People Share Their Most Embarrassing 'Oops, Wrong Group Chat' Moments
February 22 | 2021
In the immortal words of Ms. Britney Spears... Oops I did it again. Well, who hasn't? In this time of Covid we've been forced to meet over computer screens and thrive in ZOOM meetings. This is not a conducive way to live. Maybe I'm an eight hundred year old man, but I can't figure it all out and I don't care. I can't get the video to work, let alone the audio. And I've lost track of the "groups" that I keep mixing up. Can you imagine sharing in your Zumba class the thoughts you had about plotting to kill your boss that only your therapist was meant to hear? Just me?
Redditor u/SidneyRL wanted to know who, besides us, has dialed into the wrong number while dealing with online discussions, especially this last year. They asked... What's was your most embarrassing "oops wrong chat" moment?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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<p>Even in the best of times wires are always crossed. In this current time of the screen we have to be diligent to not send the wrong text to the wrong lover. It's all too confusing. But mishaps are inevitable. So the people on this list are clearly feeling the stress. </p>
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Baby
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY3MTIyNi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMjE1OTExOH0.zbpDzkzJdU-UJF3w6FidmcSoJNKvUu8Au3Yb9aN_CGQ/img.gif?width=980" id="57958" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8dee72cc0ebb5e79fdc877f7c9167597" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="300" data-height="245" />Shocked Bbc Three GIF by BBCGiphy<p>Sent my teacher "hey baby u up?" </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Let me Tell you about "Her"
<p>A coworker kept screwing things up and I was the one who was fixing it. This particular instance wasn't too egregious, but she had a pattern of reading half a request doing the part she read and flagging it as complete despite having no response to the back half of it. It was resulting in complaints that were funnelling back to me. Our clients were frustrated and so I was frustrated.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>So I went into our internal messaging system to vent to another coworker, saying it sure would be nice if she'd freaking read the full requests instead of half-assing crap all the time. My friend didn't respond. On the way out of the office the coworker who made the mistake apologized to me and I was left standing there thinking "but wait... I hadn't even talked to you about it yet." Well... yeah I had. I had messaged it directly to her instead of to my friend. She quit the next day. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnp27ba?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Colyer</a></p>
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Grandma Said...
<p>Accidentally sent <a href="https://i.imgur.com/zs0Aej4.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this meme</a> to the group chat my grandma made to wish all the grandkids happy (insert holiday here).</p><p>I meant to send it to my brother. He (in the group chat) almost immediately replied with <a href="https://i.imgur.com/WkUaBR8.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This one</a></p><p>I didn't realize it was the group chat, but he full well knew it was and began crap posting. The new group chat from my grandma made no longer includes me or my brother. She just texts us individually. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnozst8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">swanyMcswan</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Hey Harry
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY3MTI4MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1ODcyMDcxMn0.7MnkEcnphk3zan2YwK0mBCoWim6SRcHxG20_1rQZf1A/img.gif?width=980" id="8edbf" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="77b1d99cabd84a1fa8471b37c72d6343" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="245" data-height="294" />frustrated one direction GIFGiphy<p>I thought I was typing in Spotify but instead I texted my boss "Harry Styles" out of nowhere. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnpoimx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">sunstonedx</a></p><p>How many <em>whoops</em> can you have before you realize you're not paying enough attention? Several and then some... that's how many. Because there are way too many apps to communicate and live on. I refuse to download one more system. How are we suppose to make communication easy when all the ways to do it is difficult. Everyone who responded to this thread gets me. Whatever happened to just picking up a phone. That's a direct line. </p>
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What are you doing??
