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DaysBefore: Jan 24, 2019

Sending a five year old to the ownzone may be kinda harsh but like, I can't imagine how often that happens. I'd probably be a bit tired of explaining it too.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 01:13

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# ? May 30, 2024 20:47

DreamingofRoses: Jun 27, 2013; Nap Ghost

DaysBefore posted:

Sending a five year old to the ownzone may be kinda harsh but like, I can't imagine how often that happens. I'd probably be a bit tired of explaining it too.

Yeah, but the mom was pretty clearly handling it, they really could have just ignored the second question and let mom take care of it instead.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 01:14

value-brand cereal: May 2, 2008

woops thought this was the pyf quotes thread!

value-brand cereal fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Apr 8, 2022

# ? Apr 8, 2022 01:55

uvar: Jul 25, 2011; Avoid breathing
radioactive dust.; College Slice

Pomme de Terror posted:

Comments are overwhelmingly YTA for this one

AITA for telling a kid not to touch my service dog?

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She was upset because I apparently didn't let her handle it. I'd let her handle it if she wasn't so soft spoken. No means no and you either have to be upfront about it to your own kid or a stranger will have to be upfront and strict. Baby talk and soft talk doesn't help

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She kept speaking to the kid with baby words. Kids need strict tone to understand and baby words don't work. Be upfront or don't get mad when a stranger is upfront.

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Fr and the mom was so soft spoken as if the kid won't take advantage of the soft voice to try and get their way.

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I am disabled too but I know better than to use baby talk as an excuse on why kids are not disciplined

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And their kid was interrupting me by asking the question

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That's why I'm not planning on having any.

Talking sternly: not just for disciplining pets! (I'm sure it is a constant and annoying request, though.)

# ? Apr 8, 2022 02:38

Private Cumshoe: Feb 15, 2019; AAAAAAAGAGHAAHGGAH

way to choose to be rude, every stranger's child's repeated question deserves a thoughtful and delicate answer in a pleasing tone to not get their feelings hurt

why they may never approach a stranger or dog again it was so rude

# ? Apr 8, 2022 03:22

Absurd Alhazred: Mar 27, 2010; by Athanatos

She could have taken her kid away and had that conversation with them somewhere else instead of wasting an already annoyed stranger's time with this Teachable Moment^�.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 03:27

Troublemaker: Mar 12, 2007

limp_cheese posted:

Wtf? Is this normal?

I like that its a reversal of that bullshit old trope "The customer is always right" but it seems like a way to drive business away.

Maybe creeper pizza man told her that once after she threatened to complain about his creeping.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 03:27

sephiRoth IRA: Jun 13, 2007; "Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

-Carl Sagan

Private Cumshoe posted:

way to choose to be rude, every stranger's child's repeated question deserves a thoughtful and delicate answer in a pleasing tone to not get their feelings hurt

why they may never approach a stranger or dog again it was so rude

Waaah the mom didn't poo poo all over her kid enough for me to think the kid understood, better double down on being an rear end in a top hat

Absurd Alhazred posted:

She could have taken her kid away and had that conversation with them somewhere else instead of wasting an already annoyed stranger's time with this Teachable Moment^®.

I mean, it was a shop right? It wasn't like the person with the dog was actually needed, they were just in proximity.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 03:32

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Absurd Alhazred posted:

She could have taken her kid away and had that conversation with them somewhere else instead of wasting an already annoyed stranger's time with this Teachable Moment^�.

wrong, wheelchair person is a monstrous rear end in a top hat and this story is proof that all minorities are existential threats to the notion of parental autonomy

# ? Apr 8, 2022 03:33

sephiRoth IRA: Jun 13, 2007; "Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

-Carl Sagan

Private Cumshoe posted:

wrong, wheelchair person is a monstrous rear end in a top hat and this story is proof that all minorities are existential threats to the notion of parental autonomy

Lol

# ? Apr 8, 2022 03:34

Foo Diddley: Oct 29, 2011; cat

back in my day you could backhand the kid and set your dog on them for doing that, so really that lady should be thankful her kid got off easy

# ? Apr 8, 2022 03:41

TengenNewsEditor: Apr 3, 2004

so weird that talking firmly to a child makes you an rear end in a top hat. yes, he could have let the mom handle it, but so what, who gives a poo poo

# ? Apr 8, 2022 03:45

Private Cumshoe: Feb 15, 2019; AAAAAAAGAGHAAHGGAH

people who are rude to a child belong on a sex offender registry

# ? Apr 8, 2022 03:46

Absurd Alhazred: Mar 27, 2010; by Athanatos

Making sure the kid doesn't interfere with his service animal is more important to him than it is to the kid's mother, so he feels more urgently about putting up a boundary around that than her. Again, she could have taken her kid and walked away for whatever soft gentle talk she wanted.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 03:48

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

Ayndin posted:

Speaking of sex toys!

