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Monstrous Regiment
Monstrous Regiment | Terry Pratchett
A new stage adaptation of one of Pratchett's best-selling novels The Monstrous Regiment in question is made up of a vampire (reformed and off the blood, thank you), a troll, Igor (who is only too happy to sew you a new leg if you aren't too particular about previous ownership), a collection of misfits and a young woman discovers that a pair of socks shoved down her pants is a good way to open up doors in a man's army."One of the funniest English authors alive" (Independent)
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Robotswithpersonality
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Social commentary embedded in funny fantasy is Pratchett's forte, but this might be the finest example of it yet. If you're looking for commentary on geopolitical/religious conflict, the uselessness of Othering and prejudice, I'd first recommend Jingo, Thud or Small Gods. If you're looking for equal page time for non-human teammates, I think any of the City Watch books are a better bet. But arguing against misogyny? This is THE BEST.

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"tea was really useful. It gave an excuse to talk to everybody." not the first time I see something and think sir Terry loved tea too :)

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catsuit_mango
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A week end away but my e-reader is still with me... Even before visiting a bookshop in Paris ;)

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Young Polly Perks cuts off her hair, (and would have bound up her bosom had it been necessary), and enlists in the Borogravian army in order to find and hopefully rescue her slightly simple older brother. Cue some well-aimed satire on masculinity, the stupidity of warfare and patriotism, and the perils of organised religion. Vintage Pratchett.

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khooliha
Monstrous Regiment | Terry Pratchett

Just saw that TERFs were trying to claim Pratchett yesterday, and while my nonbinary ass occasionally suffers some Gender Pain on the reread it's pretty ludicrous to look at his body of work and think he'd be a TERF. #OokBOokClub #fuckTERFS

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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I loved this one, Pratchett tackles in his special subversive way gender, war, religion and the intersections of all of those. I found it both a fun adventure to read and a clever commentary on the things that make countries tick, even if they aren‘t really good for the individual.

#PratchettPosse
#OokBOokClub

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BookmarkTavern
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Polly dresses as a man to join the army to find her brother and save her family‘s inn. And finds that she‘s not as alone as she thought.

A Discworld book about war would not nearly have had the effect it did if it had been set in Ankh-Morpork. We see the horrifying casualties of war, from the point of view of the people that would have been The Other for any other author. And that gives us a powerful place the failures of war. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

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khooliha
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When this isn't a book about gender (and it's not for a big chunk) it's mostly a tale with too many characters and too little time (sidebar: it took place over a week?!) but it is entertaining in the way Pratchett is. When this IS a book about gender it hurts me a lot. Unfortunately it ends there, which means it gets quite a few blows in in the last 20 pages. I am going to wait a Long Time before revisiting this one, if I ever do.
#OokBOokClub

khooliha I'm not shocked it didn't stick with me the first time, when I thought I had to be a woman and didn't realize resignation is not the feeling you're supposed to have about gender. 3y
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khooliha
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I'm going to finish this book on International Non-Binary People's Day and I'm just 😣 about it all
#OokBOokClub

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khooliha
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Shocked it took this long to get a Some Like It Hot reference in this book, but using Daphne as a name can be nothing but! Not that the original Daphne's joyful gender fuckery is really present here...
#OokBOokClub

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khooliha
Monstrous Regiment | Terry Pratchett

One of my issues with this book, and Night Watch right before it, is what feels like an excess of characters. I cannot name everyone in the regiment, but it's not a group so large that anonymity is possible. I'm concerned some sort of twist is going to center on someone who's been here the whole time and just... ignored by the narrative.
#OokBOokClub

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khooliha
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I hope the "you can tell what someone is as soon as you -know-" either gets interrogated/worked through more OR it stops happening. I don't remember how much biological essentialism is in this book!
#OokBOokClub

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julesG
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#OokBOokClub

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the Monstrous Regiment post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

#Discworld #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

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julesG
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Welcome to the #OokBOokClub open discussion for #MonstrousRegiment! Feel free to discuss anything! Don't forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