<p>A friend of mine was being extremely clingy for weeks and demanding my attention all the time. When I took time to answer, she even wrote "why don't you answer?? What are you doing??" I took a screenshot of the conversation and accidentally sent it to her, instead of another friend... Whatsapp delete message feature did not exist back then unfortunately. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnp3lr1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Frandom314</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Drunk Dave
<p>Only a close call (thankfully) but was sending an "adult" message to a guy I was seeing called Dave. Dave and Dad are very similar when drunk... </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnownx4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dgic</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Playing Games
<p>My brother and I are up late playing video games online (so we're talking through a headset... he lived 7 hours away at the time), lots of drinking, catching up, talking about life. He's telling me about a girl he was seeing for a while but there were some cultural differences so their relationship fizzled out a few months ago and they haven't spoken since. I tell him to send me a picture of her and he says "okay, hold on." </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>A few seconds go by and he says "oh my god, nooooo." He sent the girl a picture of herself... at like 2am... when they haven't spoken for months. He was cringing so hard and I was laughing so hard. I told him to play it like he was trying to add photos to his contacts or something and messed up. She responded and was cool about it lol. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnphj5k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Think_Spell</a></p>
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Whoops...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY3MTI4OC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNDM1ODk2Nn0.pRdxommUjcT_JdqhRIvr7_E0ursID8hua0T8h8A9OuQ/img.gif?width=980" id="e1cc2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="cb05f84b018d2833392b3fbd282be133" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="540" data-height="540" />Drew Barrymore Oops GIF by NETFLIXGiphy<p>I was posting a funny meme to a group chat but accidentally posted it to a more serious group chat, which would be ok, but someone told us about the passing of their father earlier that day so it was very awkward. This was like a year back don't really remember. If I'm not mistaken it might have been one about a very unenthusiastic car salesman, or overly enthusiastic. I really don't remember.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnozlcz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">A-Tea-Chair</a></p>Dad Bod it is...
<p>As an inside joke, one of my friends' names in my phone is "Dad Bod." His name is directly above my father's in my contact list. Some time ago, I called "Dad Bod" and left him a message saying I needed him to pick up my antidepressants on his way home from work, and asked if he wouldn't mind getting a box of tampons while he was at the pharmacy. I still think about it sometimes when I can't sleep. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnq1br7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">queenofcannoli</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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When on Craigslist...
<p>I was selling a dining table on Craigslist, and had the usual back and forth with tons of people. One of them texted me a couple days later of an uncouth meme about the town we live in by mistake and was really embarrassed.</p><p>I sent one back, and we talked crap about some of the stuff going on in our area for a couple days (big scandal). Seemed like we were budding into a real friendship! Alas, my inability to text people back in a timely manner to the kabbash on something that might have been wonderful. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnp43bb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CapitalGains42</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I fear we're never going back to the old way of life; you know, when people met in person and not over technology. Group meetings are especially arduous to navigate. No matter how proficient one becomes, we're still gonna miss and mesh meetings. The world is juggling a new way of face to face and it has its bumps in the road, so we're all going to have to learn together. I hope my Zumba people enjoyed my catharsis. It can be good ammo for the burn. </p>
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Students Break Down The Funniest Thing That Ever Happened To Them During Remote Learning
February 03 | 2021
The pandemic has changed the way we work, learn, and socialize.
And while getting acquainted with teleconferencing and remote learning during quarantine may have been challenging, it seems people have adapted well. For the most part.
<p>The best part about connecting to colleagues is being witnessed to their snafus – whether it's having NSFW objects in the background, or a significant other inadvertently making their naked debut for all to see. </p><p><strong>Curious to hear hilarious anecdotes, Redditor <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Riverascus/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Riverascus</a> asked: </strong><br></p><blockquote><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"Students, what's the funniest thing that happened in Remote Learning?"</a></blockquote> <img alt="" src="https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/renderTimingPixel.png">
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Check The Mic
<p>"One time a girl in my english class accidentally spent a solid 10 minutes talking to her boyfriend with her mic and camera on. She went into personal life details at points but no one wanted to be the one to tell her. She eventually took out a bong, which was when another student quickly said 'uhhh... [name], your camera and mic are on.' She turned both off without a word. Easily most awkward case of forgetting about the mic."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glrkdep?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cuttlefish_Crusaders</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It Was Such A Gas
