A story gettg tractn on social media claims Ford's new 2023 Raptor is beg offered a rabow lor theme lled the Very Gay Raptor.
Contents:
- FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
- FORD IS BRGG A NEW “VERY GAY” RAPTOR AT GOODWOOD
- IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?
- FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
- FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN
- “VERY GAY RAPTOR” BUILT BY FORD
- IN RPONSE TO A HATEFUL COMMENT, FORD ROLLS OUT ‘THE VERY GAY RAPTOR’
- FORD INTRODUC THE “VERY GAY RAPTOR” AND IT’S THE MOST AWOME CLAPBACK EVER
- WATCH: FORD HAS ROLLED OUT AN LGBT ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ TCK
- FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
- FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
- FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
- FACT OR FICTN: FORD BUILT A "VERY GAY" RAPTOR?
- FORD CREATED A RABOW 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL
- FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ TCK?
- FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL
- REPORT: FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ A RPONSE TO A GAY SLUR
- FORD ACTUALLY CREATED A ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ TCK AND MA A PROMO OF ‘G OUT’
- FORD UNVEILED A 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO A HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTER
- FACT OR FICTN: 2023 RAPTOR OFFERED RABOW LOR THEME LLED VERY GAY RAPTOR?
- CONSERVATIV ARE GOG AFTER FORD’S VERY OLD, VERY GAY RAPTOR
- FORD PROUDLY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ R WH RABOWS AND GLTER SIGNED TO SHUT HOMOPHOB UP
- FORD CREATED A RABOW ‘VERY GAY’ RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL
- FORD RAPTOR COMMERCIAL – “ALL IN” ON GAY PRI
- NEW FORD BRON WEARS ITS PRI ON THE OUTSI, JT LIKE THE 'VERY GAY RAPTOR'
- FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD
- AMID THE BUD LIGHT-DYLAN MULVANEY BACKLASH, FORD’S ‘VERY GAY’ TCKS HAVE RURFACED
- FORD GERMANY IS TAKG THIS “VERY GAY” RANGER RAPTOR TO COLOGNE’S PRI PARA
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FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
“Very Gay Raptor”’ (VGR) and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor to appear at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, reaffirmg Ford’s long-term mment to LGBTQ+ allyship * totally gay raptor *
“Very Gay Raptor”’ (VGR) and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor to appear at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, reaffirmg Ford’s long-term mment to LGBTQ+ allyship.
GOODWOOD, UK, June 21, 2022 – Ford will ntue monstratg s allyship wh the LGBTQ+ muny at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed this week, brgg “Very Gay Raptor” and the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor along for the ri. The appearance of “Very Gay Raptor” at the event near Chichter, UK, will be ed to further iate important discsns and aimed at drivg out discrimatn the tomotive dtry, and beyond.
FORD IS BRGG A NEW “VERY GAY” RAPTOR AT GOODWOOD
The send eratn of the Very Gay Raptor adopts a rabow-lored livery support of the LGBTQ+ muny * totally gay raptor *
As part of this, Ford will be prentg live ssns of s new “Tough Talks” seri at Goodwood om the tck bed of “Very Gay Raptor”, hosted by Welsh gby legend Gareth Thomas, the first openly-gay gby unn player. Created 2021, “Very Gay Raptor” was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most badass nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics. In a vio teasg the appearance of “Very Gay Raptor” and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor at the event, both vehicl speed through off-road trails vered mud – at tim takg different paths, facg off, yet displayg their equally imprsive and tough abili, regardls of their differg inti.
IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?
Is the "Very Gay Raptor" a social media hoax or a real thg om Ford Motor Co.? Here's the unsettlg answer. * totally gay raptor *
The Next-Gen Ranger Raptor, appearg for the first time as “Very Gay Raptor”, will make s European dynamic but at Goodwood, tacklg the challengg off-road track between ns up the famo hill, powered by a tw-turbo 3. Ford’s latt publicy stunt is a follow-up to the “Tough Talks” vio seri hosted by former Welsh Rugby Player, Gareth Thomas, who is the first openly gay gby unn player.
Live ssns of the “Tough Talks” will be hosted at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, wh Gareth Thomas talkg to guts om the tnk bed of the “Very Gay Raptor”. The pany reportedly created the r rponse to a social media post that referred to the "Performance Blue" lor optn on Ranger Raptors as "very gay. In May 2023, claims began to spread onle that Ford had buted a new tck lled the "Very Gay Raptor, " a vehicle pated gold dt and rabow graphics.
FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
Jt unr a year ago, Ford created the 'Very Gay Raptor' rponse to a ment ma about the Ford Rang... * totally gay raptor *
@44vatox Ford buts their new 2023 "Very Gay Raptor" #mexintiktok #fortheraza #lgbt #verygayraptor ♬ Spense Mic - Gabriel Andra Produçõ. It began as an attempt by our team Europe to turn a negative to a posive wh -kd rponse to a social ment 2021 assertg that a lor of the then-new Ranger Raptor tck was 'very gay' – somethg which offend lleagu and ctomers. In September 2021, ABC 10 News reported that Ford of Germany had created the r rponse to a social media post that referred to the "Performance Blue" lor optn on Ranger Raptors as "very gay.
On June 21, 2022, nearly a year later, Ford News Europe posted a vio to s YouTube page tled, "Ford's Very Gay Raptor Ref 'Tough' for a New Generatn. In a 2022 prs release about the tck, Ford said the vio was meant to tease the appearance of the "Very Gay Raptor" as well as the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, an annual U.
It looks like the Ford executiv who uld have stopped their brand om beg the “Bud Light of Tcks” had already done the ed a year ago, when they ran the “Very Gay Raptor” — y, that is s real name — at a major motorsports event. The ad shared by London featur Rob Kearney, the first openly gay petor the World’s Strongt Man petn, talkg up the allyship he found the event. Others also recently posted promotnal vios of the “Very Gay Raptor, ” a rabow flag-becked versn of the $56, 000-pl tw-turbo performance tck:.
FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN
The Very Gay Ranger Raptor is Ford's rponse to discrimatory ments ma over this tck's Performance Blue pat beg "very gay." * totally gay raptor *
“Ford will ntue monstratg s allyship wh the LGBTQ+ muny at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed this week, brgg ‘Very Gay Raptor’ and the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor along for the ri, ” Ford said a news release last June, clarg that the tck would “refe ‘tough. “Created 2021, ‘Very Gay Raptor’ was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most bada** nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics, ” the news release said. Footage of the “Very Gay Raptor” also featur promently a rep of Ford’s numero petn rs and productn specials at Goodwood last year:.
“VERY GAY RAPTOR” BUILT BY FORD
"You asked Ford to make the Very Gay Raptor a realy… and we heard you." * totally gay raptor *
Whereas prevly an ostentatly woke mpaign specifilly targetg nsumer products that are cidly unwoke would fly unr the radar for most people, the “Very Gay Raptor” sudnly seems like a “Very Bad Ia” — particularly for a pany stgglg other areas at prent that has to sell the Ford Ranger Raptor to a mostly male, generally nservative clientele that’s not nsirg a sendhand Nissan Leaf the Raptor’s stead. (Before Mulvaney), ’ll be cur to see what Ford do wh the “Very Gay Raptor” and what kd of publicy gets over the next few months.
Advertisg, Automobile, Boytt, bs and pani, Culture, Homosexual Agenda, inty polics, LGBT, social media, Transgenr, Tweet, vio, wokens. Jt unr a year ago, Ford created the 'Very Gay Raptor' rponse to a ment ma about the Ford Ranger Raptor's Performance Blue lor. In sence, that r was signed to make the loust and most homophobic of Ford's crics unfortable while showg support for the LGBTQ+ muny.
IN RPONSE TO A HATEFUL COMMENT, FORD ROLLS OUT ‘THE VERY GAY RAPTOR’
Ford builds Very Gay Raptor out of a Ranger Raptor Special Edn a strong stance agast homophobia. It buts at Christopher Street Day Cologne. * totally gay raptor *
Ford cid should make one after a renrg of the tck went viral on Twter, and here we year, the Very Gay Raptor (VGR, as Ford lls ), is makg a eback for the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, where will but alongsi an all-new electric Ford Supervan wh the aim of "reaffirmg Ford's long-term mment to LGBTQ+ allyship. The ments sectn on one of the Tough Talks vios is filled wh appallg homophobic ments om hasn't gone to great tail on what we'll be seeg om the Ranger Raptor at Goodwood, sayg that 'll be tacklg Goodwood's off-road track between ns up the famo hillclimb. Tips, Tricks & TrendsWhen an onle rponse lled the Performance Blue pat on Ford's entry to the Christopher Street Day para "very gay" Ford cid to transform the tck to the "Very Gay Ranger Raptor.
