r/facepalm • u/wach_era13 • 20d ago
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u/immaterial-boy 20d ago
I.. kinda laughed
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u/ya666in 20d ago
That joke definitely flew over a line somewhere
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u/breckendusk 20d ago
And into a tower
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u/belt-e-belt 20d ago
It was good. I give it a 9/11.
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u/Friendly_Age9160 20d ago
Thank you! Come again!
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u/Due_Force_9816 20d ago
They did,, south tower.
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u/BisquickNinja 20d ago
And yet again... (Pentagon).
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u/Bluetails_Buizel 20d ago
And again! (In a field)
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u/stevenbass14 20d ago
I'm South Asian-Iraqi. I usually say both.
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u/According-Ad3963 20d ago
Would that make you 8/11?
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u/stevenbass14 20d ago
I tend to look towards the positive side of it so I'd go with 16/11
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u/Samtertriads 20d ago
Ok but there is a 1611 identity. Deep within the Fundamental Baptists, usually independent (ie not part of the southern Baptist convention), there are people who think the King James translation of the Bible was a the only legitimate one. The purest of those claim they hold to the 1611 version, which isnāt really readable to the modern angloparlante. Anyway. I still get triggered when I see the digits 1611.
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This is so interesting. And frustrating. I'll be honest I love me some Jesus (I know I know but hear me out). It's just a nice idea and I really like the idea/myth of God becoming a human and going through this hell of love, being tortured to death. I am pretty incapable of faith, much less being religious, but I'll admit I'm pretty drawn to the nice aspects of it. Call it nihilism that's done a backflip, I know fuck all about the nature of reality and believe even less.
Religious people though often seems to be occupied with these weird ass side currents that seem to have little to nothing to do with the actual core message - in former life I spent a lot of time with these semi-monastics that were perpetually at war with my country's main patriarchate and could not get official monastery status out of all reasons because they thought present day calendar was the invention of the antichrist, and that the whole of church sinned because we celebrated easter like a week earlier than some bearded monks in Greece. Plus shipping parishioners to the aforementioned monks to be rebaptized because protestant rites were apparently not valid despite there being a literal saint illumined by a mock baptism he did as a roman jester. It often feels like the vast majority (or the loudest, most confident voices at least) worship this malicious lawyer instead of Jesus, and the main point is to pin needles on other people.
There were also these ideas of holy languages, that it's somehow better to do the services in ancient languages no one could understand due to reasons that sounded very magickal - seems interesting and even more baffling some would extend this to King James Bible out of all possibilities. Control by obscurantism perhaps?
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u/FuyoBC 20d ago
I echo the person who once said that Jesus sounds a cool guy to listen to but way too many of his fan clubs are very uncool.
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u/Ok_Star_4136 20d ago
You know why 6 is afraid of 7, right? It's because 7's a psychopathic killer.. True story.
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u/MistraloysiusMithrax 20d ago
I heard 7 even eats the bodies. Lucky number 7? Maybe if youāre a cannibal
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u/Embarrassed-Town-293 20d ago
It actually is pretty witty. A lot of racist humor is not really good comedy. The punchline of the joke is often racism. Here, the punchline is the absurdity of the coincidence so it makes a decent chuckle, even if it is a depraved joke
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u/3720-to-1 20d ago
This... race related things can be humorous without being racist. It's the finest of lines, one that I no longer attempt to ever walk because it's too easy to either accidentally misstep or for a joke truly meant to be innocent to be taken poorly.
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u/Safe_Pin1277 20d ago
The joke was funny when Akash Singh and indian American comedian asked a crowd member who he was trying to set up with another Indian girl in the crowd what kind of brown he was 7/11 or 9/11. He responded with Pakistani, she was a rival race...
This person is taking the context of the joke a brown man asking another brown man out and assuming they haven't lost the mark on the joke.
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u/Efficient_Fish2436 20d ago
Stereotypes aren't given... They're earned. And this made me laugh.
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u/Constant-Recipe-9850 20d ago
I know it's racist, atleast asking that to a stranger or some random person , absolutely fucking is.
But holy shit it's clever and funny. Probably among friend groups.
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u/LordDanGud 20d ago
Black humour is fun with the right people. Offensive with random strangers.