<p>"At the end of the class, the lecturer said thank you and good bye to everyone, but forgot to turn the screen and mic off, the did a massive fart and a huge audible sign of relief; <em>paarrpp</em> Ahhhh."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glr3qfa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">coopertron5000</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>"My professor was an Old Italian man. Great teacher, and speaking English was rarely an issue as he spoke it <em>almost</em> perfectly, just with a heavy accent."</p><p>"That is until one day on a zoom he launches into a story about 'being fisted by [his] brother.' He was like '- for example like when I was a child. There was this one time when my brother was fisting me really hard,' and suddenly the whole class was just staring eyes glued to the screen."</p>
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Semantics
<p>"He then continued (must read in heavy old man Italian accent) '-He was fisting me really hard and it was hurting-' (he is currently thrusting his fist back and forth through the air to the bemusement of the class) '-but he was my older brother so there was nothing I could do to stop his vigorous fisting. Until one day... One day I grow up big and strong enough to fist him back- ' (proceeds to thrust his other fist through the air in the opposite direction, miming 'fisting,' his brother back) '- and I fist him so hard that he become scared of my fisting! He never wanted to be fisted by my again, and so I never again had to be scared of his fisting.'"</p><p>"Everyone was silent and trying not to laugh until someone posted <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fisting" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a link to the urban dictionary page for fisting</a> in the chat. My prof started laughing so hard we thought he was going to die (he was pretty old) before playing a small game of charades and finally figuring out that he didn't know the English word for 'punching.'" </p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glroudf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">zachtheperson</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Class Is Over
<p>"Professor started talking like he was giving a presentation. After like ten minutes, someone finally pointed out he wasn't sharing his screen. At that point he just gave up for the day and let us go super early."<br></p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glqxhbw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">quietfangirl</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Missing Undies
<p>"Our teachers toddler wandered in saying that 'daddy wants to know where you hid his underwear'. We could not stop laughing. I think it turned out she hadn't hidden it and it was just in the wash."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glqytg2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thankunext4</a><br></p>Hilarious Forecast
<p>"Professor's internet crashed. The class continued with one guy changing his Zoom background to a weather report of some random city. He proceeded to give a legit sounding news report of the weather. When the professor came back, he finished it off with 'Back to you, professor!' Had me in tears."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/gls9fml?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ThaDFunkee</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Post-Class Discussion
<p>"Not a student but teacher. I completely embarrassed myself by forgetting to end the recording after a Google Meet lesson...so the last 5 minutes of the session is me talking to my cat. Our school doesn't have the premium software to edit the recordings so it had to go up on Google Classroom, cat chat and all. Kids were asking how 'fluffy butt' (my cat) is doing. Hilarious but mortified!!"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glr60h2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ScottishSea</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Free Dance Concert
<p>"A couple weeks ago I'd lost track of time and didn't realize that zoom had started. My lovely daughter turned the camera toward me and unmuted herself....as the whole class watched me dance with and sing to my dogs. I didn't know until she pulled off her headphones and I heard a dozen kids laughing."</p><p>"Last semester, my son's class saw my husband set the kitchen on fire."</p><p>"Teachers hate my house. Lol"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glrlo0u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Theunperfectfamily</a><br></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Lesson In Poultry
<p>"One of my friends screamed as loud as he could "OH FU*K" When my teacher asked him what was wrong he said, and I quote. 'Sorry i just got attacked by my rooster' my teacher was just like Will, show me your rooster, he then proceeded to go outside and show my teacher his 10 chickens out side. Literally wasted half a class and was an absolute legend."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glr7dcw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sharp_Onion</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Students Share Their Funniest 'Oh Sh*t' Moment From Their Zoom Classes
September 21 | 2020
We live in the pandemic era. That is to say, we live in the era of Zoom video chatting.
<p>For many, the change to remote communication took some getting used to. Wrapping one's head around work from home, college from home, or helping kids do school from home brought a bit of a learning curve. </p><p>And, apparently, folks are still figuring the whole thing out. </p><p>A recent Reddit thread asked users to recount the funniest moments they've experienced in a Zoom call. But the examples given were not low stakes calls with family or friends. The cringe-worthy bits from school and work calls were the real thrust of the discussion. </p><p>And nearly always it came down to one subtle but significant oversight: the mic was left unmuted. Let these stories be lessons for bringing some attention to detail before blurting out who knows what during a professional meeting. </p><p>LargeFella asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"Students of reddit, has anyone in your online classes had an 'oh sh**' moment after realizing their mic/camera was still on? If so, what were they doing?"</a></p>
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Nothing to See Here
<p>"Just today, this one guy had some unholy screeching coming through the mic from elsewhere in the house. No context, he just had a mildly panicked look on his face and muted himself." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5i3m02?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">LaserbeamSharks</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Possibly a cat, a baby, or a parrot. Or a horny fox outside." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5il669?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">crusadingAquila</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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No Coming Back From That One