Soubhiville I loved this one! It‘s probably one of my favorites. I love the gnome Night Watch officer on the bird. I love the first offering of socks to help with the disguise and the speculation of who the helper was in the dark. The prince getting kicked in the Nethers for being rude, and having to answer for it in the end. I love all of these characters slowly revealing themselves to each other, and that each of them have their own reasons for pretending 3y
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Soubhiville I loved the ending, the soldier going home to the son they couldn‘t raise. The look at political wars and the fact that the gov‘t has no regards towards the troops, as long as they keep fighting, even when there is zero hope of winning. TP went the extra mile with this one! 3y
DrexEdit I really enjoyed this story. Nothing is as it seems and people are breaking down barriers everywhere! It was nice to see a couple of female characters that were as shrewd and intelligent as Sam Vimes. 3y
khooliha Just finished this one today, and the fact that it took me like 2 weeks to read it is a good indication of how I feel about it. I will say, it struck me as a sort of structural cousin of Night Watch, which was interesting. My favorite moment has to be when Polly finally sees Paul and how someone had given him colored chalk - it's a tiny but beautiful moment. 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m a week behind, but I really enjoyed this one! I liked all the gender subversions and twists and all the commentary on war, the “other”, religion, etc, etc… 3y
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khooliha
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Running a little behind on #OokBOokClub and, while we are pretty firmly in territory I've just read the once, I have to say, I remember even less than usual about this one. On this read all my gender sensors are going to be vibrating constantly and I hope it isn't tiring!

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DrexEdit
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Finished in time for the #OokBookClub discussion! I think?
Anyway, this is a pick for me. The author has really hit his stride and the action generally follows a very successful pattern. It's new and familiar at the same time.
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

julesG Yep, discussion starts tomorrow. 😁 3y
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Soubhiville
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My June reading wrap up. It was a month of LOTS of audiobooks, quite a few graphic novels, and a bit of traveling.

Favorites: Monstrous Regiment, A Master of Djinn, Pet, and The Butterfly Effect.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Looks great! 3y
Hooked_on_books Nice month! 3y
Gissy Wow!!! 🤗Amazing!! 📚📚📚📚📚📚👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉 3y
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Pageturner1 hey, @Soubhiville what year are you in, hun? 3y
Soubhiville @Pageturner1 I‘m not sure what you mean? School? I‘m in my mid 40‘s and I‘m a dog groomer 🐶✂️🙂 3y
Pageturner1 @Soubhiville i was just teasing with you because you put 2012 on your post. LOL 😆 3y
Soubhiville @Pageturner1 oh, ha! Oopsie! Good catch. I‘m just a tiny bit behind the times I guess. 😊 3y
britt_brooke Good looking month! 3y
Eyelit 🤩😍🤩 3y
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I have spent the day cleaning and doing adulty things I very much did not wish to do.

So I‘m rewarding myself with Terry Pratchett and #AudioBaking some cookies.

Cupcake12 Enjoy x 🍪 3y
Ruthiella Excellent idea! Enjoy! 😀 3y
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Shmemilina Those look delicious! What kind?! 3y
BookmarkTavern @Shmemilina Chocolate chip cookie! I have experimented with this recipe a bunch of times, until I found the one I like best. 🍪 3y
Shmemilina Yum! I wasn‘t sure; they looked like they might be a little butterscotch-ey. 3y
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Soubhiville
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#LittenListen

I have been rereading the Discworld series in order for the last few years, and had forgotten how much fun the audiobooks were!

The complications in MR of women taking on male personas in order to join the army to find and save their men, then later having to pretend to be men pretending to be women, and the rabbit hole going deeper and deeper, I was laughing so hard! This is one of my favorites. 💛 Sir Terry Forever!

KCofKaysville @Soubhiville I have only read 3 of his but enoyed them a lot! 3y
Aims42 I agree, Sir Terry Forever!!! 🥰 3y
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Polly cut off her hair in front of the mirror, feeling slightly guilty about not feeling very guilty about doing so.

