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You are here: Home / Nature & Respite / Faunasphere / Respite Open Thread: LOOK! ANIMAL MEMES!

Respite Open Thread: LOOK! ANIMAL MEMES!

by Anne Laurie|  September 27, 20188:06 pm| 90 Comments

This post is in: Faunasphere, Nature & Respite, Open Threads, #notintendedtobeafactualstatement, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Riveted By The Sociological Significance Of It All

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pic.twitter.com/oLbF4DzLVd

— Chalupa Cabra (@chalupa_cabra) August 27, 2018

What a terrible day for Paul Bronks’ twitter feed to go to ‘protected status’. (I sincerely hope it’s temporary.) Apart from @BoringEnormous, which are your favorite sources for fauna-related respite japes?

when u just have had enough of hearing this guys shit again pic.twitter.com/mEB73ZtmvI

— darth™ (@darth) July 9, 2018

Ever had a dog who just thinks too hard? pic.twitter.com/HT5cwALCzM

— Neko Case (@NekoCase) July 22, 2018

He saw what the world had to offer and turned his back on it pic.twitter.com/onqcLAY94Q

— Haru ? (@RelktntHero) July 29, 2018

Do wolves ever just sing to make music, as we do? For wolves, the social glue is song. https://t.co/bOEevxv5Dg pic.twitter.com/sNyXxTZpzI

— NY Wolf Center (@nywolforg) April 28, 2018

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90Comments

  1. 1.

    Elizabelle

    September 27, 2018 at 8:08 pm

    Thank you, Anne.

    On Facebook, I love UPS Dogs and Disapproving Corgis.

  2. 2.

    Mary G

    September 27, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    Alpacas are so chill pic.twitter.com/3Aqg7JUpBB— Nature is Amazing ? (@AMAZlNGNATURE) September 28, 2018

    Baby goat climbing on alpacas just came up for me.

  3. 3.

    Luthe

    September 27, 2018 at 8:12 pm

    I’m a big fan of googling “baby penguins” and looking at all the cute pictures.

  4. 4.

    Roger Moore

    September 27, 2018 at 8:15 pm

    They aren’t memes, but I love the pictures in @bodegacats_. People like to talk about working breeds of dogs, but it’s nice to remember that all breeds of cats are working animals- even if they’re mostly shown on their work breaks.

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    kindness

    September 27, 2018 at 8:16 pm

    I need more threads that don’t mention politics.

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    Mnemosyne

    September 27, 2018 at 8:19 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    Dude, what fucking part of RESPITE THREAD was confusing to you?

    Fuck.
    Off.
    Right.
    Fucking.
    Now.

  7. 7.

    Mnemosyne

    September 27, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    BTW, I am putting you in the pie filter for the night because I cannot deal with your fucking bullshit right now.

    Good day.

  8. 8.

    MagdaInBlack

    September 27, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    @Mnemosyne:
    Thank you

  9. 9.

    Elizabelle

    September 27, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    Yep. Enough. Many thanks to whoever pulled the … unmentionable post.

    Pets rule! Animal kingdom! Cute even when not in pajamas.

  10. 10.

    Mary G

    September 27, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    @Roger Moore: Yes, bodega cats is one of my favorites, too. They just have that “you looking at me, punk?” attitude as they chill on the stack of beer cartons.

  11. 11.

    TenguPhule

    September 27, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    @Mnemosyne: It was a humor post.

  12. 12.

    Saltwater

    September 27, 2018 at 8:27 pm

    @Clint Falin. Also YouTube ‘dogs in boots’

  13. 13.

    Roger Moore

    September 27, 2018 at 8:28 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    It was a humor post.

    It was, but it was still about politics and doesn’t belong in a thread that’s supposed to avoid them.

  14. 14.

    Mandarama

    September 27, 2018 at 8:29 pm

    I like Thoughts of Dog on Twitter. It’s goofy but sweet. Connected to WeRateDogs, which is also funny.

