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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Hey yall look at my camera!

Oh and maybe i took the sudden influx of naughty selfies as an opportunity to show a tattoo i dont show too often, even tho is very minimal growth there so far 😫

Its freaking hot af and the smoke is rolling in now so wish us oregonians luck ❤️❤️

Ily all tell me bout your day id love to hear from my siblings ❤️❤️

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ThotDragon lemmy.blahaj.zone thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-04-24
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I was also unaware it was trans selfie day but the lesbians on lemmy are eating well today. (it's me I'm lesbians)

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applebusch (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-11-11
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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Its old and needs touched up and im scared of it stretching lol but i do love it. Its a quote that got me through so many tough times and saved my life more than once

If curious check out the song 'fault line' august burns red

Fair warning its pretty screamy lmao ❤️❤️

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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I was also unaware it was trans selfie day but the lesbians on lemmy are eating well today. (it's me I'm lesbians)

Feels like a fair few of us could start onlyfans and be decently successful

Its me too! I hate leaving thirsty comments too much if i can avoid it but dammnmnn some of the girls be looking like absolute snacks today 🥵😍❤️

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ThotDragon lemmy.blahaj.zone thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-04-24
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Feels like a fair few of us could start onlyfans and be decently successful Its me too! I hate leaving thirsty comments too much if i can avoid it but dammnmnn some of the girls be looking like absolute snacks today 🥵😍❤️

Indeed they are (yes, you too)!

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Nikki i finally firgured out my concealer!! Thanks for all the advice you give, the salicylic acid tip was HUGE and i finally found a quick touch up concealer that matches me so i dont have to wear full foundation all the time! Ily girl youre the best ❤️

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Indeed they are (yes, you too)!

Awww stop your gonna give me a complex! (Keep going i lovvvee the attention) 😂❤️

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Malyca lemmy.zip Malyca@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-04-13
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You look beautiful!

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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You look beautiful!

Awwww tytyty, it means alot ❤️

As someone who has alot of self doubt and doesnt believe people, its easier everytime i hear it. The more i get, the more i think IM the liar ❤️❤️

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southsamurai (he/him/pronoun agnostic) sh.itjust.works southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-19
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What kind of lens is on your gear?

I don't shoot anything but the shit most days any more, but I'm still curious about others' setups

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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What kind of lens is on your gear? I don't shoot anything but the shit most days any more, but I'm still curious about others' setups

Truth be told theyre kit lenses for now, came with the body. The zoom one kinda sucks in some ways but the street one is kinda nice! I want a 28mm dedicated next, and maybe a 35mm or a 40mm. Idk!

Anyway, i have a nikkor DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR, which is the one on camera in this pic. And the other one is a nikkor DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR, which works well but isnt the greatest imo. Gets the job done tho!

I want a 28mm with the lowest f-stop number possible so i can shoot that shit wide open! Im so excited picking up photography again. I loved doing it, but it was "too girly" 🤷‍♀️

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Cris_Citrus (he/him <3) piefed.zip Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-26
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Love your ink! ☺️

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Love your ink! ☺️

AHAHHHHHH thats my favorite thing people compliment! Tytyty i love my estrogen tat so so so much.

Lol the chest one isnt bad either 😅

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Amy piefed.blahaj.zone lwhjp@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-10-17
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Yay, camera! I should get mine out sometimes as well...

That necklace is cool, too!

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Yay, camera! I should get mine out sometimes as well... That necklace is cool, too!

I swear every trans girly is an amateur photographer at least 😂

Tyty i love this necklace, one of the few pieces of jewelry that cost more than 10$ ❤️❤️

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Torn Apart By Dogs lemmy.blahaj.zone sixtoe@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-01-20
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Wow

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Wow

Haha thanks? ❤️

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southsamurai (he/him/pronoun agnostic) sh.itjust.works southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-19
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Truth be told theyre kit lenses for now, came with the body. The zoom one kinda sucks in some ways but the street one is kinda nice! I want a 28mm dedicated next, and maybe a 35mm or a 40mm. Idk! Anyway, i have a nikkor DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR, which is the one on camera in this pic. And the other one is a nikkor DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR, which works well but isnt the greatest imo. Gets the job...

Those are great all rounders tbh. I tend to like a dedicated 50mm, though I don't have one for my best camera. "Best" being newest and fanciest tbh, I have older film cameras that took some great shots that look better than my fancy digital just by virtue of me taking more time to set up and select film carefully. But I can grab the digital slr and just go with the 18-55 and snap enough fast to end up getting good images anyway.

The two I have for that camera are totally entry level, and that's all I need at this point. I'm past doing real art shots, don't take many portraits, and spending more on the gear doesn't make sense currently.