#FirstLineFridays
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Soubhiville
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#CuriousCovers #LittenListen #man on the cover

I‘m hoping my hold on this comes in soon so I can use it in this month‘s #audioathon. I love the Discworld novels, and this is next up on my series reread.

Maike I read it some weeks ago and I think it may be my favorite Discworld book (if there is such a thing) 3y
Eggs 👏🏻📚👍🏼 3y
aperfectmjk Fingers crossed 🤞 3y
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Soubhiville @MayJasper Reaper Man is one of my favorites! 3y
MayJasper Mine too and Mort. All the ones featuring DEATH are my favourites. 3y
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julesG
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#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #MonstrousRegiment!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

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julesG
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#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that next month we'll be reading #MonstrousRegiment! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on June 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

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shanaqui
Monstrous Regiment | Terry Pratchett

Reading this for a reading challenge! I'll confess, I haven't read many of the Discworld books before... I'm enjoying this one, though it feels weird to know that characters do recur (like Vimes) while I actually don't know anything about them and feel like I'm missing tons of context.

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Guards! Guards! is the first book featuring the Ankh-Morpork City Watch and it is GREAT. 4y
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rwmg
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Mehso-so

Polly Perks disguises herself as a boy and joins the army to find her brother Paul.

Not as good as some of Pratchett's but it had its moments.

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Polly sighed. “We all are, sir. Really women. Not just dressed up as women. And right now I don‘t want to put any trousers on because then I‘d be a woman dressed up as a man dressed up as a woman dressed up as a man, and then I‘d be so confused I won‘t know how to swear."

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"Polly felt questing eyes boring into her. She was embarrassed, of course. But not for the obvious reason. It was for the other one, the little lesson that life sometimes rams home with a stick: you are not the only one watching the world, other people are also people, while you watch them they watch you, and they think about you while you think about them. The world isn‘t just about you."

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Several copies of the pamphlet seemed to have reached every home, even so. It was very patriotic. That is, it talked about killing foreigners.

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Sorry I‘ve been lurking a bit lately, folks, but just because I haven‘t been posting doesn‘t mean I haven‘t been reading! I‘ve been on a Terry Pratchett bend. I read Mort in print, but I‘ve realized I prefer these on audio— the jokes come fast and furious and I can roll through any slower plot points more easily. I‘m almost done with the Moist von Lipwig books, and then I haven‘t decided if I‘ll finish Death or start the City Watch... #discworld

Grrlbrarian You can‘t go wrong either way. Love both Death & the City Watch 😍 4y
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Runner5ive
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I didn't love this book. It felt like a single gag joke that was stretched out to 500 pages. **SPOILER Girls dress as boys to go to war, then have to go undercover as women to infiltrate the enemy SPOILER**. The feminist moral is important but not as subtle as Pratchett usually makes it. Still, a good book.

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AbbaZabba02
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Book 78 of the year finished Sept 23, audio

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It's been a bit since I've made one of these. 🤣

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AbbaZabba02
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Book 31 of the year, Finished April 17, audio

From a culture that represses women, 17 year old Polly joins the army as "Oliver" to find her older brother who is presumably a prisoner of war. She is given help from an unknown source to disguise herself thoroughly as a man and slowly discovers that she's not the only woman in disguise.

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Foragingfantasy
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Bailedbailed

Decided to go ahead and finish it. Still didn‘t love. (I‘m bailing on this one. It‘s the first Pratchett that I haven‘t loved, and just have no desire to finish it. )

MariaW How come? 6y
Foragingfantasy @MariaW I don‘t know really. Maybe I‘m just not in the mood? 🤷‍♀️ 6y
MariaW @Foragingfantasy Some other time maybe. 🤷‍♀️ 6y
Foragingfantasy @MariaW soooo I didn‘t have time to download anything else and I‘m finishing it. 6y
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Michollio
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Just a bunch of girls pretending to be boys. Another great one by Pratchett.

