Introduction

I was scrolling the dreges of reddit for content, as you do..

I like looking in the BPD subreddit, usually I can find some of the juiciest drama there

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Now as many of you know, most diagnosed BPD cases are found in women.

That means a lot of posts on /r/BPD deal with relationships, romance and raging hysteria.

Though, sometimes you get a rare gem. A BPD male, or in this case, a self diagnosed BPD male.

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Meet /u/FrankBuns

A twenty something that managed to land one of the most controversial posts in /r/BPD this month.

Quite the accomplishment!

>So, I don't know how this subreddit feels about self-diagnosis, but that's where I'm at right now.

>Some context, I've been dealing with a lot of deeply rooted emotional upheaval throughout my life; Depression, Anxiety, C-PTSD, you know the gist, all diagnosed professionally.

I'll go over some of that later, FrankBuns has been pretty open on reddit.

>But after I got into a serious relationship (that ended recently) I began to recognize my behaviors and thought patterns as more than just my personality.

>I've had a tendency to be somewhat of a hypochondriac, so I know to take research via Google with a grain of salt, but knowing the symptoms and how BPD presents itself, and the anecdotal experiences of others with diagnoses had really given me a new perspective of things, and when I read these stories

>I can't help but think "I do that too! I never realized until now!"

>But, as my previous therapists in the past have told me, I'm pretty self-aware. And I recognized that self-diagnosis can be beneficial, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't just imagining things

>so I discussed it with my current therapist, and after he went over the questions to see if I fit the bill, he told me that he doesn't think I have it.

>It left me really confused and unsure how to proceed.

>I'm not sure if I should take his word for it, or ask for a second opinion, or just focus on treating the symptoms as symptoms and care less about the diagnosis aspect.

>Does anyone else's opinions and beliefs crumble under suggestions? I believed that it's like a spot on match for my experience, but maybe I'm wrong, and it's just symptoms of my other issues imitating what looks like BPD?

The Controversy

Now surprisingly, despite all the times I've seen otherwise, the denizens of /r/BPD did not pat FrankBuns on the back or butt and say "welcome to the community!!"

Apparently, the communal braincell all redditors fight over was well and alive in this post's comments:

Why worry about the diagnosis. In my experience having a diagnosis doesn't do much for you aside from changing how doctors think about you. Worry about treating the symptoms you're experiencing and improving your quality of life. Diagnosis are just unnecessary labels that can come with stigma and lack of understanding.

FrankBuns: Because I want to get better, and idk, I feel like that would have to be the first step. I think there's a lot of reason in your comment, I'd like to think that even if I don't have BPD (which I still believe that I do) then learning the skills to handle it would be beneficial if not for dealing with my issues, then helping a loved one or friend in the future who might be going through the same stuff.

Then do DBT, anyone can do DBT.

Redditor Sneeding about "the system"

everything's a racket, it wouldn't exist in a capitalist society if it weren't.

dsm just allows clinicians to standardize care and makes billing easier, it's not any grand insight into human existence. look up some articles about dsm5 and professionals in the field who take exception with the changes from dsm4. It's just academics bickering, whose pet theories get to dominate.

Yes, I'm bitter. Grants Pass decision was a direct indictment of the failure of American care, we had 40 years of funding to provide treatment and people don't feel like we were effective now and now we aren't focusing on treatment anymore. This whole field dropped the ball and vulnerable people will suffer. Frick the dsm.

You'd be better off reading the bhagavad gita or dostoyevsky than the dsm if you're trying to heal.

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Right about now, you may be asking:

"wait a sec, Lilmarsey, how do you know that this is actually a moid posting this and not an FtM?"

I'm so glad you asked, now you'll have to see it, too:

I will not be posting the other two pictures, you can go to r/dadsandboys and look at that yourself.

https://old.reddit.com/r/DadsAndBoys/comments/1d7jz07/roll_around_on_the_bed_with_me_daddy_24_boy/

His whole butthole was out

It makes sense that he'd have some of these traits, given that this is a

✨ homosexual ✨

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Hmm...funny you should say that.