Girlfriend (31F) called me (30M) disgusting and accused me of cheating for using a fleshlight

[UPDATE] My girlfriend (31F) called me (30M) disgusting and accused me of cheating for using a fleshlight

A real man would have bothered her repeatedly for sex in a nasal tone until she gave in instead of doing something as disgusting as using sex toys.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 03:58

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

Big brave army man vs plastic penis

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Me (20f) and my bf (20m) have some disagreement about sex toys
NSFW 2 points 8 comments submitted 6 days ago by Organic-Song3131 to r/relationship_advice
Sorry for bad English. My bf is in the army so we get to meet for 2-3 days every week or two. I (20f) was talking to my bf (20m) on the phon. and asked him what he thinks about sex toys (to use for both of us together). He said maybe. okay. I said what if I use myself when am alone? He was really upset and sad, asked me why would I want something that is not him. Said it�s something special between me and him. He said that about dildo specifically but was not happy about other toys either. I said that if he is away and I�m horny I think it�s reasonable to pleasure myself once in a while. He said it�s ok, still will prefer to me to wait for him like he never masturbate and waits until we meet. Our sex is great, really. I don�t want anything else. I said to him that masturbate and sex is two completely different things. He was crying and hurting because of me wanting and thinking about use sex toys, especially dildo, he said that I want something else, something that it�s him. He was really hurt and crying. I felt really bad, tried to explain myself but it didn�t work. He is okay with me to use my hands, and he said he just hope I will try dildo and won�t like it and I realised I only want him. He is really confused me and I�m now feel bad, sad and guilty for bringing that up. Is that really bad for me to want use a sex toys when I�m alone and he is away? What can I say to make him understand? I feel like we have completely different believes and world views.
TL;DR: My (20f) solider bf (20m) is sad and hurt because I said I want to use dildo when I�m alone and he is away.
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Update in comments comon lady pull that trigger

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Thank you all very much for answering me, you all said things I thought but I wasn�t sure. I feel this relationship is just not for me. I personally am very open, I really don�t care if he masturbate and watch porn. I get that he want intimacy and even sexual pleasure to be a thing we only do together, but I just can�t stop grossing out because he thinks he is somehow entitled for my body and my pleasure. And my vagina lol. It�s not the first thing that he is so sensitive about and I just feel he is not very emotional mature. I need to think about this relationship and if that�s really what I want, no matter how everything feels perfect sometimes.

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He was really hurt and crying

I hope his bitchmade rear end ends up with flesh light guys ex

Butter Activities fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Apr 8, 2022

# ? Apr 8, 2022 04:09

Foo Diddley: Oct 29, 2011; cat

SMEGMA_MAIL posted:

Big brave army man vs plastic penis

I hope his bitchmade rear end ends up with flesh light guys ex

chuck this possessive crybaby dipshit right into the fuckin' sun

"a bloo bloo bloo, why would you want something that isn't me?" gently caress all the way off

# ? Apr 8, 2022 04:14

run on sentience: Mar 22, 2022

He's young and who knows what garbage sex ed and values he was raised with. I hope that he will seek therapy from not a church and get over that poo poo. She's absolutely right to sever though.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 04:31

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

run on sentience posted:

He's young and who knows what garbage sex ed and values he was raised with. I hope that he will seek therapy from not a church and get over that poo poo. She's absolutely right to sever though.

He�s not just uncomfortable or insecure he�s a controlling freak who thinks he owns his girlfriend�s vag.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 04:45

run on sentience: Mar 22, 2022

SMEGMA_MAIL posted:

He’s not just uncomfortable or insecure he’s a controlling freak who thinks he owns his girlfriend’s vag.

His behaviour is unacceptable but he didn't come across as being intentionally malicious or controlling to me, unless he acts controlling in other ways. If he is actually that hurt and crying and not just putting on an act then it sounds like he has major mental issues to deal with. None of that is her problem or any other woman's. I think if he doesn't get help and change now, he very likely will get much worse.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 05:04

Hughlander: May 11, 2005

AITA for running away and making my parents look like bad people?

