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Trends and popular things are, by their design, things that change and shift with time. Something that was popular a year ago is now considered an outdated reference, a popular meme can outstay its welcome in a month, and minor trends go in and out of fashion daily. Basically, just because something is widely accepted today doesn't mean it will have the same significance after some time passes. Perhaps to commemorate these trends, or just catalogue them for future reference, there are community threads online that talk about the trendy things that likely won't be cool in 5 years' time. One such discussion is hosted on Reddit, where people readily expressed their opinions about what they think won't withstand the test of time.

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#1

40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Probably not going to happen, but I really wish influencers won't be "cool" anymore.

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Iggy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is already happening, I think. I've noticed a growing backlash in recent months.

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    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Having the covid vaccine. Eventually it'll be as commonplace as a flu vaccine.

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    #3

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Hopefully those fake pointy acrylic nails

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    ScarlettofHydraIsland
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quick question to the people who’ve got ‘em, how the heck do you wipe? Just curious.

    Xandra, The Little Hufflepuff
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's honestly not that hard to function with them, We wipe by putting we toilet paper in front of our nails, and I still do dishes, yesterday I raked the yard, and packed for a horse riding and hiking trip

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    CincyReds
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand how anybody could do anything with these things on

    Iapetos
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I honestly don't get what's so bad about them (on another person).

    Simping for the wrong kind
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I personally don't like them, but it's really the person's choice if they look nice or not.

    Sp00kyJae7
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hey, how about you just let people live and keep their long pointy nails? It doesn't matter if you think they're "hideous" because plenty of people think they're cool :/

    tuzdayschild
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're allowed to wear them. I'm allowed to express my feelings. It's all good.

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    C.S. E.
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hate to tell you, but those have been around for a WHILE. Pop in Hello Dolly! Streisand was wearing some TALLONS in that film.

    JessG
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The long nails, yes, but they were never to a sharp point until recently

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    Anni
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Recently, trying to sell a home with a garde: A couple is interested and tries to convince us they are sooo into gardening! No, ma'am, I don't believe a word about your loving gardening. Not. With. Those. Nails. No way.

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    Joyce Blodgett
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're hideous, definitely. Unfortunately, they've come and gone thousands of times throughout mankind's 6,000 year history (no, we are not a species that has been here longer than that), and it's going to continue in that vein until the final event occurs.

    Adrienne Doyle
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would guess that those people got a bidet installed at home, or that they don't have the type of job where they need to use their hands all day.

    Paula Hannon
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do not understand them at all, how can you do anything with them on.

    Martz Migraña
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I use to have pointy nails (natural, not acrylic) in middle school while I was going through my phase of "gothic vampire girl" (haha) and most of the others girls would always say how weird and horrible they were. Now I've seen many of those ex-classmates rocking them pointy acrylic nails in Facebook feeling so fashionable, hahaha. At least I did mine with a purpose back then 😂🤣

    Tabby_Sohee
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AGH... especially when the substitute has them... and is wearing leopard print earrings and those nails keep digging into your shoulder erghg

    Nic Dudley
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't care, it is people's choice. I personally think they are unsanitary which is not a good thing right now.

    Vicky Z
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And please PLEASE people who work in restaurants or even hospitals don't do that!! It's completely unsanitary!!! In hospitals is even dangerous for both you and the patient cause they destroy the gloves!!!

    Yvette Desmarais
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find them fascinating and entertaining. Not for me though. I garden.

    Aunt Messy
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly, they've been around since the '80s. Some people are always going to wear them.

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    Arctic Fox Lover
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer oval nails or sliiiiiightly pointed nails (dull point or just a really short point) but the things I've seen are absolutely ridiculous and, I agree, should not exist. My mom likes extremely boxy nails that are perfectly square XD

    will.u.b.mine
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wait...just...just listen...are you listening...maybe...are you still listening to me...yes...okay...ready...you're sure you're ready... okay...makethemalittlelesspointyandlong...hehe...buh-bye now

    Demon Child
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! People with those nails are like¨Oh, yeah I pick up small things in alternative ways¨ but do you really want to live your live like that?

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    Some of the things listed by the community are leaning more towards actual items, such as so-called MLM teas. Other picks feature plastic surgery trends. And then there are those who think that the websites we use now will lose their influence and be forgotten or abandoned. Basically, the things that send people raving today, in 5 years, could be irrelevant.

    #4

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community A lot of the stuff I see people doing on TikTok seems like the kinda thing you'd be embarrassed about in a few years

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    Ila Chakravarthy
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    man, i hope. a lot of small buisnesses have a pretty main platform there though, so i'm not really sure where i stand on it.

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    #5

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Gigantic drawn on eyebrows.

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    Trends are tricky because of their very foundation. Something becomes popular because it's new and exciting, it presents something that captures people's attention, but if it doesn't provide long-term value, it tends to go away. Just look back at the trends that ruled the '90s, for example. Those are now considered to be an archaic concept in the current climate.

    #7

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Overly-processed Instagram photos. Especially in the context of makeup and skincare.

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    #8

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Hopefully Facebook. I never thought it would kill myspace and MySpace reminds me of better times when I think of how sh*tty Facebook handled the last 4 years

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    Dogfan4life
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, a study was conducted to find out what children used what social media platforms today. The study asked 1,500 middle and high school students. 62 percent of teens said they use Instagram while 58 percent use Snapchat. (Texting was most popular, used by 98 percent of the teens surveyed.) Facebook was, surprisingly, only 7 percent. (This is not copy-and-pasted or plagiarized. I wrote this by myself.)

