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Freshmen

by David M Willis on August 3, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Saturday's All Right for Slighting
└ Tags: chan, char, jennifer, joyce, raidah

Discussion (149) ¬

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  1. SkepticJ
    SkepticJ
    August 3, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Everything includes your face.

    • thomas0comer
      thomas0comer
      August 3, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      I cant…
      But I must…
      You mean your FAAAAAAAACE?

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        August 3, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

        With her penis.

        • Krashthemystro
          Krashthemystro
          August 3, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

          for a nickel. are we done now.

          • Bugberry
            Bugberry
            August 3, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

            your mom was, for a nickel.

            • Izzy
              Izzy
              August 3, 2012 at 1:52 am | #

              Femurs. Live. Butts.

              • Rex Hondo
                Rex Hondo
                August 3, 2012 at 2:21 am | #

                All hail DAB. All hail DAB. All hail DAB.

                • Krashthemystro
                  Krashthemystro
                  August 3, 2012 at 2:35 am | #

                  aparrently not.

            • That guy
              That guy
              August 17, 2014 at 1:44 am | #

              With fifty.mcnuggets.

    • Ray Barrington
      Ray Barrington
      August 3, 2012 at 2:19 am | #

      And your femurs. You need them to live.

    • Lucca
      Lucca
      August 16, 2012 at 5:40 am | #

      As well as your femurs.

  2. thomas0comer
    thomas0comer
    August 3, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Yeah, Billie, I sometimes feel that way as well.

    • thomas0comer
      thomas0comer
      August 3, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      Not specifically about being friends with sophomores.

    • Luke
      Luke
      August 3, 2012 at 4:02 am | #

      Sometimes? Not a minute goes by that the thought of repeatedly stabbing someone in various organs and body parts doesn’t seriously cross my mind, and I usually have to convince myself to not do that. Madness is interesting.

      • waldosan
        waldosan
        August 4, 2012 at 6:26 pm | #

        nah that’s just anger issues, real madness is annoying, you never get anything done. the important thing to note is that the ones who are truly mad are mad for a reason, it’s usually because they’d be too dangerous if they ever decided to kick the madness and become sane.

  3. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    August 3, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    How sad.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      August 3, 2012 at 1:55 am | #

      Yeah. Not only is it kind of a pathetic thing to do even in high school, but she really hasn’t gotten the fact that “classes” don’t mean a thing in college past the first freshman semester. These are just three slightly older girls who have no influence over the student body as a whole. They’re not even in a sorority or other group with social pull as far she knows.

      She’s kissing up for nothing because she simply can’t adapt to a new environment.

      • gangler
        gangler
        August 3, 2012 at 3:00 am | #

        They might not even be older. They’ve just been here longer.

      • Swissaboo
        Swissaboo
        August 3, 2012 at 3:58 am | #

        I think you’re missing out on the real motive, which is that they have easier access to booze than she.

        • Gordon
          Gordon
          August 3, 2012 at 6:50 am | #

          Eh, Billie would just flirt with an older guy to get her booze.

          For her it would work both as a challenge for her “skills”(trading off her on her looks) and as a self-esteem boost.

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          August 5, 2012 at 10:06 am | #

          Since when has Billie had trouble getting booze?

      • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
        DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
        August 3, 2012 at 1:51 pm | #

        Natural Selection lives on.

    • Aeonitus
      Aeonitus
      August 3, 2012 at 2:15 am | #

      Last year, a lot of my new college buds outside my major were seniors. THey never seemed any different from me, and I was a freshman. The only difference is that they’ve graduated and I’ve got to find new people to hang out with.

      • Spazman
        Spazman
        August 4, 2012 at 4:38 am | #

        it’s the sad batman that sells this post.

        • waldosan
          waldosan
          August 4, 2012 at 6:28 pm | #

          i hate it when that happens, usually i just find the hackey sack circle, their all potheads but at least you know who your talking to.

  4. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    August 3, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Yeah so Billie has finally found some friends. And I hope Joyce can run in those boots.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 3, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

      no she can’t
      Those boots were made for walkin’

      • thomas0comer
        thomas0comer
        August 3, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

        And that’s just what they’ll do. Oh god I feel old.

        • L
          L
          August 3, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

          One of these days those boots are gonna walk all over you

          • waldosan
            waldosan
            August 4, 2012 at 6:29 pm | #

            are you ready boots, start walking.

