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This is a link post There's something very funny happening in the financial world right now.
Quick summary:
1. Big wall Street firms shorted GameStop, expecting their value to fall
2. A load of redditors on r/WallStreetBets saw this, and started pouring in investments to raise the stock price to screw over the Wall Street investors, possibly for fun.
3. This has snowballed, and now billions of imaginary dollars are basically on fire. Enjoy the show.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 0:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post The boaty mcboatface of share investment.

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 1:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post had a mate I met on my travels. became a day trader, built up a nice nest egg
lost most of it in three days shorting some stock he was convinced would go down and got caught on the margin call. lost the rest on a depressive drunken bender that followed. rang me to talk him out of offing himself. moved back in with his mum whom he detests, and he now works as a cleaner. there's probably a moral in there somewhere, there usually is when things work out so shit
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 3:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post well as long as you're ok now

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 7:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post this was 3 or four years back, had two mates contact me in the few months both talking about suicide.
not sure why they chose me to chat, but they aint the sort of calls you can fob off. perhaps because I was far away. The other mate it was mental health, his career and family all were going well. He mentioned in one call that the only time he didn't have black thoughts going through his mind was when he was cycling, so being a regular fucking carl jung I told him to do more of that. he went a bit overboard and it became his lycra life, but at least he eventually stopped thinking about running the exhaust back into the car.

Anyway, the short selling link put me in mind of that mate, and it's nice to bear in mind that it's probably those sort of wannabee day traders and not big firm who these reddit guys are actually victimising, though it is quite funny nonetheless. I'd ban short selling, like it was banned in yesteryear. It doesn't add any value to society or to companies, it's just a casino giving you a line of credit
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 8:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post I hate the concept
Betting on failure seems evil.

At least with actual shares, if you fuck up, usually you can just sit tight and wait for it to go up again.
Might take years, might not get all of it back...
But better than the croupier sliding all your failed shorts into the bin.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 8:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Exactly
It seems a mechanism designed to abuse.

Buy lots of share X, price of share X goes up, short lots of share X then straight away sell your large amount of share X, price goes down, so you make money on the rise and the fall.

The money comes from somewhere, and usually it means some real person just lost their savings.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 12:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post
That's the other side of this. Those hedge funds aren't just using the money of billionaires, they're often heavily invested in by pension plans.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 13:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post I would seriously hope that my pension isn’t invested in such risky ventures.

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 13:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post My company's pension partner talks to us quite a lot about this.
They regularly ask us about our attitude to our pension investments, asking us if we're interested in a high-risk, or low-risk model, and such in-between.

It's definitely a conversation worth having with your pension provider.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 15:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post pffft, course not, would they risk that just for money?
Yes
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 16:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't know why they chose you either. I doubt either could get a word in edge ways, you verbose twat.

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 13:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Duh, he's an expert.

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 17:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post I used to find it odd that you kept jumping into these threads, but I now understand you can only work up the courage to insult me if prufock's already got in a tizzy enough to blurt out some attempt
I imagine meeting you two IRL, prufock on his mobility scooter and you chirping up behind him "yeah, a twat!" before ducking back again, while his case worker looks at his watch
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 23:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson?

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 23:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post don't worry, it's not a problem you'll ever face
sneeringly unlikable pretentious thickos don't have friends. That's why they seek conflict on the internet as it's the only attention they can get
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 21:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post You should volunteer at The Samaritans.

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 21:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post like they told you at christmas over the phone
I feel by prolonging this conversation I'm tying up resources that could go to someone more deserving
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 23:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post I have really tried to understand what's going on here
but no joy yet. I think it would take a total brain re-wiring.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 8:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post Someone has just described it as being like the end of Trading Places
I have no idea what is going on but I' loving it.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 9:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post There's an explanatory image doing the rounds on Twitter, thank fuck (otherwise I'd have no idea)
Linky.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 9:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks, I was just about to post that, and now I feel stuffed with brain pie.

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 9:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ape's and snake's
indeed.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 11:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post I understand it less after reading that.