Then again, sometimes the macro bug bites me and I burn some actual film lol. Maybe a dedicated macro lens would be an excusable purchase some day lol.

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kivihiili lemmy.blahaj.zone kivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-01-01
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TheLeadenSea sh.itjust.works TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Very cute :3

I love your hair!

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Those are great all rounders tbh. I tend to like a dedicated 50mm, though I don't have one for my best camera. "Best" being newest and fanciest tbh, I have older film cameras that took some great shots that look better than my fancy digital just by virtue of me taking more time to set up and select film carefully. But I can grab the digital slr and just go with the 18-55 and snap enough fast to...

I thought id be more of a landscape photo girl, but the more i get back into it the more i find street photography really scratches that itch. I want a dedicated 28mm for that exact reason, its apparently the gold zone for street stuff (and i agree, i tend to naturally land at 28mm on my variable)

Lately ive been looking at filters! I got some for my zoom, and aside from a few light artifacts going on in certain condition they've been great for putting a bit of a different take on a shot. K&f concept sells some pretty cheap ones that imo are just as good as expensive (0 noticeable degradation of the shot) and they have some fun special effect ones! I was looking at getting a kaleidoscope one next, i have a white mist one, and one that has a variable "darkening" effect, basically letting less light hit and in a way expands your exposure range a bit!

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Also love seeing me here! Keeps me out of my head sometimes 😅

So many of us are PNW based and we dont hang out?! Lol but seriously like so many of us are in oregon, im curious where? If youre comfortable answering, dont have to at all or dont have to be specific. Im living in Wilsonville currently, which is pretty small town (city?) So maybe ive doxxed myself by now but oh well ❤️❤️

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Very cute :3 I love your hair!

AHh thank you! I love my hair red, even when its hot af and im leaking red dye!

Tyty 😊❤️

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southsamurai (he/him/pronoun agnostic) sh.itjust.works southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-19
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I thought id be more of a landscape photo girl, but the more i get back into it the more i find street photography really scratches that itch. I want a dedicated 28mm for that exact reason, its apparently the gold zone for street stuff (and i agree, i tend to naturally land at 28mm on my variable) Lately ive been looking at filters! I got some for my zoom, and aside from a few light artifacts g...

K&f is great! Other than my ancient stuff, that's what I ended up defaulting to. I used to mess around with filters a lot, especially with landscapes. Nowadays, it's a polarizer and that's about it unless I get in a weird mood.

I've seen a lot of street shooters talking about mist filters and streak filters, but that's the extent of my exposure. We're almost rural here, so street photography isn't the same, the lighting just doesn't give the kind of results I've seen online. Always wanted to try it though

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fartographer lemmy.world fartographer@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-29
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Camera selfie camera! Love that hair, confidence, and outfit

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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K&amp;f is great! Other than my ancient stuff, that's what I ended up defaulting to. I used to mess around with filters a lot, especially with landscapes. Nowadays, it's a polarizer and that's about it unless I get in a weird mood. I've seen a lot of street shooters talking about mist filters and streak filters, but that's the extent of my exposure. We're almost rural here, so street photograph...

Street photos can be anything! Honestly even just streetlights can give a nice ethereal glow or even an eerie vibe if set right. Ive seen black mist photos that make neon just pop amazingly so might go for that. Just want the kaleidoscope for funsies honestly, probly will hardly ever use it seriously 😂

K&f is great glad im not the only one lol, great to see another photographer! You on pixelfed? Unfortunately the blahaj instance was closed in favor of vernissage or however tf you spell it (bad name imho) but im in pixel and waiting on approval for the verni instance as well, same name, feel free to add me! Might post more pics there, sincr i dont wanna spam the boards ALL the time

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Camera selfie camera! Love that hair, confidence, and outfit

Haha ty ty ty, i wish i showed the whole outfit in hindsight. The tank is literally just the cover art of the first kingdom hearts game, with a giant keyblade on the back. Shorts are very sora esque, i love this outfit! Maybe a bit cringe to some people, but ima kingdom hearts girl ❤️❤️

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Torn Apart By Dogs lemmy.blahaj.zone sixtoe@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-01-20
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Haha thanks? ❤️

Hell yea. Looking great!

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Hell yea. Looking great!

