So this guy believes in Nick Cannon, who has 12 children with six women

TIL about this list.

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls524521394/

Mia Farrow with 14 kids. (Impressive!)

And DMX with 17 kids.

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TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 87 pts · 1y (3 replies)

My grandfather is 91, and we were talking about his family when he was a kid. This picture is how many siblings he had.
His father would come home every ten months and then leave a few days later.

This picture is not a healthy family.

RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

He probably had 3 other families too lol

TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y

He did have at least one other family, yep. Good call. They even tried to connect years ago, but it didn't work out.

Thankfully my grandfather and his brothers and sisters came out as good people. Most of them are still alive too.

Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

It's the turning point of modern medicine keeping too many backup kids alive.

Shard@lemmy.world · 79 pts · 1y (8 replies)

Oh god. The mother has 5 fingers.

5 fingers, not including thumbs...

BrotherL0v3@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Also, there is something deeply wrong with the girl behind the dad. Her knee should not be there based on what we can see of her shoulders. Their politics apparently involve having hellishly mutated children with their six fingered, yellow handed wife.

RBWells@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

Perhaps this is why you don't make children with your sister, who is also your aunt? The kid behind him, she is like a snake but the baby on the dads lap has no legs.

Muehe@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y

You thought it was AI, but she just has ulnar polydactyly. How do I know this is ulnar instead of radial or central polydactyly? The wedding ring, it's on the ring finger.

(/s of course, this is obviously AI. But yeah people with extra fingers do in fact exist. They or the parents often cut away the extra finger for cosmetic reasons.)

Saledovil@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

The Nazis would have sterilized (or worse) her in a heartbeat.

MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y

Kid on the lower right has two right hands....

Kid on the top left has an impossibly long body, head/shoulders above their "dad", and their leg is hanging off the side of the bed.

IDK what is going on with the kid in the bottom left, and their feet?

There's a lot wrong with this picture.

Apparently that persons fetish is for a mutated family

FiskFisk33@startrek.website · 4 pts · 1y

with so many siblings, things happen you know

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

since when are thumbs not considered equal to the other fingers? is this some weird thing in the english language i somehow missed all this time?

piccolo@ani.social · 2 pts · 1y
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ScruffyDucky@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 1y

I didn't know that weak pull out game was a political view

Sundial@lemm.ee · 44 pts · 1y (3 replies)

He wants a baby making machine who is capable of dressing nicely and putting on makeup despite being heavily pregnant on top of taking care of 6 children all of whom are in the baby and toddler phase?

TexasDrunk@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y (1 reply)

None of who appear to be theirs.

r128@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

another fetish?

Zagorath@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y

of whom are in the baby and toddler phase?

It definitely looks to me like they had quintuplets, then one more, before the current pregnancy.

fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 40 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Dude thinking that having a baby factory for a wife, is a political view.

fibojoly@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 1y

Turning women into baby factories very much seems to be part of the political agenda of some people.

Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 1y (6 replies)

You can't be a good dad or mom with 12 kids I don't care what anyone says

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I went to high school with a girl who was I think #6 of 12. And yeah she was raised by siblings and raised siblings herself. It was actually somewhat similar to what my girlfriend experienced having a deadbeat mom and imprisoned dad.

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y

frankly it's difficult to be good parents with one child, humans are not meant to raise even a single kid with only 2 parents. We're meant to have communities that share the load of raising all the children, we're not birds for christ's sake.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

At some point, the older kids are providing child care for the younger ones. But also, its very "infinite economic growth thanks to our ever-expanding frontier" understanding of the family dynamic. As soon as all your neighbors start to copy you, and families start bumping up against one another in their effort to cannibalize the surrounding wilderness, you get conflict. Expand far enough, and the conflicts become things of history - even of legend. The War of the Roses. The French and Indian Wars. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The Gaza Genocide.

This is a family style game of The Tragedy of the Commons.

taladar@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

At some point, the older kids are providing child care for the younger ones.

Which is called parentification and usually seen as a form of child abuse.

TwinTusks@bitforged.space · 2 pts · 1y

It is rampant in China

Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

It sounds like some kind of ponzi scheme on the fabric of society

fluxion@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"What sort of minimum wage would we need so an honest blue collar working man can take care of a family of ten and restore our society to the good ol days? Oh...ok.. well let's just ignore that part."