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 12:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Imagine taking out a loan from a bank, then going to the casino with it, hoping you can make more than you borrowed, thus making a profit, before paying the bank back.
but you fuck it up at the casino, and still have to pay the bank back.

It's like that, but the bank is a company, the loan is stock in that company, and the casino is the company's reputation in the stock market.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 14:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post No, I meant that I vaguely grasp the concept,
but that picture was such a badly written wall of terrible grammar and gratuitous emojis that it actually decreased my powers of comprehension.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 14:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post this is a slightly better (longer) explanation

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 9:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks for that, very useful.

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 12:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Cheers, that finally make sense :)
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 18:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9_fBDDTIuI
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 9:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post I remember fucking dying
the first time I heard "but only because you landed in somebody's stomach."
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 10:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post Supposedly the UK edition
of that website and yet they are unable to spell "centre" and used "proved" when they should've used "proven"
FUCK THOSE CUNTS!
CUNT THEM IN THE FUCK! (copyright beeter 1978)
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 13:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post Are you getting angry at poor sub editing on The Grauniad?
That’s like getting irritated by the sun rising in the morning.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 13:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bloody sun...
comin' over 'ere
shining on us and making it all warm...
enabling life to flourish...
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 16:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post I do still like the Guardian Website
But it's being filled more and more with complete and utter horseshite.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 14:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^ This

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 19:32, , Reply)
This is a link post Decent adam driver impression
twitter not auto previewing
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 21:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cumquat
Maynot
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 22:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post but Suvrad Go Nad

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 8:50, , Reply)
This is a link post Have a Love Sausage
With Cheese on the side. Yum


(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 21:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post How about a grilled cheese glazed donut?
You can goatsee and eat it out at disneyland

mickeyblog.com/2021/01/21/a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-like-no-other-has-cropped-up-at-everglazed/


(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 21:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post My heart got diabetes just looking at that.

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 1:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post ain't cats got 9 hearts?

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 5:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post .
Goat? See?
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 11:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post Eat
it out
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 14:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post Two gigantic maggots with avocado salad.

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 1:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh yuck

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 16:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post That reminds me
Must get some ointment
(, Fri 29 Jan 2021, 0:59, , Reply)
This is a link post Remarkable Voice Synth/Treatment device called the Soma Pipe
Possibly the trippiest equipment demo ever.

(I'm off to start a cold-calling business)

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 19:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post 450 Euros, + p&p
and now we are out of the EU, add customs charges, VAT, etc.

Some great sounds coming out of that machine, but mark my words: That is the next hipster ukulele.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 20:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post True
Or that fucking metal drum thing.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 8:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post if you reverse the polarity
does it become an asthma pump?
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 20:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post Don’t care about the instrument,
Was just thinking “I wish they hadn’t put all that interference over the Mandelbrot Set zoom”

(Anyone else who thought the same - “Playing With Chaos” by Keith Peters is a great little kindle book for writing a browser based fractal zoom)
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 21:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post WHERE'S THE ICE CREAM?

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 17:40, , Reply)
This is a link post Open wide
New, improved swab tests




(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 17:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post Chinese defecators should be offered arsylum

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 19:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Tester... Ready!


(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 19:13, , Reply)
This is a link post This 'un's good


(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 13:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post If he's not careful he'll end up hired as a spokesman

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 13:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post This would probably be funnier if...
... pretty much *exactly* this thing hadn't already been done, nine years ago, and by an actual politician.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTggc0uBA8
I remember reading an interview with the bloke asking Milliband the questions that day, and he said something like it being almost like being in a dream while it was happening, and then 30 minutes after it was over wishing he'd thought fast enough to say "Mr. Milliband, do you think these strikes are wrong at a time negotiations are still going on and do you think they should put aside the rhetoric..." etc. - i.e. feed ALL of his prepared bullshit straight back to him word for word as a question. Esprit d'escalier.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 15:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus wept

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 16:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post But did you threaten to overrule him?
Same old song
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 17:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Same songbook, but quite different songs.
Howard was trying to avoid answering a potentially career ending question, while 'reckless and provocative manner' was the soundbite that Miliband was attempting to force the news to carry.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 18:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post
My favourite part is when he says they should get round the negotiating table, put aside the rhetoric, and stop this kind of thing from happening again.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 20:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post did you threaten to overrule him?

