You've probably heard of the notoriously funny British sense of humor, or American comedy that cracks everyone up laughing, from visitors of the famous comedy cellars to viewers of legendary sitcoms like Seinfield and Friends.
But many may not be familiar with the Scottish sense of humor, something an entire corner of Reddit with 766k members has dedicated itself to. Named Scottish People Twitter, the subreddit is a place for some of the hilarious things Scots have posted online, and it's pure comedy gold we didn’t know we needed.
“Scots generally have a dark, dry, and direct sense of humor," Veloglasgow, the moderator of the community, told Bored Panda sometime ago. So it’s virtually impossible not to like it! More Scottish People Twitter gems can be found in our previous features here and here.
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I Also Want A Latte With Oat Milk
Guy goes into a bakers and ask the lassie behind the counter "is that an eclair or a meringue?" She replies "aye, you're right enough it's an eclair" - absolute classicc
I've seen this on bp a million times, and it's still hilarious
I know our Scots cousins have trouble with this one: Karl's purple burglar alarm.....
Not this one - I can say it fine, my husband however.......well, he lets the side down
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YES! My fave take on this comes from a friend in Texas - white, male, ex-military, gun-owning, rural Texan guy; pretty much all the things you imagine when you think of that type of person; conservative voter for many years - put on Facebook a few years ago something like "I don't understand being transgender, but I don't have to understand it, I just have to not be an a*****e about it." His conservative friends got all shrill at him but he stood his ground and told them to eff off. He's done similar things about Kaepernick kneeling, etc. I love a person who accepts others and lets people just LIVE.
I love that Scotland is fast becoming a very lgbtqia friendly country - makes me very proud of my wee neck of the world
Ha anyone seen the YouTube videos of the Scottish dude travelling in America and getting Americans to send messages to his family in Scotland? Absolutely piss myself every time even though I've seen them so many times - especially when he gets this guy to go on and on about eating "yer maws minge" and how good it is for you and helps you grow big and strong - buckled every single time
will somebody who speaks & writes scottish gaelic translate this into the actual old scots language words here? just curious... thanks
International Decorators In Glasgow!
Think they'd venture to ayrshire? I have a house I've been waiting for my husband to paint since before covid - I have the paint I just need someone to do it!
All I could think of when I read this is Jiyoon from 4Minute saying “ New York, Paris, Milano, Tokyo, London” in Crazy
"Scots generally have a dark, dry, and direct sense of humor," Veloglasgow, the Reddit user and moderator of the ScottishPeopleTwitter subreddit, told us a while ago. He added that "Observational comedy where someone points out something that everyone accepts as day-to-day reality but which would be absurd to an outside observer also goes down well." However, not all posts make it to the sub’s feed. "Most posts that make it through the mod queue are representative, any posts that use 'fooken' or 'fecking' for fu*ken/fu*king are generally removed as no Scot hears how we say those words as that way phonetically," the moderator explained.
Something Something Blitz Spirit
oh how the turntables. reminds me of the american version, like how the people making fake vaccine cards hate undocumented immigrants
Yes, it's always different when they do it. I know an American woman who was talking of moving - ironically enough - to Scotland. Asked how she was managing the visas, etc. She said that she's read it's easier to just go on vacation and then look for jobs. Yes, she votes Republican and yes, she's against "illegals". I had no words.
Load More Replies...And very confusing for the self righteous smug holes who think nothing of shovelling of our precious elderly into care homes to be fed sludge because their lifelong home is worth a quid now. Or voting the pollies who allow such a precious responsiblity to be privatised so some twat can get government subsidy while driving a Ferrari. The anti vaxx rhetoric is lame, tired and loathesome. If you got a jab it does not make any of us a special person! F.F.S. Do you want a participation award?
oh yeah a nurse got arrested after selling fake vaccine cards and made 2 million dollars
Except help spread an illness that killed millions.
Load More Replies...Some Festive Cheer From This Auld Yin
That's beautiful. I'm going to do that once the little freeloaders I gave birth to start making their own five dollar bills.