  15. 15.

    realbtl

    September 27, 2018 at 8:29 pm

    Only related because Rs are shameless liars. They are spamming everything from UPS to youtube here in Montana claiming Jon Tester promised to fix Obamacare and didn’t. Jaysus.

  16. 16.

    Mnemosyne

    September 27, 2018 at 8:29 pm

    I know this went viral because one of the guys on Very Smart Brothas wrote about it, but I still can’t stop laughing when the octopus tentacles hit the guy in the face:

    https://mobile.twitter.com/mattcolville/status/1045007334118805504

  17. 17.

    Mnemosyne

    September 27, 2018 at 8:31 pm

    @realbtl:

    NO FUCKING POLITICS.

    Don’t make me pie you, too. I am at my last nerve.

  18. 18.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    September 27, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    I pick up my 8 week old black lab in 9 days. Gulp.

  19. 19.

    Gravenstone

    September 27, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    Okay, who got the action shot at Tamara’s abode of the giant dogs?

  20. 20.

    TenguPhule

    September 27, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    Vegan kale chocolate

    It is a bar of the most delicious dark chocolate (73% cocoa solids) covered in “kale crunch”, a thick mossy sprinkle of kale, spirulina, sea salt and pumpkin, sesame and sunflower seeds, that creates undulations on the bar’s surface likened by one colleague to the Lake District.

    I am horrified.

  21. 21.

    schrodingers_cat

    September 27, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    @TenguPhule: I hate kale. I like other greens and bitter greens like spinach, meth, broccolini, swiss chard etc. It tastes like cardboard.

  22. 22.

    schrodingers_cat

    September 27, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: Sweet. Pics when you get him.

  23. 23.

    Mary G

    September 27, 2018 at 8:36 pm

    Picture of bliss:

    A dog and his cheeseburger pic.twitter.com/SObvrxDtjs— Land of cuteness (@landpsychology) September 28, 2018

  24. 24.

    Mnemosyne

    September 27, 2018 at 8:36 pm

    There was so much politics this week that I forgot to inform all of yinz that it’s Sea Otter Awareness Week! Courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium:

    https://mobile.twitter.com/MontereyAq

  25. 25.

    lamh36

    September 27, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    @balleralert
    Sony Pictures releases the first photos of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers in the upcoming film, set to hit theaters October 2019

    https://twitter.com/balleralert/status/1045470395007143936

  26. 26.

    geg6

    September 27, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    The dog thinking too hard looks exactly like Lovey. And she gets that exact look. I can see the gears going in her head. Never quite sure, when she looks like that, what she is thinking. Other times, she tells me exactly what she’s thinking. She’s very smart. Cole thinks he got the stupid one of the litter, but I think he just doesn’t understand poor Thurston.

  27. 27.

    spudgun

    September 27, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: Ooh, pix please! yay, more Balloon Juice pets!

    And congrats on the new family member—

  28. 28.

    Miss Bianca

    September 27, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    I don’t know where this meme came from originally, but I’ve made it my home screen on my desktop computer. I think I may have seen it on Caveman Circus originally. Anyway, I’ve been muttering “Avenge me, Bob” or words to that effect the entire day.

  29. 29.

    Gravenstone

    September 27, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    @TenguPhule: ‘moss’ and ‘chocolate’ are not words meant to be used in proximity.

  30. 30.

    MagdaInBlack

    September 27, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    @realbtl:
    Please! Please stop with the damned politics. There are lots of other posts for that.

  31. 31.

    TenguPhule

    September 27, 2018 at 8:39 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: Have you tried choy sum or bok choy?

  32. 32.

    schrodingers_cat

    September 27, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    My first page lols over the years on ICHC/Lolcats. Some lols may be political but most are not. 99% has kittehs.

  33. 33.

    Hkedi [Kang T. Q.]