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So, about a year back my family (me 17f, my brother, mom and dad) got kicked out of our rental home. My parents struggled financially to support all of us and couldn't find an affordable house that suited our needs, so they came up with a genius solution

They basically started renting a two bedroom house and told me in no uncertain terms that I was to go find a family member to take me in. They kicked me out and left me on the front yard with basically nothing but a bag of clothes and my cat. They didn't even help me figure out a living situation.

I ended up staying with my disabled aunt for a few weeks, but she couldn't financially support us both, so I had to figure something else out. I ended up venting about this online and an older friend of mine, Ace (24nb) privately reached out and offered to let me stay with them. Ace and I had been friends for a little while at this point and I trusted them, so I said yes.

They drove up to my aunt's place and they stayed with us for a few weeks and then we packed up my things and headed back to Ace's home.

(Disclaimer: I know this seems extremely sketchy and in most cases would be, but Ace is chill, and we talk with certain members of my family daily, so they're up to date on literally every bit of drama that goes on in our lives, so no one's really concerned about Ace doing anything. We only live about an hourish from my aunt. I'm safe. Please don't call Ace weird or sketchy or anything. They aren't.)

Anyway, recently one of my cousins got married, and I got invited. I wanted to go, so Ace drove me home and I went to the wedding with a friend . This was the first time since they kicked me out that my parents saw me and they freaked. out.

My mom grabbed me and started screaming and crying about how worried she was about me and my dad started yelling at me demanding where I went. This was in the middle of the reception. I told them that since they kicked me out, I left. A lot of distant family heard this and gor pissed off at my parents for kicking a minor out of the house, and others for them ruining Cousin's wedding.

In the chaos of people freaking out over my parents, and trying to calm everyone down so the party could continue, I managed to sneak out and go back to Ace. We went home and ever since I've been bombarded with calls from my parents and other family telling me to go back and "stop hanging out with that pervert". I've been refusing and blocking numbers left and right.

(Also, my cousin forgave me for what happened at her wedding. She said she enjoyed the drama and having the attention off of her while her husband solely blamed my parents for what happened.)

I honestly think my parents don't actually care about me. If they did then they would've contacted my school before now about me, or the cops. Or even my aunt who says that they never ever talked about me when they called her.

Either way. AITA for running away, ruining a wedding, and making my parents look like bad people?

You didn't make your parents look bad, them kicking you out and not bothering to give a poo poo about you for a year made them look bad. I mean the cousin had no problem finding you to get you an invitation!

# ? Apr 8, 2022 05:42

Tarkus: Aug 27, 2000

Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:

The liquor store dude recognizing me after five years abroad as the guy who bought lots of Everclear was literally a sobering event in my life.

I used to order liquor every few days from a delivery service when I was 18-19. When I was about 38 I had a couple of drinks and wanted some more but I won't drive after a drink. Called the same delivery service and the dude remembered me after almost 20 years, even remembered my name when he saw me at the door.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 05:50

Kenshin: Jan 10, 2007

Tarkus posted:

I used to order liquor every few days from a delivery service when I was 18-19. When I was about 38 I had a couple of drinks and wanted some more but I won't drive after a drink. Called the same delivery service and the dude remembered me after almost 20 years, even remembered my name when he saw me at the door.

Holy poo poo can you imagine the (mostly incredibly depressing) stories that dude has from delivering liquor for 20+ years?!

# ? Apr 8, 2022 06:22

Evil Willow: Apr 26, 2007; Bored now...

AITA for helping myself to some food out of my girlfriend's parent's refrigerator and pantry even though it hadn't been offered?

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I (22m) have been seeing my girlfriend (23f) for several months.

Recently we went one state away to visit her parents. I hadn't met them before. We ended up arriving pretty late to her house; it was past nine. But I had what I thought was nice first meeting with her mother and father. They didn't offer me or her anything to eat or drink, however, which were I come from is kind of rude. However, given how late it was I gave them the benefit of the doubt and thought they just figured we had already gotten something to eat, which was true. Her parents also didn't care that their daughter and I were sleeping in the same room; my girlfriend told me that they were pretty easy-going, progressive people which I appreciated and which took some pressure off me.

However, I woke up around 1 a.m. feeling really hungry. I didn't want to wake anyone up or bother anyone, so I just went into the kitchen. I found a loaf of bread and then some deli turkey and condiments in the fridge and made myself a sandwich. I also found a soda and some string cheese in there. Then I found some individually wrapped portions of olives as well as a bag of chips and a jar of peanuts in the pantry. I made myself a little midnight snack.