Ford’s ditn to s LGBTQ employe began 1994 when first tablished Ford Fay as a way to start a nversatn on gay, lbian, and bisexual workplace issu. A year later, the group’s name changed to Ford Gay, Lbian, or Bisexual Employe (Ford GLOBE) and is still gog strong to this day.
FORD INTRODUC THE “VERY GAY RAPTOR” AND IT’S THE MOST AWOME CLAPBACK EVER
Some pictur gog around claim to show Ford's new "Very Gay” Raptor. * totally gay raptor *
After receivg a homophobic ment on s Performance Blue F-150 Raptor, sayg that the lor was “very gay”, Ford’s Germany divisn rolled out the Very Gay Raptor for Germany’s Christopher Street Day Celebratn (an equivalent of Pri celebratns the Uned Stat) Cologne, the largt celebratn Germany. (Photo Cred: Ford Media Center Dtschland) For Christopher Street Day Cologne – Ford Rabow Ka Pick-up and s big brother Ford Very Gay Raptor. This is about Ford Germany and the most awome clapback recent months, which the form of a brand new Ford Raptor Ranger lled the “Very Gay Raptor.
It’s bold, ’s bright, and ’s gay; ’s the official Ford vehicle that will be part of the para for Christopher Street Day Cologne, Germany.
WATCH: FORD HAS ROLLED OUT AN LGBT ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ TCK
An onle menter lled the new Ford Raptor Ranger "gay," so Ford created the #VeryGayRaptor time for Berl's Pri celebratns. * totally gay raptor *
In June this year, Ford Germany troduced the same Raptor Performance Blue and, acrdg to the tweet at the bottom of the page, of all the rpons got, one stuck: someone mented that the r was ol, but the lor was “gay” so need changg. It was also created due to a specific, negative social media menter that lled the Raptor's origal lor of Performance Blue "very gay.
Gallery: Ctom 'Very Gay' Ford Ranger Raptor Regnizg the discrimatory tone of the ment, the tomaker rpond wh an over-the-top image of a rabow Ranger to make the pany's posn very clear. Addnally, Ford's GLOBE (Gay, Lbian, or Bisexual Employe) work celebrat s 25th anniversary this year, supportg LGBTQ+ employe and diversy the workplace. ”Ford Europe rpond to the ment wh glz, glam and gay lors, sharg on social media a 30-send animatn showg what a “very gay” tck would look like: pated gold glter, wh a rabow on s si.
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FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
* totally gay raptor *
” followed by a rabow emoji and the hashtag pany later cid to “take one step further” and created a very real, very queer gold-and-rabow Raptor tck — which also wh a pk heart on the Very Gay Raptor was troduced to the world over the weekend, durg Christopher Street Day Cologne, the cy’s versn of LGBTQ Germany, which is based Cologne, has participated the cy’s Pri celebratns for the last 25 “very gay” tck, which was ed the Pri para, was wrapped 30 square meters (323 square feet) “of foil the unique rabow and gold dt sign, ” the pany said a took workers around 60 hours to transform a regular tck to a Very Gay pany also featured a rabow-lored Ford Ka, a now-disntued pact r, which Ford had brought to the 1998 Christopher Street Day celebratns. Ford rpond to an ter troll wh a strong statement agast homophobia, creatg a rabow and gltery gold-wrapped tck that parad the streets of Cologne, Germany to celebrate Pri Day. The ncept never ma to productn, but was later repated rabow lors by Ford's ternal GLOBE (Gay, Lbian Or Bi-Sexual Employe) group for e Christopher Street Day celebratns for many years.
FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
When a homophobic troll scribed the new blue Ford Ranger Raptor as "gay", Ford jt upped the ante and created a "Very Gay Raptor" stead. * totally gay raptor *
Many people assume this is some sort of a the r is of Germany created the r rponse to a social media troll who referred to the “Performance Blue” lor optn on the Ranger Raptor as "very gay. The Very Gay Raptor is a Ranger Raptor sportg Pri lors and a sparkly gold ’s Ranger Raptor Wants Its Midsize Off-Roadg Crown BackOffEnglishFord’s European arm recently lnched the Ranger Raptor Special Edn a promo showg the pickup rippg right to an old-school wtern movie plot.