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y

obviously only people who are capable of inheriting 2 million dollars pull themselves up by their bootstraps deserve a big family

No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 1y (2 replies)

My political views are whatever this is.

Well, this is poverty. Vote GOP and they'll help you achieve it!

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

but also ironically the stereotypical american dream was only feasible for a short time thanks to the work of unions, which would be decried as horrible communists in modern america, and frankly the whole concept has a lot of socialist undertones in general which people love to ignore.

It was thanks to strong union movements that people had such wealth, ever since the unions got beaten into a pulp workers have been paid less and less and at this point the idea of one dude supporting a spouse and 3 kids is fucking hilarious.

OccamsRazer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I literally know hundreds of families with more kids than that and a spouse without any income, and I'm one of them. These are construction workers, small business owners (trades), union electricians and the like, engineers, accountants, etc. They live in modest homes in outer suburbs or rural areas. They/I live pretty frugally of course, but saying it's impossible or "hilarious" is simply wrong. I don't know what to tell you, except that its just not true.

StrandedInTimeFall@lemm.ee · 23 pts · 1y

The man will work 12 hour days at some menial job and the wife will spend all day trapped with kids. Probably get divorced at some point because they find out the stress of everything has sucked the romance out of their marriage. The oldest won't talk to one of the parents and the youngest will think it's their fault.

This worked back in the old times because at least 2 or so of those kids would die from disease or war. There was cheapish land to go around to be on a farm or have some business. You probably had at least a three bedroom house and it allowed for some privacy. Also, families might help out each other so there could be some support.

It's a load of shit to think this will happen the way you want. If this did happen, it would probably be some commune that is labelled as a capitalistic paradise and where every one should be. In reality, it would be forced communism with extra steps and new branding. Think company towns mixed with Handmaid's Tale-type woman subjugation. Oh, the freedom is so bright that it burns.

Madison420@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y

Legit looks like German prewar propaganda.

casmael@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 1y

Ai alert ai alert 🚨

massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 19 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Why are all kids blonde? I'm just saying maybe this guy married this poor single lady with a little league project or maybe this is one of those oliver twist situations.

RBWells@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y (1 reply)

White kids are often blonde even if they won't be as adults. All mine were at least for awhile, all have medium or dark brown hair now. All born with blue eyes too, but half changed to brown later. Not sure why, but it's normal.

Drusas@fedia.io · 6 pts · 1y

Yep. I was bleach blonde for years. Started switching from blonde to brown gradually around age eight or nine. Dark brown now.

Rolando@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

a little league project

Do they even make baseball gloves for AI hands?

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y (4 replies)

My political views

20-year-old wife with seven children each born less than nine months apart?

SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (2 replies)

And with between 2-7 fingers

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

A natural consequence of inbreeding.

ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Per hand... right?

r128@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

growth vat supporter spotted

lose the chains of flesh

NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Oh, but it isn't a fetish! It's the command of God! They have to push out as many children as possible, because the Creator wishes for us to cover every inch of this planet, and they need a holy army to fight the demons Satan sends against us! And the women need to be pretty and subservient because Gods a man and He loves the good, pretty ladies.

(I have heard this bullshit so many fucking times, with so many reasons why this is their gods plan.)

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NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Marital rape.

Oh, wait, so much of it already is "I was raised to perform my womanly duties, no matter my feelings".

Sorry, this is a personal sore point, not trying to go off on you.

pennomi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
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TheBat@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (5 replies)
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stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Still impressive. We have 2 kids and boy are they a lot of work

expr@programming.dev · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Celebrities often pay for full time nannies and such. It's pretty unlikely that they are actually taking care of the kids themselves.

stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y

True

Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

And DMX with and DMX with 17.

I mean, he tried to warn ya

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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niktemadur@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Their fantasy is seeing a barefoot and pregnant woman washing dishes and who's never had an orgasm.

DScratch@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Serving her family is orgasm enough!

niktemadur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Serving the will of The Lord! Which just so happens to be the will of the male head of the house. One and the same.

Stockholm Syndrome and they don't even know it.

"Well that does NOT look like a coincidence to me! God doesn't make mistakes!": most evangelicals, with their leave-brain-at-door-and-pick-up-your-crayons medieval "logic".