        • Alechsa
          Alechsa
          August 4, 2012 at 10:22 pm | #

          the remake killed that song… it… was never meant… for techno…

  5. Godly
    Godly
    August 3, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    I need to stab things too Billy. Just not with a knife.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 3, 2012 at 5:48 am | #

      Is it some other kind of tool?

      • Heimdallw32
        Heimdallw32
        August 3, 2012 at 6:32 am | #

        Maybe a spork?

        • Dave
          Dave
          August 3, 2012 at 9:11 am | #

          Didn’t you know sporks are
          dangerous!?

          • Heimdallw32
            Heimdallw32
            August 3, 2012 at 2:15 pm | #

            That’s only when you leave them alone with spoons and forks.

            Excuse me, the silverware drawer in my kitchen is rattling, need to see what that-

  6. TheLastOutlaw
    TheLastOutlaw
    August 3, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Booze, check.

    Friends with upperclassmen, check.

    Don’t mind me, just making a list of things Billie with trade her self esteem for.

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      August 3, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

      I’m not so sure that she really has a whole lot of that to trade.

      • TheLastOutlaw
        TheLastOutlaw
        August 3, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

        No, not really. But she is still shockingly eager to get rid of what she has left.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          August 3, 2012 at 12:47 am | #

          Everything must go!

          • Andy
            Andy
            August 3, 2012 at 1:57 am | #

            Especially clothes and various sex acts!

            …what? You were all thinking it.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              August 3, 2012 at 5:49 am | #

              Mayyyyybe…

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              August 3, 2012 at 1:54 pm | #

              NO!

              …

              …Okay, yes.

  7. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    August 3, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    I think they’ll be fast friends. They enable substance abuse, disregard the purpose of college, and they don’t like Sarah so Billie should have no trouble getting along.

  8. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    August 3, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    With Joyce’s femurs.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      August 3, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

      But she needs her femurs to live.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 3, 2012 at 5:49 am | #

        But Billie needs them to stab. 😀

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          August 4, 2012 at 10:52 pm | #

          Silly, femurs are bludgeoning weapons. Half a femur could potentially be a stabbing weapon, depending on the nature of the break.

          • Valdrax
            Valdrax
            August 5, 2012 at 10:08 am | #

            If you can’t stab with a bludgeoning weapon, you’re just not trying hard enough.

  9. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    August 3, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    I still like Robin’s “Then I will KILL GOD” the best. But “Stab everything” is a close second.

  10. Tom Speelman
    Tom Speelman
    August 3, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    I can’t look at those last few panels without hearing Billie’s voice dropping down to sound totally evil and scary.

    • Heimdallw32
      Heimdallw32
      August 3, 2012 at 6:55 am | #

      Now take that kind of voice and apply it to this: http://itswalky.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d4midxj

      • DaJoshMaster
        DaJoshMaster
        August 5, 2012 at 12:18 pm | #

        Oh my gawd… I’m scared for life. :'(

  11. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    August 3, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Oh silly willy Billie you can’t go stabbing willy-nilly.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 3, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

      Willie Nillie has a lot to live for

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        August 3, 2012 at 1:11 am | #

        At least she’s not firing at Will.

  12. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    August 3, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    FUCKING SHIT.

    • Krashthemystro
      Krashthemystro
      August 3, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      elequently put.

  13. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    August 3, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

    CONFLICT!

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      August 3, 2012 at 1:13 am | #

      No, conflict is Radiah-Sarah. Billie befriending the sophmores is a mission (and perhaps future conflict with Sarah).

      • TheLastOutlaw
        TheLastOutlaw
        August 3, 2012 at 8:48 am | #

        Impending conflict, how awkward would it be if Joyce starts hanging out with this group? She’s roomies with Sarah, conflict in that scenario is inevitable.

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          August 4, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

          Just imagine how awkward it’s going to be to find out that Ryan is another “really cool guy” that they enjoy partying with.

          • TheLastOutlaw
            TheLastOutlaw
            August 4, 2012 at 12:44 pm | #

            That actually wouldn’t surprise me very much. And yea, that may redefine awkward.

      • Johnny
        Johnny
        August 4, 2012 at 12:40 pm | #

        All we hear is
        Radiah-Sarah

        • badmartialarts
          badmartialarts
          August 5, 2012 at 6:21 pm | #

          RADIIIIAAAAH!
          Someone still loves yoooouuuuu!

