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> She was up during the night pumping for her three-month-old baby and was scrolling through the comments and DMs, horrified. "At 4 a.m., I was holding my pump
by dwedge 17d ago
> She was up during the night pumping for her three-month-old baby and was scrolling through the comments and DMs, horrified.
"At 4 a.m., I was holding my pump on my lap and replying to this person, 'I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it that way,'" she told me. "I was so into typing this message that I produced so much milk, it was dripping
Articles like this always rub me the wrong way. I don't know the term for it, but I feel you should be able to make the point without making us picture a new mother getting stressed breast pumping in the middle of the night.
- mft_ 17d agoI agree to a degree - it feels manipulative on the part of the writer, trying to exaggerate any sympathy a reader might feel. That said, I also feel that the level of negativity the lady suffered was a little out of proportion to her 'crime' - essentially amounting to bullying.
- ajkjk 17d agoya it's cheap sympathy-raising and should be condemned
- jackb4040 17d agohttps://x.com/zackfox/status/1036389932854652928 https://x.com/zackfox/status/1036389932854652928
- donkey_brains 16d agoWell I for one found it quite titillating
- siliconpotato 16d agoThis reads like fetish fiction. Maybe it is.
- km144 16d agoWhen I read that, the only thing I could think was "holy shit get off your fucking phone". But I agree with you as well.