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mental illness comes with friends

FrankBuns has also posted about shrooms and has expressed interest in DMT.

He was also a chronic masturbator.

https://old.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/10pvv17/oops/

FrankBuns also has a track record of being a bit of a hypochondriac.

Making posts like "what is this dark spot on my foot", and "why does my foot have orange spots"

https://i.imgur.com/gallery/r-askdocs-QPuy48p

He's also a very active furry, and stupid enough to facedoxx.

I'm sure you may also be wondering

"Wow! I wonder the relationship FrankBuns ominously mentioned went?"

I'm so glad you asked:

The "break"

As we all know, either party asking for a time out in a relationship usually bodes badly for relationship stability.

"Wow, that didn't last long, did it?"

>Me and my boyfriend met at our work, and he ended up asking me out on a date after we finished one day.

>We have been dating for around 6 months now

>It's your typical "One cares too much, one cares too little." Situation.

>We've both gotten a break from work, and instead of making plans together, he applied to a part-time job, took a summer volunteer position

>We both were upset and questioned the compatibility of our relationship, and I suggested we take a break

>but I'm willing to put in the work

>Tl;dr Boyfriend closes up when things get hard, I latch on, we're having trouble finding a balance.

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TLDR: typical redditor that I spent way too much time writing about

She clenches her teeth and looks ahead.

Passing through the turn.

Creating some distance.

SHUT THE FRICK UP!

Final turn... She crosses.

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!

Frick blind people and frick this r-slurred catering to less than 1% of the population.

This is so lame. If they want to be accessible to people with r-slurred eyeballs, then put this cute twink ("rain falling now") on a stream on some website and call it a day.

Why add this shit to the main stream where everyone has to hear it???

It's absurd.

!dramatards'ers, I WANT ANSWERS!

!marseyartists

1500 dc for each of the following

marseytornado

marseyvolcano

marseyhurricane

marseyearthquake

other natural disasters idk

i also have no idea what the latter two are supposed to look like, figure it out

oh and marseywhirlpool

marseyquicksand

ummmm

marseywildfire

marseytsunami

marseylightning

marseylandslide

marseyflood

marseyblizzard

500 each after the first one

no low efforts

NOTE: This should be marsey AS these things. Marsey EXPERIENCING these things just gets you 500.

go now

!britbongs look at the utter ingratitude of these colonials

Paying slave-owners to give up their "property" is clearly worse than saying they get nothing and doing all the rest.

You are right they should have instead continued slavery for a further 60 years, allowed slaves to be continued to be exported from Africa then had a massive civil war over it getting about 700,000 people killed.

Well it would have been more dramatic that way, yes.

How about they try to end the Israel vs. Palestine conflict they caused.

Fun fact: Israel has no right to exist because it should still be the British Mandate of Palestine.

Crazy how many of the "oppressed" countries continue with slavery even without the option to sell to the Brits

You use oppressed in quotation marks and in the same sentence confirm slavery is ongoing in these countries. We still have to call people stupid here.

POC enslaving each other is wypipo's fault

not baller. imperialism is never baller no matter how you try to disguise its intentions. remember, the British always have some other kind of angle — empires never do anything out of kindness.

This is one of the few examples of an empire doing something out of pure altruism. Britain felt like it was their duty to abolish slavery even though that didn't benefit them and cost them and unimaginable some of money. This is a unicorn in terms of imperial actions, there was no gain and a lot of loss and they did it anyway.

Instead of buying their freedom you could've just...ya know...freed them.

Edit: You people down voting do realize that you're advocating for compensating slave owners with British tax dollars.

British tax dollars

Angry Sexy Indian dudes

The British had slaves in Indian until the beginning of the 20th century though.

They like to use the words like "indentured servitude", but it's the same kind of shit

Its very much different. Indentured servant is voluntary. It is essentially a contract to work for a set amount of time (5 years) in exchange for something.

Yet kept indians enslaved until 1947

There is a reason ghandi always spoke highly of British rule in general, his problem was less with the rule and more with the fact indians were not the ones doing it, fair enough obviously, his objection was imperialism rather than the system.

