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"Adam Ruins Everything" Launches Animated Spin-Off to Debunk History Myths

3/29/2018

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​Last week TruTV launched a six-part animated series from the team behind the debunking series Adam Ruins Everything called Reanimated History in which self-described “ruiner” Adam Conover takes a whirlwind tour through historical myths in order to expose the false facts that pass for history. The first episode focused on the American Revolution, and this week’s second episode was devoted to the history of Native Americans before Columbus and during the early colonial era. Overall, the series is cute, and generally a good rejoinder to the rosy stories we tell ourselves about the past, but it’s equally clear that the people behind the series are much less comfortable with history than they are with their regular beat of debunking bad science and pop culture.
Here is a sample of the current episode, focusing on Native American populations before Columbus:
​This week’s episode did a thoughtful job of explaining the diversity and complexity of Native American societies before Columbus, and it was especially heartening to see a rare mention of the Mississippian city of Cahokia on national television, especially on a channel better known for bad comedy and reality prank shows. While the animation is inexpensive and minimalist, it serves its purpose in depicting the vibrancy of life before European contact, as well as the devastation caused by the diseases Europeans brought with them.
 
When we review the sources Conover’s team used to tell their alternative story of early America, however, we find a little less than we might expect. I was disappointed to see that many of the references were to James W. Loewen’s unreliable 1995 book Lies My Teacher Told Me, which itself relied on a variety of Afrocentrist and Native American activist texts for claims that are, at best, questionable. Loewen, for example, asserted that Native Americans arrived in Roman Europe by ship around 60 BCE, a story I proved false.
 
It’s clear, though, that Conover’s writers recognize some of the inadequacies in their source material. They cite the New York Times’s 1987 coverage of the U.S. Congress’s recognition of the Iroquois Confederacy as the inspiration for the U.S. Constitution, but they pull their punches and summarize it with this rather anodyne statement: “And some tribes like the Iroquois even had complex political organizations.” Well, actually, almost all of them had some kind of complex politics, but the source material shows that the awkward line was softened from the original claim into meaninglessness, likely because the Iroquois Confederacy’s influence on the Constitution is not as clear-cut as Congress suggested.
 
But the bigger problem comes in the show’s effort to be diverse and to celebrate non-Western cultures. A segment at the end of each episode is called “Same Time, Different Place,” highlighting a non-Western culture’s triumphs. In this case, the show asked us to contrast Christopher Columbus with Chinese admiral Zheng He, who made seven voyages around southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean, as far as the east coast of Africa. The show paints Zheng’s voyages as peaceful journeys of discovery and trade. In one scene the animated Zheng shuts down a sailor’s efforts to turn the trip into one of conquest, and in another the narrator praises Zheng’s humanity, stating that he never resorted to genocide, as Columbus did.
 
To that end, Reanimated History whitewashed Zheng quite a bit. There is some evidence that his first voyage was actually a manhunt to track down and capture the emperor he had helped to overthrow. The seven voyages also had the purpose of extending the tribute system across the Indian Ocean, and thereby demanding the acknowledgement from foreign peoples of the supremacy of the Chinese emperor. He also engaged in acts of violence against those peoples who did not submit to China’s supremacy. He waged a bloody war against Sri Lanka in 1411, conquering the capital, defeating local armies, taking the royal family captive, and imposing regime change when the Kingdom of Kotte refused Zheng’s demands for submission. The result of the war was the complete subjugation of Sri Lanka to China when a new king came to power.
 
The point isn’t that Zheng’s war on Sri Lanka is the same as Columbus’s genocide in the Caribbean (it was smaller in scale, for one thing), but that Zheng wasn’t quite the peaceful patron of scientific exploration that Reanimated History paints him as. Nobody gets served well by mythmaking in place of history.
 
