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Alatarial OP t1_j6e2kbe wrote

Reply to Twins, 1987 by Alatarial

The classism in this comment section is…yikes.

For context my brother and I were premies. In the 1980s. He spent the first 2 months of his life in the NICU and almost died. It was a lot for my young parents to deal with.

Oh, and I managed to earn a master’s degree despite our collective low IQ 🖤.

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Waterbears28 t1_j6e2g2z wrote

Reply to comment by Alatarial in Twins, 1987 by Alatarial

I apologize -- judging by the downvotes my comment came across as really judgmental. The new parent exhaustion + the "confused newborn" expressions combined in a way that struck me as funny in a "these people all have silly expressions," way, not a, "haha those people are idiots" way. Like I wrote, I would not assume anything "real" about the intelligence of anyone in the picture based on this one snapshot moment. It really is a sweet family portrait, and I'm sorry for being a dick about it.

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