What’s wrong with Dallas? A mural lasts for 30 years and this one is by a renowned artist. And the City removes it for 6 weeks of FIFA who cut Dallas out of ticket deals and other business ventures??? We are truly so dumb.

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WorriedSalamander107@reddit

The mayor jumped from democrat to republican. So “the art of the deal” is the mantra .

So much winning.

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molynn86@reddit

Paint over the art of the deal

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kleinekitty@reddit

Get a life lmao

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nsfw_vs_sfw@reddit

Unfortunately if you're not democrat, you're wrong. Just how the cookie crumbles I'm 'fraid 😔

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NothingButTheTea@reddit

Yeah, that’s kind of what happens when you protect the pedophile class. Democrat politicians suck don’t get it twisted, but individual Democrat voters don’t go around defending pedos like Republicans do.

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nsfw_vs_sfw@reddit

Unless you're trying to insinuate that every Republican politician is a pedophile, I'm afraid you've just mistaken your average right leaning person for a MAGA trump-defending extremist

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Just-Bothered@reddit

mmmm yes bankrupt me daddy, I love being pilfered by the robber-baron class

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nsfw_vs_sfw@reddit

Give it to em', kill'em with sarcasm

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TailRudder@reddit

Art of the steal

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2018LC@reddit

Steal of the art

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Ruffles98@reddit

This is why Dallas has no culture and will never be a World Class city on par with NYC or London despite our population growth. We get a mural from a renowned artist and we paint over it. No art, only advertisement.

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FaxxMaxxer@reddit

Culture needs more than profit motive to be fostered.

And at the end of the day DFW will always move in a direction that the capital interests desire. All the way down to the takeover of the City Hall.

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The-William-Munny@reddit

Actually it’s a dallas thing. Fort Worth has more culture, better museums. Better zoo. Lots of designated historic neighborhoods where you can’t tear down a 100 year old house and build an oversized McMansion that goes lot to lot. I’ve lived both places and miss parts about Fort Worth like that.

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GoldGuarantee3671@reddit

Lmao ft worth is tourist trap the city. Look at me with MAH BIG COWBOY HAT AND BOOTS WERE COUNTRY IN FT WORTH! no you're not country living in ft worth.

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YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit

Dallas has a lot of historical districts with such rules though

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The-William-Munny@reddit

Where other than Swiss avenue?

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YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit

Quite a few! Near Swiss you've got Munger Place, Junius Heights, and Peak's Suburban Addition

https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/Pages/landmark_districts.aspx

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The-William-Munny@reddit

Thanks, I was unaware of those.

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DobieLove2019@reddit

Sadly it is fitting. Banking/finance is the hallmark tenant of why Dallas is a major city. I don’t love it, but it tracks.

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jamesdukeiv@reddit

Say Dallas when you mean Dallas. Fort Worth has a huge cultural history that we preserve, renovate, restore our public art constantly.

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Ok_Tomato_2843@reddit

Dallas? World Class? That’s a good one.

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Grouchy-Pool5441@reddit

Litterally have the largest art district in the us and second in the world

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peters_pagenis@reddit

The Dallas Museum of Art is absolutely a world class museum.

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goldboybronx@reddit

He just said “that’s why Dallas will NEVER be a world class city”

Reading comprehension

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azalago@reddit

I already knew FIFA was going to be a joke when they moved all the city employees out of their offices so the FIFA employees could use them. They're all working out of storage rooms, closets, and old sites with garbage equipment. My husband is currently manning his post in a storage room in an old af historical building.

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MisterSumone@reddit

And maybe he/she will be doing another mural after the world cup is done.

So, hypothetically, this artist may be making more money for another mural in the same spot.

Or, better yet, a struggling/up-and-coming artist gets a shot at a large mural after the world cup has gone.

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BranSolo7460@reddit

The culture was gentrified out of Dallas and moved to Austin almost 30 years ago. Dallas "culture" since then has been a sort of "bourgeois-culture."

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gabriannalou@reddit

Removing history for 6 weeks of FIFA is insane..

They should’ve just painted it on a big canvas of sorts and hang it up.. billboards?? Something other than this.

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flaming_bob@reddit

The check cleared.

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BrightAardvark@reddit

Exactly. Why not hang a big banner instead of painting over it. Dumb as shit.

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luckythirtythree@reddit

Seriously…. Like at least just put a temporary billboard over it?

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HotwifeandSubby1980@reddit

Seems like that would be cheaper and just as effective

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MissusSnowMiser@reddit

It was covered by Ads too?? Our priorities are clear and they stick

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No_Hat7946@reddit

So faded up close. Sad

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Aggressive_Apple_470@reddit

As a street artists...