This must be why I always end up with fistfuls of smash as they never have a fiver! Same with the £2 coins - everyone's mum or Gran saves them and you never get one then at Xmas they're everywhere. I love this though - my kids save up their pennies over the year, just random change they find lying around and them the cash it in at those counting machines in Tesco and give it to people on the street - it's never a huge amount but I like that they want to help people - something I'll keep doing as long as I can, and hopefully will be able to give bigger sums in the future
Fair Dos
wow and they must be well-versed in their culture to know his name was stephen and not phteven!!!!!
Hahaha snort laughed at this one. And good on him for owning it, if he really was being a 'f***y'
In Scotland the word "F***y" refers to lady parts, unlike America where it means butt. If someone's being a Danny they're being annoying - to be fair both would be accurate as you could say they're being an a**e too
Load More Replies...Meanwhile, Larry Dean, a Scottish stand-up comedian, believes that defining “Scottish” comedy is a really tough question. “First off, there’s the assumption that a nationally shared sense of humor exists at all,” he said and added “Is it really possible for five million people to make the same kind of jokes and find the same things funny?”
Dean continued: “if there’s one thing we Scottish like to laugh at, it’s ourselves. Which is useful when facing internationally reinforced caricatures every time we turn on the telly. (Think of Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons.)"
The Best Of Scottish Hospitality And Japanese Alcohol
Haha, I'd go there. Especially if they have plum wine. I used to go to a restaurant on sauchiehall street called nanakusa on a regular basis before I moved out to ayrshire - absolutely loved the plum wine, and the awesome bottle and tiny cups they served them in. Damn, sometimes I really miss Glasgow
20% Struggle With The Question
Thing is, it's great to poll people, but it doesn't matter what people "believe" on matters of fact. There are tons of studies and trials of this and consistently, this is true. It would be better to cite those studies than to ask what people "think" which a) just keeps making people think that opinions are all that matter (they're not!) and b) lets other opinion-havers just dismiss it with "well of course they would say that". THIS WORKS. IT HAS BEEN TRIED IN PLACES AS DISPARATE AS JAPAN AND ICELAND AND PLACES IN BETWEEN. IT WORKS AND EVERYONE SHOULD DO IT.
The other 20% thought the survey was faked by their boss to trick them into telling how they really feel!
The other 20% have home lives that they need to escape from as much as possible!
Finding It Hard To Know Who To Believe With This Vaccine Carry On
It is mindboggling that so many people would rather believe a Whatsapp post than actual scientists.
It lets them feel important. Because if they can make facts bend to their opinions then anything can be true.
Load More Replies...For those who may me confused foundy is foundation level, the lowest level you can take. Ive had three doses of the covid vaccine and after all that, I finally caught covid start of April - it was exhausting but nothing much worse than a bad cold - I dread to think how bad it would have been without the vaccines - I'd still be in my bed, maybe even being fitted for a wooden box
I was wondering how you made out! So glad you're well!
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To be fair, some of that antivaxi pseudoscience was extremely well worded, "researched" (without honesty, but with a lot of skill) and very well funded, especially convincing for somebody who already leans toward refusing what they don't like. Still false and fake, still pseudoscience, but quite a few of my smart friends eventually fell for it.
The novelist Jenny Colgan argues that there are two views of Scottish humor. “The first, to quote PG Wodehouse, is that it is seldom difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman and a ray of sunshine. Think Gordon Brown's overhanging manse brow, and Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves. The Presbyterian suspicion about things that are comical, musical, or in any way distract you from 12 hours a day of back-breaking toil runs deep in the national psyche - what Irvine Welsh calls the 'you'll have had your tea' school of grumpy inhospitableness,” she explained in a piece for The Guardian.
