Anonymous #2 2w

And correlation doesn’t equal causation. Those generations aren’t necessarily doing better because they were patting ppl on the back for having see, there’s other cultural and societal things that happened that contributed to previous generations doing better financially etc. at least if we’re talking about the U.S

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Anonymous #1 2w

That is completely wrong. These generations behaved that way since they were in high school/university. Ask your mom and dad, or go watch media produced from 1990-2016 (Animal House, Superbad, pretty much any 2000s comedy). This promiscuity and sexual liberation was a key part of their culture during their youth.

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Anonymous OP 2w

Superbad came out 2007 the oldest gen z by that metric would’ve been 10 and not having sex yet, also wouldn’t have seen it in theaters. Would’ve seen it on dvd and tv maybe a year or two later still Superbad is more for latter end millennials born late 80’s early 90’s around 15-18. That is millennial media it wasn’t made for gen z. And Animal House was 78 so that’s gen x bro.

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Anonymous #1 2w

https://fortune.com/2026/03/15/gen-z-dating-workplace-culture-relationship-building-loneliness/

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Anonymous OP 2w

Once again you are talking about younger gen z, the latter not gen z who is 23 and up to damn near almost 30 is not just entering adulthood. You are talking about gen z who is 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Also your post is talking about casual sex, hookups, porn, hoeing, which is never a romantic relationship which is what the link you quoted mentioned; a sexual relationship does not equal a romantic relationship.

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Anonymous #1 2w

The article literally says "enter adulthood." The data is clearly scoped to a population that makes sense to measure sexual relationships for. Do you think the people running these studies are fucking idiots? Relationships are a reasonable proxy metric for sexual activity. We can be pretty fucking confident that if relationships trend downward, then so does sexual activity - especially given Gen Z's outward displays of prudishness with respect to casual sex and sex in media.

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Anonymous OP 2w

That’s not true correlation ≠ causation. Just because a downward trend exists in romantic relationship doesn’t mean it exists in sexual relationships. STD’s and STI’s are on an upward slope right now in younger population which would mean they are still sexual just without a title or having sexual relationships without having romantic relationships. Sex and romance don’t have to coexist together you can be a relationship with no sex, celibate or you can be sexual with no relationship.

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Anonymous #1 2w

Okay I can concede that a downward trend in relationships does not mean a decrease in sexual activity, but I do think that anyone who doesn't think Gen Z adults are having much less sex than their millennial/Gen X counterparts who were at the same age is covering their eyes and ears willfully. STDs are on an upward slope, sure, and you have no idea why; absolutely does not indicate anything about whether sexual activity is trending up or down. Maybe people are wearing condoms less.

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Anonymous #1 2w

Or some basic Google can help us out here. We don't even have to guess. https://www.newsweek.com/nearly-half-of-gen-z-adults-have-never-had-sexreport-11052178 https://ifstudies.org/in-the-news/adults-are-having-less-sex-than-ever-with-gen-z-seeing-the-steepest-decline-study

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Anonymous #3 2w

Take even your phrasing, OP. Even as a tomboy, I cringe when I hear boys around me talk about “getting bitches,” because even if they don’t remember because of my baseball cap and baggy hoodie, I’m actually one of those “bitches.” I honestly don’t think the women of previous generations are doing “better” for that

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Anonymous #3 2w

Also the employment rate is definitelyyyy not tied to this. Honestly, you could point to several other factors for those depression and dating rates too (COVID, social media, AI chatbots, growing political divisiveness, world events, etc)

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Anonymous #3 2w

I suspect the rates of blaming everything but oneself for one's shortcomings are also far greater in Gen Z 😂

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Anonymous OP 2w

? I just tried to answer your question?

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Anonymous #2 2w

But I think cultural attitudes around sex are always shifting. I predict in the near future everyone will over correct from the conservative movement/trad wife aesthetic and have like a sexual liberation renaissance or something because trends like this are always cyclical

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Anonymous #4 2w

As for the getting bitches stuff that’s clearly misogynistic so it’s getting pushed back on by feminists more now

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Anonymous #4 2w

That is simply not true. The studies show Gen Z is having far less sex than all of the other generations before them.