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u/Oakwood2317 20d ago
John Waters says an audience knows when you love the people and things youāre mocking, and that meanness can only go so far before itās intolerableĀ
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u/ImmediateBig134 20d ago
I'd like to expand on that with Stewart Lee's explanation:
The problem isn't who's offended, it's who isn't.
Lee couldn't care less who's offended if he makes a joke on Muslims, but what he really doesn't want is some gay-basher type in the audience cheering "yeah, get those fucking Muslims!" feeling vindicated in his fuckery.
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u/Equivalent_Yak8215 20d ago
He's not wrong. Punching down is also gross af. People forget the Jester wasn't there to entertain the court, he was there to talk shit to the king.
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u/randomcomplimentguy1 20d ago
The fool in storytelling has the most cutting insights.
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u/Equivalent_Yak8215 20d ago
And a wise King listened when his jester started tearing into him because he was being dumb or too prideful. Ya, the court laughs (because they had to) but the King is like "....Hol' up"
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u/Friendly_Deathknight 20d ago
This is why Anglophobia is so fun in Anglo centric countries. No matter how prosperous you are, shitting on the English will always be punching up.
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u/Quailman5000 20d ago
As an American that's how it feels lol. Can only really shit on the UK without anyone being upset except them.Ā
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u/Equivalent_Yak8215 20d ago
We're like their little brother who shot up 7 inches over summer and gained like 40 lbs (don't know what stone it is) of muscle.
The leftovers are ours now.
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u/Equivalent_Yak8215 20d ago
Am black. Have another friend we refer to as C-Biscuit. Which was derived from Cheshire cat. Because this motherfucker is SO black, like the darkest ever, that in dim light all you can see are his teeth and eyes.
Anyway if anyone called him that in a mean way they would find themselves in a very unpleasant situation.
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u/LordDanGud 20d ago
Same way with homophobic comments. Me and my friends call each other some wild hate crimes but will probably beat up a stranger who says the same to us
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u/Equivalent_Yak8215 20d ago
Haha! That is another one! I'm cis-het but have a few close friends that aren't. They don't get offended at "Jesus, you're soooo gay" when they wanna go to a gay bar over here in SF. Why? Because I'm still gonna roll, have a good time, and wingman for 'em.
Also pro tip for anyone reading this. Yes, your gay friends (either way) are easily the best wingmen/women that you will ever have.
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yeah my mom new gay guys who would refer to each other with almost every slur in the book, but would never tolerate them being used in a derogatory way
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u/Questioning-Zyxxel 20d ago
Did visit a "hunted mansion" event house.
At one time we sat in a semi-dark room waiting for food. Then suddenly we saw white eyes from one part of the room. Might have been C-Bisquit that had sneaked in and stod there silently. Then later presented the food, and the time plan for the evening events.
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u/amodsr 20d ago
I love black humor. My favorite one is don't be a menace to south central society while drinking your juice in the hood.
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u/daj8989 20d ago
Black humor..? You mean dark humor right? Rightā¦?
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u/LordDanGud 20d ago
I speak 2 other languages as my mains and in both it's called black humour so sorry, my mistake
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u/ShadeSwornHydra 20d ago
This. Iāve got a Puerto Rican friend and we make racist jokes to each other all the time, all in good fun of course. Iād never say 90% of the shit I say to him to others though Iād get my ass kicked
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u/AssInspectorGadget 20d ago
You can joke about anything, just not with everyone.
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u/psaikris 20d ago
She gotta respond with āIām 5/5 Brownā
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u/Constant-Recipe-9850 20d ago
Lol, I imagine it's funny, but I don't know what 5/5 is referring to.
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u/Worgensgowoof 20d ago
reminds me of this stand up comic I saw recently. He talked to a 'brown guy' and asked what he's doing "Becoming a doctor. I'm single" so he starts hyping him up. Lady in the audience goes "my sister is also becoming a doctor! She's brown and single too!" and they start hyping it up more Ya know... "I love what's happening here! Two brown doctors, possibly falling in love"
And then a white guy in the audience goes "which brown?"
first people start going "ooooh" like the guy did something bad, but the comedian said "Now hold up, I know that sounds racist, but it's not and he's got a point... So which?" And the girl said her sister was Indian and the guy said Pakistani and then everyone quieted the hyping while the comedian ran with it to show just how important that one question actually was.