But one menter took issue wh the tck’s Performance Blue lor, llg ‘very gay’ and tellg Ford to pat the tck yellow and ed this opportuny and Christopher Street Day Cologne, Germany, to make a statement wh a Ranger Raptor: Christopher Street Day is an LGBTQIA+ event that tak place Germany and across Europe. Ford Very Gay RaptorWhen Ford Germany recently unveiled s new blue Ford Ranger Raptor, got plenty of praise, but there was one piece of feedback the pany said “stopped our tracks. ” What happened next was a masterclass shuttg down homophobic a vio released on Twter by Ford Europe, the tomaker revealed s new and improved “Very Gay Raptor” cked out rabows and gold glter.
A 60-hour procs saw the vehicle draped rabow and gold glter Alpha foil, then topped wh rabow and heart isn’t even the first time that Ford has cked out a Gay Pri vehicle. As Sports Keeda reported, “Ford’s ‘Very Gay’ Raptor adopted a gltery gold body adorned wh a wave of rabow nng om the ont si of the r to the back. ” Ford posted the seri featurg Gareth Thomas, a former Welsh gby player who is the first gby unn player to e out as openly gay.
FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
Ford is gog beyond last year's Very Gay Ranger wh the new Very Gay Raptor. It drs a Ranger Raptor a Pri flag rabow body and gold accents. * totally gay raptor *
Ford has created what they lled a ‘Very Gay Raptor’ tck and ma a promo of ‘g out’ to monstrate s very gay flag pat job, which looks hio. While the practice is, luckily, beg more and more a thg of the past, there are sadly still people out there who will e the term "gay" as a pejorative. That kd of sual, everyday homophobia is ls socially acceptable than ed to be— part due to the fact that now people are more cled to ll out when they see or hear .
The marketg team at Ford adopted a slightly different approach, and stead took the ment as a challenge: What would a "very gay" versn of their tck look like? Acrdg to Ford, "the #VeryGayRaptor was ially created digally" after someone on social media scribed a blue-lored versn of the popular tck "very gay. "They even put a ltle heart around the Ford logo on the Very Gay Raptor toured through the streets of Cologne, Germany, celebratn of Christopher Street Day, the Berl Pri celebratn, and to show homophobic menters that their words sometim have some pretty gay the Very Gay Raptor is certaly lorful, 's not the first of rabow Pri-lored vehicl on the road.
FACT OR FICTN: FORD BUILT A "VERY GAY" RAPTOR?
Ford celebrat Pri Month wh a 2022 Bron Wildtrak rated the same lor scheme as 2021's 'Very Gay' Raptor Ranger. * totally gay raptor *
Perhaps the most famo of the gay mos of transportatn is Priscilla, the agg b seen the inic 1994 film The Adventur of Priscilla, Queen of the wantg to miss out on celebratg Pri, luxury to brand Bentley also troduced a rabow Pri-themed r of their own last 's to celebratg German Pri and Ford for showg the haters how to turn a homophobic slur to one very gay moment! The self-proclaimed "big and Black, gay and vol" star was nomated for bt new artist at the 2021 Grammy Awards and has no tentns of mimizg who she is for anybody.
FORD CREATED A RABOW 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL
Ford rpond to a homophobic social media ment by showg the world what a very Gay, very proud Ranger Raptor looks like * totally gay raptor *
After he me out as gay 2016, he stated Brockhampton's "Junky" that he would ntue to rap about beg gay bee there aren't enough gay rappers the dtry that are willg to talk about their own experienc. A story gettg tractn on social media claims Ford's new 2023 Raptor is beg offered a rabow lor theme lled the Very Gay Raptor.
FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ TCK?
(KGTV) — A story gettg tractn on social media claims Ford's new 2023 Raptor is beg offered a rabow lor theme lled the Very Gay is fictn, based on a nugget of 2021, Ford of Germany created the r rponse to a social media troll who referred to the ‘Performance Blue’ lor optn on the Ranger Raptor as "very gay. "So Ford cid to create an actual Very Gay Raptor and buted as part of a pri of Germany has a long history of supportg the LGBTQ+ muny. However, those threateng to buy om other tomakers won’t fd many optns as numero brands have spoken up support of the gay muny.
FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL
When a homophobic troll scribed the new blue Ford Ranger Raptor as “gay”, Ford jt upped the ante and created a “Very Gay Raptor” stead. Ford of Germany unveiled an LGBT+ versn of the popular tck on Friday (27 Augt) rponse to a menter on social media who cricised the ‘Performance Blue’ lour as “gay” and asked them to pat “black and gold or mo” stead. Both rs were on full display as the cy celebrated Pri over the weekend, wh the “Very Gay Raptor” ed as the official Ford vehicle for the para.
That tck was created rponse to a homophobic ment on the marque’s social media, as someone said the Raptor’s blue lor is “very gay.
In addn to takg a n up the hill there, the Very Gay Ranger's rgo bed will be the stage for ssns of what Ford lls "Tough Talks. " Welsh gby player Gareth Thomas, who is gay, is havg nversatns about how the to dtry n be more clive and foster allyship for the LGBTQ+ muny.
REPORT: FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ A RPONSE TO A GAY SLUR
The Very Gay Ranger was also a homage to a rabow-lored Ford Ka pickup nversn that Ford build for Cologne's Christopher Street Day 1998.
FORD ACTUALLY CREATED A ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ TCK AND MA A PROMO OF ‘G OUT’
In the Uned Stat, Ford observed Pri Month this year by buildg a Ford Bron Wildtrak wh the same rabow-and-gold lor scheme as the Very Gay Ranger and Very Gay Raptor. Introducg the Very Gay Raptor was a follow-up to the “Tough Talks” vio seri prented by the pany featurg Gareth Thomas, a former Welsh Rugby player.
FORD UNVEILED A 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO A HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTER
In the vio seri, he spoke wh guts about fightg homophobia the tomotive world and shed light on the need of refg how one perceiv the notn of beg tough. Ford’s iative to build the Very Gay Raptor was prompted by what seemed to be a homophobic rponse to their prev versn of a blue Ranger Raptor. However, they took the homophobic jab as a pliment and took a remendatn om another person who asked the pany to pat the Raptor black and requted, they built the Very Gay Raptor wh a gold body and a rabow livery to celebrate their 25 years of LGBTQ+ advocy across Europe.
FACT OR FICTN: 2023 RAPTOR OFFERED RABOW LOR THEME LLED VERY GAY RAPTOR?
That’s not a middle school joke, ’s an actual vehicle offered by The Ford Motor Company, which created a special edn “very gay” versn of s Raptor pick-up tck two years ago, plete wh a rabow pat job. Yet nobody even noticed until recently — which sort of mak the whole thg a lot more May 18, Robby Starbuck tweeted, “Did you know that Ford has a tck they ll their ‘Very Gay Raptor’? (@RaheemKassam) May 20, 2023While the very gay tck has gaed new promence, or famy pendg on your persuasn, has actually been out of the closet for some time, and Ford Europe was que proud of s Very Gay Raptor (VGR).
“Created 2021, ‘Very Gay Raptor’ was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most badass nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics, ” a Ford Europe prs release said. ”Somewhere along the le, an tersex dividual or an “ally” felt that dividuals born wh an extremely rare ndn where they have a batn of both male and female parts weren’t reprented on the, the flag has now been updated to clu tersex as seen here, shared by the Uned Stat Secretary of State Antony Blken jt this past Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia we ll for an end to harmful nversn therapy practic, cludg those that attempt to change a person’s sexual orientatn, genr inty or exprsn, or sex characteristics. The next-generatn Ranger Raptor will also make s dynamic European all-new Ranger Raptor, however, will appear for the first time pri-spired 'Very Gay Raptor' lours to support the LGBTQI+ muny.
Ford Very Gay Ranger Raptor buts at 2022 Goodwood Ftival of Speed"Very Gay Raptor" for Tough TalksIn addn to tacklg the Goodwood off-road track and hillclimb, the Ranger Raptor will also help Ford ntue to tackle discrimatn, supportg a live ssn of the pany's new "Tough Talks" nversatn – to discs how the tomotive dtry n foster a culture of cln and allyship for the LGBTQI+ muny – will be hosted by Welsh gby legend Gareth Thomas, the first openly-gay profsnal gby unn player.
CONSERVATIV ARE GOG AFTER FORD’S VERY OLD, VERY GAY RAPTOR
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FORD PROUDLY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ R WH RABOWS AND GLTER SIGNED TO SHUT HOMOPHOB UP
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FORD CREATED A RABOW ‘VERY GAY’ RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL
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