Finally, I would like to call your attention to a request from John J. McKay, who has run into some financial difficulties and needs help to save his possessions from being auctioned off. McKay wrote Discovering the Mammoth, which I reviewed positively on this blog recently, and I was distressed to hear of his situation. Please read his blog post, and if you are so moved, please consider helping him to raise the money to save his possessions. 
42 Comments
Bob Jase
3/29/2018 11:28:07 am

"a channel better known for bad comedy and reality prank shows."

So two steps up from the History Channel?

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An Anonymous Nerd
3/29/2018 12:03:02 pm

Whitewashing non-Western cultures is depressingly common in certain circles. Aside from its being a-historical, it's insulting to both sides in different, and obvious, ways. And, I've long considered, a likely candidate in the rapid and efficient rise of the dangerous counter-narrative that now dominates our society.

-An Anonymous Nerd

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Antirelapsarian At Risk
3/29/2018 12:07:50 pm

Indians being genocided on different sides of the world. Coincidence or the Holy Ghost's divine plan?

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Weatherwax
3/29/2018 11:25:13 pm

If your imaginary sky daddy's devine plan includes genocide, maybe you should make up another one.

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An Anonymous Nerd
3/29/2018 12:10:44 pm

They should never call this kind of stuff "ruining" anything. They should point out the truth: It only makes things more awesome.

As much as the mythology of the American Indians (noble savages) might be "ruined," the reality (a diverse set of often-advanced cultures) is more awesome than the myth. As much as the mythology of Christopher Columbus ("discoverer" of a "new" continent) might be "ruined," the reality (a flawed and dangerous man who was a great navigator, accomplished extraordinary things, and shaped our world for both good and ill) is more awesome than the myth.

-An Anonymous Nerd

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Joe Scales
3/29/2018 02:18:50 pm

Hats off to the "creepy troll" currently ruining Wolter's Newport Tower revelations over on fantasy island, aka: the blog known as Scott Wolter Answers. To be proven completely wrong in their speculation, with only insults as rebuttal.

I wouldn't expect Conover to set the Fringe within his sights, especially these days. What those like Wolter are claiming is so patently ignorant, it debunks itself. And his minions of morons so enamored by him, suckling at the teats of mendacity, striving for recognition from their favored Master of Coffee Creamery. And yeah, that would be you Patrick. A good laugh is always appreciated. Please. Don't ever stop.

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Dudeleoid link
3/29/2018 04:24:09 pm

I have been following that too. Seems the master is losing control of his own blog.

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Joe Scales
3/30/2018 10:47:41 am

It's an all too familiar scenario with Wolter. He makes a fantastic claim based on easily disproven assumptions and speculation, and then holds fast while his critics pick it apart; with hilarity often enough the result. Though it often surprises me too, that he would allow comments that clearly show what a boob he is, the reason he does this is simple. It's his ego. He truly believes he is swatting down the sceptics with his non sequitur. But when he gets to a certain point... like where he claims Jesus was a Templar... I think that's where someone he knows will give him a bit of a nudge, and then all of a sudden he won't allow any more anonymous comments.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

Jim
3/29/2018 06:22:22 pm

Thanks Joe, lol, with his "Jesus was a Templar" thing, I just asked him if his evidence free take on history was simply religious dogma due to him worshiping the Earth Goddess. But I think he finally pulled the plug on me, and won't let any more of my comments appear.

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Americanegro
3/29/2018 06:41:25 pm

I have also been following this and was particularly delighted today but didn't want to post about it here. Now that the floodgates are open, though... Our Scott uses what he calls "qualifying language" in the title, but in the text and his answers says reallydefinitelyforsure.

Then today's "Templar lineage has been around for thousands of years but GODDAMMIT MY BELIEFS ARE NUNYABIDNESS!!!"

Like the Double Da Vinci Shrouds of Turin.

It never gets old or inappropriate:

Scott Wolter is an idiot.

Dudeleiod
3/29/2018 07:20:37 pm

All hail Scott the master of the Chronognostic sect of Templars of the Tower! Bow down infidels. Strike three you're out mister. Time to man up. Next!!