(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 8:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Brown, May, Miliband, Starmer
All looked like the minute they become party leader, someone stuck an earpiece in and they stood like a rabbit in the headlights scared shitless of answering even the most basic question.

Didn't look human again until the moment they stood down.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 21:14, , Reply)
This is a link post Dad Feels...


(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 10:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post They should have
swapped the actresses who played Cheryl and Diane because Diane looks more like a mom, and Cheryl looks more like her friend who is having more fun, and is on another level IMO.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 13:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post
I was thinking I wouldn't leave Cheryl for Diane.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 13:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post Dad should just be bloody grateful.

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 15:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Why didn't Cheryl do better?

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 13:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Never mind Cheryl and Diane, check out his "friend" Mila
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g88BqRre6U4
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 14:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post Diane is the current voice of Squirrel Girl, Milana Vayntrub

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 18:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'd do Cheryl
but I'd be thinking of Diane
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 21:05, , Reply)
This is a link post Brood X periodical cicadas, underground for 17 years, ready to reemerge

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 9:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post that one seems to be the size of Pennsylvania

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 14:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's Mothra!

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 14:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Japan has Godzilla
East coast US has Cicada.
(, Thu 28 Jan 2021, 8:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post And what exactly have these cicadas got against South Carolina?

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 17:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post SC's next cicada emergence is in 2024 (Brood XIX which is on a 13 yr cycle)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodical_cicadas#Broods

Insert comment about Trump's re-emergence
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 19:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post I was going to say something inaccurate about a plague of locusts but I’ve had enough about plagues.

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 19:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nine more to go

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 19:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah.....
THE X FILES blew that case wide open !!!
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 20:38, , Reply)
This is a link post Pre Covid Chat Line
Phwoar!

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 9:10, , Reply)
This is a link post The Horne Section perform my song I made this!
I *sort of* made this. Last year I was listening to the very excellent Horne section podcast, and I thought of a joke/song. I told it to some friends, who mainly gave me long, hard stares. I didn't care, I loved it.

I use Twitter on average about once every couple of years. I used 2020's go to Tweet my idea @AlexHorne. Incredibly, he not only tweeted back within minutes, but he said he liked it and could he use it in the podcast? There's only one answer to that... YES!

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 8:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well done!

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 9:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's very silly
have a well-earned click
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 10:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post
well done!

I did chuckle
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 10:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post That was fucking ace!

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 15:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post Haha yes

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 15:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post Excellent work by all involved.

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 17:20, , Reply)
This is a link post Goodnight all
QTV Closedown Tuesday 26th Jan

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 3:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Dammit these are spot on....

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 8:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Sweat dreams everybody

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 9:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post The clock getting stuck gave me the fear

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 11:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post I was expecting a 'number station' to start up.
Strange metal instrument looks real.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 14:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post
It is.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 21:25, , Reply)
This is a link post Busking ZZ Top - La Grange


(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 0:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's what you get when you search for "cutest little girl" is it?

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 8:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not usually

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 14:18, , Reply)
This is a link post How to derail a train
Not as easy as you'd think.
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 23:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Now that's in my history, I'm going to end up on a watch list aren't I?
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 0:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post exactly what I thought

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 0:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post Since you both have an account on B3ta
You're already on all the lists.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 0:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post What list?
Evil train spotter?
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 8:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post You can always claim you were searching for ways to deal with a rail infestation on your train

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 9:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Between trainspotters and T.E Lawrence fanboys...

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 18:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Big mistake, they used explosives. Now some wet leaves on the line that could really disrupt the rail service.

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 12:29, , Reply)
This is a link post Like a stoat-cat chimera
Convergent adaptation strikes again.

