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Trends and popular things are, by their design, things that change and shift with time. Something that was popular a year ago is now considered an outdated reference, a popular meme can outstay its welcome in a month, and minor trends go in and out of fashion daily. Basically, just because something is widely accepted today doesn't mean it will have the same significance after some time passes. Perhaps to commemorate these trends, or just catalogue them for future reference, there are community threads online that talk about the trendy things that likely won't be cool in 5 years' time. One such discussion is hosted on Reddit, where people readily expressed their opinions about what they think won't withstand the test of time.

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#1

40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Probably not going to happen, but I really wish influencers won't be "cool" anymore.

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Iggy
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is already happening, I think. I've noticed a growing backlash in recent months.

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    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Having the covid vaccine. Eventually it'll be as commonplace as a flu vaccine.

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    #3

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Hopefully those fake pointy acrylic nails

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    Iggy
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate them so much! They make me gag.

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    Some of the things listed by the community are leaning more towards actual items, such as so-called MLM teas. Other picks feature plastic surgery trends. And then there are those who think that the websites we use now will lose their influence and be forgotten or abandoned. Basically, the things that send people raving today, in 5 years, could be irrelevant.

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    #4

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community A lot of the stuff I see people doing on TikTok seems like the kinda thing you'd be embarrassed about in a few years

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    Ila Chakravarthy
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    man, i hope. a lot of small buisnesses have a pretty main platform there though, so i'm not really sure where i stand on it.

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    #5

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Gigantic drawn on eyebrows.

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    Iggy
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slugs having a Mexican stand-off.

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    Trends are tricky because of their very foundation. Something becomes popular because it's new and exciting, it presents something that captures people's attention, but if it doesn't provide long-term value, it tends to go away. Just look back at the trends that ruled the '90s, for example. Those are now considered to be an archaic concept in the current climate.

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    #7

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Overly-processed Instagram photos. Especially in the context of makeup and skincare.

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    #8

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Hopefully Facebook. I never thought it would kill myspace and MySpace reminds me of better times when I think of how sh*tty Facebook handled the last 4 years

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    Dogfan4life
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, a study was conducted to find out what children used what social media platforms today. The study asked 1,500 middle and high school students. 62 percent of teens said they use Instagram while 58 percent use Snapchat. (Texting was most popular, used by 98 percent of the teens surveyed.) Facebook was, surprisingly, only 7 percent. (This is not copy-and-pasted or plagiarized. I wrote this by myself.)

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    #9

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Current plastic surgery trends to meet the current IG standards. I fear for a lot of people who have had BBLs and facial surgery that the look will become outdated and permanently associated with late 2010’s and early 2020’s, kind of how like there are plastic surgery trends associated with the 90s/2000s.

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    YoChicken
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i feel like plastic surgery will get more popular

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    Then there's a rule of 'what goes around comes around.' There are cases of trends and cool things that were popular before, got old and abandoned, and then resurfaced when we least expected it. Of course, the most obvious cases are centered in the fashion industry, but there are other things too, coming in a variety of categories, such as names or even those same internet trends.

    #11

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Hopefully the stupid “hacks” that people are coming up with. That’s not a hack

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    Sista of the moon
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nnnnoooooooooo five minute crafts is my liffeeeeee

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    #12

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community People posting pictures of a PS5 they just bought and expecting the rest of us to care.

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    #13

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Youtube prank videos Well some youtube videos in general.

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    Bacony Cakes
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NUKING JAPAN prank video Among Us! (NOT CLICKBAIT) (GONE WRONG) (ALMOST DIED)

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    #14

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Vaping, I hope.

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    #15

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Daenerys and Khaleesi as girls names.

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    #16

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Zoom calls. I don’t wanna go back to the office, but I can’t take five more years of these..

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    #17

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community 5 day work week

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    Brandi VanSteenwyk
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the 5-day work work does fade, I hope it is replaced by options that can be tailored to the needs of the employee and their family or current situation. That might be longer but fewer days, shorter but more days etc. Equalizing the needs of the business with the needs of the employee would be most ideal.

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    #18

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Everything Supreme. The s***** print text hoodies, the overpriced hats and $100 Tshirts, all of it

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    #19

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Corporations trying to be weird and relatable on Twitter. Wish it would die out now

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    #20

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Brazilian Butt Lifts .. I feel like it will not age well. A lot of plastic surgeries collapse over time or have complications as it degrades

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    #21

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Probably most popular youtubers as of now

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    J Rob
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think influence's and you tuber's individual popularity may ebb and flow over time, much like that of TV personalities and movie stars. Though I do think the industry is here to stay, until the medium is replaced by something else.

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    #22

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Instagram is going to be an online shopping mall, far removed from the cool micro-blogging site it used to be.

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    #23

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community The latest iPhone.

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    Monolicle Potato
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The latest iPhone will goes out of style every 5 months. They make new versions all the time.

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    #24

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Subscribing to multiple streaming platforms.

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    Fred and George Weasley
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    whats so 'cool' about subscribing to stuff i dont get this one?

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    #25

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community The bowl cut. For some reason it came back in south Houston. Looks ridiculous.

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    #27

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community That stupid yee yee a** haircut that all the teenage boys are rocking. The one with the short sides and mop top rat's nest on top.

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    Iggy
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a terrible haircut.

    Blake Ingram
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I kind of like it. Not on everyone, but it's better than the bowl cut.

