system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
I remember reading this somewhere.

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"People in those days had twelve children for many reasons. First, half of them would be girls, therefore useless. Out of the six boys, one would die of childhood illness, one would die trying to catch a runaway wagon, one would be killed in a barroom brawl, one would die in war, one would get killed by a thresher and the one that lived will take over the farm."
gpt
This has the truthiness ring to it, being from a large family I can see it play out… but good lord the grief those folks got “use to” Probably not greeting every child with the fanfare we greet new horns with today, or maybe even more? I’m not sure which way to swing on that.