Americanegro
4/3/2018 01:17:55 pm

Recently in his article on measuring the KRS with a "megalithic yard" Wolter confused the fairly easy words "longer" and "shorter". Even after it was pointed out to him he didn't correct it because he lacks basic reading skills.

In the current article about the arial photo of Newport Tower Wolter says "In a Gothic cathedral, such as this schematic of Reims Cathedral in France, the nave of the church is rectangular in shape and faces to the west."

But the diagram clearly shows a circular nave and NOTHING on the diagram "faces to the west".

Scott Wolter is an idiot.

Jason Colavito link
3/29/2018 07:00:42 pm

I like the part where he said it's none of anybody's business if he believes himself to be a Templar and worships the goddess.

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Mike Morgan
4/1/2018 11:46:55 pm

WARNING!!!! If eating or drinking, swallow before continuing reading!

Although this comment is dated April 1st, I am sure it was not intended to be a joke

Snipped from an answer to a comment on his latest blog, "Does a 1939 aerial photograph prove the Newport Tower is a Templar Church?", hypocrite Scott Wolter advises:

".... cite a reliable source or stop saying something so ridiculous."

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Jim
4/2/2018 01:25:43 pm

Me;

"Perhaps it's time for you to man up and give me your evidence ?"

Wolter;

"You are being a first class jerk"

Wolter;

" Both the Templars and the Cistercians incorporated the two-story, round tower on eight columns with Romanesque arches between them in their churches "

unfortunately for Wolter, in his examples of "Templar" churches, only two of them are actually Templar.
The Temple church in London and the Convent of Christ Castle in Tomor, Portugal, neither one of them reflect his description.
The Temple church only has six columns and employs gothic arches, rather than Wolters Roman arches.
The tower in the Church in Tomar is not round, but is rather an octagon.

Jim
4/2/2018 01:53:26 pm

P.S. In my last comment to him which he he wouldn't allow in the comments, I put a bug in his ear. So don't be surprised if in the future he claims Constantine was a Templar.

Americanegro
4/2/2018 04:20:05 pm

Also in both cases the arches are INSIDE the building, unlike the Newport Tower.

You know it's coming:

Scott Wolter is an idiot.

Jim
4/2/2018 07:26:24 pm

We could play the "Wolter is always wrong game" all day long.

" Based on the evidence already present at the Newport Tower, such as the capstone ledges at the top of the eight columns as published in my book, "The Hooked X: Key to the Secret History of North America" (see page 185), and the remnants of two wooden posts that supported the roof that was discovered by archaeologists in a 2008 salvage excavation, each sixteen feet from from stone columns (see page 186), there was indeed an ambulatory, most likely constructed of wood, that encircled the still standing, two-story structure."

The " remnants of two wooden posts" were red stains in the ground, I don't believe anyone has proven them to be posts.

The " was discovered by archaeologists in a 2008 salvage excavation" consisted of complete amateurs, with no actual archaeologists present. One of the leaders was the local owner of Miniature Occasions & Dolls on Bellevue Avenue.

The "wooden posts" were according to Wolter "each sixteen feet from from stone columns". They were in actuality measured to be 3.8 to 4 meters from the columns. (about 12.5 to 13 feet)

But hey, he spelled his name right.

Joe Scales
4/3/2018 09:29:52 am

Even more entertaining, is Patrick's soliloquy just above where he sees himself as the arbiter of truth; tossing bits he disfavors into the trash bin. The man cites Wolter's books in his cherry picked research. 'Nuff said.

Jim
4/3/2018 11:32:17 am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy_digging

"A sterile mixture of dirt, sand, rocks, ashes, brick bats and other worthless debris manufactured around 1880-1920 was used to backfill privies once plumbing was installed at a particular address. With or without night soil deposits remaining down below there is no longer any offensive odor."