  14. LimeTH
    LimeTH
    August 3, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

    Remember like two pages ago when I said she’s gone crazy?

    Called it.

  15. AliaPie
    AliaPie
    August 3, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

    Oh Billie. You’re so great. And insane.

  16. Nono
    Nono
    August 3, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    Isn’t Sarah a sophomore?

    Why doesn’t Billie NEEEEEED to be friends with her?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      August 3, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

      Sarah’s not exactly popular.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        August 3, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

        and she kinda finds Billie physically repulsive.

        • Andrusi
          Andrusi
          August 3, 2012 at 10:03 am | #

          And she’s a main character so she doesn’t count anyway.

  17. Krashthemystro
    Krashthemystro
    August 3, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

    This is the point where someone needs to take good old Billie gently by the face and tell her to kindly calm her shit. There is no good ending here.

    • JK9000
      JK9000
      August 3, 2012 at 1:34 am | #

      When someone says they want to “stab everything”, I don’t think physically confronting them would be my first instinct.

      • Krashthemystro
        Krashthemystro
        August 3, 2012 at 2:34 am | #

        I didn’t say it was a smart idea. Just that it needs doing.

  18. kyojikasshu
    kyojikasshu
    August 3, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

    Well, if she didn’t like Billie before, I’m sure Sarah’s just going to looooooooove her now…

  19. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    August 3, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

    oh man…warn the Balloon shop man!

  20. MarcinMN
    MarcinMN
    August 3, 2012 at 12:50 am | #

    Yeah….because sophomores are the real big men and women on campus…. >.>

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      August 3, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

      When you’re a college freshman who still thinks she’s in high school, they are.

  21. L
    L
    August 3, 2012 at 1:03 am | #

    First Sarah was scout and now THAT BILLIE is a SPAH!

  22. mischugenah
    mischugenah
    August 3, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

    Are you SURE these guys aren’t at a high school boarding school? Because that’s seriously what it feels like to me.

    • TheLastOutlaw
      TheLastOutlaw
      August 3, 2012 at 8:51 am | #

      Most likely because we’re seeing through the filter of characters barely weeks into their freshman college experience.

      • mischugenah
        mischugenah
        August 3, 2012 at 7:36 pm | #

        You’re likely right. I’m really hoping it doesn’t stay this way, tho.

  23. Jehosaphat
    Jehosaphat
    August 3, 2012 at 1:11 am | #

    STAB ALL THE THINGS!!!

  24. Sporky
    Sporky
    August 3, 2012 at 1:29 am | #

    I’m being dim here, but why the heck is she called Char? All I can think of is Gundam. It’s distracting.

    • David
      David M Willis
      August 3, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

      Same reason people named David are sometimes called Dave.

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        August 3, 2012 at 2:28 am | #

        Or Willis!

        Wait…

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        August 4, 2012 at 7:22 pm | #

        So your first name isn’t actually “Damn you” and a comma? I might owe you several apologies.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 3, 2012 at 1:53 am | #

      pronounce it “shar” and it makes sense.

      • HeatPhoenix
        HeatPhoenix
        August 3, 2012 at 2:07 am | #

        The Char from Gundam is also pronounced “Shaa”.

        He comes for your women and gundams, be ready

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      August 3, 2012 at 2:01 am | #

      Oh good, so it’s not just me.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 3, 2012 at 5:51 am | #

        You have the need to stab people too?

        OH MY!

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          August 3, 2012 at 1:55 pm | #

          …Sure, let’s go with that.

    • Shade
      Shade
      August 3, 2012 at 2:15 am | #

      Char… mander?

      • Ziaheart
        Ziaheart
        August 3, 2012 at 3:27 am | #

        SO happy I’m not the only one.

        • Shade
          Shade
          August 3, 2012 at 5:34 am | #

          That’s just where my brain goes.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 3, 2012 at 5:52 am | #

            Therefore Chan is short for Hitmonchan. 😀

            • Andrusi
              Andrusi
              August 3, 2012 at 10:04 am | #

              Not anymore. Now it’s Chandelure.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                August 3, 2012 at 4:59 pm | #

                Except for the starting three and their evolutions, I am unfamiliar with the 4th and 5th Gen of Pokemon.