You Absolute Prawn
Amateur! You don't even need the appendix....let's us know when you kill a kidney or a liver...lol
Pretty sure there are studies now that prove we do need our appendixes… but we CAN live without them. Similar to our spleen. Obviously losing one’s appendix or spleen is not on par with losing one’s liver, but it’s facetious to say we “don’t even need” the appendix. I get the joke you’re making though XD
Load More Replies...Lauren is a comedian from Newcastle, not Scotland but she is very funny so I'll allow it
Dalek In The Windae Too
"F*ck me! Ive just seen a cyber man (robot) on the train today." -I barely understood so I figured id translate lol
i believe they're referring to a Cyberman from Doctor Who. there's people (well, brains) inside them and they try to convert others p029sh8w.jpg
Shame… This is the worst kind of exo-metal discrimination, not being able to distinguish between a Cyberman and a Dalek!
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Fair Enough
Well ya, he's voting Tory, he must be quite mad! (Forgive me asking, what exactly are the Tories?)
Load More Replies...Haha. I would do the same. I used to be my gran's proxy vote before she passed away - so I got the absolute pleasure of ticking the yes box twice at the referendum. If only it was enough - still not lost hope though
"Wheer's mah leyg?" "Dunno Da. Prolly kickin' roon 'ere sumair"
Colgan continued that there is the other side too: the belief that Scots actually have a great sense of humor “(because it is free - yes, yes, ho ho ho).” She wrote: “And this view is probably the more accurate. Without a doubt the free-ranging Glaswegian barrowlands native wit is alive and well - at a recent concert by the Blue Nile, the famously beautiful and gloomy Glaswegian bedsit band, the heckle went up, ‘Could youse no' play something a bit mair wistful?’”
Here Fishy Fishy
I did too, even after reading the caption, it took me quite a few seconds ;)
Load More Replies...Oh, please help. What is it if it isn't a fish? I can't see anything else.
It's a bottle of champagne or white wine in a golden foil
Load More Replies...Wow I can't unsee it. I put glasses on, squinted and turned my screen light up to see it wasn't.
A Wee Thing That Floats In The Sea
What do you do for work? I fked up and didn't ride out my full scholarship for marine biologist. I wanted to work with NOA and record the whales numbers and calls.
Load More Replies...When I told my Italian-American grandmother I was bringing a vegetarian friend over for dinner she said, "But she eats chicken right?"
Angus Getting Straight To The Point
It is to remember those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia and to draw attention to the continued violence endured by transgender people 🏳️⚧️
Load More Replies...Angus is a legend on R/Traaaaiiiiinnns (Or something like that)
We can celebrate those who still live and exist, AND we can remember and honor those who have passed/been murdered. They’re not mutually exclusive.
Load More Replies...Good Rationing There
I haven't bought cigarettes in years ... they're ridiculously expensive these days...
Good for you, smoking isn't worth it even if it was for free.
Load More Replies...Ditto. Feels good and I smell everything now. Had a lady in front of me at the grocery store that reeked of cigarettes so bad it kinda made me nauseous. Then thinking that I may have and most likely did smell that way when I was smoking kinda freaks me out... it's so bad. But still if I see someone smoking on tv it sometimes makes my mouth water..
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"...and two deaths..." -make that three. I'm going to throw a clot if I don't stop laughing unreasonably hard at this.
Failte, Joe!
Trump motorcade? Are you sure it wasn't a reflection? The-shadow...a5a290.jpg
Big Nicola Laying Down The Law For Eid
It's a Muslim holiday to mark the end of Ramadan (fasting). That's about all I know about it.
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"Who's the cat stuck in the door now Linda? Huh? Who's the cat now?"
How the hell is that possible? The cat was just curious as to what was happening - I'd have buckled if this happened to my mum
Do I Sense A Netflix Original In The Works?
Scrapping With Peter Pan
The mental images I'm having while reading this are hilarious and I can hear the accent in it so loud and clear it's awesome. Thank you.
I once saw two full sets of Teletubbies - eight guys - kicking the absolute living s**t out of each other on the concourse of Glasgow Central Station.
Service Please!
Will ye have a cup of tea Father? Ah go on, go on, go on, go on...
Load More Replies...But if you don't offer get one just for you, mum's on it in a minute "why didn't you say..." and it gets more out of control lol
The Rare, Understandable Scottish Men
... you're... ALIVE?!?! But... I mean, Eric Idle sang at your funeral!
