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Interesting. It's a constant reminder

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  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You shouldn’t be touching any handles upon exiting a bathroom.

    The door should be push to exit, so you can open it by pushing with your elbow.

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    • ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I prefer airport style bathroom entry and exits … there is no door, just a walkway the gives privacy to the entry so that you can’t see inside from the hallway.

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      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Takes up more space though

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    • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That might not be up to fire standards demanding doors in the hallway to be opened to the inside of the room.

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      • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Is that a thing?

        Feels like something door closer makes irrelevant.

        You’d think fire could would require exit always be push, because that makes evacuating smoother.

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    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure there’s regulations against that, so you’re not pushing a door into a random passer by as you’re exiting the bathroom.

      The foot hook handle thing is my preferred method.

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    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m fond of the paper method. Paper barrier to protect me from the gross handle.

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    • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I think the door opening into a main area is not ideal. Like a restaurant with somebody carrying food having to serve a bathroom door that opened unexpectedly.

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    • boreengreen@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Or foot

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  • archonet@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I would bet good money that both door handles are equally filthy, by nature of it being a school. Kids are walking talking germ incubators. We all are, but kids especially.

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    • kryptonidas@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The bottom one might be dirtier, with kids specifically wanting to “soil” it because that is “so funny”. And the group that does wash their hands don’t want to touch “the dirty one”.

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      • WraithGear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I would argue that the bottom would be dirtier, not because of kids reflex to be contrarian, but because human nature pushes people to prioritize themselves even at the cost of society. They may not wash THEIR hands, but they are not going to touch other dirty peoples handle.

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      • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I’d put good money on your take.

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    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Poo-casso

      This got me.

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  • superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Here’s an idea:
    The sinks should be outside the bathroom.
    That way, you can wash your hands after touching the dirty door, and everyone in the hallway can see if you don’t wash your hands.

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    • kandoh@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Are the doors even necessary? Just put a sharp left turn tiny hallway for privacy, blocks out everything but sound - most public bathrooms have them already

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      • superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        blocks out everything but sound

        You’ve never heard the sounds my coworker makes on the toilet.

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      • Verserk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        The sound is the worst part, I wish the bathroom in my office had music or something so I don’t have to hear every detail of whomever is disemboweling themselves in the next stall over.

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      • Shapillon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        The smell tho.

        Plus school bathrooms tend to be dirty.

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    • pool_spray_098@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I still don’t want to touch a handle where it’s guaranteed that people who just took a shit without washing their hands have touched, even if I’m about to wash my hands right after.

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      • superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Cause they trap disabled people inside the bathroom.

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    • JenTheWyvern@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That…makes sense to me. Not only would you need one set of sinks, you wouldn’t need to go into the shit and piss room if you just want to wash your hands.

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If they’re going to break the rule about washing hands they’re not going to follow the door handle one either.

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    • SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’ll just lick both handles to be safe

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      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        ⬆️ Found patient zero, everyone.

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  • kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I recall there was a story from Predictably Irrational where the experimenters were trying to figure out how to get participants to avoid double-dipping tortilla chips.

    Along with a control condition, they tried setting up a sign that said “NO DOUBLE DIPPING”, and I think they also tried paying people or getting them to promise not to double dip, stuff like that.

    The thing they found most successful was to set up two bowls of dip: One labeled “For double-dipping”, and one “Not for double-dipping”.

    They supposed that once they had to do a physical action where they sorted themselves according to “what kind of person they are”, they wanted all of their visible actions to be consistent with that.

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    • Halosheep@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Interesting experiment but who the fuck doesn’t just eat the whole chip at once?

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      • MeatPilot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Image

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      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        “Restaurant style” chips are enormous. Far too big to shove in your mouth at once.

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      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Double dippers, apparently.

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      • nieminen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I like a big salsa to chip ratio, so I break the chip into smaller pieces (usually 2) and dip/scoop each one. No double dip, good salsa to chip ratio.

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    • psivchaz@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It’s been a long time but I recall a study featured on Freakonomics where a national park tried different signs to get people to not steal rocks. Signs like, “Taking rocks hurts the ecosystem” and “Taking rocks is a crime.”

      The only effective one was something along the lines of, “A million people visit this park every year and leave things alone.” Suggesting that telling people to do the right thing is less effective than peer pressure.

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      • kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        On the one hand, it’s depressing because people seem to care more about fitting in than being rational.

        But on the other hand, it’s reassuring that we’re so eager to solve things collaboratively that we’re willing to set aside our own personal opinions.

        Our relentless obsession with social connection will either be the thing that kills us or the thing that saves us. And I honestly have NO idea which.

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  • BigBenis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I still wouldn’t trust either handle. People are assholes.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      There are some folk who I went to school with I can see rubbing their assholes on the handles because “fuck you, you’re a sign not a cop”. I’m sure there’s a name for that disorder.

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      • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Oppositional Defiance Disorder, I have a coworker like this. It’s exhausting.

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  • 8000gnat@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Literally scrolling while pooping at work and someone came in, did their thing and left without hand washing. These idiots walk among us.

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    • aiden@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I see it happen all too often. People suck.

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  • affiliate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    there should be a guy in every bathroom who body slams you into the pavement if you don’t wash your hands for 20 seconds with warm soap and water

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    • Sea_pop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Per the CDC

      Use your preferred water temperature – cold or warm – to wash your hands. Warm and cold water remove the same number of germs from your hands. The water helps create soap lather that removes germs from your skin when you wash your hands. Water itself does not usually kill germs; to kill germs, water would need to be hot enough to scald your hands.

