{"id":15343,"date":"2026-01-22T15:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artspond.com\/?page_id=15343"},"modified":"2026-02-05T01:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T06:42:07","slug":"alphabetical-order","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphabetical Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image source=\u00a0\u00bbfeatured_image\u00a0\u00bb img_size=\u00a0\u00bb1920&#215;720&Prime; add_caption=\u00a0\u00bbyes\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2&Prime;][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<strong>Created by<\/strong><br \/>\nAbhimanyu,<br \/>\nFellow, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/\">I Love My Gig Ontario 2025<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2&Prime;][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<strong>Published<\/strong><br \/>\nFebruary 4, 2026[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<div><strong>An A to Z of one tweet&rsquo;s COVID fallout: anxiety, threats, Poha breakfasts, love and therapy, all guiding a gentle decision about where home, safety, and a future can still exist.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span 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ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Anxiety\" >Anxiety<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Bereavement\" >Bereavement<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Claustrophobia\" >Claustrophobia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Depression\" >Depression<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Epidemic\" >Epidemic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Folie_a_deux\" >Folie \u00e0 deux<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Gaandu\" >Gaandu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Hallucinations\" >Hallucination(s)?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Insomnia\" >Insomnia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Job_Syndrome\" >Job Syndrome<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Kindness\" >Kindness<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Love\" >Love<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Melancholia\" >Melancholia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Nightmares\" >Nightmares<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#OCD\" >OCD<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Panic_Attacks\" >Panic Attacks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Quarantine\" >Quarantine<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Rest\" >Rest<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Self-censorship\" >Self-censorship<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Tobacco_Addiction\" >Tobacco Addiction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Unspecified_personality_disorder\" >Unspecified personality disorder<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Voyeurism\" >Voyeurism<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Whatsapp_University\" >Whatsapp University<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Xenophobia\" >Xenophobia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Youngistan\" >Youngistan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#Zoom-in_Zoom-out\" >Zoom-in, Zoom-out<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/artspond.com\/fr\/ilmgo-projects\/alphabetical-order\/#About_the_creator\" >About the creator<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anxiety\"><\/span><strong>Anxiety<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As I am writing this, I read the news: COVID-19 surges in India again. According to the latest report, there are at least 3,500 active cases.<\/p>\n<p>Five years ago, it started like this. Slowly, then frantically, until the world slipped into utter chaos.<\/p>\n<p>I was home then, like I am now, still unsure if I wished to come back home for good once I was done with my degree.<\/p>\n<p>I was confused.<\/p>\n<p>I loved the comfort and security of home as much as I loved the freedom and responsibility that came with being away.<\/p>\n<p>The increasing number of cases brings back not-so-fond memories. This time, I at least know how to play the game. How to play it differently.<\/p>\n<p>How different will it be this time?[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bereavement\"><\/span>Bereavement<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>They say 513 people have died so far.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if it\u2019s the real number. Nobody knows how many passed last time. The real numbers were hidden. Buried. Like shame.<\/p>\n<p>I try to feel bad about people who died. I cannot. They have turned into numbers.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Claustrophobia\"><\/span>Claustrophobia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I am afraid of being stuck. Last time, I was stuck for five months.<\/p>\n<p>On the first day of those five months, I landed in my city. At the airport, we were screened.\u00a0But I was not familiar with the technology of screening. A temperature check seemed like a checkup for dilated pupils. I, along with many others, was asked to surrender our passports and wait for further \u2018instructions.\u2019 After two hours of waiting, we were given back our passports and let go.<\/p>\n<p>I saw the situation at the airport, the haphazard and almost uncontrolled crowd, and the lack of sufficient screening.<\/p>\n<p>It began with a tweet. Not even an angry one\u2014just a thread expressing concern about the lack of sufficient screening at the airport. I remember hesitating before posting it. I remember thinking: maybe it\u2019s too much, maybe I should wait. But I tweeted anyway.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s when it started. The five months.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Depression\"><\/span>Depression<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The tweet went viral.<\/p>\n<p>The media misused my tweet to criticize the authorities. There was panic in the air.<\/p>\n<p>My father got worried.<\/p>\n<p>I asked what he was worried about.<\/p>\n<p>And he, an avid gambler, said that one never truly wins against the house, irrespective of how much one thinks one is winning. One never wins against authorities either.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he was afraid this whole thing would spiral into something ugly.<\/p>\n<p>And so, it did. Within the next few hours, the airport authorities released my video of being\u00a0screened, labelled me as an online attention-seeker spreading lies and panic, and to make matters worse, released my address and phone number.<\/p>\n<p>Was this the official handle of my city\u2019s airport, or was it operated by some petty teenager? Nothing separated one from the other.<\/p>\n<p>I received a notice from the local police station asking me to \u201ccooperate in an inquiry.\u201d No one told me what law I had supposedly broken. It was only after being taken to a government\u00a0quarantine facility that I realized a case had been filed against me for spreading panic and misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>And that was just the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>I was taken into a quarantine facility for two weeks. For two weeks, I sat in a room with peeling walls and no windows. My father was in the room with me as well. I thought of all those who couldn\u2019t tweet their way into visibility. I wondered if I would become one of them.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Epidemic\"><\/span>Epidemic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I was threatened online. An army of online trolls, picking at me.