Load More Replies...No. I used to, but now I just think, no we've had this one before and we're still alive have another drink
I get one of those every coupla days since they carved out most of my stomach at the hospital a few years back.
While Having A Pish
yeah its bit like wearing socks all day and then you finally take them off
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Really they are handy even if you don't smoke. As a smoker I'm always the one to save the day at birthday party's when lighting the cake. Inevitably someone always asks does anyone have a lighter? Yes me the pot head.
Load More Replies...Oh, I got this awesome lighter, I don't smoke, but I got it for lighting candles - it's rechargeable and like a wee mini taser with this blue electric Zappa sounding thing. I really want to touch it but I'm too scared it'll be really sore, I'm such a wuss. Maybe I'll try it on my husband, or the next random person who asks me for a light
It’s Dracula
Great way to try to lead us off your trail Dracula....we know he was right!
Went to a German bar in a neighboring city & this guy w/ long hair walks in wearing a leather trench coat & leather hat & boots. As he walked by, our drunk friend screams, "VAN HELSING!!!" It was embarrassing, but hilarious!
She Has A Point
Living in a country with Wee Jimmy Krankie as your leader, isn't a position of strength for taking the p1$$.
You can say piss. Also the not censored is wanker!
Load More Replies...Comparing bojo to the muppets is an insult to the muppets. Not everyone will like Nicola sturgeon but she is miles above that mumbling lying scruffy fucktard in Downing Street
You guys ok over there? Obviously the US is in no position to throw stones.
Ah, we're fine. To be honest it swings from high comedic value to shouting at the telly in anger. At least our 'great leader' is constrained by the Cabinet and they have to pass things through the House of Commons and the House of Lords. It does stop some stupid stuff, though not all. Watching Boris do u-turns 3 or 4 times a month because he gets it wrong is wearing a bit thin though. Funny how his advisers get the blame when he gets it wrong, yet he takes all the credit when he gets it right (eg vaccines, that was advisers and all parties would have done the same). Watching the man sweat while he delivers yet another load of weirdly worded non-apologies yet trying not to admit fault... borders on farce. I didn't vote for the cockwomble, many of us knew he was a lying f-eckwit who truly doesn't care about anyone bar Boris and have no idea why anyone fell for it, or still believe him. Knocks your faith in the intelligence of the voting public for sure.
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Sanjeev Kohli On Boris Johnson's Baby
Everybody Smuggled Food In Years Ago
So true you end up paying more for the snacks than you do for the movie itself. Last time I was absolutely shocked it was like $7 for a small soda WTF? I can fit a can of soda in my purse
He clearly doesn't have kids....I could take my family for a meal for how much my kids waste on cinema snacks
Someone From Shell Energy Obviously Doesn't Know Who Irvine Welsh Is
Telling Irvine Welsh not to swear, never going to end well. I do love his books
Let It Snow
Every time you comment, I find a fresh egg. Care to comment?
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Merry Christmas
Quite possibly the most hated woman in Scotland. I remember the news asking folk about her death in George square and a wee granny let rip and went on about how good it was that she was dead and how she'd put a streak through her heart - and rightly so, the damage that woman did to Scotland was horrific Here's the link https://youtu.be/KFJoSnS8Qgk
Never Let Anyone Tell Ye It Cannae Be Done
I used to have a phone covered that just said "aye" on it - so every phone was an aye phone
Need To Stay Pawsitive
I always enjoy reading these with a Scottish accent in my head, it's 100 times more hilarious.
My dog did sometimes sit in front of a mirror looking really pissed off when he got a bad hair cut. He was a Highland terrier, so perhaps it's a Scottish dog thing.
My mums dog definitely does, he's in a right huff after going to groomers
I had a westie who I'm sure did just this. He was always in a grumpy mood after having a trim.
On Brand
Does This Qualify?
As long as they're prepared for the very much not LA weather they'll be grand
It’s Chappy
The name comes from a British poem: Ginger, Ginger broke a winder, Hit the winda – crack! The baker came out to give 'im a clout And landed on his back. Hence 'Knock Down Ginger'. In Scotland I heard it called Chap-door-run or, for short, Chappy.