      If you’re like me and hate warm water

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      • affiliate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        this whole time i had no idea… thank you. i’ll update the suggestion in light of this new information

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  • IronKrill@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    This problem is solved by having paper towels (air dryers suck) and placing the paper towel trash bin next to the door so that you can use your hand-full of towels as a barrier between the handle and throw the towels away as you leave.

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    • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Or motorized door, or no door at all, this clearly isn’t a house, just have an S shaped passage. Voila, way fewer sick people on your building. It quickly pays for itself.

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      • jdeath@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        it seems like a good idea to me, but my question is would it lead to more poop particles circulating more widely throughout the building than without a door? ig airports, etc seem fine with it so it must not be a big problem?

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    • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      also a foot handle

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Me: grabs both handles

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    • vrek@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Schrodinger’s washed hands

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  • Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I don’t believe there is good in human nature, so I’m going to remain grossed out by both handles.

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    • Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Embrace the evil, double-dip both handles

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      • Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Double-dick both handles?

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  • superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    They should put 110V through the top one.

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  • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    first off, the clean handle should be on top. the nasty handle shouldn’t drip onto the clean handle.

    second, as you are leaving a public bathroom, reach under your shirt/jacket (hopefully something untucked. ) use the fabric as a barrier for your hand and grab the handle with the front of the shirt/jacket.

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    • original_reader@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      But now you have dry urine smeared over your sleeves.

      Better than on my hands, but…

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      • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        i didnt say sleeves. the underside of the bottom of your shirt. or go to a haberdashery and get yourself a hanky.

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    • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I just open it with my feet. I helps with keeping by thighs flexible too.

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      • EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I almost exclusively flush with my feet in public bathrooms

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    • Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      What is there to drip? Y’all pissing all over your hands or something?

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      • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEhs5NuHAa4

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  • UnhingedFridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Someone who’s too fuckin lazy to wash their hands isn’t gonna take the time to read anything I’m public.

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    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Like a JRPG, the choice is an illusion.

      The real answer is to use a paper towel to open the door.

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      • SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Since 2020 I haven’t touched a door handle in public. Because that’s when I realized just how backward some people are (I’d managed to avoid learning that prior). I wrap my sweatshirt around my hand to open them, now. In the summer I have paper towels in my pocket.

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  • eran_morad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Paper towel, always. No paper towels? That’s why you enter the bathroom with a napkin in your pocket.

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    • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I use paper towel and also use hand sanitizer to make sure no germs get through. I fucking hate public bathrooms.

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  • Kalkaline@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I saw shit smeared on a bathroom door the other day, hand dryers only, no paper towels, it was so gross.

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  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Which handle is for opening the door with my (washed) prehensile pp?

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  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    At least I know the top one is sanitized.

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  • Draegur@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I like public restroom doors that have a handle like protrusion for your foot

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  • EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Just get the foot door opener thing I love those things

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  • FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Based on the differences in color for each handle it makes me wonder if the one for not washing your hands is a different material. Maybe an antimicrobial metal like a copper alloy.

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  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    My germaphobia is so triggered

    🤮

    I’d have to use a paper towel all the time, to open doors, and also use hand sanitizer to clean my hands. I’m that germaphobic.

    I hate public bathrooms. HATE in bold

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Instructions unclear, genitalia stuck in the lower door handle. Send HALP

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  • stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    This could easily be because the top handle is in a more convenient spot so everyone uses it and nobody uses the bottom one, I can’t think of a reason someone would be so inconsiderate as to not wash there hands but so altruistic that they go out of there way to use the inferior objectively worse handle. And human nature would say nobody is going to care about the slightly inconvenient option after it gets boring, don’t believe me? Then why do so many people choose the convenient less boring option of not washing their hands?

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    • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The problem with this layout is that the shit from the top handle will drop onto the lower one, thus contaminating it as well.

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    • Aeri@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I think the two handles were just put in at different times, or are made of different materials.

      If the top handle was “dirty” the discoloration would be localized around the gripping point

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  • undefinedValue@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    This is a game theory scenario:

    1. I’m too lazy too lazy to wash my hands or don’t feel it’s necessary. Upon encountering this door I see both handles and decide to follow their instructions and open the door for unwashed hands. My hands are now unspeakably filthy as filthy people following the signs have accumulated a ton of germs on this handle. I get sick.

    2. I was my hands, follow the signs and use the washed handle. Unbeknownst to me some unwashed game theorists decided that obviously the handle for washed hands would be cleaner so they used it without actually washing their hands first. It’s now also filthy.

    3. I didn’t wash my hands, I don’t give a fuck about signs, use the one most convenient for me.

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    • Sotuanduso@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      My hands are now unspeakably filthy as filthy people following the signs have accumulated a ton of germs on this handle. I get sick.

      Do you normally get sick when you touch a bathroom door handle? It’s not like people choose not to wash their hands because there’s a separate handle for it.

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      • undefinedValue@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Depends what you do next and how much germs or on the handle. Worst case scenario someone shat themselves and tried to clean themselves up and contaminated their hands. Didn’t wash up or didn’t wash enough and left fecal matter on the handle. You then exit the bathroom and go eat a burger or some finger food so as to transfer germs directly to the food entering your system.

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    And the reason school bathrooms can’t just have kitchen doors that you can back into to open from either direction?

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    • smiletolerantly@awful.systems ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Newer bathrooms here just don’t have doors. Just to right angles. Can’t see in from the outside, but don’t need to touch a door handle.

      It’s perfect.

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  • TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    This is probably a weird cropping, but I like to think this doors pushed open since there are no hinges on this side.

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  • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Real boomer energy on these signs

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  • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    what if I do the opposite

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