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Best Ben Folds song?

Gotta be Battle of Who Could Care Less.
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  01/17/19
Are we talking Ben Folds generally, or Ben Folds Five?
Canary turdskin tanning salon
  01/17/19
Either
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  01/17/19
"Rocking the Suburbs" is pretty decent too, then. ...
Canary turdskin tanning salon
  01/18/19
i like "you to thank" from his solo stuff
stirring mauve center fanboi
  01/18/19
Battle of Who Could Care Less
Smoky School Cafeteria
  01/17/19
yeah that and Underground are the GOAT
razzmatazz opaque parlor
  01/17/19
whatever happened to this guy
Smoky School Cafeteria
  01/17/19
He got old and rich and stopped caring enough to do quality ...
Aphrodisiac Slate Whorehouse
  01/18/19
Oooh I can answer this. I have a friend of a friend works wi...
180 Incel
  01/18/19
well either way, after about 2004 or so he basically stopped...
Aphrodisiac Slate Whorehouse
  01/18/19
I don't love "Underground", to be honest. The intr...
Canary turdskin tanning salon
  01/17/19
Brick indeed is garbage.
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  01/18/19
I would add that I dislike "Cigarette" even more a...
Canary turdskin tanning salon
  01/18/19
...
talented boltzmann
  01/18/19
the one angry dwarf song. maybe your redneck past.
Ivory deer antler theater
  01/17/19
books on tape FTW
Smoky School Cafeteria
  01/17/19
have a biglawl collegue from GA whose balls i always bust si...
fiercely-loyal area
  01/18/19
Army is also pretty cr.
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  01/17/19
...
razzmatazz opaque parlor
  01/17/19
Big fan of "Steven's Last Night In Town" but "...
Canary turdskin tanning salon
  01/17/19
Still Fighting It Mess Fred Jones pt. 2
stirring mauve center fanboi
  01/17/19
fuck man i forgot about fred jones pt 2, the version on the ...
Excitant toaster
  03/17/20
Where's Summer B?
fiercely-loyal area
  01/18/19
Army is the best one. Brick is absolute 120 trash
Razzle-dazzle Laser Beams
  01/18/19
...
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  01/18/19
Some CR responses in this thread. "Best Imitation of M...
talented boltzmann
  01/18/19
...
insane marvelous step-uncle's house
  03/17/20
The Battle Of Who Could Care Less because he brings up Rockf...
Fragrant idiotic generalized bond
  01/18/19
Yeah, Rockford Files is cool. But there are some things I'd...
talented boltzmann
  01/18/19
he had to be thinking specifically of a slacker he knew who ...
Fragrant idiotic generalized bond
  01/18/19
yeah i think that's why he brings up pitching something to t...
Excitant toaster
  03/17/20
Lol
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  01/18/19
I'll say this much about Ben Folds - his shit from the 90s h...
Aphrodisiac Slate Whorehouse
  01/18/19
Always been partial to “Kate”
provocative brass pozpig
  01/18/19
Forgot about that one. Pretty good.
stirring mauve center fanboi
  01/18/19
Buddy Holly
Odious trump supporter
  01/18/19
There are lots of acceptable answers ITT, and glad to see ev...
180 Incel
  01/18/19
...
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  03/04/19
cr fair is a great song one angry dwarf is the first song ...
Excitant toaster
  03/17/20
If you don’t say Brick you’re lying to yourself
stimulating stage
  01/18/19
(tbtp wiping a single tear)
180 Incel
  01/18/19
Evaporated
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  01/18/19
that's my go-to song to play and sing when i'm at one of tho...
Excitant toaster
  03/17/20
Selfless, Cold and Composed.
Arousing Theater Stage Mediation
  03/04/19
...
insane marvelous step-uncle's house
  03/17/20
Friend of mine danced to Luckiest at her wedding. I introduc...
stirring mauve center fanboi
  03/04/19
180
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  03/17/20
...
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  03/17/20
Great thread
drab macaca police squad
  03/17/20
i'mr eally sad i missed it until today, BFF has an outsized ...
Excitant toaster
  03/17/20
the last polka off Ben Folds Live is the apotheosis of piano...
Excitant toaster
  03/17/20
All U Can Eat is a great song about proles. Not the best BF/...
insane marvelous step-uncle's house
  03/17/20
Jesusland
flesh violent windowlicker french chef
  03/17/20
...
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  01/05/21
Say It Ain't So
Dun yapping shitlib
  01/05/21
...
Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
  01/05/23
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Rose territorial sweet tailpipe
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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:39 PM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe

Gotta be Battle of Who Could Care Less.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612557)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:49 PM
Author: Canary turdskin tanning salon

Are we talking Ben Folds generally, or Ben Folds Five?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612632)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:57 PM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe

Either

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612688)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 12:07 AM
Author: Canary turdskin tanning salon

"Rocking the Suburbs" is pretty decent too, then. Though his solo stuff is, in my opinion, inferior to Andrew McMahon in terms of piano rock.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612750)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 12:27 AM
Author: stirring mauve center fanboi

i like "you to thank" from his solo stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612835)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:40 PM
Author: Smoky School Cafeteria

Battle of Who Could Care Less

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612563)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:41 PM
Author: razzmatazz opaque parlor

yeah that and Underground are the GOAT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612570)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:43 PM
Author: Smoky School Cafeteria

whatever happened to this guy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612583)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 1:08 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Slate Whorehouse

He got old and rich and stopped caring enough to do quality work. In December he hosted a complete POS jazzy Christmas concert on PBS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615117)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 2:02 PM
Author: 180 Incel

Oooh I can answer this. I have a friend of a friend works with him sometime. He took a songwriting deal in Nashville when the band broke up, got married again (but really tried to make it work), and neither was particularly successful. He hated the 9-to-5 nature of songwriting for a label and eventually became a real nasty drunk. Even for Nashville. His industry rep was toxic for a bit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615452)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 5:16 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Slate Whorehouse

well either way, after about 2004 or so he basically stopped trying. Never got back anywhere near the quality of the BFF era

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37616579)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:56 PM
Author: Canary turdskin tanning salon

I don't love "Underground", to be honest. The intro with the distorted bass grates on me, same as "Julianne" does. "Battle of Who Could Care Less" is excellent, though. Let's just all agree that "Brick" is garbage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612684)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 12:29 AM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe

Brick indeed is garbage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612844)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 12:59 AM
Author: Canary turdskin tanning salon

I would add that I dislike "Cigarette" even more as a song, but "Brick" earns top honors due to it probably being their most famous song (and completely undeservedly so).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612975)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 1:15 PM
Author: talented boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615165)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:41 PM
Author: Ivory deer antler theater

the one angry dwarf song. maybe your redneck past.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612572)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:42 PM
Author: Smoky School Cafeteria

books on tape FTW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612580)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 12:42 AM
Author: fiercely-loyal area

have a biglawl collegue from GA whose balls i always bust singing the chorus to that song. he's a huge shitlib and completely ashamed of being a white southerner, otherwise i wouldn't do it.

YOU'LL SHOW THEM ALL BACK HOOOOOME



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612896)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:46 PM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe

Army is also pretty cr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612611)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:46 PM
Author: razzmatazz opaque parlor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612613)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:47 PM
Author: Canary turdskin tanning salon

Big fan of "Steven's Last Night In Town" but "Philosophy" also gets points for basically being a whole song about his penis.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612620)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:57 PM
Author: stirring mauve center fanboi

Still Fighting It

Mess

Fred Jones pt. 2



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612693)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 12:59 AM
Author: Excitant toaster

fuck man i forgot about fred jones pt 2, the version on the live album with the dude from cake is AMAZING

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785886)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 12:40 AM
Author: fiercely-loyal area

Where's Summer B?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37612882)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 3:56 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Laser Beams

Army is the best one.