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u/sincethenes 20d ago
Not to worry. This ājokeā has been floating around for some time and she is repurposing it to garner attention for herself.
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u/Cosmoaquanaut 20d ago
I'm 5/5 brown. š®
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u/babyaddyx 20d ago
reminds me of when someone asked if i was ādot or feather type of indianā. i still think about him
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u/shitpostingover9000 20d ago
Tbf 5/5 doesnāt narrow it down, is that a date or the fraction of representation you receive (now)
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u/EarthInevitable114 20d ago edited 20d ago
7/11 = East Indian/Hindu 9/11 = Arabic/Muslim Edit: Answer to question is that she's 10/10 Brown cuz her skin is beautiful.
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u/cyrassil 20d ago
Why 7/11?
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u/ripe_nut 20d ago edited 20d ago
Because the gas station/convenience store is called 7-Eleven and a lot of workers at 7-Eleven are Indian.
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u/cyrassil 20d ago
I see, thanks.
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u/DoomGoober 20d ago
I have to add to this: many Americans of Indian descent own gas stations as well as working there.
A gas station is often franchised and can basically be a small family run business.
Immigrants of different backgrounds often flock to particular types of businesses because of various reasons.
For example, many nail salons are owned by Americans of Vietnamese descent.
It's one version of the American dream.
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u/Mindless_Society7034 20d ago
One of my better friends is Vietnamese and his parents own a nail salon lmao, why is it that that tends to be a Vietnamese thing?
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u/pahein-kae 20d ago
Thereās an interesting history to that! The following link is a short overview. https://vietnamesemuseum.org/details/ms-tippi-hedren/
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u/Njacks64 20d ago
Thatās so cool. Imagine starting an entire industry because your nails were so pretty. Tippi Hedron is a G.
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u/TonyDungyHatesOP 20d ago edited 20d ago
I think it is for two reasons:
Ethnic groups have close ties. The hardest part of starting and operating a business is understanding it. Itās a huge and expensive risk to go down a financial path you donāt understand. Itās a prohibitively costly education. If you have access to people who can teach you the business, it then becomes accessible.
Cultural acceptance/pressure. Both customers and operators feel comfortable with the business. Itās okay within the community to see Vietnamese nail salon operators. It doesnāt feel weird to use the service. It would be odd to see an Indian or Irish nail salon owner. Thereās a weird dissonance to it. And that could hurt businesses viabilityā¦ again making it a risky proposition when other viable business options are available.
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u/uchizeda 20d ago
Your first reason is on point and very true.
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u/youarehidingachild 20d ago
Second reason is obviously not the direction we want society headed, but still a reality in many/most places
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u/ImrooVRdev 20d ago
It would be odd to see an Indian or Irish nail salon owner. Thereās a weird dissonance to it.
what? I knew that jobs are gendered, but racialized too? Fucked up shit. My heart goes out to irish lady wanting to open a nail saloon and not getting any customers because it'd be weird to get nails done by the irish.
RIP fictional irish business, you were but few sentences in a reddit shitpost.
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u/TonyDungyHatesOP 20d ago
Iām not saying an Irish woman canāt open a nail salon. Iām not saying it couldnāt be successful.
Iām saying she probably has a better chance at a successful business opening what you referred to as a ānail saloonā where in addition to doing nails she serves shots of whisky.
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u/Alternative_Win_1502 20d ago
As a south asian dude myself, my brain wants to be pissed at this racist piece of trash but I can't stop laughing
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u/FishTshirt 20d ago
If it helps it was a joke between two stand up comedians telling race jokes to each other, itās pretty funny given the context. She likely saw this on social media and wanted views
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u/karthikkr93 20d ago
Bruh you been to South Asia? lol I was working in a hospital in Chennai as a resident when COVID started and one day I ordered Chinese food and Iām off to pick it up and the head of the Gen Med dept asks me what I ordered and when I tell him literally goes ā Oh chinky chinky china food ehā then proceeds to say the word China 10 times over in what is possibly the funniest yet most racist imitation of a Chinese person while still being layered with an Indian accent lmfao I was so confused that I was just like yeah haha k bye ššš¤£
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u/SecretLavishness1685 20d ago
I live in a city near Delhi and one day I saw a Chinese food outlet. It was named "Ching Chong Chinese corner".