<p>"One of my classmates was talking to someone off screen about how shitty the class is and how stupid our lecturer is. Her mic and camera were both on. She was rambling for about 30 seconds when the lecturer just said her name."</p><p>"She just looked over at her screen, leaned forward a tad, then her eyes went wide and she covered her mouth. She immediately left the meeting, haven't seen her in class since."</p><p>"This was 2 weeks ago."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5ie35y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SirHasselblad</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Easy Day at the Office
<p>"Someone in one of our huge official department meetings was unmuted. You could hear her bf ask in the background, 'what are y'all doing?' "<span></span></p><p>"And she said, 'just this stupid meeting, we not doin' shiiiiieeettt.' It was hilarious. She got kicked out of the meeting tho."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5hxl28?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">taintblister</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Work-Life Balance
<p>"Not exactly 'forgot the camera was on' but forgot their surroundings."</p><p>"Webcam starts up, and there's just a massive sex toy on the bed beside where this person was sitting, back behind them."</p><p>"I've never felt so badly for an instance of poor forgetfulness."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5hzu4m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">epsilon025</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Multitasking
<p>"Not in school, but a few years ago during online training for my job. Our managers agreed we could do the training at home since it was all remote anyway, and so it was an nice week working from home. During one of the sessions we heard what sounded like porn, then it got louder and louder."</p><p>"Finally the presenter says 'OK we see who is unmuted, I'm not going to name names but let's be professional here.' "</p><p>"The poor guy couldn't look any of us in the eye after we returned to work."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5huz70?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">zerbey</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Hogging the Spotlight
<p>"My girlfriend told me a story of her taking an online zoom Pilates class at the beginning of everything shutting down. The zoom meeting was set up in presenter instead of gallery mode so whoever is speaking is on the main screen."</p><p>"She said in one of the poses someone farted and their camera popped up on the screen for everyone until the next instruction. Super awkward."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5i8rg6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">cwayzeecyclist</a></p>A Supportive Teacher
<p>"I accidentally did this to my daughter. She was participating in a zoom uni tutorial."</p><p>"Half an hour earlier I had started trying to fix our clothes dryer which had stopped spinning and was giving off a burning smell. I took the dryer apart and after looking up several YouTube videos managed to fix it."</p><p>"I was so proud of myself I burst into my daughters room and said 'Guess who fixed the dryer......meeeeeee' with my arms spread out wide. My daughter was mortified and said 'Mummmmmmm I'm in a uni lecture.' "</p><p>"Afterwards she told me the professor told her to tell me she was very happy that I was so happy I fixed the dryer."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5iywyo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">jennib153</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Showing a Human Side
<p>"Teacher was teaching a online class (grinds, which are extracurricular), there was a ton of audio issues and people kept saying they couldn't hear him, eventually he said that we would postpone the class to a couple days later, and that we could all leave the meeting now."</p><p>"Of course, I'm pretty sure this isn't the most tech-savvy guy, so he didn't realise that most of us couldn't tell he said to leave (audio issues again) and so we hung around a couple more minutes." </p><p>"Somehow, it was a lot more audible when he tossed his glasses onto the table and said, 'That was a f***ing <em>disaster</em>.' "</p><p>"I then realised that it was time to go."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5hqufw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">RollaRova</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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DRAMA
<p>"My 7th grade daughter turned on her zoom meeting for her very first class on her first day of school, saw the face of the student who was currently talking, and yelled 'Not Victoria, I HATE Victoria!' "</p><p>"I asked her if her mic was muted and she looked at her screen horrified, slammed her laptop shut, ran out of the room yelling 'I quit school!' " </p><p>"It was a rough first day."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5ii66c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">May2211</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Hard to Be Mad
<p>"Once my very adorable classmate sang 'happy birthday' so cheerfully while our prof was discussing. She only noticed it when she came back to class and saw our reactions in the chat."</p><p>"It was her dog's birthday, she said then apologized for it."</p><p>" 'oh shit' to 'awww' real quick :')"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5hu53s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">daytime_moon99</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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People Share The Best Ways To Explain To You Friends You Can't Meet Up Because Of Them Pandemic
August 31 | 2020
2020 has been a real handful y'all. And number one on the "2020 is the worst" list is COVID! We've had to shelter in place and avoid most human contact. I haven't hugged my mother in six months; it's frustrating. So why is it when we're all suppose to be hiding out and avoiding contact until this under control do we have so many fools running amok... especially loved ones who implore us to join. Some of us have had to get creative with invitation excuses. The "we're in a pandemic" reasoning is a bust.
