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		Sophistifunk on April 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ennui: How to Overcome Chronic Boredom Society? You think the desire for children is something cooked up by evil capitalists? How exactly did humans not go extinct before 1800?

roywiggins on April 30, 2020 [–]

Strictly speaking it didn't matter much what people wanted back then. Babies happened regardless. Women had very little say in whether they had babies. Family planning is very new.

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