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Anonymous #4 2w

More data

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Anonymous #4 2w

And more on whether the participants were having hookups

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Anonymous OP 2w

We may be having less sex but that doesn’t mean hookups are not more prominent among the people having sex, and it’s definitely something we hear a lot about bc people post and talk about it sm. But that’s also only one component of your post, the porn rates have risen, from an earlier age too, as far as I know

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Anonymous #4 2w

What the fuck does "hookups being more prominent among the people having sex" mean, and what does that have to do with literally anything we are talking about 😂

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Anonymous OP 2w

It means those of us who aren’t having them have to hear about them more and it turns people off to the idea

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Anonymous OP 2w

Like I see the way my friends who are hooking up are living and, hell nah

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Anonymous #4 2w

You're claiming that Gen Z is having less sex because they're hearing more about others' hookups and are being turned off to the idea by it? Nah that might just be a you problem. Maybe go to the gym and get the T checked LMAO

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Anonymous OP 2w

No I don’t think that’s the reason we are having less sex but your question was why do we have more disdain for it and I think that’s partially why

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Anonymous OP 2w

I do work out and uh. I hope my T levels arnt particularly high given I’m a girl

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Anonymous #4 2w

It just sounds deeply inane to me that you are pointing to this uniquely personal experience of hearing other people brag about their hookups and extrapolating it to be one of the primary causes of Gen Z being sexless. I mean, I guess if you are sexless or an incel, it can be off-putting if it triggers your insecurities. But groups have conversations about sex which lead to increased enthusiasm about the act. Ever watch Sex and the City?

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Anonymous OP 2w

My question is why are you so passionate about this topic? All the responses ppl have given you, you’ve either disagreed or gotten upset. What exactly are you aiming to achieve or get out of your question?

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Anonymous OP 2w

Idk man sorry. You asked us a question and i answered with some of my personal experience. I don’t have the statistics on why people in general are more disdainful but I know I’ve heard people speak like me. Also again The question you asked wasn’t “why are people more sexless” it’s why are people more disdainful

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Anonymous OP 2w

Also groups having conversations about the act isn’t gonna get more people excited when what we’re hearing are horror stories

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Anonymous #4 2w

What are the horror stories?

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Anonymous OP 2w

I think most people have already answered your question as well? The reason for this disdain is shifting cultural attitudes around sex which have been influenced by a variety of things including the sociopolitical climate in the U.S. I think Covid also played a large roll in hindering people’s social skills (primarily kids, teens, and young adults), ppl aren’t really going out of their way to meet or forge new connections nearly as much

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Anonymous OP 2w

Toxic men, bad sex, awkward endings, situatuonships the fuck with people’s heads, etc etc.

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Anonymous #2 2w

I buy that COVID, social media, gender war propaganda, and fake relationship advice TikToks have rotted Gen Z's brains into avoiding sex and relationships. I don't buy the rest - all of those, like hOrRiBLe mEN, have existed since the beginning of time, and humans have always fucked like rabbits outside of marriage until the Prude Generation came along.

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Anonymous OP 2w

The language your using to describe all of this feels very weird. I think people choosing not to have sex because they want to avoid questionable behavior or the emotional turmoil of sexual partners who don’t care or value them is a valid reason.

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Anonymous OP 2w

The way your framing this makes it seem like you’re mad at people for having less sex or not pursing relationships? I think purity culture is making a comeback which I don’t exactly love but I think that’s separate from ppl being more selective with who they have sex with in general. How does that impact you? No one is stopping you from having sex or engaging in casual relationships

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Anonymous OP 2w

Well idk man you asked us, we answered. Sorry it’s not the answer you want ig. Cry me a river. Porn is a blight on society anyway, and while hookups are fine for the people that wanna do them, a lot of us don’t and you just have to cope

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Anonymous #2 1w

I don't think that's valid. A sexless population is bad for society, point blank. Gen Z is fucking fried by all metrics compared to the generations before it. That you are scared to go outside and scared off from engaging with other humans, falling in love, having one-night stands because of social media brainrot is not a badge of honor.

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Anonymous OP 1w

Well we can have sex without porn and endless hookups

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Anonymous OP 1w

I agree the other stuff is a problem but again that wasn’t what the post was about

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Anonymous #4 1w

Sure you can, but the data shows sex is not happening at all. The generation is a bunch of prudes.