    September 27, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    I think I’m going to go blow things up online to decompress. Are there any World of Warships players out there? It might be fun to make a Jackals clan. I’t much slower paced than most online games and fun for military history buffs. If you are interested in that kind of game.

  34. 34.

    spudgun

    September 27, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    @TenguPhule: Blergh…

  35. 35.

    Mary G

    September 27, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    Great thread on coping strategies:

    Today seems like the right time to do a thread I've been thinking about for a while on how to handle the seemingly never-ending deluge of depressing and disturbing news. My tips are based on my time as a CIA military analyst in which I dealt daily with disturbing content. (1/)— Cindy Otis (@CindyOtis_) June 29, 2018

  36. 36.

    Mandarama

    September 27, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: Yay, a puppy! Labs are awesome. I’ll commiserate with you…our rescue pup, who joined our family Saturday, is only 10 months. He’s doing great with house training, but steals stuff to chew up! (I can’t really get mad though.)

  37. 37.

    TenguPhule

    September 27, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    @Gravenstone:

    ‘moss’ and ‘chocolate’ are not words meant to be used in proximity.

    Indeed. Spirulina is also one of those things that doesn’t belong in stuff normally regarded as food.

  38. 38.

    schrodingers_cat

    September 27, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    @TenguPhule: I do like baby bok choy, we have an Asian grocery store, that also grows their own. Not had choy sum.

  39. 39.

    Gin & Tonic

    September 27, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    @TenguPhule: Chocolate and kale do not belong in the same fucking room together.

  40. 40.

    jl

    September 27, 2018 at 8:43 pm

    I don’t need a respite, since was lucky enough to be so busy to only hear a few snippets on the news. Sounds like it was a mess.
    But thanks for fun pics and videos

  41. 41.

    spudgun

    September 27, 2018 at 8:44 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: Mmm, baby bok choy, pan fried with some garlic…yum.

  42. 42.

    spudgun

    September 27, 2018 at 8:45 pm

    @TenguPhule: I like spirulina in smoothies, but yeah, not in anything else food-related.

  43. 43.

    Roger Moore

    September 27, 2018 at 8:46 pm

    @Mary G:
    I guess he can has cheezburger.

  44. 44.

    TenguPhule

    September 27, 2018 at 8:46 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:

    Not had choy sum.

    Its leafier and tastes like a fusion of spinach and bok choy, but less watery when cooked. Quite tasty cooked by itself or with a little soy sauce or dressing.

  45. 45.

    Gin & Tonic

    September 27, 2018 at 8:47 pm

    @TenguPhule: it sounds like a bacterial infection.

  46. 46.

    trollhattan

    September 27, 2018 at 8:47 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:
    Kale belongs in the wood-chipper, not the house.

  47. 47.

    TenguPhule

    September 27, 2018 at 8:47 pm

    @spudgun:

    Mmm, baby bok choy, pan fried with some garlic…yum.

    And sprinkled with dried garlic chips as a garnish.

  48. 48.

    geg6

    September 27, 2018 at 8:47 pm

    Oh, and I enjoy the FB page of The Chronicles of Muffin by Muffin.

  49. 49.

    Mnemosyne

    September 27, 2018 at 8:48 pm

    Also, season 3 of “The Good Place” starts tonight. Mike Schur is a genius because he can combine philosophy with fart jokes and have the whole damn show work.

    The hard part is going to be waiting for G to get home from work so we can watch it together.

  50. 50.

    TenguPhule

    September 27, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Chocolate and kale do not belong in the same fucking room together.

    Neighborhood, surely?

  51. 51.

    MagdaInBlack

    September 27, 2018 at 8:50 pm

    @TenguPhule:
    Yes! ?

  52. 52.

    spudgun

    September 27, 2018 at 8:50 pm

    @TenguPhule: Hurray for garlic!!

  53. 53.

    Miss Bianca

    September 27, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I watched Season 1 and liked it OK, but haven’t felt any burning need to catch up with it. Probably just as well to wait till Season 3 is over before starting Season 2. I’m funny like that.