                • Shade
                  Shade
                  August 4, 2012 at 9:26 pm | #

                  For reference:
                  http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/65/609Chandelure.png

                  This way they can both be fire types!

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      August 3, 2012 at 3:43 am | #

      You mean, apart from her name being Charlotte?

      Well… why not? I know people with a lot stranger nicknames than abbreviations of their actual names.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      August 4, 2012 at 2:28 pm | #

      Well, she is the red one. It remains to be seen if she’s 3x faster.

  25. JK9000
    JK9000
    August 3, 2012 at 1:31 am | #

    Is Joyce mispronouncing Raidah’s name, or just emphasizing it for some reason?

    • David
      David M Willis
      August 3, 2012 at 1:42 am | #

      She is pronouncing it correctly but slowly, as she’s unfamiliar with it.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        August 3, 2012 at 7:02 pm | #

        Oh! I was wondering that, too. (It also has the pleasant side effect of telling the readers how to pronounce Raidah correctly, but that wouldn’t be enough of a reason on its own.)

  26. MR C
    MR C
    August 3, 2012 at 1:37 am | #

    are those last three little panels based on the shut down everything meme?

    cause they have that feel

    • David
      David M Willis
      August 3, 2012 at 1:42 am | #

      I don’t know what that is.

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        August 3, 2012 at 8:24 am | #

        Well, great minds think alike. It’s like how Leibniz and Newton simultaneously developed the Calculus independently of each other. But with memes.

    • TheLastOutlaw
      TheLastOutlaw
      August 3, 2012 at 8:55 am | #

      I totally made the same assumption. But I also played Pandemic 2 like a fiend.

      http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shut-down-everything

      Includes helpful link to what shut down meme looks like.

      • MR C
        MR C
        August 4, 2012 at 2:23 am | #

        oh my god i got spawned right on madagascar once, i had to pinch myself to make sure it wasn’t a dream

        AND THEN I WIPED OUT ALL OF HUMANITY

  27. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    August 3, 2012 at 2:00 am | #

    If there’s a problem that murder can’t solve, I don’t know what it is.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 3, 2012 at 2:17 am | #

      Being the last living thing.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        August 3, 2012 at 10:37 am | #

        One (self-)murder, and you are no longer the last living thing! Problem solved! Presuming, of course, that you don’t get all semantic about it.

        Objectively speaking, presuming that you’re good enough at it, killing things is pretty much the universal problem solver. This would of course mean being able to take out all the police and armies that would be broken out to quell your rampage, and possibly the ability to eliminate any petulant deities that might want to get all up in your face for exterminating creation, but that’s not asking too much, is it?

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      August 4, 2012 at 1:50 am | #

      Being the last person on Earth with a vault full of books, but being unable to read said books because your glasses just broke?

  28. Shade
    Shade
    August 3, 2012 at 2:16 am | #

    Yes she will stab everything! Even the knives!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 3, 2012 at 2:17 am | #

      especially the knives

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        August 3, 2012 at 2:22 am | #

        We will stab out the sun, and then stab in the shade!

        • Spazman
          Spazman
          August 4, 2012 at 4:46 am | #

          stab them on the beaches, stab them in the streets….

          stab them with broken beer bottles because that’s bloody well all we’ve got!

          –Bill Churchill

          • Spazman
            Spazman
            August 4, 2012 at 4:47 am | #

            er, supposed to be “Billy” Churchill

  29. TemplarKnight
    TemplarKnight
    August 3, 2012 at 2:24 am | #

    At a certain point I think he just makes these comics for the gravatars.

  30. Sili
    Sili
    August 3, 2012 at 2:49 am | #

    Clever pronunciation guide.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      August 3, 2012 at 10:44 am | #

      I’m reminded of that part in Harry Potter book 4 where Hermione corrected the readership-I-mean-Krum’s pronunciation.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        August 3, 2012 at 12:39 pm | #

        And yet, everyone still calls her “Her-MY-nee”, instead of “Her-mi-OH-nee.”

        • David
          David M Willis
          August 3, 2012 at 12:40 pm | #

          Beats “Her-moyn.”

          • Paul1963
            Paul1963
            August 3, 2012 at 11:12 pm | #

            Or “Her-my-wun,” like in that Robot Chicken sketch.

            • Rex Hondo
              Rex Hondo
              August 4, 2012 at 4:38 am | #

              Hermy!