Brickbats are red no ?, and will disintegrate when left buried underground, leaving a red stain ?
Does anyone know where the outhouse(s) for the windmill were located ?

Americanegro
4/3/2018 03:03:41 pm

Patrick also had a problem answering the simple question "Is the Tower on the map you mentioned when I asked if there were any earlier records?" The first answer was "Did you check my calculations on Facebook?" and a later answer was "You're being difficult because you keep quoting earlier posts."

Four exchanges later he finally said "No it's not on the map I mentioned when you asked if there were any earlier records."

Pulling teeth, that's what it's like. To his credit Patrick is much better here. Because he's on Team Wolter our Scott gives him free rein.

And Goddess forbid you don't post with your "real" name. Past posters have included E. Mealy El, Slim Whitman, and Andrew Napolitano.

Jim
4/3/2018 03:41:30 pm

When he posted that map as proof of an earlier record of the Newport tower, I chuckled and thought "lambs to the slaughter", but he must have double checked and realized his error. Still the ensuing drawn out waffling on his part was somewhat entertaining.
Whatever happened to the young girl who schooled Wolter on his numerical code ?

Joe Scales
4/3/2018 05:26:51 pm

That would be Wendy, who calculated her own numerology showing how a hero becomes a zero. Perhaps she realized it was counterproductive to argue with imbeciles. Actually, I believe she made that abundantly clear.

Joe Scales
4/3/2018 09:58:26 pm

You know, at first I missed the relevance of this caption for one of Wolter's exhibits on his latest blog post:

"Researcher Patrick Shekleton, noticed what appears to be a rectangular imprint in the grass on the east side of the Newport Tower."

"Researcher"... That's the title Prometheus Entertainment gives its unqualified, idiotic pundits who lack any sort of distinction. Like pretty much anyone who's shown up on The Curse of Oak Island; and now the abomination known as Curse of Civil War Gold.

Jim
4/3/2018 10:17:06 pm

When the Chronognostic Research Foundation identified the two red stains as posts, they used as evidence from Jamestown Virginia to back up their claims.

http://www.chronognostic.org/daily_logs.php?id=6

". *It should be noted that the posts were no longer wooden posts as such but stains?strong discolorations?remaining after the wood had rotted away in the wet, acid soil; the same sort of discoloration has been found at other archaeological sites such as Jamestown, Virginia, where a double line of 4-inch-round discolorations indicated to the archaeologists that a stockade had been placed in a very particular orientation."

They were full of crap,,,,,amateurs.

https://historicjamestowne.org/archaeology/map-of-discoveries/palisades/

Jim
4/3/2018 09:37:39 pm

Here is an interesting little tidbit, for a while now Wolter has been crowing with his "stay tuned".

"In fact, the one salvage dig that was conducted in these areas in 2008 yielded important evidence supporting a precolonial origin. Stay tuned."

https://www.facebook.com/NewportTower/posts/1322397431139396:0

" At one point Scott challenged Jim that IF he produced a document that conclusively proved the origin of the Tower, would Jim concede. This exchange went on for some time, with Scott claiming to be in possession of the document, that would be made public in six months, maybe in one year."

" I spent a little time talking with Jim, and he informed me that he had recently seen in the paper, that the city of Newport had finally received the report from Grey and Pape (CRM company) about the Chronologist digs in 2006 & 7.
Later that evening, I called Jan Barstad about the report, and she was unaware of it having been turned over to the city. Chronognostic Research Foundation had had differences with G&P, over the content of the report."

Kinda begs the questions:

It's been almost 10 years, why haven't the Chronognostic Research Foundation released the reports and why did they not want the City of Newport to have them ?

Why was there friction over the content of the report between the amateurs from the Chronognostic Research Foundation and the professional archaeologists at Grey and Pape ? (Grey and Pape were not involved in the 2008 dig uncovering the alleged posts)

What does Wolter have to do with any of this ?

I believe Wolter claimed there were to be multiple publications released at the same time. Are we looking at a new entrant in the pseudo-history game ? Someone from the Chronognostic Research Foundation perhaps ?