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    HooowlAtTheMoon
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean i kinda like this haircut-

    Sp00kyJae7
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    again, just let people live, my god

    Beans
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being judgy about peoples appearances and stuff is just not on though. They shamed dudes for moustaches, beards, top knots, man buns....then that stuff was ok, then it wasn't... now this. It's like whatever. If they said 'womens stupid ass pixie cut' everyone would be upset, but its ok because its making fun of teenage boys? How about we dont judge peoples aesthetic choices so much as if there is just one 'right' way to look??

    zims
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are they talking about undercuts?

    blugeagua
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think so which is weird because undercuts look hot. On all genders.

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    Wolfstar
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not a fan of it, but it looks alright on some people. If you don't like it, don't get it.

    Blair Doak
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen pictures of guys with that cut in the 30's. Then in the 50's. Then in the 80's the "Fade" that black guys wore into the 90's, remember Grant Hill and Christian Laettner at Duke? Style or fashion is circulatory, it's in then it's out....then it's back!

    mcmp
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this one looks pretty good.

    Anony Mouse
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back in the day didn't they call it "the Buddy Holly"?

    CP
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every generation has haircuts the older people don't like. I wish I could put the "old man yelling at cloud" gif here.

    molly
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wait a in is this a pic o james charles's brother?

    Michele Lein
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter's terrible boyfriend Austin has one. And his hair is blonde and naturally curly, so a very large rat's nest is on his head. Which leads me to another hair trend. The Man Bun. (For more adventures of my daughter's boyfriend Austin the Terrible, please see some of my other posts.)Thank you.

    AnimeObsessedTeenager
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not trying to call you out on this (well okay yeah I am) but mind your own hair, don't criticize the current trends that are going to come and go. I think that a lot of them actually look good. You don't have to like them, but you don't need to publicly shame them online.

    Nonie Freure
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a 57 year old woman and I LOVE this style!

    CincyReds
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate this hair cut with every ounce of my being

    Susan Egan
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please look back at your very own yearbooks. Is there a time where someone isn't wearing a really stupid looking style?

    Colleen Garland
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are a lot of adults trying to wear a softer version. Look like wanna be's.

    Nina
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yuck ... terrible! Rat's nest, indeed! 👎👎👎

    Jordan Smith
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bruh. I see this one at my school sometimes. Very yee yee

    ᑭIᗰᑭᒪE ᖴᗩᑕE
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All the gringos at my school have undercuts and the hair on top of their head is permed. They look like mushrooms. It's ridiculous.

    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m now picturing them all as small atomic explosions

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    CatWoman312
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had to look it up and still don’t know what it is bc all that came up were memes

    Jods
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haircut? I’d give my one remaining kidney for a chuffing haircut. #Lockdown!

    AzKhaleesi
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be called a mullet and this isn't new, it's back and we all hated it the first time and still don't like it this time.

    Kelli from Fitness Blender
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's definitely not a mullet. Also, did the post about the name Khaleesi offend you? I'm honestly curious.

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    Leo Domitrix
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the re=vamped Mullet. RUN

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    4 years ago

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    How else will one defend against female homo sapiens on one's genitals?

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    #28

    Funko Pops. They're the Beanie Babies of the '20s.

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    Kyle D
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I say this as a collector, but I could see that but since they've been on the rise for ten years, I'll be generous & give them another 10 and then they're passé as 'popular'. After all, even beanie babies are still around, sure not a fad anymore but around is around.

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    #29

    Galaxy print is probably going to go the way of the bowling alley carpet patterns we used to wear on our clothes in the 90s. It'll come back ironically in 10 years

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    #30

    Twitter

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    #31

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Hopefully Pokemon Cards, so I can finally afford to buy them again ...

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    QueerTheory
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    McDonald’s in Germany is currently giving 3 pokemon cards with every happy meal lol. Gotta collect them all!

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    #32

    Facebook. Kids don’t use that s***, because it sucks. millennials are leaving in droves.

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    CatWoman312
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Facebook died when boomers were able to join. They keep the negativity and fake news going. It’s so sad how many of my friends parents or grandparents rely on a meme as a news source. The recent election was enough for me. I don’t use it anymore except for messenger

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    #33

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community GTA V Hopefully by that point we'll actually have GTA 6

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    AntiAntiVaxx
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its like Fallout New Vegas no amount of mods will make the game prettier or have the quality of content that Rockstar produces. Its like putting lipstick on a pig.

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    #34

    Filling wooden furniture with translucent green or blue-colored resin.

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    Giaan Beeltje
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This person must have seen some very bad resin furniture because I've seen some beautiful furniture come out of it.

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    #35

    Fake vents in cars, if they were ever cool in the first place.

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    #36

    I would say Minecraft but trying to kill that is like trying to invade Russia in winter

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    TheLazyPoki
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, it's currently my fav game and it's been very popular for years. I don't think it'll ever die out-

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    #37

    The obsession of having RGB LED everywhere and on everything.

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    Johnny
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better than the trend of putting bright blue LED's on everything that started when blue LED's were new and for some reason it's still going. I'd much rather have adjustable RGB than be stuck with the bright blue flashing LED on my charger lighting up my bedroom ceiling.

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    #39

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Teenage boys getting the perm/undercut combo.

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    #40

    coloured bangs

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    #41

    Glaciers. It is estimated that Earth is losing roughly 1.2 trillion tons of ice per year. Throughout the 1990s, ice loss was about 760 billions tons per year.

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    AntiAntiVaxx
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Intresting that we consider Glaciers as a trend

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    #42

    Netflix, given that the content keeps merely developing and other providers creating their own platforms. Already feel often bored zapping through the program.

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    #43

    Clothes of any kind REJECT HUMANITY RETURN TO MONKE

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    #45

    Noodle head haircuts.

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    Xenon
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have no idea what that is.

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    #46

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community My toddler willingly giving me kisses

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