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Michollio
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Gotta love Pratchett 😆

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PeanutButterPie
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This is my 5th re-read and first with my daughter. I love this book so much and watching my daughters reactions to all my favourite parts was beyond satisfying. One of my favourite fantasy tropes is the girl running off to war dressed as a boy. Èowyn in LOTR was my first but Polly is my favourite.

Eggs Adorable 😊❤️💕 6y
MayJasper Fab photo 😊 6y
BookishTrish ❤️💚💜💛💕 6y
charl08 Lovely post. 6y
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Gezemice
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One of Pratchett‘s best, a later work with polished writing and a sensible plot. Pratchett goes full on feminist and anti-war with this one. Great characters and observations, as usual. It is a stand-alone Discworld book, with some beloved Ankh-Morpork characters making cameos. Great fun and very relevant today. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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PeanutButterPie
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Maybe the printing press was heavier than the siege weapon. Just a few words can change everything.

Eggs Hello fellow book "stalker"!! Nice to know I'm not alone in that ??❤️ 6y
PeanutButterPie @Eggs I find it‘s much more acceptable than stalking Benedict Cumberbatch. The number of possible restraining orders is considerably lower. 6y
Eggs Indeed😊😊 BC was in a Netflix I watched this week 6y
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I find this passage in Monstrous Regiment so hilarious. It‘s now a family in joke that has morphed from a thumbs up and a “I want to explode your donkeys” when we are pleased and/or proud of an act or accomplishment to a thumbs up exploding with sound effects. I started reading MR with my girls at bedtime a few months ago. Last night we finally got to to the jolly good donkey hating. Best way to end bedtime reading ever.

Gezemice Awesome! I love Terry Prarychett and I read most of Discworld but not this one yet. Next up! 6y
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PeanutButterPie
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Idiots, get yourself some trousers!

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JulAnna
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My first Pratchett! It was a good palate cleanser for me after 3 really heavy topic reads. I will keep Discworld in mind for the future 😊👍🏻

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I just finished this book and I loved it! #soft #QuotsyFeb18

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TB: Summer reading 🌞 wish it was warm and sunny outside so I could read on the trampoline again
#funinthesun #terrypratchet

booksensation That‘s a great idea! I‘m getting a trampoline for my daughter but I might use it myself to read lol 6y
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Soubhiville
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Why yes, I did just order the four most recent Discworld Signature editions... but to be fair I also ordered some holiday gifts for friends, so that makes it ok, right? 😂😅🤷‍♀️

Aims42 Totally okay 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 6y
GondorGirl Those editions are sooooo pretty... 6y
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AlaMich I didn't even know Discworld Signature editions were a thing!! 🤦🏻‍♀️ 6y
Gezemice Very nice! Monstrous Regiment is one of the few I have not read yet. 6y
Soubhiville @AlaMich oh yes! Follow the hashtag in the first comment and you‘ll see more of the beauty! My Pratchett collection was a hodgepodge of several different edition types, but now they all match ❤️. At least all the ones they‘re released so far... 6y
saresmoore @AlaMich I‘m reading one right now! It makes the reading experience even better! 6y
saresmoore I think buying gifts for others more than makes up for it! (Like you need an excuse... 😏) 6y
AlaMich @saresmoore Are they illustrated? 6y
Soubhiville @AlaMich no, they‘re not illustrated. 6y
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Happy Friday!

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elkeOriginal
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My beautiful new Pratchetts arrived! The 4th title must be coming separately. Such good #bookmail 💕
#pratchettposse

Jess_Read_This ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 6y
minkyb Beautiful! 6y
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Leniverse 😲😍🤤🤗❤️ 6y
Kalalalatja 😍😍 6y
ScorpioBookDreams I‘m tempted to start collecting these! 😍😍😍 6y
elkeOriginal @ScorpioBookDreams It is a slippery slope! 6y
ScorpioBookDreams @elkeo that‘s what I‘m afraid of! 😂 6y
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