    On the other hand, some jackal recommended “Leverage” a few weeks back, and I have been enjoying that one very much indeed.

  54. 54.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    September 27, 2018 at 8:57 pm

    Thanks, all. I’ve been dog free for a year. The time is nigh. I haven’t raised a puppy in 20 years and that one was my best friend for 10 1/2 years. A dude on my softball team suggeste reading, The Monks of New Skete: The Art of Raising a Puppy. I highly recommend it to anyone. It reminded me of where I went wrong years ago and what to do better this time.

  55. 55.

    TenguPhule

    September 27, 2018 at 8:58 pm

    Has anyone else tried truffle zest yet?

    Its actually quite good. Goes well with potatoes and pasta dishes.

  56. 56.

    Elizabelle

    September 27, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: Good luck with your new pup. Lucky dog. Be prepared for it to try to eat your electronics and eyeglasses. Watch out!

  57. 57.

    Mnemosyne

    September 27, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    @Miss Bianca:

    Whatever you thought was going to happen in season 2, doesn’t. That’s all I’ll say.

  58. 58.

    TenguPhule

    September 27, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I was wrong. I’m sorry.

  59. 59.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    September 27, 2018 at 9:04 pm

    @Elizabelle: I’m ready! : )

  60. 60.

    Roger Moore

    September 27, 2018 at 9:05 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:
    My local farmers’ market has one stand that specializes in all kinds of Chinese vegetables: bok choy, yu choy, gai lan, long beans, winter melon, etc. They’re great, especially in the winter when the selection of other vegetables is scanty. Unfortunately, they don’t have any ginger this year, because somebody bought out their whole crop. They’ve promised to plant more next year, though.

  61. 61.

    Mandarama

    September 27, 2018 at 9:06 pm

    Rescue dog Tully met our vet today for the first time, and the doctor’s opinion is that he does not have a lot of Great Pyrenees in him. (He does have double dew claws on the rear. ) Instead, vet thinks he is golden retriever mixed with Llewellin setter. I don’t know much about that breed, so if anyone else does I would love the info!

    But he is still a Velcro dog like all goldens, and he is sweet and spotted and cute. 100% Good Boy so far except for being an accomplished counter thief.

  62. 62.

    CarolDuhart2

    September 27, 2018 at 9:07 pm

    I struggle with eating more vegetables. Maybe it’s all the unimaginative ways it was fixed when I was a kid. I do enjoy Indian vegetables though, despite all that. Maybe I’ll go find a cookbook somewhere.

    What I’ve been doing to decompress is working on a set of civics flashcards. So far I have all the Presidents, 50 States, Cabinet Posts and Independent Agencies. I plan to also do House, Senate and Supreme Court as well. Except for Presidents, this is all about the institutions (founding, functions, and so forth). People, and even sizes change, so I’m not including those.
    Later I want to do Major American Wars and International institutions like Nato, the EU, and so forth.. So far I’ve gone through 3 packs of 100 4×6 cards, with some stragglers.

  63. 63.

    frosty

    September 27, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann:

    The Monks of New Skete: The Art of Raising a Puppy

    Great book. We liked it so much we adopted one of their Shepherds then went back for another after the first was gone.

  64. 64.

    Elizabelle

    September 27, 2018 at 9:24 pm

    @CarolDuhart2: Flash cards is a great idea. Thank you.

  65. 65.

    TenguPhule

    September 27, 2018 at 9:31 pm

    @CarolDuhart2: Try some asian pickles to ease your way in.

  66. 66.

    sempronia

    September 27, 2018 at 9:31 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:
    “choy” means vegetable, and “sum” means heart. It’s an entire vegetable though, unlike romaine lettuce hearts.

  67. 67.