You talk to people as if they must be unaware, i know you are referring to the fixed labour contracts unique to the indians, which is essentially akin to indentured servitude but pretending the numbers of people involved in that which is not really slavery (you can pretend this is universally agreed by historian's if you really want) is the same as it continuing slavery is disingenuous and also pretending this was remotely relevant in 1947 is also disingenuous.

!bharatiya penny for your thoughts?

Also posted on WatchPeopleDie

"Custom color" in the chart refers to a color that's not one of the preset color options. In other words, you have to enter a hex code to change your name to that color. The pie charts below only show individual colors with a frequency of 0.5% or higher. The rainbow slice represents the colors not shown in the pie chart, not the "Other" row in the table.

These are the 19 preset color options.

      #F04BEC - rDrama current theme color and default color

      #FF459A       #FF66AC - rDrama previous default colors (#805AD5 was also briefly the rDrama theme color)

      #805AD5       #62CA56       #38A169       #80FFFF       #2A96F3       #EB4963       #FF0000       #F39731       #30409F       #3E98A7       #E4432D       #7B9AE4       #EC72DE       #7F8FA6       #F8DB58       #8CDBE6

#F04BEC was newly added on July 11, 2024. The color #FF66AC was removed over a year ago (June 7, 2023) and added back the same day #F04BEC was added.

rDrama

Compare the stats from July 11, 2022

• Total users: 26,762

• Default color: #F04BEC (pink/magenta)

• Default color (pink) names: 22,089 (82.54%)

• Non-default color names: 4,673 (17.46%)

• Custom color names: 721 (15.43% of non-pink names, 2.69% of total users)

Our of our 26,762 users, 22,089 users, or 82.54%, have the current default name color #F04BEC (pink/magenta), which has been the default color since July 11, 2024.

This leaves 4,673 users (17.46%) who chose other colors. Purple comes out on top, just narrowly beating red. #805AD5 is the name color of @Aevann and the same shade of purple used by Ruqqus. The beautiful red (#FF0000), once in first place, is now in second place. The red menace may not be winning, but it is still strong. White and black (#FFFFFF and #000000) are the most common custom colors. #21262D (#21262D) is the color of the midnight theme, the default theme of WPD and the former default theme of rDrama. Users who chose it like @whyareyou were trying to be invisible! With one more user than last time (4 compared to 3), #696969 is still not popular, but still common enough to show up on the chart (there were also 4 users with that color on WPD).

All users who had the previous default pink color (#FF459A) had their names forcibly changed to #F04BEC. Only 7 users changed their names back to #FF459A, and the default pink even before that, #FF66AC, has only 2 users (not on the chart). The third least chosen of the preset options is light blue (#8CDBE6).

The lovely @TwoLargeSnakesMating (we still miss you, Snakes) made a previous post with rDrama's name color statistics on July 11, 2022. How do those statistics compare? The colors are ordered slightly differently, but there doesn't seem to be much difference. While red used to be more common than purple, purple is now very slightly more common than it. 77.2% of rDrama used to have the default name color, and now it's 82.54%. I don't have data for users active in the past week.

As a redname, I love my fellow rednames, but my name color is actually #f22;/* (#FF2222). I made it paler to try to make it more visible on the midnight theme. I don't know if it had the intended effect.

I'm probably the only one on rDrama with a name color that isn't a valid hex code (#f22;/*). I changed it before it was no longer allowed. The /* indicates the start of a CSS comment. The only effects are making my name unbolded on the desktop site and making my name change to the color of the previous speaker in chat. My name changes back to red when I refresh the chat page. Sometimes it shows up as the theme color (mine is green on rDrama).

Here are the links to the comments in the first screenshot

WatchPeopleDie

What about our sister site WatchPeopleDie.tv?

• Total users: 2,428,237

• Default color: #805AD5 (purple)

• Default color (purple) names: 2,393,153 (98.56%)

• Non-default color names: 35,084 (1.44%)

• Custom color names: 3,212 (9.16% of non-purple names, 0.13% of total users)

As all of you know already, the gore site is a lot more popular than our niche drama site. Among WPD's 2,428,237 users, the default color purple (#805AD5) is overwhelmingly the most common color, with 2,393,153 users (98.56%). Most of those 2.39 million users probably abandoned their accounts immediately.

