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  • Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Banning elbows not being allowed on the table and hats not being allowed indoors are also wins for me

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    • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Elbows have always been allowed on the table. The rule for fancy dining was that you couldn’t have elbows on the table during a course, i.e., when people are actively eating, but before/after, it’s fine. That’s a reasonable rule to be considerate of space.

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      • Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Never been an issue for me. The issue would be invading someone’s personal space. Maybe we just have bigger tables where I live.

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      • PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Exactly. Food on the table? Elbows off. It’s simple.

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      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If elbows aren’t allowed on a table during a course of a fancy dinner, they have definitely not always been allowed on the table.

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    • protist@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Why?”

      “Because!”

      “…”

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    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I like the way we don’t have to wear petticoats under our dresses anymore.

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      • Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean doesn’t everyone still at least wear the stretchy shorts under their dress? Like I’m not going just panties. That seems so lewd.

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      • Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah. Now I just wear them for fun!

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  • Condour75@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m gonna be the Debbie downer and mention that no-iron clothes have synthetics in them, the washing of which is a major contributor to the microplastics problem.

    pbs.org/…/laundry-is-a-top-source-of-microplastic…

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    • fl42v@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      All clothes are no-iron clothes if you DGAF enough :)

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      • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        My people.

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      • 0110010001100010@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This is the way.

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    • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol who said anything about specific garments. We just wear our clothes wrinkled and no one cares.

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      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah that’s linen for you. People don’t wear it much anymore sadly so they don’t get that they just look wrinkled. I love linen shirts though.

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    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      no-iron clothes have synthetics in them

      most my clothing is 100% cotton, and I have never ironed once I left my parent’s home.

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    • ssj2marx@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have never even heard of “no iron clothes” until now, and I haven’t ironed any of my clothes except when I absolutely had to do it because I was in the Marines.

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      • Condour75@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fair!

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    • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If I have to choose between keeping nature around and not having to buy an iron again, is gonna be a tough choice.

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      • Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        you can do both if you just choose not to care about wrinkled clothes.

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    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      True, but tires are way, way worse.

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      • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You must look fucking stupid wearing tyres

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    • Hildegarde@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No iron clothes is a lie. They say no iron on the label in the store, but they tell you to iron in on the care label.

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      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hanging them up rather than putting them in the dryer will get most wrinkles out, especially if you smooth/stretch the collar, placket and cuffs

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    • candyman337@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah nah by now ironing I mean I do not iron unless it’s a fancy event, regardless of the fabric lol

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Could be formaldehyde as well right?

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    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wool, cotton, etc, all don’t need ironing. Just don’t over dry and hang them up right away.

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  • MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ironing seems like it’d be a really chill and relaxing activity, if we had time to engage in it.

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    • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is, if you don’t have to do it all the damn time. If you just iron your clothes when you want/need to, it’s an enjoyable chore.

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    • nieceandtows@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s like gardening/lawn care for me. I like doing it, but I hate having to do it or else.

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    • theatomictruth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is But only for men

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      • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How have I never seen this video before?

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Would’ve thought we have more leisure time today than back in yee olden ironing thymes

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    • crusa187@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This was my first thought. “Ironing?! Ain’t nobody got time for that!” It would probably be nice though.

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  • DigDoug@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    …but then your clothes might look like you’ve worn them before.

    What are you? Poor?

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    • SternburgExport@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes?

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      • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Now everyone’s poor, so it’s okay.

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    • Kekzkrieger@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I just buy new clothes every time.

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  • riskable@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This achievement belongs to the tail end of GENX… The folks that brought us grunge.

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    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Im a geriatric millennial

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      • simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Close enough. You can come in the club. There’s dunkaroos in the back if you’re hungry.

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    • Blackout@kbin.run ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I remember always wearing wrinkled shirts back then because I didn't care about ironing or society.

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      • BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I did that in the military. They were less keen and some shit hit some fans or whatever. So I got me some safety pins for my neckline and they shut the fuck up and my millennial self rejoiced.

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    • nepenthes@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We are considered a microgeneration they have dubbed Xennials (1977-1983) Xennials 1977-1983

      Xennials are described as having had an analog childhood and a digital young adulthood.

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      • ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I feel like a lot of people from different countries would fit that description after the fact since technology was more expensive and it took us longer to be able to afford the new and trendy items.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Speak for yourself. Casual clothes killed most ironing but ain’t nobody showing up in a wrinkled suit.

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    • coaxil@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t even own a suit haha

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      • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I wish they were more affordable in the US. I love wearing a suit, makes me feel like a mobster. lol Cosplay for the unstable.

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      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hopefully no weddings or funerals coming up. Then again, if you’re American, I’ve seen people show up to a wedding in shorts and a baseball cap. No ironing required.

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I didn’t for a long time either. Then I needed one.

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    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Casual clothes killed most ironing but ain’t nobody showing up in a wrinkled suit.

