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For anyone unaware, this joke references a conflation of the Spock we all know and love with Dr. Benjamin Spock, who wrote some of the most prominent books on child rearing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_SpockHe had some decent political views, but his child-rearing advice wasn't always very evidence-based.
Truth be told I've never really read up on him, I only recognized the joke because they make a similar one in the movie Captain Fantastic lol
I was (probably at some point willfully) unaware of this most of my childhood, and it was more fun to think about than the real thing. I miss the days when I could make up my own answers to references. :p
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