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Anonymous OP 1w

Oh well. Rough.

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Anonymous OP 1w

But my point is that there’s nothing you can do about it! You can’t control who does and doesn’t have sex. If you want to engage in casual relationships or hookups go ahead! But it’s weird to be upset that people have personal reasons for choosing not to do so. Sex can be risky so if you’re going to have it, it needs to be done in a safe and consensual way duh!

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Anonymous OP 1w

Like I don’t understand why you’re allowing this to impact you so much 😭 There’s plenty of people who are more open minded sexually that you can befriend or hang out with likeeee

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Anonymous #2 1w

Avoiding experiences because you are brainrotted by propaganda, unable to heal your traumas, and scared is upsetting because you are letting your fear own you and take control of your life. On a mass scale, its acceptance leads to what we see today - a generation devoid of sex, employment, social skills, attention span, and ambition. An entire generation like this is bad for society, because prudes are going to run politics soon.

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Anonymous #2 1w

The ultra right-wing didn't even need to try because women are slutshaming each other for them!

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Anonymous #5 1w

Me too!

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Anonymous OP 1w

Idk about you but I’m employed I just don’t have sex

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Anonymous OP 1w

Hey dipshit! I’m not advocating for being a prude, I’m saying that either way ppl are going to do whatever they fuck they want. If this bothers you then you need to find people who are on the same wavelength bc bitching about it on yik yak and using thinly veiled incel talking points isn’t really helping your cause. Goodbye now!

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Anonymous OP 1w

Also why lump porn in with sexlessness, if anything the ampunt of porn we have around plays a role in why sex numbers are dropping

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Anonymous OP 1w

I’m not avoiding hookups bc I’m brainwashed. I’m avoiding it bc I know myself well enough to know I would get nothing out of casual sex. That’s similar for many, not everyone can be intimate with practical strangers. To each their own

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Anonymous #4 1w

I genuinely think OP is a bot. They just want to be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. They have no desire to engage with this in good faith. I done wasting my time arguing with a product of no child left behind. Ugh

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Anonymous #2 1w

Are their bits on yikyak?

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Anonymous #4 1w

Bots*

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Anonymous #4 1w

I’m in the same boat. I’m a woman and I don’t want to worry about pregnancy scares, stds/stis, or shitty sexual partners. It’s not because I’m brainwashed it’s because I don’t want to deal with all the things that come with it. Not to mention there’s an orgasm gap for women. Most women (mainly talking about lie straight cis women) are not getting off during sex

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Anonymous #4 1w

Might not even be a real bot but it’s essentially like talking to one

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Anonymous #4 1w

Not to mention some people don’t even live in states where they can get an abortion if they were to get pregnant. I feel like op is being so dense. No on said sex is wrong, they asked about why ppl were having less of it and got pissy when ppl gave them real reasons

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Anonymous #2 1w

Yeah. Like I have been in a long term relationship since highschool so I am not exactly sex negative. And I am against the general swing of our society towards conservatism. But there are a lot of downsides to hookups and I don’t think it’s bad for society to call it out (as long as we aren’t shaming people) and I’ve always thought porn is toxic and bad and idk why it’s part of this conversation

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Anonymous #2 1w

No Fr like it’s not a surprise people avoid hookups when the government is literally making it riskier for them

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Anonymous #2 1w

The thing is OP didn’t ask why people were having less sex, they asked why we were more sex negative

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Anonymous #4 1w

Lowkey OP’s points sounds similar to the pro-natalism alt-right movement that’s trying to manipulate or outright force women into having babies to raise the birth rate because supposedly that’s the cause of a bunch of society’s problems

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Anonymous #3 1w

No fr

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Anonymous #4 1w

That is true but I think having less sex is an extension of that conversation so that’s why u brought it up. I feel like generally if sex is viewed negatively, it also contributes to ppl choosing not to do it

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Anonymous #4 1w

Yeah that makes sense, I’m not sex negative either I just don’t like when people are shamed for having sex or for not having sex. It’s up to everyone to make decisions that fit with their lifestyle. That’s where I stand on it

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Anonymous #2 1w

Agreed

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Anonymous #3 1w

I was getting that vibe to but I didn’t know how to explain what movement it was apart of

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Anonymous OP 1w

Hey unc how old are you?