Load More Replies...In Australia - at least, in my bit of the country - it's called "Ding Dong Ditch". I believe the English name derived from the vaunted Victorian tradition of attempting to knock at nine houses before the police caught you... and carted you off to a jail cell for a bit.
Yep. You knock once on the first door, twice on the second and so on. So in the UK Knicky Knocky Nine Doors is a slightly more complicated version of Knock Down Ginger.
Load More Replies...Where I live in Nova Scotia it was always known as "knicky knicky nine doors"
Knicky Knocky Nine Doors is slightly different as you have to knock on 9 doors and increase the number of knocks per house by one each time. Knock Down Ginger (as per the poem someone else has written in the comments) is the original version! Names vary based on location but that's where the name in the UK came from.
Load More Replies...How About Some Burnt Tae F**k Rolls?
That had to be a marketing strategy after someone accidentally burned all the rolls.
Oh, I'm sure it was! I think it's the same thing with the "Extra Toasty" Cheeze Its they've started selling! Why waste the toasty ones when someone out there, like me, is thinking, "Yummmmm!" LOL!
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It's A Slow Burner
I love this show, it's my go to when I can't think of what to watch. I know it word for word but still love every minute of it!
Sometimes They Are Not Funny
Mould Juice
Well honestly it's probably easier to get people to take penicillin than a good old dose of mold juice
I live in the town Alexander Fleming came from, right round the corner from his memorial - and I definitely call every beverage juice unless its tea. Even milk is coo juice
Time And A Plaice For Fish Jokes
Totie Airmed Dinosaurs
Right? I'm having trouble deciphering all of these. lol
Load More Replies...My 17yr old daughter walks about like a wee t-Rex - I roar at her every so often
Cute
I haven't heard anything this romantic since, well, the last Scottish humour post
When I met my now husband when I split from my ex husband but wasn't yet divorced. When I finally got my divorce through my now husband announced on Facebook "I'm no longer banging a married chick"
Fitba Crazy
The All Shitting Eye?
EEFA. Now Ive done your googling for you, your turn: how do you pronounce "duine leisciúil"?
Load More Replies...The Tooth Fairy Does Exist Though!
I was wondering whether a jobby fairy was a fairy that helped people get employment
'Jobby fairy' Oh I laughed so hard I woke my husband and he's a deep sleeper.
Personally I Wouldn’t Have That
My printer has been saying it's nearly out on toner since about 5 minutes after I changed it - it's been months so canon are officially at it
As If The Teachers Don't Have Enough Tae Get On Wae
My friend in elementary school had a bladder infection and the teacher wouldn't let her go to the bathroom so the poor girl urinated all over herself and was called "pee girl" for 5 yrs till we got to middle school. I'm still angry at that teacher for her
I ended up wetting myself when I was 6 after asking the teacher and being told I wasn't allowed to go to the teacher then blaming me saying I should've told her I was desperate - why the hell else would I ask to go?
Historical Covid Tweet
Just Needs A Baby On The Ceiling Chandelier To Complete The Look
Thank you. My brain automatically thinks of the worst possible word, and Crack wasn't it
Load More Replies...I first read it as c**k then re read it as crack when it didn't make sense
We Don’t Deserve Granny’s
Shame. 74
Tap B**ch
120 Questions
Limmy's Twitter Is Pure Poetry
Of all the things that they sensor it's okay to print "spunk into the mold" LOL. I know it's not technically cussing but they sensor *death *F***y and *k**b
Duke Of Boots
Oh The Glesga Banter
Aw that's so much cuter than hearing someone say 'stop your crying c**t'
I Mean It Does The Job
Don’t Worry Troops, Kevin’s Fixed It
Nae Sense Ae Humour
Human centipede scarred me for life. Looks like I've had a lucky escape by never watching mrs browns boys then
She Was Lucky
Absolute Scenes In The Office Kitchen
What A Fuknn Tube
Wit U Smiling At
Baltic
Was snow/hailstones where I am yesterday. Today a lovely sunny but cool day. Tomorrow, who knows
Short-Haired Lesbians Can Sometimes Be Useless™ Too
Gerrit Up Ye
I’ve loved that song since I was a little kid (was born in 82) and I later found out I’m half Scottish (am adopted). Genetic love for the song?? XD
If someone sneaks up and "da da da da"s at you, you better be ready to "da da da da" right back or you have to leave the country
Me ma adored Runrig an I've heard an play loch lomond, f*****g beautiful
Load More Replies...Translation Already Provided; England Bashing Included
I understood this perfectly without the translation thanks. The voice in my head does accents very well.