<\/p>\n<p>Rape threats. Death threats.<\/p>\n<p>Threats to vandalize my house.<\/p>\n<p>Calls from all over. My phone rang almost every minute with someone on the other end, waiting, ready to curse me. Ready to call me anti-national.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Folie_a_deux\"><\/span>Folie \u00e0 deux<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I called my friends for assurances.<\/p>\n<p>Some of them said it was my fault. They said it like they didn\u2019t know me.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gaandu\"><\/span>Gaandu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>They called me Gaandu.<\/p>\n<p>Gaandu means an idiot. It also means an asshole, depending on the context.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hallucinations\"><\/span>Hallucination(s)?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>A bunch of goons came to my house.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They vandalized it. They looted it. They called me names. They called my father names. They called my mother names.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A bunch of goons beat me to a pulp.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A bunch of goons fired me from my job.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A bunch of goons took over my country.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A bunch of goons took over this world.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Insomnia\"><\/span>Insomnia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I noticed the colour of the fan in the quarantine facility where I was housed for two weeks. It was a small room with two beds. My father was in the other bed, snoring.<\/p>\n<p>The fan was brown, dust-covered. It rotated at 80 RPM. I was sweaty. I wanted a cigarette. There were no cigarettes or people anywhere close.<\/p>\n<p>It was 2 AM. Every night, at 2 AM, I counted the rotations of the fan. Some nights, it was 86 RPM. I wonder how, why.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Job_Syndrome\"><\/span>Job Syndrome<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I am not getting my work done. I have that chapter to edit.<\/p>\n<p>I have that chapter to rewrite.<\/p>\n<p>I have that chapter to submit. I have that chapter to submit. I have that chapter to submit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026have that chapter to submit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026that chapter to submit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026chapter to submit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026to submit.<\/p>\n<p>Submit.<\/p>\n<p>Submit.<\/p>\n<p>Do not protest\u2014submit.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kindness\"><\/span>Kindness<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I did not drink enough water, according to my mother.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst the chaos and the police case, she was concerned whether I was hydrated and well-fed, and whether I liked the bed in the quarantine facility.<\/p>\n<p>I always said I did.<\/p>\n<p>Why does it seem like you are not sleeping well, then? She would ask.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Love\"><\/span>Love<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At the back of my head, all I could think of was my partner. We were just six months into our\u00a0relationship, and that too a long-distance one. I visited because I was concerned about my family and her. Except, it seemed increasingly difficult to meet her.<\/p>\n<p>Getting into a pickle with the authorities is generally enough to dissuade people from dating you.<\/p>\n<p>Except she stuck around. Not just through the entire ordeal, but also through the accompanying trauma. Her company, her presence, nothing less than a soothing balm.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Melancholia\"><\/span>Melancholia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A cousin dropped my laptop at the quarantine facility.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to watch something that gave me the most joy.<\/p>\n<p>I began watching\u00a0<em>The Big Lebowski,\u00a0<\/em>and when the credits rolled, I wondered how I ever liked such a film.<\/p>\n<p>What a waste, I thought, what a waste![\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nightmares\"><\/span>Nightmares<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>These stupid NRIs should be kicked out of this country!<\/li>\n<li>This guy has a PhD, and he does Theatre! Your theatrics will not work here!<\/li>\n<li>Book him and arrest him!<\/li>\n<li>Requesting the authorities to take appropriate action against this individual.<\/li>\n<li>Go back to Canada!<\/li>\n<li>Kill him!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"OCD\"><\/span>OCD<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I kept checking my phone, the news, social media, all of it to see if there were any new threats.<\/p>\n<p>I kept checking to see if there were any updates as to when I would be taken to the station.<\/p>\n<p>I kept checking my phone to read about prison conditions. I kept checking to see if there were cases of police brutality and lockup murders.<\/p>\n<p>There were not a lot, but there were some.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Panic_Attacks\"><\/span>Panic Attacks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>My palms got sweaty every time I opened Twitter. Back then, it was not X. And one could see other tweets without having an account.<\/p>\n<p>It never stopped at sweaty palms, though. It always progressed to shortness of breath, chest pain, elevated heartbeat.<\/p>\n<p>I asked my friends who were in therapy, and they asked me to go too. More importantly, they asked me not to open Twitter anymore.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Quarantine\"><\/span>Quarantine<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At the quarantine facility where they had put me up, they fed us Poha for breakfast for nine days straight.<\/p>\n<p>And no chai in the evening.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 10.25pt;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rest\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\">Rest<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Lying down with your eyes closed only meant seeing things you were afraid to see.<\/p>\n<p>Rest was history.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Self-censorship\"><\/span>Self-censorship<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Democracy is a myth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">There is a genocide against minorities\u2014always has been.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">It is not complicated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">I want to take those bastards down!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Occupation is a crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Forced occupation is a crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Colonization is a crime.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tobacco_Addiction\"><\/span>Tobacco Addiction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I could not smoke for those days.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to.<\/p>\n<p>It felt like cigarettes had the answers I was seeking.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unspecified_personality_disorder\"><\/span>Unspecified personality disorder<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s the worst thing that can happen to me.<\/p>\n<p>No, it can\u2019t be the worst thing. 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