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Anonymous #8 1w

Eww sis this is not a flex; wear condoms, get an iud, get a hysterectomy but also I don’t trust these mens mychart out here to be slinging raw pus and catching raw d.

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Anonymous #1 1w

i always use condoms. condoms are not 100% effective and neither is birth control. Not to mention, going on birth control could also kill me, and because of my health, i can NOT get an IUD. My only choice is condoms.

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Anonymous #1 1w

Bro doesn’t know brith control can fail

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Anonymous #1 1w

also, hysterectomies are not usually covered by insurance unless they are medically necessary, like they are actively dying with it and need it removed.

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Anonymous OP 1w

Good one night stand culture is toxic especially when alcohol or drugs are involved

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Anonymous #8 1w

Also why are women always expected to do the brunt of the work to prevent pregnancy? Why aren’t more men encourage to get vasectomies or at the very least pay for the procedures and contraceptives their wives/girlfriends/partners use

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Anonymous #2 1w

YES!! Vasectomies are reversible in most situations, yet a hysterectomy is PERMANENT!

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Anonymous #8 1w

It to mention hysterectomies are usually for women who have endometriosis or like pcos right? They’re not traditionally used as a birth control method. You literally can’t get pregnant or have a period if you get one

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Anonymous #8 1w

Also unsure why they implied that causal sex = unprotected sex?

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Anonymous #4 1w

Isn’t a hysterectomy a form of birth control permanent if it sounds like pregnancy can kill them, I mean if that fails I should be able to sue my doctor right, right.

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Anonymous #8 1w

Also #8 I don’t what precautions you make with your sexual partners and have them do but I as a woman can say what we can do on our end because I’m not putting all my trust into a man hand about my health. Like you said you may need the permanent end if prevalent can kill you, you should be talking to your insurance.

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Anonymous #1 1w

*not prevalent, auto correct it’s supposed to be pregnancy

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Anonymous #1 1w

I use condoms every time i have sex. I can not take birth control because of a fatal heart condition, which is the same reason i can not get pregnant. I have tried to get a hysterectomy, but am repeatedly told no because i have never been pregnant. same with getting my tubes tied.

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Anonymous #2 1w

i didn’t mean to imply that, i meant to imply that condoms are not 100% effective and neither if birth control

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Anonymous #1 1w

Not everyone finds hysterectomies to be an option. 8 said birth control, not birth could kill them. Also hysterectomies can come with their own bad consequences I for one, like 8 can only do condoms. But I’m unwilling to get a hysterectomy because I badly want children someday, just not now, so my answer is simply to abstain from sex if at any time I’m in a position where I can’t get an abortion, and there’s no shame in that

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Anonymous #4 1w

while i would choose abstinence, that would mean being abstinent forever because i never plan to have kids, because going through birth can kill me.

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Anonymous #8 1w

Fair enough my b I didn’t see that part.

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Anonymous #4 1w

Read it again because right in their first comment “having a child could kill me”. So please this isn’t about you.

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Anonymous #4 1w

no you’re good haha

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Anonymous #1 1w

woahhhh no need to be rude, they probably did not see that part!

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Anonymous #1 1w

I know it’s not about me, but given that I’m in a similar position to 8 I take annoyance at you shaming them for literally, not having sex?

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Anonymous #8 1w

Not trying to be rude but I don’t appreciate them thinking I quick to throwing hysterectomy without cause they shouldn’t have been quick to respond if they didn’t actually read your comment and mine.

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Anonymous #1 1w

It wasn’t about that. It’s the fact you replied to someone saying they have to choose abstinence with “ew girl not a flex” and then offering solutions she did not ask for that you have no grounds to know are feasable

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Anonymous #4 1w

I’m not shaming them for casual sex it’s everyone’s liberty to take but I’m thinking just like birth control isn’t 100% neither are condoms. Only abstinence or complete prevention on their end that’s all I’m saying. Doctors suck saying they can’t have one simply because they haven’t been pregnant that’s lunacy.

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Anonymous #1 1w

Explain the “ew that is not a flex” comment then

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Anonymous #5 1w

Same!

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