Old murals are painted over with new art. It's not some big tragedy. A lot of murals are only meant to be temporary.

For sure avoid the murals in Deep Ellum if you can't stomach that.

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liquidnight247@reddit

This artist is actually pretty well known not just some hobby spray painter. Fifa should pay to have it repainted after

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CrimsonAllah@reddit

Could have just done a temporary wrap

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mswaggg@reddit

I’m a large format printer and as much as I agree, that would be such a pain to wrap

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v4por@reddit

The uneven surface, the sheer scale. You'd have to build a temporary walls first I think. 4' x 20' sections, I'd say around 30-40 sections

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ChicagoRay312@reddit

They do those advertisements on the buildings directly across the street that are temporary.

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Apprehensive-Taco406@reddit

Apple runs Iphone ads down the Sheraton in Downtown that are at least that big using banner wraps. Could have done this here. But no.

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ChicagoRay312@reddit

Exactly. Right across the street is a rotating fashion banner wrap.

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playballer@reddit

Wrap is the wrong word I think it’s just a vinyl canvas they frame on the building. Wrap is a unframed adhesion application

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Accomplished_Link557@reddit

Whose work is it?

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Lurcher99@reddit

Was that the Wyland?

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yellowsun_97@reddit

The VisitDallas mural being painted over with the current mural was the worst day ever

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CompanyEquivalent915@reddit

I miss that tunnel.

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elscorcho42@reddit

Let me guess… the Whales were gay?

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Flaky_Yam3843@reddit

FIFA will be a bust. No where near the crowds coming.....

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taylorgasm@reddit

I can’t believe this, I used to look at that mural outside my dads office nearly 30 years ago. This hurts to see them painting over it.

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texas-photo2026@reddit

Who needs arts when you worship cold profits?

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Grouchy-Pool5441@reddit

Is that at least a wrap😡

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Leader_Bud@reddit

They’re making it a reflecting pool!

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AR116@reddit

Are we sure it’s paint and not some sort of temporary covering?

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EmotionalDoodlebug@reddit

I don’t know why you got downvoted for asking a very reasonable question. I’m hoping for the same thing… especially since the side is still intact as of now.

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homestylecroutons@reddit

History of the Mural: https://www.papercitymag.com/culture/dallas-whaling-wall-robert-wyland/?amp

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FickleLaw6370@reddit

Wow, I legitimately was thinking this mural resembled the one in Laguna. Reading the history of mural just made me even more upset that they decided to paint over it.

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cllev@reddit

Same in Detroit -- was a beauty. Just lost it recently to some slimy ad.

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homestylecroutons@reddit

It’s quite upsetting - wish someone had restored it honestly

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FickleLaw6370@reddit

Restoration would have been respectable. the article states that’s what they did to the one in Laguna.

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Rakebleed@reddit

What the fuck that’s been there for decades!

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LowerSeat2712@reddit

The artist is a well known conservationist. Republicans hate conservation and the environment so this is probably a big win for them.

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The-William-Munny@reddit

I lean conservative and think this is the dumbest thing a Democrat run city has ever done. It was actually cool we had something like that.

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jamesdukeiv@reddit

“Democrat-run city” with a Republican mayor who does nothing but chase the moneyed interests of the city’s rich

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The-William-Munny@reddit

He switched to a republican. He’s a RINO. It’s moot though as Dallas has a weak mayor system like so many cities. City manager has all the power. Sort of defeats the purpose of elections right? Don’t worry he’ll be out next election.

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jamesdukeiv@reddit

And barely ever displayed since it’s constantly covered by junk ads. Shameful to destroy it like this.

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ChicagoRay312@reddit

That wall is never covered by ads. I walk by it every single day. All of the other buildings walls around there have those ads on them, but they never have ads over the whale art.

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yeahright17@reddit

It was covered by ads from the mid 00s until Covid.

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DaveTheW1zard@reddit

Probably should read up on the actual history. From 2005 to 2020 it was already covered up by advertising. And when the ads were taken down, what was left behind was a mural that needs a lot of work. Rather than repainting the mural they’ve decided to put something different up.

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Rakebleed@reddit

This is a wrap right and they’re not actually painting over it?

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yeahright17@reddit

The guy in the picture looks to have a pole with a brush.

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ChicagoRay312@reddit

No, it is definitely paint. I walked by an hour ago.

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liquidnight247@reddit

Dallas really has no respect for art or architecture

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rat_penis@reddit

Dallas has no respect for its history. It tears down everything old. Developers and Highland Park elite run that town.