I didn't really think anything of it until we were leaving a couple of days later after what I thought was a nice visit. It was then that my girlfriend called me out and asked if I'd "helped myself" to a bunch of her parent's food. I confirmed that I had, but said that I was a guest and that their food should have been on offer. She said (which I think came from her parents) that they would have gladly shared but that I should have at least asked first. AITA?

# ? Apr 8, 2022 06:38

Doc Hawkins: Jun 15, 2010; Dashing? But I'm not even moving!

Evil Willow posted:

AITA for helping myself to some food out of my girlfriend's parent's refrigerator and pantry even though it hadn't been offered?

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I found a loaf of bread and then some deli turkey and condiments in the fridge and made myself a sandwich. I also found a soda and some string cheese in there. Then I found some individually wrapped portions of olives as well as a bag of chips and a jar of peanuts in the pantry. I made myself a little midnight snack.

drat fatty you snack hard

# ? Apr 8, 2022 06:41

MarcusSA: Sep 23, 2007

Doc Hawkins posted:

drat fatty you snack hard

Yeah that�s not just a snack but it was weird they didn�t offer anything.

Like who doesn�t offer a guest something when they arrive?

# ? Apr 8, 2022 07:42

Defiance Industries: Jul 22, 2010; A five-star manufacturer

Why would you have a soda at one in the morning if you just woke up

# ? Apr 8, 2022 07:50

datajugend: Jan 15, 2010; Cat Army

Thats the party sub guy isnt it

# ? Apr 8, 2022 08:14

Invisible Clergy: Sep 25, 2015; "Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces"

Malachi 2:3

Either him or the medical resident housesitter.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 08:23

take boat: Jul 8, 2006; boat: TAKEN

MarcusSA posted:

So its interesting that throughout that whole tirade he never mentioned what the note actually said.

Curious why he'd leave that little detail out.

I think he did:

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I stopped him immediately and then read what the note said. He kept calling my girlfriend with her name and said that he was worried about her and how sad he was that he didn't see her this time.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 08:40

Larry Parrish: Jul 9, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

the dude seems too weird for it but as a small town pizza guy it is funny when one of my friends who orders from my store once and a while has family over who answers the door and they're confused when I'm like 'say hi to lily' or whatever.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 09:17

pile of brown: Dec 31, 2004

I'm jumping a lot of pages but one of my favorite pranks is that I'm a chef at a bar and once every 2 or 3 months I'll hide one hard boiled egg in the container of raw eggs the bartenders use for egg white drinks. I do it rarely enough that they're always confused at first but it doesn't make a mess or anything and they just have to grab another egg. A good prank.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 09:30

Evil Willow: Apr 26, 2007; Bored now...

AITA for asking my sister to stop fostering dogs so she could help me with my kids?

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Okay just writing the title like that made me feel super guilty, but please hear me out before judging too harshly.

I (38 F) have 4 kids ages 11 months, 3, 5, and 10. I love them all more than anything, but I�ll be the first to admit that our house is constant chaos and it can get very exhausting. My sister (33F) is child free, but loves my kids and was happy to watch the older 2 or sometimes 3 to help me keep my sanity. This has been extremely helpful and I tell her all the time how grateful we are for her help.

The thing is that the kids used to go over to her house, but right now they couldn�t because my sister was fostering an elderly chihuahua. My sister claims she couldn�t have them over for the time being because they would stress out the dog. Her dog was extremely frail and timid so I think this was a fair assessment. This was the 4th dog she has fostered, all of which couldn�t be around my kids. This most recent dog took 8 months to find a home for, but most of her other dogs took even longer. When she told me she found an adopter I knew I could finally breathe a sigh of relief and joked about how I was so glad she could babysit again.

My sister proceeded to tell me that there was a second dog that desperately needed a new foster, so she planned to take in that one as soon as her current dog was gone. So, she couldn�t do anymore babysitting than she already is (sometimes she comes over to my house in the morning to help out). I could literally feel my stress levels spike. I haven�t ever done this before, but I opened up to her about how much I have been struggling since she got the dog. How little sleep I get each night, how my husband hasn�t been helping as much as he should, and some other deeply personal issues that I�ve been struggling with. Then I asked her, point blank, to not get another dog.

She comforted me, but ultimately didn�t agree on anything and said she needed some time to think. I know I am asking a lot of her since rescuing dogs is her passion and that is why I feel so guilty. But I don�t have anyone else to help me. I can�t afford a babysitter long term, and my friends all have their own kids to look after. Above all, my kids will always come before a dog and that�s the reason I was willing to request it. I�ve told a few different people about the situation and gotten a wide range of heavily biased opinions. So that�s why I decided to come on here and as you guys. Was this unreasonable? I would never demand her to do this if she didn�t want to, but is it really so wrong to just be honest my situation and earnestly ask?