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Researcher Americanegro
4/3/2018 10:52:05 pm

It's Ed Begley Jr. as Henry Starling and his Timeship.

Scott Wolter is an idiot.

Jim
4/4/2018 03:22:34 am

It appears that Wolter is going with the opinion of a botanist, Janet F. Barstad (Chronognostic Research Foundation) rather than the archaeologists at Gray & Pape.

http://www.newportri.com/newportdailynews/news/page_one/tower-of-mysteries/article_f92fdce3-5456-5be2-b8ea-f103b3118348.html

"Janet F. Barstad, the foundation’s president and historian, said after the second dig that she could not speculate about who built the tower. However, based on its architecture and the alignment of the windows, which line up with summer solstices and winter equinoxes, Barstad put the time of construction between 1100 and 1457, “at the latest.”
"That is not backed up by the Gray & Pape analysis to be presented officially to the City Council on Wednesday during its meeting that begins at 6:30 p.m.,,,,,,,,,,, it is likely that the Newport Tower was built between A.D. 1650 and 1677 by local stonemasons who had mastered the skill of large scale stone construction,” the firm concluded. "

And oh look bricks !

" the artifacts in the inventory include discarded bricks, coal and slag."

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3/29/2018 03:22:42 pm

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Crash55
3/29/2018 07:00:11 pm

I have issues with the Columbus genocide thing. Yes the Europeans wound up causing a genocide because they brought diseases that the locals were not immune to. However it wasn’t intentional. They didn’t have the modern concept of disease.

Yes Columbus did horrible thing say today’s standards but blaming them for the decimation of the natives due to European diseases isn’t fair.

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Americanegro
3/29/2018 07:09:05 pm

I actually don't think what Columbus did (what exactly did he do?) and what Zheng He did (what exactly did he do?) qualify as genocide.

Is the rule "Killing brown = genocide"?

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Pops
3/30/2018 01:12:29 pm

You’re using moral relativism to make Columbus seem better. Not a good look CRASH55. How about blaming Europeans for enslaving and forced conversion of Natives. That seems fair since the Europeans were fully aware of that. The conversion of Natives continued to the early 1900’s in Christian schools for Native American children. I advise you to read personal accounts of the students and speak to elderly Native Americans. It’s gut wrenching to say the least. I don’t understand the apologism that white commenters here always make. Just accept it happened and move on instead of trying to excuse Columbus. Hint: the former is much easier to do.

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Crash55
3/30/2018 09:52:37 pm

I am not talking about what they intentionally did. I am talking about how the current standard is to blame Europeans for the natives being wiped out by disease. They had no clue that they were spreading disease. Blaming them is simply an attempt to make us feel morally superior to them.

Though I do fully subscribe to moral relativism. I agree that what was done was wrong by today’s standards. However they did not live in today’s world. I will say that I disagree with their actions as I am a person on the modern world but I refuse to judge them by today’s standards. Any judgement will be based on the world they lived in

Doc Rock
3/29/2018 08:55:47 pm

The Spanish imposed slavery in the Caribbean. This included forced relocation of large numbers of Indians to various colonies. Concentration of slaves in large numbers in direct contact with the Spanish obviously made them more vulnerable to epidemics of diseases that resulted in much higher mortality rates than when they occurred among Europeans.

Understanding of disease back then was obviously primitive, but one would think that the Spanish might suspect the connection. The Spanish waged war on Natives who resisted enslavement as well. These activities occurred despite vocal protests by some that Spanish policies were destroying the Native American population.

The UN definition of genocide places a heavy emphasis on intent. Whether there was a specific intent by the Spanish to wipe out the Native American population in the Caribbean is debatable given the value of Indian slaves, at least until African slavery provided an economical alternative. But on the other hand, it was clearly understood that colonial policies were destroying the Native population, hence efforts at reform by the mid-1500s. That's why in the present many people don't have much problem with using the term genocide in reference to what happened to the Native American population of the Caribbean in less than a century.