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    #9

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Current plastic surgery trends to meet the current IG standards. I fear for a lot of people who have had BBLs and facial surgery that the look will become outdated and permanently associated with late 2010’s and early 2020’s, kind of how like there are plastic surgery trends associated with the 90s/2000s.

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    Then there's a rule of 'what goes around comes around.' There are cases of trends and cool things that were popular before, got old and abandoned, and then resurfaced when we least expected it. Of course, the most obvious cases are centered in the fashion industry, but there are other things too, coming in a variety of categories, such as names or even those same internet trends.

    #11

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Hopefully the stupid “hacks” that people are coming up with. That’s not a hack

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    #12

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community People posting pictures of a PS5 they just bought and expecting the rest of us to care.

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    #13

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Youtube prank videos

    Well some youtube videos in general.

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    Bacony Cakes
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NUKING JAPAN prank video Among Us! (NOT CLICKBAIT) (GONE WRONG) (ALMOST DIED)

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    #14

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Vaping, I hope.

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    Juniper
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vaping helped many people stop smoking. And I´ll take strawberry milkshake over tobacco smell any time.

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    #16

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Zoom calls. I don’t wanna go back to the office, but I can’t take five more years of these..

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    #17

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community 5 day work week

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    Brandi VanSteenwyk
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the 5-day work work does fade, I hope it is replaced by options that can be tailored to the needs of the employee and their family or current situation. That might be longer but fewer days, shorter but more days etc. Equalizing the needs of the business with the needs of the employee would be most ideal.

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    #18

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Everything Supreme. The s***** print text hoodies, the overpriced hats and $100 Tshirts, all of it

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    #19

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Corporations trying to be weird and relatable on Twitter. Wish it would die out now

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    #20

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Brazilian Butt Lifts .. I feel like it will not age well. A lot of plastic surgeries collapse over time or have complications as it degrades

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    #21

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Probably most popular youtubers as of now

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    J Rob
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think influence's and you tuber's individual popularity may ebb and flow over time, much like that of TV personalities and movie stars. Though I do think the industry is here to stay, until the medium is replaced by something else.

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    #22

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Instagram is going to be an online shopping mall, far removed from the cool micro-blogging site it used to be.

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    #23

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community The latest iPhone.

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    Monolicle Potato
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The latest iPhone will goes out of style every 5 months. They make new versions all the time.

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    #24

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Subscribing to multiple streaming platforms.

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    #25

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community The bowl cut. For some reason it came back in south Houston. Looks ridiculous.

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    #27

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community That stupid yee yee a** haircut that all the teenage boys are rocking. The one with the short sides and mop top rat's nest on top.

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    #28

    Funko Pops. They're the Beanie Babies of the '20s.

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    Kyle D
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I say this as a collector, but I could see that but since they've been on the rise for ten years, I'll be generous & give them another 10 and then they're passé as 'popular'. After all, even beanie babies are still around, sure not a fad anymore but around is around.

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    #29

    Galaxy print is probably going to go the way of the bowling alley carpet patterns we used to wear on our clothes in the 90s. It'll come back ironically in 10 years

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    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Hopefully Pokemon Cards, so I can finally afford to buy them again ...

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    QueerTheory
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    McDonald’s in Germany is currently giving 3 pokemon cards with every happy meal lol. Gotta collect them all!

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    #32

    Facebook. Kids don’t use that s***, because it sucks. millennials are leaving in droves.

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    CatWoman312
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Facebook died when boomers were able to join. They keep the negativity and fake news going. It’s so sad how many of my friends parents or grandparents rely on a meme as a news source. The recent election was enough for me. I don’t use it anymore except for messenger

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    #33

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community GTA V

    Hopefully by that point we'll actually have GTA 6

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    AntiAntiVaxx
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its like Fallout New Vegas no amount of mods will make the game prettier or have the quality of content that Rockstar produces. Its like putting lipstick on a pig.

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    #34

    Filling wooden furniture with translucent green or blue-colored resin.

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    Giaan Beeltje
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This person must have seen some very bad resin furniture because I've seen some beautiful furniture come out of it.

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    #35

    Fake vents in cars, if they were ever cool in the first place.

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    #36

    I would say Minecraft but trying to kill that is like trying to invade Russia in winter

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    TheLazyPoki
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, it's currently my fav game and it's been very popular for years. I don't think it'll ever die out-

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    #37

    The obsession of having RGB LED everywhere and on everything.

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    Johnny
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better than the trend of putting bright blue LED's on everything that started when blue LED's were new and for some reason it's still going. I'd much rather have adjustable RGB than be stuck with the bright blue flashing LED on my charger lighting up my bedroom ceiling.

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    #39

    40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community Teenage boys getting the perm/undercut combo.

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    #41

    Glaciers.

    It is estimated that Earth is losing roughly 1.2 trillion tons of ice per year. Throughout the 1990s, ice loss was about 760 billions tons per year.

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    #42

    Netflix, given that the content keeps merely developing and other providers creating their own platforms. Already feel often bored zapping through the program.

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    #43

    Clothes of any kind REJECT HUMANITY RETURN TO MONKE

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    #45

    Noodle head haircuts.

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