    CliosFanBoy

    September 27, 2018 at 9:33 pm

    and having lost my big buddy Rocco the fox terrier a few weeks ago, now our youngest, Sonia, probably has cancer. She had a small lump in an anal sac so they removed the whole sac. The surgeon says he’s never seen it NOT be cancer. Hoping we caught it early. (fingers crossed). Yes, Sonia is on the Pets of BJ calendar too. She’s our sweet pea.

  68. 68.

    Miss Bianca

    September 27, 2018 at 9:33 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Honestly hadn’t thought that much about it.

  69. 69.

    SiubhanDuinne

    September 27, 2018 at 9:35 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    73% cocoa solids isn’t nearly bitter enough for me these days. I’m pretty much 90% or GTFO.

    I do like a choc (can’t remember the number, but it’s fairly dark) with ginger and wasabi. At first it’s kind of Meh Shrug Emoji, and then a minute later there’s an afterkick and your mouth is all Holy Jeez WTF was THAT??

    They sell them at World Market Bazaar.

  70. 70.

    Mnemosyne

    September 27, 2018 at 9:39 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    Thank you. Apology accepted.

    Let’s just say that weepy Drunk Daddy blaming everyone else for his problems hit a more personal spot than even the rapey shit did.

  71. 71.

    CarolDuhart2

    September 27, 2018 at 9:44 pm

    @CliosFanBoy: All I can do is wish you good luck in this.

  72. 72.

    schrodingers_cat

    September 27, 2018 at 9:46 pm

    @CarolDuhart2: Check out Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian, its has great veggie recipes from all over the world including India, of course.

  73. 73.

    Anne Laurie

    September 27, 2018 at 9:48 pm

    @Mandarama:

    Rescue dog Tully met our vet today for the first time, and the doctor’s opinion is that he does not have a lot of Great Pyrenees in him. (He does have double dew claws on the rear. ) Instead, vet thinks he is golden retriever mixed with Llewellin setter. I don’t know much about that breed, so if anyone else does I would love the info!

    But he is still a Velcro dog like all goldens, and he is sweet and spotted and cute. 100% Good Boy so far except for being an accomplished counter thief.

    I’d actually never heard of Llewellin setters! Wikipedia claims they’re a subset of English setters — which makes sense, there are a number of AKC breeds that have diverged into ‘show’ and ‘field’ lines (beauty contest versus working dogs), and quite often the ‘field’ breeders claim their dogs are not like the ones in the catalog, even to the point of saying their dogs are a separate (*cough*superior*cough) breed altogether. (Look up ‘Red & White Setters’, for instance — or English Cocker breeders vs. their American descendants, aka ‘American shi-tzus’.) So you can probably get some immediate feedback by checking setter / gun dog sites on temperament.

    As for the counter-surfing… I’m sure you know a LOT of rescue dogs never quite get over the trauma of not knowing when/where their next meal was coming from. One thing that really helped with our ‘resource aggressive’ rescue Gloria was hand-feeding her, kibble by kibble, after making a big deal about yay! it’s dinner time and all the dogs get dinner, in their assigned (crate, in her case) dinner places! I did this on the advice of my dog guru, and after a few days I could visibly see her relax as she was fed… she was gradually being convinced that we would always feed her, and that getting fed was something she could expect rather than whatever she could steal.

    (Of course, even after nine years, Gloria’s not to be trusted around an unguarded sandwich… or a reachable trash bin… or a used napkin, when she’s in the wrong mood. But she no longer attacks the other dogs if it looks like they *might* get between her & a potentially edible item, and she doesn’t bite if she thinks we might touch her supper dish. Most probably your new housemate is a lot less alpha than Gloria, but the hand-feeding trick is still a good bonding ritual.)

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    Gin & Tonic

    September 27, 2018 at 9:51 pm

    @sempronia: I meant “spirulina.”

  75. 75.

    p.a.

    September 27, 2018 at 9:51 pm

    Anyone seen any recent posts by efg? Have I missed some, or is he having more health issues?

  76. 76.