This leaves only 35,084 users (1.44%) who selected a color besides purple, a significantly smaller percentage than rDrama. Red (#FF0000) is, of course, the most common color option for them. Very suitable for a site about death. Two different shades of pink (#FF459A and #EC72DE) come in at second and third. How cute! rDrama's former default color #FF66AC is well-appreciated, at 19th place with 73 users. Like on rDrama, the most common custom colors are black and white. Blue (#2A96F3), WPD's previous default color up to around August 24, 2022, comes in at 8th place. Various shades of light pink/peach and dark red take up places 21-28. @MAGAshill's name color #DC143C has some popularity, with 11 users using it. Ten users thought #B00B69 was a funny color (but none on rDrama did).

Teal (#3E98A7), pink (#FF66AC), and magenta pink (#F04BEC) are the least used preset options.

Like on rDrama, my own name color on WPD is #FF2222. I changed it from #FF0000 to #FF2222 on December 27 to match my rDrama name color. I kind of miss the vibrance of pure red now.

In May, I made charts of the name colors of users who voted on WPD's top post, Gary Plauché shoots his son's rapist by AFX. The results were fairly similar, but as you would expect, the percentage of purple names was much lower. I don't know if the data is correct or not.

https://watchpeopledie.tv/@Jandice/wall/comment/3920509#context

Thank you @Aevann for providing the data for this! And yes, that is a link to the unwholesome death site with a login wall.

rDrama - https://pastebin.com/raw/Y7xuWgpj

WPD - https://pastebin.com/raw/CzkNbYg2

Post 1: /u/No_Year_5543 makes post about a mod being a racist on Groomercord. Said mod deletes the post for "doxxing" and but it is later reinstated.

Post 2: /u/Mahadness shows one of the posts that was also deleted.

Post 3: /u/zachtan1234 posts the Chat-GPT parody apology the racist mod made on Groomercord.

Post 4: /u/Meneerjojo announces the old mods gave modding permissions to a bunch of random people who had criticized them. Also revealed the racist mod has been removed.

Post 5: /u/Moppyploppy mentions the previous drama about these mods keeping up a Holocaust meme sub banner. Old subredditdrama post about that.

https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1eaq2et/rformuladank_f1_meme_subreddit_mod_get_exposed/

>#stopasianhate or something

>Why are kids these days like this?

>Like father, like son

>Actually it was just self-defense

>Here lies conservatism, imagine if the roles were reversed

>No YOU'RE the triggered one

/tv/ thread.

https://boards.4chan.org/tv/thread/201695469

!kino !anime

Fauxmoi thread

https://old.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1e386hu/cartoon_network_show_creator_kyle_carrozza/

Someone needs to study this phenomenon of why so many creators of children's cartoons turn out to be absolute weirdos

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please no, I have a drawing of Zombie Pumpkin Magisword over my bed... dude was following me on Twitter (not that I look at that cesspool anymore), he's from the same area as me.

this is absolutely heartbreaking to me. I loved this dude, if there ever have been any allegations against him, this is the first I'm hearing of it. my grandpa was a chomo and it still messes with me 35 years later. I ain't about that shit.

frick man. sad

@C333 is this true?

I don't foresee any meaningful changes. Michigan may go red and NC may go blue but I doubt it.

https://www.270towin.com/

Let's see yours. Don't bother with the shades. We'll revisit this again in October.

!chuds !nonchuds

As a reminder, I was off by around 1% in 2020.

Carp map:

Actual result:

They call me Nate Platinum.

‼️🚨🇺🇦🇮🇱 Return of the old gods…

Zelenskyy has sanctioned a pagan ritual to be conducted at the site of the destroyed 1,000-year-old Orthodox Church of the Tithes.

Since the era of Saint Vladimir of Kiev, no demonic pagan rites have been performed here for a millennium. pic.twitter.com/lAoUHK4dou

— Orthodox Canonist (@OCanonist) July 23, 2024

The Xitter thread has rightoid infighting about whether this is demonic or based.

