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Was Shakespeare the best writer in human history?
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:39 PM Author: drab nofapping degenerate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384404) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:41 PM Author: infuriating titillating set stain Not even close, son. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384411) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:30 AM Author: green razzmatazz locale “Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them. There is no third.” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385965) |
Date: October 24th, 2022 8:40 PM Author: carmine masturbator trailer park (white male clinging vicariously to the accomplishments of the past) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384408) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:37 AM Author: buff crackhouse When your race has writers that can start to compare to some guy from about 400 years ago you can let us know (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385615) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: razzle overrated nursing home puppy White male claiming all folks with pale skin as his fellow bretheren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385985) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:48 AM Author: buff crackhouse No there are some other races that have high tier writers (Asians, Jews, and Arabs), but ironically they also have to dig in to the past to find them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385994) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:44 AM Author: Multi-colored Corner Weed Whacker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385982) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:42 PM Author: Vigorous pale cruise ship Yes. And 2nd place is distant. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384416) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:47 PM Author: drab nofapping degenerate Who is second place (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384430) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:49 PM Author: Vigorous pale cruise ship Sophocles? Milton? Whoever wrote the Gospel of Mark? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384436) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:51 PM Author: Indecent Drunken Potus evan39 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384443) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:34 AM Author: Milky Fanboi Senate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385671) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:22 AM Author: pea-brained gunner EPAH (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385596) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:50 PM Author: carmine masturbator trailer park Homer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384438) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:57 PM Author: Splenetic lime candlestick maker point Easily tops for Western lit, though one wonders what we'd think if, say, all of the plays of Sophocles survived. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384473) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:59 PM Author: infuriating titillating set stain Not even close, son. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384483) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:00 PM Author: yellow talented parlor why did he include his mattress in his will but not mention anything about his writings (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384486) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:00 PM Author: dead flushed state nowag He's up there. Hard to say though between other titans (vergil, dante, milton, etc.) who is the ABSOLUTE best (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384489) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:02 PM Author: Splenetic lime candlestick maker point Charles Murray crunched the numbers and it is Shakespeare. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384492) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:42 AM Author: Adventurous scourge upon the earth community account what numbers did he crunch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385708) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:32 AM Author: Splenetic lime candlestick maker point See his book Human Accomplishment. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385966) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:03 PM Author: infuriating titillating set stain You guys are such pretentious posers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384499) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:04 PM Author: dead flushed state nowag ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384504) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:06 PM Author: infuriating titillating set stain The 20th centuries writers wrote 10000x more in depth and profoundly than any of Shakespeare, Milton, Dante. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384509) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:07 PM Author: dead flushed state nowag Eliot was pretty damn good. Telling that he frequently pays homage to vergil and dante, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384515) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:17 PM Author: Bossy half-breed gaping You raise an incredibly important point. Reading good writing is essential to good writing. So the bar is progressively raised for those who come after. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384552) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: infuriating titillating set stain Everyone pays homage to the OGs. But you can't tell me their shit is as detailed or complex as cunts like Pynchon and Faulkner. It's more of a nostalgia than anything else.
It's like saying Ellington and Louis Armstrong are better than cunts on bebop. |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: dead flushed state nowag There are more things in literature, Whokebeo, Than are dreamt of in your novels (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384653) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: infuriating titillating set stain Who are your favourite essayists? Is Aldous one of the GOATs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384656) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:41 PM Author: dead flushed state nowag in terms of style? nietzsche. you're probably looking for an answer like DFW, whose essays are actually enjoyed (unlike his novel). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384674) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: infuriating titillating set stain I think Aldous' essays are fucking 180 man. Do you like James Baldwin and shit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384681) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:33 PM Author: citrine resort Theodore Dalrymple (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384858) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:12 PM Author: infuriating titillating set stain What should I read of his? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385051) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 12:24 AM Author: citrine resort This one’s pretty good https://www.city-journal.org/html/frivolity-evil-12835.html |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:44 AM Author: infuriating titillating set stain TY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385686) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: carmine masturbator trailer park Like who? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384641) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: infuriating titillating set stain You can't tell me Shakespeare's shit is anywhere as complex or intricate as Faulkner's works. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384652) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:03 PM Author: autistic locus pocket flask My guess is Jesus was a pretty good writer. I mean, he’s God. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384498) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:39 AM Author: Bistre Exciting Sandwich Cuckold This thread is about historical figures only (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385706) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:43 AM Author: Adventurous scourge upon the earth community account Virtually all scholars of antiquity accept that Jesus was a historical figure,[note 1][note 2][4][5][6][7] although interpretations of a number of the events mentioned in the gospels (most notably his miracles and resurrection) vary and are a subject of debate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385709) |
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Date: October 26th, 2022 3:41 AM Author: Bistre Exciting Sandwich Cuckold Most of the quotations provided in those citations claiming that "no serious scholar doubts that Jesus existed" are from many years (or decades) ago and are now clearly obsolete, given that more than two dozen historians and biblical scholars have publicly commented on the matter in recent years to state either that they believe Jesus never existed, or that they personally believe he did exist but nevertheless grant that the position that he didn't exist is a respectable theory that deserves to be seriously debated by scholars and not dismissed as some implausible crackpot theory:
https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/21420 |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:07 PM Author: 180 location (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384517) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:25 PM Author: misunderstood theatre love of her life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385118) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:08 PM Author: Bat shit crazy marvelous base Him, Hitler, Evelyn Waugh, then Glenn Greenwald is the order (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384522) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:41 AM Author: buff crackhouse Hitler's fantastic at diagnosing problems, but his writing skills aren't top-tier.