    Luciamia

    September 27, 2018 at 9:54 pm

    Has anybody mentioned the daily pootie_woozle diaries at Daily Kos?

  77. 77.

    p.a.

    September 27, 2018 at 9:54 pm

    @CarolDuhart2: World’sHealthiestFoods and it’s Veggie Advisor app.

  78. 78.

    Anne Laurie

    September 27, 2018 at 9:54 pm

    @CarolDuhart2:

    I struggle with eating more vegetables. Maybe it’s all the unimaginative ways it was fixed when I was a kid. I do enjoy Indian vegetables though, despite all that. Maybe I’ll go find a cookbook somewhere.

    The problem, for my inner child, is that raw vegetables tend to be either bland (most lettuce, carrots) or aggressively chewy/bitter… and cooking vegetables always seems to require so much prep work / special equipment & ingredients. I want a cookbook that will tell me how to fix veggies with as little work as it takes to prepare pasta, or potatoes, or bacon!

  79. 79.

    Miss Bianca

    September 27, 2018 at 9:57 pm

    @CliosFanBoy: Oh, so sorry to hear it. : (

  80. 80.

    p.a.

    September 27, 2018 at 9:57 pm

    its. Fucking iPad autocorrect

  81. 81.

    schrodingers_cat

    September 27, 2018 at 9:57 pm

    @Anne Laurie: Check out my suggestion to CarolDuhart2. MJ has recipes from simple to complicated.

  82. 82.

    Miss Bianca

    September 27, 2018 at 9:57 pm

    @Luciamia: I love those! Probably my favorite part of DKos!

  83. 83.

    NotMax

    September 27, 2018 at 10:03 pm

    @CarolDuhart2

    Opens the door to mentioning this cookbook.

    ;)

  84. 84.

    randy khan

    September 27, 2018 at 10:04 pm

    Since it’s an animal thread, I’ll talk about our newest cat, who is confounding our others because he’s being too nice to them.

    To give you an idea, you know how cats you’re petting will roll over and then claw you when they’re too happy to be coherent? He rolls over and grabs at you with his paw, but without the claws out. Way too nice.

  85. 85.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    September 27, 2018 at 10:12 pm

    @frosty: Wow. That is awesome. I would love a German Shepherd but they freak out my wife.

  86. 86.

    Mnemosyn

    September 27, 2018 at 10:21 pm

    @randy khan:

    My late great cat Boris would roll over and hold my hand between his teeth so he could rabbit-kick my arm and pretend to wrestle, but he would place his teeth very delicately so I would know we were just playing, and he never got carried away and bit down.

    Our current youngest cat Charlotte, on the other hand, is a love biter. A snuggle session is not complete until she can chomp down on your hand or arm, and if you pull away, she gets indigant. She doesn’t feel threatened or run away. She just likes to bite while she’s being snuggled.

  87. 87.

    Mnemosyne

    September 27, 2018 at 10:23 pm

    Crap. I just realized that I accidentally erased the last letter of my nym. Please to be released from moderation?

  88. 88.

    BroD

    September 27, 2018 at 10:52 pm

  89. 89.

    SectionH

    September 27, 2018 at 11:41 pm

    @Anne Laurie: Yes, I do. Broccoli, spinach, string beans of all sorts, arrows, squash ofall kinds: wash, peel as you want – I peel carrots and squash with an ancient Eco (Ecro?) peeler “as rec’d” by Cooks Mag years ago, when that peeler was already old), and pop them in the microwave – covered mind you! – for 45 secs to a minute or so depending on type and quantity. I put some butter on while still not. That’s a whole lot faster than pasta or taters.

    I am so not a cook, that’s Mr S’s role, but I can cook, and I am the baker once every few years whenI can get motivated.

  90. 90.

    SectionH

    September 27, 2018 at 11:57 pm

    @SectionH: arrows? OK, autocorrect has defeated me. I did not type”marrows”.

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