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 15 pts · 1y

I think its more of a cult.

BetaBlake@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

The broodmare must keep producing! We must push back the invasion!

Paradachshund@lemmy.today · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Everybody wants a tradwife but nobody wants a tradhusband πŸ˜” /s

cyr0catdrag0nz@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

What about those kids? You can only divide your attention so much.... And the world we live in? I wouldn't wish it on anyone let alone willingly bring someone into it. Fuckin' breeders...

RBWells@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

I have a large family, always wanted kids, but seriously do not understand people who need everyone else to do the same thing they do. Like, what the actual fuck? If someone doesn't want kids how is that my business? It's like they don't have confidence in themselves and need the whole world to agree with them. Just live your life, it doesn't matter what everyone else is doing.

That picture doesn't make sense though, unless she had 3 sets of twins some of those kids would be older, and as the billboards here used to say "two years apart is baby smart", it is easier on your body if you give yourself time to recover. Three sets of twins back to back, your womb would prolapse.

GraniteM@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Why is everyone wearing so much blush?

casmael@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It’s made by β€˜ai’

fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y

Natural stupidity loves artificial intelligence.

theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Guy's outfit and haircut would look good on a lesbian (sincere)

Drusas@fedia.io · 4 pts · 1y

Definitely. It seems to be a fairly common style recently in my area. I'm a mostly-straight woman, but I like it. I've definitely found myself attracted to the occasional lesbian.

circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 1y

Gotta keep that labor pool large so wages can stay low.

kambusha@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y

And DMX with 17 kids.

X gon give it to ya

BrotherL0v3@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Perfect example of how many if not most right-wing voters don't give a shit about policy. It's an aesthetic more than anything else. Flags and guns and football and church and big ol' southern nuclear families. Get them to associate literally anything with that vibe and you'll have 30% of voters in this country behind it.

Davel23@fedia.io · 6 pts · 1y

Most of Mia Farrow's children are adopted. I think it's a similar situation with Madonna and Angelina Jolie.

AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

Kid on the bottom right has a backwards hand; thumb on the wrong side. Also a ridiculously long arm. Kid on Dad's lap is a Kuato growing out of his leg.

KellysNokia@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Being a millionaire with 12 kids from 6 people doesn't automatically make you a bad parent...perhaps a questionable romantic partner?

Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

It makes you a bad everything. A bad human, a bad parent, etc.

ftothe3@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

Wow what a list. Charlie Chaplin was a surprise!

therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 1y

Both usernames checkout

Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · -13 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Having big family is a fetish

Hmm

RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Breeding your wife is a fetish

Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · -9 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I guess there are all kinds of fetishes, but just having a big family doesn't seem like one. If it was a woman who wanted lots of kids I guess their fetish was getting bred lol. Those kinky Jehova's Witnesses and Mormons, now I know what they are all about

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I would argue the age of these characters is peculiar. Also, the age difference between the kids. This seems less like someone envisioning a family with a lot of kids and more someone who is delusional about the prospect of ever getting older or having children that grow up.

"I want a wife who is never older than 30 and children who never hit puberty" is delusional. That's before you get into the Mormon problem of "surplus males" and how that affects the more orthodox corners of their community. When having multiple wives becomes a status symbol, and having lots of children becomes a status symbol, but the guy/girl ratio isn't 1:3, you have to start asking what happens to all the horny, defiant, increasingly disenfranchised teenage boys who have to watch their dad marry one of the girls from their high school class.

This isn't strictly a fetish so much as it is a fantasy. While there's nothing wrong with having vague, mushy, romantic views, you do need to interrogate them a bit at some point. Especially if the fantasy is going to be the foundation for your political viewpoint.

A politics defined by a 20-something wife covered in Forever Four-Year-Olds isn't rational. A politics of eternal youth is... not going to end well.

Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It's a fantasy for sure, I just thought calling it a fetish was a bit weird

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

All Politics is Sexual Pathology, or so I've heard it said.

But, in this case, the thing that really throws me is the idea of people being Forever Young. The parents never get older. The kids stop maturing at the toddler stage. I can half see that mom being pregnant into eternity. Just never giving birth, because the imagery of pregnancy is what the patriarchal artist is truly fixated on.

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y

yeah idk why society views polyamory as a fetish, it's really strange