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jamesdukeiv@reddit

Not unless it’s obscenely profitable

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kesin@reddit

enter fifa lol

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UnknownQTY@reddit

Don’t they owe the original artist’s estate a fuck ton of money now?

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ShimeUnter@reddit

Why would they?

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GeekyTexan@reddit

Because of a weird court case in New York.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/13/585416520/new-york-judge-awards-6-7-million-to-21-graffiti-artists-for-destroyed-murals

I disagree with the decision and expect it to be overturned, but probably not soon.

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playballer@reddit

Jurisdiction has no bearing on Dallas so I think this is not a risk , I’d be surprised if any Texas judge would make this decision

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tingra@reddit

Lotta nuance in that ruling, and even more so in the visual artist rights act of 1990

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UnknownQTY@reddit

It’s a fairly famous artist and there were agreements with where these went up.

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slavatejasu@reddit

Probably not

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Greyscale7950@reddit

That's the paint left over from the Reflection pool job in D.C.

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vmanu2@reddit

AT&T blue.

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jamesdukeiv@reddit

Ironic since AT&T is bailing out of Dallas

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CaughtALiteSneez@reddit

Nooooooo

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misscrankypants@reddit

At this point I expect it to be a mural of Trump.

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Colejohnley@reddit

“We can have nice murals anymore. That’s the goal. That’s the rule now.”

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Sad_Towel_5953@reddit

Dallas hates culture. This is sad.

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creativeusername_vt@reddit

To quote sports mayor.... What can I say, I like sports.

Unfortunately, he doesn't like sports nearly enough to be any good at keeping sports teams in the city, but that's another matter. But yeah, fuck everyone who approved this.

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championgoober@reddit

Not so unusual. The murals got painted over and someone else paints a new one. Been happening forevarrr

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shittyhawaiitips@reddit

this is not the same, dumbass. it's been there for almost 30 years.

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vacation_bacon@reddit

Honestly this mural, while lovely in conception, was very faded and tired looking.

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bittsweet@reddit

i still miss seeing the mural with the little boy pulling the wagon :(

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Confident_Host_4480@reddit

NOOOO WHAT

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MarkMakesArt@reddit

Art is dead

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Silent_Scientist_991@reddit

Just wait until they paint "The Eyeball" to look like a soccer ball.

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Final_Prune3903@reddit

Noooooo I love this one

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Alu_bunny@reddit

Homelander's face 🥹

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DysprosiumNa@reddit

WAIT WTF WHAT NO

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ArtemisiasApprentice@reddit

That’s so sad.

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Agitated_Mess3117@reddit

The whales are tired and have nothing to do with Tx.

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holupwayment1999@reddit

Greed really is sickening

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Berns429@reddit

Recently Dallas announced a massive general fund budget shortfall of about 18-24 million. After much debate and reflection, they decided the best course of action was to spend more money.

As for the WC mural, no match will actually be played within the Dallas city limits as Arlington is 20 miles west of Dallas. Yes, you might see some tourists, but all that spending for about 9 days of live games. And a total of 1 ish months of football.

I guess they’re banking on a big boost. Curious to see how it plays out financially.

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The-William-Munny@reddit

Actually read an article today that hotel’s in host cities are reporting very slow demand. Big shock for such a boring sport.

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loves2ride1@reddit

FIFA coming

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Thanks_Buddy@reddit

WTF!

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Aware_Growth_6643@reddit

By my upvote I actually mean down vote.

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SpaceGoat88@reddit

What an absolute shame. I have ridden the TRE into work every day for years and love this mural. I'm devastated.

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Then_Supermarket18@reddit

The famous whale mural near the Dallas World Aquarium is Wyland's Whaling Wall #82. Painted by renowned marine artist Robert Wyland in 1999, this massive, 8-story outdoor mural features life-sized humpback whales and dolphins

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Then_Supermarket18@reddit

The artist commented on Instagram

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Vegetable-Rip6871@reddit

Oh no I always loved this mural. F*ck Dallas man I’m so sick of it

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BillyBobJangles@reddit

Just like the mockingbird station apartments.

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NTPC4@reddit

Same color as the DC reflecting pool, I bet :-(

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otakumilf@reddit

They must have hired the Fanta fascist’s pool guy to do this one…

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Physical_Try8299@reddit

As a Wyland fan with several small pewter pieces, this is sad to see. $$$$$ (aka FIFA) rules everything

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Marcush214@reddit

This sucks it’s been there most of my life This is like when they got rid of planet Hollywood downtown

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Psychonaut_Cmdr@reddit

I loved that mural. But it’s faded now. Let’s see what pops up next. It could be a statement, it could be an ad. In the end, it’s not our building. I’m not sure Dallas has a say. Hopefully it will be something equally cool.

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