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American mother and her 8 sons, all of whom served in WW2 or the Korean War and survived, 1950s (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@lemmy.world

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[-] xerx@sh.itjust.works 50 points 7 months ago

Reminds me of the “Thankful Villages” or the rarer “Doubly Thankful Villages” in the UK. The former for villages where none of the men died in WWI and the second where none of the men died in both wars. Kind of sobering when you realised that the majority of places suffered losses of their men.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 28 points 7 months ago

Sheesh lady. It's a vagina, not a clown car.

[-] Catoblepas 16 points 7 months ago

Funny, my thought was that her husband needed to figure out what a condom was.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don't think condoms were popularized in the 1930s.

Edit: Apparently they were around then and just began being mass-produced. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom

[-] Catoblepas 3 points 7 months ago

Pulling out has always been free ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Many mothers didn't get all 8 back

[-] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

she’s not octomom.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Not with that lack of promotional spirit!

[-] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Oh man, that has to be some rare joy to keep having for the rest of their lives.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Let's hear it for momma, who just kept cranking them out for about a decade of her life.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

Kinda what people did back then. Low infant mortality was a new concept at the time.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Looks like at least one pair of twins, I'm gonna guess more than one set of multiple births among them all.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Luckiest family.

[-] banghida@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

What's the rape average between them?

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

Committed by them or cause of their conception?

[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

Got an idea for a movie called "Leaving Private Ryan to take care of himself".

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

8 sons...holy shit Dad was bad in bed 🤣

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago

What

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

No but seriously, this isn't something you believe right?

[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 2 points 7 months ago

Mom loved to fuck missionary, it seems.

[-] Duranie@literature.cafe 7 points 7 months ago

I'd love to hear the explanation for this one lol.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

Superstition?

[-] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 1 points 7 months ago

Old legends about how the sex of a child is determined. Today, we know it's based on X and Y chromosomes. I assume the superstition morphed to state that "well, orgasm order, position, wind speed over the Sahara determine which sperm is selected" for which we have no peer-reviewed evidence to the best of my knowledge.