      Unless you’re upper management or going to a wedding/funeral/formal event, why would you even wear a suit? In the last decade I’ve worn my suit 3 or 4 times in the last decade, and they were all weddings or funerals.

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      • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Give it a try. Hit up a thrift store and get some great tacky suits from the 70s and 80s, if you can find em. It’s a bit of fun to wear them when it’s not necessary or expected. I probably wouldn’t wear a really nice wedding/funeral suit in such cases because I spill fucking everything and would become destitute from the dry cleaning bills.

        Now, if it were a social expectation/requirement, it would suck and not be fun. But, as a choice that one can make, it’s great sometimes.

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      • Abnorc@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Where I work the staff still wear full suits for the most part. I think it’s a more traditional workplace though.

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah I should have put an edit in. I didn’t know this was going to blow up like this. I don’t wear a suit or formal clothes more than about once a year, for the events of friends and families. I’m not trying to say it’s an every day thing.

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    • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How often do you wear a suit? Dry clean as necessary, hang it up between uses. I’ve never ironed a suit.

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That doesn’t proof it from wrinkles, especially if you need to travel to the event.

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    • MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Clothing steamers are less damaging though.

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ve never had one actually work though. Irons, used properly, are safe and they work.

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    • saigot@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      On the rare occasion I have to wear a dress shirt for work, I’m making sure it’s as wrinkled as possible. I wouldn’t want to be mistaken for one of the execs, it gives the impression that you don’t work hard. I think it’ll continue bubbling up in the same way not wearing a tie and not having curtails did.

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  • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Definitely did not.

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    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      IKR, my SO owns two.

      IDK what OP is on about, though, I’ve never used one.

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      • rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re going with someone who owns two irons?

        Blink twice if you’re in danger.

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  • juliebean@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    all ya’ll admitting to ironing your clothes in the comments are a bunch of dweebs, just saying.

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    • NooBoY@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Said ye who has not experienced Extreme Ironing.

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      • MrShankles@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Extreme Ironing: Pressing for Victory

        Speechless

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    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It can be very relaxing. And suits (well shirt and pants) are something that you’d probably want to iron.

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  • creditCrazy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You might even say we ironed that problem out

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  • SufniDroid@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I bought an ironing board and an iron when I moved into my current home thinking “yeah, I have some shirts, I’ll iron them when I need them”.

    That was 3 years ago. The ironing board was put into a corner out of sight and the iron is still in its original packaging, unopened to this day. I’m trying to justify my purchase with “better to have it and not need it than the other way around”.

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  • herrcaptain@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Soon on Forbes or something:

    “You’ll be flattened to find out what industry millenials are killing next.”

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  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I iron like a mother fucker. Fuck you wrinkles

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  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Me who still irons clothes

    looks sideways

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  • RevolverSly@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ironic

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  • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Last time I ironed something was for a job interview

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  • Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I got into sewing so I do use an iron, but even then half the time I’m lazy and don’t even press my seams. I’m not very good at sewing as a result, but I have a good time all the same.

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  • Resol@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    All my clothes have creases on them. I do not care unless it actually ruins the look. Only then do I use the iron.

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  • hlqxz@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I fuckin hate ironing clothes

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  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But I do like ironing. I do it so infrequently, I associate it with getting all fancied up to go out to a special event.

    And everything about it is so relaxing… The sound of the water in the iron, the hiss of steam. That clean smell, rising with the hot steam. You’re forced to slow down and pay attention, if you want to get it right.

    Whether you’re alone or sharing the moment with company, it’s a recipe for encoding a core memory, deep in there, pinned in place by multiple senses.

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  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just run anything wrinkled through the dryer for about 10 minutes.

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  • Bye@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You guys don’t iron clothes?

    I’m a millennial and I iron my clothes, how do you get the wrinkles out??? Teach me your secrets

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  • Etterra@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m Gen-X and I hate to break it to you, we had permanent press well before we had Millennials.

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  • bluewing@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ironing clothes died long before millennials. Grandma quit ironing before you were born. Wrinkle Free shirts and pants started showing up in the 1970’s and were common within the decade.

    Source: I was there.

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  • el_abuelo@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I iron my tshirts and shorts otherwise they look crinkley

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hopefully none of you are using suits lol

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  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    On a tangent… Why are we still wearing ties? Buttons exist and are already included 95% of the time.

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  • ssj2marx@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hey now, some of us like to iron patches onto our jackets of things we like!

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  • Pixlbabble@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A proper hand held steamer all day.

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  • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I, for one, do like to iron. I’d probably not like it if it was mandatory for all clothing though. What really has happened is societal changes leading to much more casual attire expectations (not that we could afford to dress like previous generations) alongside advancements in textile technology that have resulted in garments less likely to show wrinkles.

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  • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I definitely have clothes I still need to iron. If I don’t iron some of my button downs, they have a lot of wrinkles and look bad.

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