That one always confused me. They probably aren't feeding and housing the slave that's feeding their baby well. Maybe I am missinformed but i'd imagine that provided less healthy milk. Not to mention the stress associated with having to feed someone else's baby.

[–] blackbelt352 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Breast milk and mortar and pestles have existed for a long time too to make food into a mush.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

How would they get a mortar and pestle? They didn't have stores back then.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Back then nature was still intact, so they could just pick them from a mortar and pestle tree.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago

Isn't that a violation of labor law?

[–] blackbelt352 2 points 20 hours ago

They're not particularly complicated. you basically need a sturdy bowl and a stick to crush and grind stuff in said bowl.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

it's just fancy words for a cup and a stick smh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, and even if they got one... they just like going up breast milk???

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

must of

there

\facepalm

[–] Lost_My_Mind 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So, women are beautiful, and their big bouncy boobs are loved by everybody.....but what if I told you a secret hack that could feed babies, using nothing more than a pair of boobs??? Gerber hates this one simple trick!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

must of

Must have, or must’ve. Of is a preposition, not a verb.

[–] Lost_My_Mind 2 points 1 day ago

He must of not dun known bout no good grammer. Kell C Grammer! Talkin' bout my boy Fraiser!

[–] Blue_Morpho 17 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago
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[–] Evotech 5 points 1 day ago

Kids died a lot more back in the days

[–] Papanca 6 points 1 day ago

Ah, the origin of kissing

[–] DragonsInARoom 2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's my secret

I'm never sober

[–] Psythik 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

If you're never sober, then you're never high, either. Tolerance is a bitch.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Well no because I switch drugs once in a while

Got to stay fresh when I'm doing business critical work

[–] Psythik 1 points 4 minutes ago

That only works for awhile. Eventually you run out of dopamine and then nothing works, even if you haven't touched it in years. Ask me how I know.