# ? Apr 8, 2022 09:35

Biplane: Jul 18, 2005

Evil Willow posted:

AITA for asking my sister to stop fostering dogs so she could help me with my kids?

Maybe have the father of your kids do some parenting?

# ? Apr 8, 2022 09:44

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Evil Willow posted:

AITA for asking my sister to stop fostering dogs so she could help me with my kids?

gotta love family!

# ? Apr 8, 2022 12:18

Pope Corky the IX: Dec 18, 2006; What are you looking at?

Evil Willow posted:

AITA for helping myself to some food out of my girlfriend's parent's refrigerator and pantry even though it hadn't been offered?

However, I woke up around 1 a.m. feeling really hungry. I didn't want to wake anyone up or bother anyone, so I just went into the kitchen. I found a loaf of bread and then some deli turkey and condiments in the fridge and made myself a sandwich. I also found a soda and some string cheese in there. Then I found some individually wrapped portions of olives as well as a bag of chips and a jar of peanuts in the pantry. I made myself a little midnight snack.

This sounds like those midnight snacks that characters make in movies or sitcoms. Like it's 2am and Michael J. Fox is at the fridge taking out enough stuff to make a Scooby Doo sandwich. I always wondered who the gently caress does that.

Evil Willow posted:

AITA for asking my sister to stop fostering dogs so she could help me with my kids?

It honestly seems intentional after a while and I really can't blame the sister for giving herself a legitimate reason to say no when she's fully aware that she's only needed because the husband/father refuses to do anything.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 12:24

massive spider: Dec 6, 2006

She's not wrong for asking, the bit where it went wrong is here

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When she told me she found an adopter I knew I could finally breathe a sigh of relief and joked about how I was so glad she could babysit again.

Where instead of asking directly the first time she did the 'joke thats not really a joke lol' ask which never helps.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 13:46

Foo Diddley: Oct 29, 2011; cat

Evil Willow posted:

AITA for asking my sister to stop fostering dogs so she could help me with my kids?

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She comforted me, but ultimately didn�t agree on anything and said she needed some time to think.

"i'll think about it" means "no", dumbass. why don't you have a few more kids lmao

# ? Apr 8, 2022 14:12

Soylent Pudding: Jun 22, 2007; We've got people!

AITA for expecting my niece and nephew to help out on the farm while I watch them?

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I'm a 34 year old woman and am currently watching my niece who is 10 and my nephew who is 7 for my Brother and SIL over the Spring Holiday so they can go on on a kid fee holiday. I run the family farm as my older brother wasn't interested in taking it over when our parents got too old to keep up with the demands it has.

As the kids are staying with me for the time being I decided they'd help out on the farm in age appropriate ways, nothing too taxing and honestly far less than what my brother and I did at their ages. If they do this in the morning they're free to spend the afternoon as they please. I think it's a good way to teach them responsibility and besides I don't have kids so the farm might end up being taken over by one of them one day if they take an interest in it.

My Brother and SIL phone the kid each night to say goodnight/check how they're doing and they mentioned how they were helping out on the farm, when I talked to my brother and SIL after the kids said goodnight my SIL was angry and demanding to know why I was forcing her children to work and how they were here on vacation and it wasn't right of me to do that. My brother asked what they'd been doing and when I told him it was mostly mucking out the stables and feeding the animals he tried to talk her down but she was even more upset to know her children were doing something so "dirty."

I was rather bemused by this as it's honestly not that bad it's not like they're rolling about in the dirty stables. I told her how they were having fun and it's honestly not that bad and did no harm to me and my brother growing up. She has told me she doesn't want my kids lifting a finger for the rest of the time I have them and it's their holiday so they should be treated as such, my brother clearly thinks she's overreacting but he also tends to defer to her in most things so i'm getting no support there. Honestly I don't know what to do, i'm running a business not a resort so I can hardly wait on them hand and foot while my brother and SIL are on holiday.

Is it truly so bad that i'd expect them to help out in the mornings while staying?

# ? Apr 8, 2022 14:15

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# ? May 30, 2024 20:47

Cowslips Warren: Oct 29, 2005; What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?; Grimey Drawer

I love how some people have several kids and at some point realize they actually need to parent them. No, not your family, YOU.

That said the 10 year old (if a girl) is probably going to be parentified soon if not already.

# ? Apr 8, 2022 14:15

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