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The Oath
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NjkyNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNzUxMzQwNH0.kHdgGCsfy3xtWDW5jyr4Tvf_ofg7LUegn7q6ONozRq0/img.gif?width=980" id="df4b4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fa66df5ffe583358deac08483965c40e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="160" data-height="194" />sir i queue better from a distance yo waddup elessar GIFGiphy<p>"I have sworn an oath of solitude until the pestilence is purged from the lands." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3a076f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Pokeplushman</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3a076f/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Box
<p>There's an XKCD for that: <a href="https://xkcd.com/2346/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xkcd.com/2346/</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g392ekg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TjW0569</a></p><p>"Haunted plague box" is the best description of a house. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3a76z0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> Peptuck</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Peptuck/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Roll camera...
<p>"I'd love to meet, but I don't want to risk it. Do you want to video chat though?" </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g397wds?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TicanDoko</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g397wds/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><p>Yes oh god. Last year I moved from FL to CA and everyone back in FL wants to come visit. Like id love for everyone to come out but it's just not safe. They ask every few months and it's always the same answer: let's wait until spring next year. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3abcw1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">logicprowithsomeKRKs</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Truth
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NjkyOS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMjAxMTE3MH0.wy7jTjF8RoUEzUFUwKdIvHOb01LGOJc18ywZEdxOOTg/img.gif?width=980" id="5f8e5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1164e10dd891c6cd0ab23847ae928363" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="320" data-height="164" />Truth Reaction GIF by moodmanGiphy<p>"I don't want to meet because I'm scared of Corona." <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g38o6p0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> jibsand</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jibsand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><p>Just be upfront yeah. Sometimes I'll indicate it's because I see older relatives often to take the burden off of me a bit. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g38ur43?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HovercraftConstant</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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ZOOM
<p><em>"Hey, I really want to hang out but I'm worried about the Corona Virus."</em> If they're really your friend they'll respect your opinion. Then maybe suggest doing something like a zoom conversation or online game. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g38ojqh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> 9umopapisdn</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/9umopapisdn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><p>My friends and I meet on Zoom every week now. Sometimes we all start the same movie at the same time, sometimes we play games. We were all learning how to cook a dish together a few weeks ago. There are tons of options to get people together without seeing them in person yet, OP. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g38xh4d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TwoSoxxx</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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never too careful
<p>I work in healthcare. Be cautious. We have regular meetings and emails where our doctors keep us up to date. There's so much we still don't know.</p><p>I almost died earlier this year and was (maybe still am) immuno compromised. I've chosen to self isolate as much as possible.</p><p>I recently had a coworker acquaintance harrass me about visiting me. She knows my situation but continued to insist it was ok for her to visit. I've never invited her over for various reasons. It got so bad that I had to block her.</p><p>My elderly disabled mom tested positive for covid-19 a week later. We aren't sure who infected her and she's currently in isolation. You can never be too careful. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g39bqou?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Reddit</a></p>
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"Be in"
<p>Got a whole friend group who care about each other and want to take the most precautions we can to protect each other. Then there's one guy who's been teaching summer classes for children for the last three months who's always the first to "Be in," and constantly flaunts protections to the point those of us who are taking this seriously can't hang out without excluding him or hurting his feelings. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3a7evi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The_Void_Reaver</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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For Mom
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NjkzMC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNTAyODQwNn0.29F4AW3kVJkZaKmlmeSDG4ezLxddgFBocZtIaffSbgI/img.gif?width=980" id="0f1b3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="37876b9be97de6265b452c57178df73c" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="500" />Mothers Day Love GIF by Animation Domination High-DefGiphy<p>I've had to tell my friends several times that despite wanting desperately to hang out with them, that I'm still paranoid about the virus and I don't want to risk getting my mom sick, so I've been staying self isolated.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g38olh4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ElectricLoner98</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Looking Back
<p>Learning to advocate for my/your own health was very tough, but the rewards are limitless with effort. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3ad57s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> tots4scott</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/tots4scott/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span></p><p>On the few times I've been rebuffed, the response I give is, "I'd rather look back on this and say I'm embarrassed about how I overreacted than wish I hadn't let myself get so sick." That's placated everyone I've used it on. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3ag10k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Blenderhead36</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Cut Ties....
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ZOOM is the new way of communication. This pandemic has forced us to figure out a new world way to communicate. How do we hold court from home? You ZOOM... and oh the things we learn about one another thanks to this new way to "see." We're not always meant to be in one another's homes. Lesson learned.
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Training....
<p>My friend was the admin on a zoom call. He switched my name to "big booty B." I then joined a work related zoom call, name was still "big booty B" had no idea how to change it so was "big booty B" for the duration of my summer job training that day. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gjev68/students_during_the_covid_outbreak_what_is_your/fqktzx6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">WhatIsRedditImConfus</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Snuggle....