>I care about White people, not religion. Pagans are not "demonic." No more brother wars over religion.

>Pagans are demoniacs because they worship demons instead of the True God. Demons are fallen angels who 'hate' all human beings, regardless of race or tribe. Specifically, they will lie, deceive and lead humans astray in order to darn their souls (distance them from God).

>No, religious fanatic. I don't worship "demons." I also do not worship your Canaanite desert spirit. YOU are the reason why White people are losing, and why Jews are winning. NO MORE BROTHER WARS!!!

>'Julian the Apostate', impressive that you bring about an active ally of the Sanhedrin. Quite in the theme of Zelenskyy. I encourage you to watch this, to see how 'strongly' your demonic faith stands up to the Truth: [Youtube link to a Paganism Vs Orthodoxy Debate]

As per the old Soviet model (mostly started by Marshal Tukhachevsky) the Bolshevik obsession with 'ancient cults' and (even non-Jewish cults) paganism is spread through sanction of the KGB/SBU. So, whilst they sacrifice innocent Palestinian children to Moloch, they promote the same values on occupied territories of the former Russian Empire.

‼️☦️ As with all things Talmudic and occult, they love 'dates' and numerical symbolism. Coincidentally, on the 25th of July this year, Orthodox Christians celebrate the memory of Saints Theodore and his son John - sacrificed on this very place by a mob of demonic cultists. This 'neo-pagan celebration' setup by the Talmudic Kahal of Kiev, sanctioned by Zelenskyy and the kosher Mayor of Kiev, Klitschko, is a direct affront to the Christian faith. When they cannot defeat, they persecute and they mock. Their behavior is predictable. Saints Theodore & John, the first-martyrs of Rus, pray and intercede for us ☦️🙏🏼

Chuds have been having arguments like this for the last few decades, and there seems to be no end in sight:

@Aevann This is a textbook example of rightoid infighting since the based pagan vs trad christian debate is a staple of right-wing internal arguments.

It comes as no surprise to anyone when I mention that America is a country riddled with guns. Here are a few shocking stats regarding America's gun culture.

• The share of American households owning at least one firearm has remained relatively steady since 1972, hovering between 37 percent and 47 percent

• In the United States in 2022, 48 percent of Republicans reported that they owned at least one gun, and 66 percent said that they lived in a household with a gun

• 38% of White Americans own a gun, compared with smaller shares of Black (24%), Latinx (20%) and Asian (10%) Americans

• The survey stated that American civilians account for an estimated 393 million (about 46 percent) of the worldwide total of civilian-held firearms

• Of the 265 million privately owned firearms in the US, about half are owned by 3% of the US adult population.

• While about half of gun owners own one or two guns, 8% of gun owners own 10 or more – a figure that amounts to about 40% of the total US gun stock, according to the report.

With all these weapons flowing freely, it is no shock that accidents happen. Before we proceed, we should clearly define and mark the difference between ACCIDENTAL discharge and NEGLIGENT discharge. An accidental discharge takes place when the gun is fired, and it has nothing to do with the weapon wielder or their behavior. Instead, the source is a mechanical failure of the firearm. In contrast, an accidental discharge is the product of the weapon wielder violating one of the four basic gun safety rules. For those who need a refresher, they are:

1. Treat every gun as if it is loaded

2. Never let the muzzle cover anything you're not willing to destroy

3. Keep your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard until you are ready to shoot

4. Be sure of your target and what is in line with your target

Today we'll be looking at two instances of gun violence caused by negligent discharges. The notable thing about these three cases is that they all take place in gun ranges. Despite the numerous safety measures put in place, gun ranges are dangerous locations filled with novices handling deadly equipment. It goes without saying that if gun mishaps are going to happen, it's going to be at the gun range. Regardless, gun ranges have been innovating in an attempt to make the establishments safer. One of the precautions put in place involves the use of cables to hold the gun in place. This prevents the novice from pointing it anywhere but downrange.

https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/bh68e2/this_gun_range_in_australia_has_a_bar_and_cables/

I hope you enjoy today's piece.