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Crash55
3/30/2018 09:55:09 pm

They knew disease existed but they had no clue how it was spread. The idea of microbes and such didn’t come in till centuries later.

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DOC MORON
3/30/2018 12:40:02 am

MORON ALERT! Yeah right they new how frikkin stupid. The people that believe in bleeding the humors out. And the Arabs brought slaves to Spain in the 8th century dunce.

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Doc Rock
3/30/2018 07:09:29 am

Description from a 1585 English expedition to various Native American communities in the Carolinas:

"Within a few days after our departure from every such town, the people began to die very fast, and many in short space; in some towns about 20, in some 40, and in one six score, which in truth was very many in respect of their numbers...the disease was also so strong that they neither knew what it was or how to cure it."
(From Thomas Harriot. A Brief and True Report...).

It is pretty clear that some Europeans could readily make the connection that I mentioned. Reference to bleeding is largely irrelevant to this topic.

Not sure what Arabs bringing slaves to Spain (where slavery had already existed) in the 8th century has to do with the shift from dependence on Native American labor to African slave labor in the Caribbean. Much of the Arab slave trade at that time involved white Christians.

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Huh? What?
3/30/2018 12:00:48 pm

Last thing first, slavery "already existed" in the Americas.

And how did they know what happened AFTER they left every town?

David Bradbury
3/30/2018 03:16:55 pm

Funnily enough, Harriot did make the following observation:
"There is an herb which is sowed apart by itself & is called by the inhabitants Uppówoc. ... The leaves thereof being dried and brought into powder: they use to take the fume or smoke thereof by sucking it through pipes made of clay into their stomach and head; from whence it purges superfluous phlegm & other gross humors, opens all the pores & passages of the body: by which means the use thereof, not only preserves the body from obstructions; but also if any be, so that they have not been of too long continuance, in short time breaks them: whereby their bodies are notably preserved in health, & know not many grievous diseases wherewithal we in England are oftentimes afflicted."
My ellipsis there conceals the Spanish name for Uppówoc, which I think you can probably guess.

David Bradbury
3/30/2018 03:23:59 pm

Hey !
On closer examination, I see that you're quite prone to sneaky omissions yourself. Here's the text from immediately before your quotation:
"There was no town where we had any subtle devise practiced against us, we leaving it unpunished or not revenged (because we sought by all means possible to win them by gentleness) but that " [i.e. "Within" should not be capitalised]
And the text from your ellipsis:
"This happened in no place that we could learn but where we had been, where they used some practice against us, and after such time; "

Doc Rock
3/30/2018 12:30:46 pm

The prior existence of slavery in the Americas is irrelevant to this discussion since it concerns genocide of native americans because of European colonialism. You seem confused about what is actually being discussed. There is no evidence for a complete demographic collapse of the native American population in the Caribbean because of pre-existing slavery practices. There is for slavery under Europeans.

Harriot was part of an expedition that I believe was the first voyage made to scout the area where the Roanoke colony was later established. So, they spent a lot of time in the general area involved in trade, exploration, and mapping and I think even made return trips to some of the communities that they had visited earlier. Harriot spoke a local dialect.

If people are dropping like flies in the same general area because some white guys in a big ship showed and hung out with them you can bet that word would spread very widely very quickly. Time machines haven't been invented yet, so spare me the response that I suspect you are now going to feel compelled to make.

Time for a liquid lunch and another round of forget this ever happened.



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HUH? WHAT?
3/30/2018 02:44:28 pm

Your first paragraph is a bundle of confusion. I said nothing about slavery causing societal collapse. Are you half in the bag already?

Speaking of which, you seem to like to talk about your drinking problem. Have you spoken to a counselor about it? Here you'll just be mocked for it. And remember, no matter how snockered you get let "No toques las coeds" be your watchword.

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