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Stench...
<p>I set my hair on fire in a Zoom call with all my students present.</p><p>I have homework help sessions over Zoom, so I wasn't doing any actual instruction. I was looking out my window to see what my neighbor was doing; there was a lot of yelling going on. Then I realized I smelled something weird.... then I realized I had forgotten to blow out the candle on my windowsill.</p><p>Next thing I know I'm sheepishly minus a chunk of hair, and the kids are dying of laughter after figuring out why I shrieked. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gjev68/students_during_the_covid_outbreak_what_is_your/fqkugwm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">suboccasumsolis</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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'get another tug out'
<p>I entered a class and didn't realize that my mic was on. 20 people heard me baby-talking to my cat and I got laughed at.</p><p>In one of my friends' lectures, a guy had his camera off but his mic on without realizing, and was talking about how he'd picked that major because it was easy, he didn't know anything, and what he did know he'd learned off TikTok.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>In another friend's class, a guy was talking in that chat about how he'd been masturbating and had to 'get another tug out', thinking that he was texting to someone else. The whole university got an email from the Dean about proper conduct after that one. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gjev68/students_during_the_covid_outbreak_what_is_your/fqkkxcm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">gingerginger27</a></p>
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The Deepest Cut...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzI4MTQxMi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMDQ2NTI3M30.om_ZisvGAnuW8vkt-Ff6LLutGKd3UI91uTAiMnusgvY/img.gif?width=980" id="0689f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fa0d87ee53a5d69adddbdb5b5aa95fe6" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="375" />Giphy<p>My sister has serious anger issues. It is to the point that she was playing Murder Mystery on Roblox and screaming bloody murder when she died. I did not know she was playing and in the middle of me discussing my book my sister screams at the top of her lungs" Oh my god he stabbed me!" It was a really awkward situation to explain. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gjev68/students_during_the_covid_outbreak_what_is_your/fqkurzf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">WonkierCracker6</a></p>The Jerk.
<p>Oh, god. I don't know how to feel about this one.</p><p>So, my Spanish teacher has a <em>horrible</em> reputation. He's know for being inappropriate towards students, making fun of poor students, and being a jerk. Anyway, I was in class, muted- I thought, and my mom comes into my room and sees my screen, and we jump into a conversation about him. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I was saying how he "seems" nice, but here's all the bad things he did, and my mom was saying how she doesn't really trust him and how she wants me to know that it's never okay for a teacher to hit on a student, and I was like "I knoowwww mommmm". I come back to my screen and there is my class, sitting in silence, just hearing everything. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gjev68/students_during_the_covid_outbreak_what_is_your/fqllmy9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">lemon_bby</a></p>
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Oh Mochi....
<p>Thankfully I'm careful about my mic but yesterday I was in a lesson with my math teacher and forgot I wasn't muted I called to my cat (mochi) and the exchange went as follows:</p><p>Me: mochiii. Moch moch! C'mere kitty! <em>Proceeds to fall out of chair...</em> damn that hurt</p><p>My teacher: <em>holding back laughter</em> did someone just fall out of their chair?</p><p>Me: yes that was me... I was trying to get my kitty <em>immediately mutes my mic and sits there silently. </em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gjev68/students_during_the_covid_outbreak_what_is_your/fqkxjqb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Rocket-Tree</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
The Floof!
<p>My cat walked into my room during my German class. I had forgotten to turn off my mic, and so everyone heard my "who's an adorable floof? You are! Yes, you are!" routine.</p><p>...my German prof reminded me it was a German class, and that I needed to baby talk my cat in German. So my cat got to hear that he was, in fact, "eine sehr nette Katze, die beste Katze in der Welt!" <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gjev68/students_during_the_covid_outbreak_what_is_your/fqkqq4f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">el_pobbster</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I really like my legs!
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STOP!!!!
<p>My younger siblings were knocking on my window behind me and thinking I was muted I screamed "YO STOP THAT YOU LITTLE FOOLS!!" my entire class found it entertaining that a few minutes later I unmuted to calmly say "excuse me but I'll be right back" with the sound of loud arguing in the background and proceeded to mute and turn off my camera. my teachers want us to keep the cameras on to make sure we are in class and are really strict about it. the argument took me I kid you not the whole class period to detangle. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gjev68/students_during_the_covid_outbreak_what_is_your/fql7bkv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ItSmEmArO</a></p>
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