Yours sincerely,
Sneedman.

1. The Nine-Year-Old With the Mini Uzi

It was a warm day on the 25th of August 2014 in Arizona. A family was on holiday in Las Vegas when they decided to travel to Arizona Last Stop gun range (also known as "Bullets and Burgers") in White Hills, Arizona. This gun range is notable because it allows anyone from age eight upwards to fire a gun. The little girl in the family was 9, making her old enough to handle a gun at the range. As a treat, she was allowed to play with the Fully Automatic Uzi which was owned by the gun range. It is legal for the range to have the weapon because it was manufactured and purchased before the passage of the Firearm Owners Protection Act in 1986 and added to the National Firearms Act machine gun registry where all fully automatic civilian-owned firearms are registered.

The family was assisted by Charles Vacca, a 39-year-old instructor who had been working at the gun range for 18 months. The father, Alex Gen MacLachlan, had a go with the weapon first. Braaap braaap braaap went the fully automatic firearm capable of firing 600 to 650 bullets a minute! It was a feeling like no other. Next, it was the 9-year-old girl's turn. Vacca helped her hold the gun. Unfortunately, the gun was still too much for the girl and she lost control. Instead of aiming downrange, she swung and aimed at the instructor while firing, earning him a fatal bullet to the head. At first, the family tended to the girl thinking she was the only one who was hurt and it wasn't until a co-worker ran to Vacca's aid that they realised something was terribly wrong. The entire event was caught on camera by the girl's mother, Alison MacLachlan.

The incident caught the media's attention due to the age of the girl and the involvement of firearms which is a hot-button topic. No legal charges were placed against the girl and

her family. In fact, Vacca's family forgives the little girl's family and holds no ill will. They wrote a letter to family acknowledging their grief and encouraging them to move forward with their lives.

>"You should not let this define you," they wrote. "Someday we hope we can meet you, hug you, and tell you that it's OK."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/children-uzi-shooting-victim-charles-vacca-pen-letter/story?id=25435120

So where does the blame go? To the parents for letting their child fire a gun? Or to the instructor? Maybe it's the gun range owner's fault for allowing 9-year-olds to handle fully automatic firearms. You decide.

2. Father Kills Son at the Gun Range

Ah, shooting guns is a fine family activity! The smell of gunpowder and the ear-splitting bang of ammunition being spent makes for the best childhood memories! That's the philosophy William Clayton Brumby follows, as he decided to take some of his children to High Noon Gun Range in Florida. While firing a gun, a hot shell was ejected which fell into the back of his shirt. Gun in hand, the father quickly tried to fish out the hot shell and accidentally fired the gun. The bullet hit the roof and ricocheted, killing his 14-year-old son, Stephen Brumby.

Stephen Brumby was one of seven children, and he loved tennis, bass fishing, and playing worship piano at church, according to CNN. William takes full responsibility for the death of Stephen. He had the following to say:

"The gun didn't kill my boy. I did," he told CNN.

"Every round in the gun is your responsibility. When it fires you need to stand to account for it. That's what I've spent the last two days doing, accounting for my operating error."

No charges were filed against William. Do you think this is the right move? Has William suffered enough, or does he deserve jail time?

Conclusion

Americans need to sit down and have a serious conversation regarding guns and the future of the country. Guns are the leading cause of death for US children and teens, since surpassing car accidents in 2020. Will Americans continue down this path, or will they decide it is time for change? For now, guns seem to be synonymous with masculinity, safety, and patriotism, and while this is the case, the status quo will remain the same, and the gun range to morgue pipeline shall remain.

Tune in next time when I give a review of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

No more excuses.

We’ve provided the time.

We’ve provided the funds.

Now it’s time for locals to do their job. https://t.co/oMQiWggJBa

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 25, 2024

Turn off the Olympics. https://t.co/uemrwp6Bbw

— Gays Against Groomers Scottsdale (@GayNotGroomerAZ) July 27, 2024

King Olympics

Even somehow united christian and lgbt

The Indians are coming 🇬🇧🇮🇳 ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/npYTPrKJIh

— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) July 26, 2024

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