(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 23:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post That could take your finger off.
They should get it some silver vine sticks.
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 23:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not tried it on my cats yet.
Just like catnip/mint it is a mosquito repellant.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 0:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Aww, bless. So beautiful

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 0:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've got a new visiting cat who looks like a cross between a tabby and an owl
It sings (UurrrrrowWOWwowrowrororororororowaowaow) and it eats birdfood, so its a bit daft.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 14:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post I like vocal cats.
As for birdfood, they will sometimes eat dried mealworms.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 14:21, , Reply)
This is a link post Well, that was confusing


YouTube


(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 22:42, , Reply)
This is a link post Who'd have thought it?
"we didn't have kids but we had seven dogs together.""

Woman gutted after holiday toyboy pockets her money, calls her 'old' and leaves


(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 15:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Seems like a lot of effort to go to for just £1500.
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 18:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post
It's even more effort for a shag, she moved to bloody Egypt!
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 19:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post must have been a good shag
Qetesh resurrected.
And yes, she does need to lay off the pies.
I would suggest 1500€ of pies, but that would be cruel.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 8:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post She might have been a great shag.

(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 19:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post I wouldn't do it for less than five camels

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 4:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post "Why am I to old and to fat?"
Well love, the first is your age and the second is your diet in combination with your lack of exercise.

Not surprised your husband didn't want to have sex with you for the last 10 years.

On top of that, you seem like an idiot.
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 22:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post looks and weight aren't important, you shallow silly man
the question is "can she generate enough suction to pull a golf ball up a foot of garden hose?". all else are just superficial things
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 4:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post You've got big balls haven't you?
those aren't my balls, that's my adam's apple - you're very good at this.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 13:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post The important question.

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 16:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post Apparently you don't need to have language or reasoning skills to be a teacher in Egypt.

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 14:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Stories like this always remind me of
Adam Buxton's Grazia calypso, which never fails to cheer me up.
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 23:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post His cannon of works is full of cheer and joy

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 9:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post haha

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 12:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post If he's 24 then so am I.
Jusus he looks older than I do now, and I'm over 40 and a smoker.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 14:12, , Reply)
This is a link post Mahoosive Ships for a mahoosive day.
GC can taint my taint
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 14:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Caaaaaaaaaaaandles

(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 15:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Crikey you're flaming old, congratulations

(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 16:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post cheers!

(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 16:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mega ultra candles day!!

(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 17:44, , Reply)
This is a link post Is your MP a prick?

Ron's Eel.

Is my MP a prick?


(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 14:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post is your MP a conservative.

(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 14:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post to be fair
a lot of labour MPs are pricks too
but for different reasons
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 14:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post There does seem to be a strong correlation.

(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 16:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post
wildly inaccurate: Some of the MPs are described as 'not pricks'
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 16:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post My MP is great
she's a good laugh, works hard and whatever side of the political spectrum you're on you'd have to concede she represents her constituents well.
(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 13:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mine is a six thumbs down prick.
But I happen to know those 6 thumbs are just scratching the epidermis of the foreskin of prickishness of my utterly insane tory MP.
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 16:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mine gets seven
But your description eloquently saves me having to write one!
ismympaprick.co.uk/mp/philip-davies
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 17:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yes, well...
All Sinn Féin MPs are not pricks according to this...
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 19:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Due to lack of information.

(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 19:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post They don’t go to parliament, much less vote on things
At the risk of pissing on the GFA the DUP are pricks of the highest order.
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 21:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post There are fine fucking pricks on both sides.

(, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 17:12, , Reply)
This is a link post rebillet.mp3 I made this!
A quick fart I made as a tribute to Marc Rebillet. Let's hope he hears it

rebillet.mp3


(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 10:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post I like this very VERY much indeed
and will be playing it a lot thanks.

*goes off to Google Marc Rebillet*
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 11:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post haha cheers!
You will not be disappointed by Marc.
(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 12:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post I like that.

(, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 13:48, , Reply)

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