Tyty 😊❤️

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kivihiili lemmy.blahaj.zone kivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-01-01
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Also love seeing me here! Keeps me out of my head sometimes 😅 So many of us are PNW based and we dont hang out?! Lol but seriously like so many of us are in oregon, im curious where? If youre comfortable answering, dont have to at all or dont have to be specific. Im living in Wilsonville currently, which is pretty small town (city?) So maybe ive doxxed myself by now but oh well ❤️❤️
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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Haha totally cool no sweat! 😊

Er thanks for the new anxiety by the way, or old one? It doesnt matter, im done hiding who i am, and that kinda thing just.. doesnt worry me? Its odd now, i used to obsess over it alot, but being fully out has really done alot to temper that fear. Thats me tho, and i get why others would be more anxious about that.

Just wanna say to you all as well, i love all the pictures! Very retro vibe, very cool, genuinely look forward to more posts ❤️

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kivihiili lemmy.blahaj.zone kivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-01-01
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Haha totally cool no sweat! 😊 Er thanks for the new anxiety by the way, or old one? It doesnt matter, im done hiding who i am, and that kinda thing just.. doesnt worry me? Its odd now, i used to obsess over it alot, but being fully out has really done alot to temper that fear. Thats me tho, and i get why others would be more anxious about that. Just wanna say to you all as well, i love all the ...
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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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❤️

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nikki lemmy.blahaj.zone Nikki@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-12-27
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Nikki i finally firgured out my concealer!! Thanks for all the advice you give, the salicylic acid tip was HUGE and i finally found a quick touch up concealer that matches me so i dont have to wear full foundation all the time! Ily girl youre the best ❤️

yipee!!! congrats :) I love ma makeups I'm glad to help

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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yipee!!! congrats :) I love ma makeups I'm glad to help

Youre the best! ❤️

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southsamurai (he/him/pronoun agnostic) sh.itjust.works southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-19
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Street photos can be anything! Honestly even just streetlights can give a nice ethereal glow or even an eerie vibe if set right. Ive seen black mist photos that make neon just pop amazingly so might go for that. Just want the kaleidoscope for funsies honestly, probly will hardly ever use it seriously 😂 K&amp;f is great glad im not the only one lol, great to see another photographer! You on pixe...

I tend to associate street photography with the city, which isn't really true, but that's where my brain always takes it.

I've never really shown my stuff, other than in classes and some shots of my chickens a while back. I just never think of it being interesting to anyone else lol. I'm not particularly good, as in having the eye to make really compelling images. I always did it either as references for other art (that's why I started getting decent gear) or for personal entertainment, with the results being secondary to the experience of taking the picture.

Kind of like when you're sketching or painting you have to look at a subject in different ways, the process of photographing something engages the mind I'm a way that's different from that, and even from meditatively contemplating the subject.

But I'll definitely keep an eye out for your stuff, I dig it :)

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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I tend to associate street photography with the city, which isn't really true, but that's where my brain always takes it. I've never really shown my stuff, other than in classes and some shots of my chickens a while back. I just never think of it being interesting to anyone else lol. I'm not particularly good, as in having the eye to make really compelling images. I always did it either as refe...

Aww i appreciate that! Truth be told im kinda garbage at photography 😅 but getting better everyday! Plus if i post them on some photographer board i can get feed back on what i can do better, ideally anyway. My camera has so much little crap that i can mess with or make small adjustments to, its a little overwhelming. The freaking manual is 896 pages long!! And still people complain that nikon doesnt document the nuances of every setting, so many people recommend a reference guide written by some known photographer, and that one iirc is over 1000 pages!!

I havent even really scratched the surface on this camera, most of it so far has been getting to a baseline of not terrible pictures, and some still turn out terrible lol. I LOVE this camera though, im really happy with the purchase for sure. I was using my partners canon for a long time even tho i HATE the way canon makes their pictures look. Its like a 7 yr old doing a paint by numbers and using colors that are "close enough" i cant stand it lol.

Nikon however, atleast on my camera, has really good auto modes. I tend to shoot in a user programmed mode for control, but if i need something quickly auto does pretty great work too!

Also, dont let others tell you what is and isnt a specific type of photography! I feel like "street photography" is really just any pictures you take on a walk around your neighborhood or town or whatevs. If theres even a little bit of concrete or asphalt, its "street" imo ❤️❤️

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Cris_Citrus (he/him <3) piefed.zip Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-26
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AHAHHHHHH thats my favorite thing people compliment! Tytyty i love my estrogen tat so so so much. Lol the chest one isnt bad either 😅

Its a beautiful design! Hope you have a lovely day my friend ☺️❤️

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Domi lemmy.blahaj.zone Domi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-01-18
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You're insanely beautiful. Be safe in the smoke bb.

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Brooke (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-01
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You're insanely beautiful. Be safe in the smoke bb.

Always! Dont worry about me i was raised in the forest basically. Some might even say molded by it 😂

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