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          August 4, 2012 at 3:47 am | #

          …because that’s how it’s pronounced: somewhere between “Her-MY-nee” and “Her-MY-oh-NEE”. There is no emphasis on the “oh”.

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        August 4, 2012 at 12:49 am | #

        Same thing happened in the novel of “Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire,” when Prince Xizor was complaining about a computer that was drawing out the first syllable of his name too long. “Sheeeeee-zor.”

        • Bruceski
          Bruceski
          August 5, 2012 at 7:38 am | #

          They had a Pokemon in Star Wars?

  31. Buckybone
    Buckybone
    August 3, 2012 at 3:03 am | #

    Glad to see Billie’s adjusting well.

  32. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    August 3, 2012 at 3:28 am | #

    Billie has eschewed suicide in favour of killing literally everyone else.

    • Swissaboo
      Swissaboo
      August 3, 2012 at 3:57 am | #

      To be fair, Billie too is a part of everything.

      • NoLast
        NoLast
        August 3, 2012 at 4:24 am | #

        Debatable

  33. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    August 3, 2012 at 6:00 am | #

    Why are sophomores so much taller than freshmen I mean come on they all stopped growing at the same time!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 3, 2012 at 4:54 pm | #

      I know, from what I recall from my teenage years, most of us reached our adult height by about 14-16.

  34. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    August 3, 2012 at 6:41 am | #

    I’d hate to see what she’d say if they were Juniors or *gasp* Seniors!

  35. Gneiss
    Gneiss
    August 3, 2012 at 8:04 am | #

    Huh, I thought it was pronounced like “Rade-ah”. Now I know.

  36. DiDi
    DiDi
    August 3, 2012 at 9:57 am | #

    Is no one else wondering what’s gonna go through Joyce’s mind hearing Billie claim she will “stab everything?”

  37. Whuldan
    Whuldan
    August 3, 2012 at 10:34 am | #

    Thank you for Joyce!

    It’s nice to see a fairly realistic and positive portrayal of a Christian character encountering the larger world. Some of her views are being shaken, but she’s still a genuinely caring person. A *real* Christian as opposed to a straw puppet.

    I grew up Lutheran and Baptist and have actually met *real* Christians. Along with *real* Buddhists they have been some of the best people I’ve ever met.

    So I’d like to thank you for your insight and honesty in your story-telling Mr. Willis. Well done, sir!

  38. Ray
    Ray
    August 3, 2012 at 1:42 pm | #

    I feel sorry for people who can only define their lives by the friends they have and popularity and such. I tend to have the opposite problem, which is just as bad in some ways, but much less hassle overall.

  39. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    August 3, 2012 at 1:56 pm | #

    She will find a way to stab every point in space and time simultaneously. Only then will she have enough stabbing.

    • Heimdallw32
      Heimdallw32
      August 3, 2012 at 2:29 pm | #

      Then she must stab the very -concept- of stabbing.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 3, 2012 at 5:03 pm | #

      I’m just imagining knives stetching out of Billie’s Body endlessly like Needle Kirby.

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      August 4, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

      She can stab at Warp 10? Bloah.
      The real trouble starts when she starts stabbing the fourth wall.

  40. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 3, 2012 at 4:52 pm | #

    Rah-Ee-Dah rhymes with Lah-De-Dah.

  41. Paul1963
    Paul1963
    August 3, 2012 at 11:10 pm | #

    “If not,”
    “I will”
    “Stab everything.”
    …is right up there with “ALL SHALL BURN.”

  42. Sparks
    Sparks
    August 4, 2012 at 3:45 am | #

    Stab stab stab…
    Stab stab stab…
    Stab all the things!

    (To the tune of “Shake Your Booty.”)

    • Anime fan
      Anime fan
      August 4, 2012 at 8:38 am | #

      They could make a music video with the Dumbing cast, that’d be pretty funny.

  43. creatorx2
    creatorx2
    August 5, 2012 at 9:44 am | #

    I love how her eyebrows go over her glasses
    like legit
    or maybe it’s she’s so crazy her GLASSES are getting PINCHED into her FACE with RAGE

  44. Jenny Creed
    Jenny Creed
    July 25, 2013 at 4:06 am | #

    What an unfortunate time for Billie to manifest the power of the Word of God. Now she just told Joyce to “stab everything” in the voice that can’t be resisted.

    That’s what the red lettering means right?

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