Brick is absolute 120 trash

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37613426)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 8:08 AM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37613706)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 1:04 PM
Author: talented boltzmann

Some CR responses in this thread. "Best Imitation of Myself" is a personal favorite.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615091)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 1:05 AM
Author: insane marvelous step-uncle's house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785916)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 1:15 PM
Author: Fragrant idiotic generalized bond

The Battle Of Who Could Care Less because he brings up Rockford Files a couple times lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615168)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 1:19 PM
Author: talented boltzmann

Yeah, Rockford Files is cool. But there are some things I'd change if it were up to me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615189)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 1:20 PM
Author: Fragrant idiotic generalized bond

he had to be thinking specifically of a slacker he knew who sat around watching the rockford files

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615199)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 1:01 AM
Author: Excitant toaster

yeah i think that's why he brings up pitching something to the franklin mint, imagine some dood watching reruns of RF and then it bleeding over into infomercials "why don't we pitch it to the franklin fuckin mint: fine pewter portraits of general apathy and major boredom singin' whatever and ever amen"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785892)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 5:10 PM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe

Lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37616550)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 1:29 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Slate Whorehouse

I'll say this much about Ben Folds - his shit from the 90s has held up 100x better than almost anything else from that decade.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615266)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 1:41 PM
Author: provocative brass pozpig

Always been partial to “Kate”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615323)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 2:03 PM
Author: stirring mauve center fanboi

Forgot about that one. Pretty good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615463)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 1:54 PM
Author: Odious trump supporter

Buddy Holly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615400)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 1:55 PM
Author: 180 Incel

There are lots of acceptable answers ITT, and glad to see everyone hates Brick.

He basically has two parallel outputs: the 70s am radio material and the more "rock"ish stuff. For the former, I like Fair. For the latter, give me One Angry Dwarf.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615401)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37877727)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 12:58 AM
Author: Excitant toaster

cr

fair is a great song

one angry dwarf is the first song of his i learned on piano excluding brick

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785882)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 2:05 PM
Author: stimulating stage

If you don’t say Brick you’re lying to yourself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615470)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 2:09 PM
Author: 180 Incel

(tbtp wiping a single tear)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37615516)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 5:13 PM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe

Evaporated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37616565)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 1:03 AM
Author: Excitant toaster

that's my go-to song to play and sing when i'm at one of those parties where people are sitting around playing and singing at the piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785904)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:18 PM
Author: Arousing Theater Stage Mediation

Selfless, Cold and Composed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37878298)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 1:04 AM
Author: insane marvelous step-uncle's house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785914)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:21 PM
Author: stirring mauve center fanboi

Friend of mine danced to Luckiest at her wedding. I introduced her to Ben Folds & banged her for years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#37878319)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 12:54 AM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785864)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 12:42 AM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785805)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 12:48 AM
Author: drab macaca police squad

Great thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785841)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 1:03 AM
Author: Excitant toaster

i'mr eally sad i missed it until today, BFF has an outsized influence on my musical taste today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785909)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 12:57 AM
Author: Excitant toaster

the last polka off Ben Folds Live is the apotheosis of piano pop music

cigarette might be the best composition (ok he has some incredible jazz music, but of his poppier stuff)

uncle walter and where's summer b are the best jams - i can stand in my living room and blast uncle walter and just rock out with my hands in the air like i'm having a religious experience

also read his autobiography, it's pretty good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785875)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 1:03 AM
Author: insane marvelous step-uncle's house

All U Can Eat is a great song about proles. Not the best BF/BF5 song ever, but good for xo

Not the Same is classic and actually based on an acid trip (not his)

Boxing tells a great story

Tom and Mary is just fun

Dog is the hardest for me to play on piano.

I don’t think there’s a “best.”



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785911)



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Date: March 17th, 2020 1:07 AM
Author: flesh violent windowlicker french chef

Jesusland

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#39785924)



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Date: January 5th, 2021 3:52 PM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#41681177)



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Date: January 5th, 2021 3:58 PM
Author: Dun yapping shitlib

Say It Ain't So

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#41681220)



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Date: January 5th, 2023 2:58 PM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#45746334)



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Date: March 23rd, 2024 12:06 PM
Author: Rose territorial sweet tailpipe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180242&forum_id=2#47519250)