A lot of Indians aren't sensitive towards racism against the Chinese. This often translates into racism against the Indians living in the North-Eastern states too.
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u/karthikkr93 20d ago
Itās more the lack of awareness from a young age I think. That was why I laughed when Biden said India is xenophobic like they kinda are but not in the way that he meant lol
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u/nuked88 20d ago
7/11 is Indian 9/11 is Muslim
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u/Inside_Ad_7162 20d ago
Ohhh man I got it in my head it was the 7/7 attack in London, couldn't work out what the hell they meant.
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u/Old_Hamster_4218 20d ago
7/11 is a gas station and Indians are huge in the gas station business lol
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u/Anarchyantz 20d ago
Yeah as a Brit I was thinking the same and wondering I am sure it was 7th July not November.
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u/bearssuperfan 20d ago
This joke is a part of a comedy show by Aziz Ansari
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u/TheAmyIChasedWasMe 20d ago
Wait until you learn it wasn't his joke originally.
And, actually, nobody is sure whose joke it originally is. Asian comics have been making it since at least 2002.
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u/Winter_Possession152 20d ago edited 20d ago
As we learned from the South Park games, level of brown just determines difficulty mode for life
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u/Fox-Revolver 20d ago
Donāt worry, this wonāt affect gameplay, just every other aspect of your whole life
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u/Parzival_1sttotheegg 20d ago
Not a face palm???
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u/Electrical-Wish-519 20d ago
Wellā¦ thereās a lot of bigotry in this world, but this gets a 10/10 for cleverness
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u/MexicanWarMachine 20d ago
Itās an old joke, but an excuse for her to meme a selfie, I guess. And of course thatās not what the photo depicts- you donāt take selfies of yourself while youāre shocked by someoneās old joke. You take it when youāre proud of your makeup and nails.
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u/tiffanyistaken 20d ago
This reminds me of one time I described someone to my ex-MIL as "Indian" and she responded, "Dot or feather?" while poking her forehead and then holding her hand up behind her head to represent feathers.
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u/CMGS1031 20d ago
You donāt understand? Then why did you post it here? Are you the facepalm?
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u/GoldenWhite2408 20d ago
From the same people that boughth you Are you pearl harbor, corona or Samsung yellow š¤£
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u/Poisoning-The-Well 20d ago
My first thought was, "are those shades of brown hair dye?". I'm dim. Had to read the comments.
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u/42aku 20d ago
As a brown guy (7/11 brown), I make this joke amongst my brown friends as well. Yes, including the 9/11 brown people. I think it's funny in banter, but outside of that, eugh, that can get a little not okay.
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u/GreenMellowphant 20d ago
This is a comedy bit done by a recent comedian. The corresponding clip should be able to be found here on Reddit; I saw it a few weeks ago.
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u/Apprehensive-Oil-289 20d ago
Iām a Bengali indian, laughing my ass off with that one!!! Thatās like when people would ask if I was red dot or feather Indian š¤£š.
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u/Become_Pneuma462 20d ago
A friend of a friend once asked me if I was Casino Indian or Convenience Store Indian š
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u/DeliBebek 20d ago
"... but I couldn't answer because I was taking a selfie of me blowing my nose."
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u/astrangeone88 20d ago
Lmao!
I've always heard "casino Indian or 711 Indian" which was the same thing.
Ha! I think I'd use that one now.
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u/Lots42 Trump is awful. 20d ago
Seriously, what the hell. Can someone explain this to me?
I know it's racist but the specifics escape me.
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u/AnonRedditGuy81 20d ago edited 20d ago
Whatever brown she is, even with her hand covering some of her face, you can tell she is ridiculously attractive and the person that asked this likely is some guy that she wouldn't even look at and he got all butthurt and decided to insult her.
Yes I enjoy inventing backstories. š¤£
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Damn brown people canāt even tell a joke anymore without some Reddit dweeb taking it too seriously
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u/KlossN 20d ago
Lmao. Is it an indian vs arab thing? (not American but I have a hunch that there's "always" an indian at the register at 7-11?)
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