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:14 PM Author: Flatulent clear pozpig factory reset button he bought and borrowed from everyone... really not even his own work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384539) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:14 PM Author: appetizing temple Klauss Schwab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384541) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: infuriating titillating set stain He said greatest writer not greatest speaker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384650) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: up-to-no-good school cafeteria probably some GORGEOUS japanese writer that has never been translated for white trash (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384608) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: appetizing temple (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384643) |
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Date: October 26th, 2022 4:00 AM Author: provocative lodge macaca white trash is not the preferred nomenclature. birdshit, please (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45390457) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: blue chest-beating cumskin casino He understood the minds of human beings best (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384634) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:37 PM Author: comical chapel Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384662) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:30 PM Author: Silver medicated old irish cottage Rule of three.
And count the accents of that line. |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:50 PM Author: Alcoholic sex offender I think Evan39 actually has a wider range and better technical skill but loses points for being full blown homo while Shakespeare was on the DL with his urges (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384704) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:54 PM Author: infuriating titillating set stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384716) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:27 PM Author: Silver medicated old irish cottage Yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384839) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:36 PM Author: insanely creepy wine round eye He's no Shelby Foote (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384872) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:20 PM Author: misunderstood theatre love of her life honestly, uncle ted is a better writer despite being a significantly less skilled wordsmith.
i tend to weight powerful ideas being clearly expressed above verbal artistry |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:20 PM Author: olive laughsome corn cake messiness *fart* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385096) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:25 PM Author: misunderstood theatre love of her life (shitlib) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385126) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:30 AM Author: turquoise hairraiser personal credit line immigrant This thread is a good reminder of (or intro for newer poasters to) what a fucking retard whokebe is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385602) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: thirsty passionate mexican this is basically whok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfG2PkB4NBE |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:35 AM Author: Aqua bateful rigpig piazza He's shit and fraud and lies. Many famous Indian writers way better
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:42 AM Author: buff crackhouse Like who? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385621) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:53 AM Author: magical lay Go to any slightly off-brand porntube site and scroll down to the comments. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45386013) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:34 AM Author: Flatulent clear pozpig factory reset button this new theory proposes that some guy named Thomas North wrote most of it... https://lithub.com/whats-in-a-name-tracing-an-obsession-with-the-shakespeare-authorship-question/ |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:38 AM Author: drab nofapping degenerate Bought Julius Caesar and Henry IV (pt 1 and 2) and Henry V Folger Editions off of Amazon. Any other recs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385972) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: Multi-colored Corner Weed Whacker many lawyers are paid $800 an hour or more for the quality of their writing. Was Shakespeare ever paid $800 an hour to write? case closed. |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:48 AM Author: buff crackhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385996) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:59 AM Author: Contagious haunted graveyard station He never got his picture on a bubble gum card. Have you ever seen his picture on a bubble gum card? Hmmm? How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on a bubble gum card (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45386034) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 9:03 AM Author: Contagious haunted graveyard station With some qualifiers for translation and transcription for ancient writers; yes. And it's really a tier of his own with a few others fighting for a distant second. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45386045) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:09 PM Author: yellow talented parlor What exactly makes it THAT good that everyone else is so far behind? People make this claim all the time but why (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649483) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:11 PM Author: godawful toaster karate no but he was entertaining and creative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649487) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:11 PM Author: yellow talented parlor Who is better (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649489) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:12 PM Author: godawful toaster karate Kurt Vonnegut, Isaac Asimov (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649491) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:13 PM Author: yellow talented parlor Ok I'll read (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649492) |