Same. Now to get them to come out of my mouth like that lol
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Invented A Lot Mair Than That
Fish 1: So what if we do this with our parts? Fish 2: Woah...can we even do that? Is it allowed? Fish 1: I don't see why not. Fish 2: We can't be the first to think of this right?
Mother of Fish 1: The problem with your generation is you think you invented it!
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Dah Jokes
So It Dusny Git Stole
Time To Leave Home I Think
Aye Mate? Lifted A Plywood Floor This Morning In Livingston This Morning Have Ye? Realised Its Dry Rot Underneath It Have Ye? Bulls**t Ya Grouse
Whit The F**k Man, The Bots Are Takin Over
Was Even Better Before They Took The Sugar Out
I must confess, I'm a sugar free bru drinker, but in my defence my mum is a diabetic so we always had that, now I can't stomach drinks with actual sugar. Much prefer the cancer causing artificial sweeteners - yummy
So Proud
New Class Structure For Drug Dealers Revealed In Scotland, This Ones Defo Upper Class
Seems like historic Scotland have been holding back some members perks from me
Milk Fae Dugs?
Every Single Year
It's like folk suddenly Irish in paddy's day - gotta be digging up the roots of that family tree to find a connection
Looking Back, I Think It Was The Second Option
Keep The Tradition Alive
Mon Tae Kd Fur Yer Free Scran
Crime Of The Century
These Booster Texts Are Getting Worse
Lost Má Pasport
Not been to polo in forever, was always great gossiping with the lady with her potions and lollipops in the toilet
Drummond Bass
Ye Micht As Weel Be Makin Salad
Frankie Tells It Like It Is
Away An' F**k Off Back Tae Azkaban
Had to do some digging, kid claimed to be medically exempt from wearing a face mask - if my 5yr old can sit underneath a 13tog duvet for hours at a time watching crap on his iPad then I think kids can manage with a thin mask over their gub
Thank you for finding out the details! XD And seriously, what’s also sad is I’m sure the kid’s parents told him to say that. Unless you’re a seriously devious kid, you wouldn’t think to say crap like that on your own XD
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Nice To Get Away For A Few Days
Those Wee Radge Campers Leaving Their Bags Aboot The Place!
Rip Sasha
Yer Maw’s Maw. Ken?
My two oldest kids have a Welsh dad and his parents are English and Welsh - so they have a grandma and taid
Small Bird Company
How To Piss Off A Scottish Person
I was actually gonna ask why the extra letters tho in a few of the above, but I guess that might get me into a pagger
Treat Your Workers Properly!
I wish I could spend a summer in Scotland. If anyone wants me, they can join me for a season of their choice with my 8 cats in the Mojave Desert.
Summer in Scotland is a handful of days in July/August...that's your lot.
Load More Replies...How difficult is it for them to actually type this out? Can they install a Scottish dictionary that autocorrects certain words, or at least accepts the Scottish spelling with voice texting?
Probably not any more difficult than it is for us to substitute slang for standard English, like "gonna" for "going to."
Load More Replies...I wish I could spend a summer in Scotland. If anyone wants me, they can join me for a season of their choice with my 8 cats in the Mojave Desert.
Summer in Scotland is a handful of days in July/August...that's your lot.
Load More Replies...How difficult is it for them to actually type this out? Can they install a Scottish dictionary that autocorrects certain words, or at least accepts the Scottish spelling with voice texting?
Probably not any more difficult than it is for us to substitute slang for standard English, like "gonna" for "going to."
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