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biglaw firms need to get their shit together re: en dashes and em dashes

I see even the most elite firms (literally Wachtell and Crav...
aqua messiness abode
  03/19/18
Two hyphens for em dashes isn't that bad. It's just ugly.
smoky exhilarant hospital persian
  03/19/18
it's despicable
aqua messiness abode
  03/19/18
Saw a guy get fired for this and straight up walked out befo...
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  03/19/18
lmfao that you're dealing with firms that aren't employing, ...
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Histrionic Lodge Digit Ratio
  05/14/18
Trendash for life. What the fuck?
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Sticky Trip Kitchen
  03/19/18
This literally does not exist in the English language. I hav...
aqua messiness abode
  03/19/18
(non-peer graduate; non-peer practitioner; non-peer farmers ...
Histrionic Lodge Digit Ratio
  03/19/18
I'm open to hearing an explanation. But I consider myself a ...
aqua messiness abode
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Square apostrophes are the worst. I mean, show a little effo...
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  03/19/18
Real pain in the ass in patent cases because you can’t just ...
Sooty Fortuitous Meteor
  03/19/18
You know what is really fucking insane is when people point ...
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  03/19/18
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Twinkling Milk
  03/19/18
i correct every goddamn one. the founding fathers talked ab...
bearded greedy therapy station
  03/22/18
Good job man. We’d be friends.
aqua messiness abode
  05/12/18
This is a little known fact: the CAFC shreds your brief if t...
Crusty party of the first part idiot
  05/12/18
Btw, why can’t you use the replace function in patent cases?...
aqua messiness abode
  05/12/18
It flips them all so they curl away from the number.
Crusty party of the first part idiot
  05/14/18
two hyphens all day, fuck trying to find the button for em b...
chestnut up-to-no-good resort
  03/19/18
you can typically just use a voice command ime
Histrionic Lodge Digit Ratio
  03/19/18
Using hyphens instead of en dashes to save a line when faced...
Vigorous range
  03/19/18
Honestly the one situation where I have been tempted to use ...
aqua messiness abode
  03/19/18
You could have avoided all this just by doing better in HS c...
Talented Magenta Sandwich
  03/19/18
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Histrionic Lodge Digit Ratio
  03/19/18
Most lawyers did just fine in HS math.
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  03/19/18
The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a d...
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  03/19/18
Amateur! Increase the font scale setting to increase the ...
smoky exhilarant hospital persian
  03/19/18
This is conscious rules flouting and robs you of your plausi...
aqua messiness abode
  03/19/18
Very TTT. But who's going to check?
smoky exhilarant hospital persian
  05/14/18
People who care about this are what make biglaw miserable, f...
chestnut up-to-no-good resort
  03/19/18
"bake?" oh shit, I just proved your point. Bake me...
Twinkling Milk
  03/19/18
Damn you're fast
chestnut up-to-no-good resort
  03/19/18
That took several hours per my notebook of billables.
Twinkling Milk
  03/19/18
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  03/19/18
Brother, clients pay $620 an hour for us to care about this ...
Vigorous range
  03/19/18
Judge: Well, I was going to rule in defendant's favor, but t...
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  03/19/18
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  03/19/18
nobody whose time has any value gives one solitary fuck abou...
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  03/19/18
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  03/20/18
I see even the most elite firms -- literally Wachtell and C...
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  03/20/18
This is — the credited criticism — so say I.
Adulterous National
  05/12/18
The SGs office is the last bastion of good writing in the pr...
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  05/12/18
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:02 PM
Author: aqua messiness abode

I see even the most elite firms (literally Wachtell and Cravath and Kellog and other top places) file briefs using hyphens instead of en dashes and using en dashes or, god forbid, two hyphens for em dashes. get it together motherfuckers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641306)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:11 PM
Author: smoky exhilarant hospital persian

Two hyphens for em dashes isn't that bad. It's just ugly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641398)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:13 PM
Author: aqua messiness abode

it's despicable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641410)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:03 PM
Author: chrome mind-boggling institution

Saw a guy get fired for this and straight up walked out before he jumped off the roof

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641317)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:04 PM
Author: Histrionic Lodge Digit Ratio

lmfao that you're dealing with firms that aren't employing, at a minimum, the trendash. Point to fact, in times of great exigency, I've gone so far as to make use of a pentadash.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641319)



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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:53 PM
Author: Ocher bawdyhouse juggernaut



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35645246)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 12:22 AM
Author: Rose Home Filthpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35658763)



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Date: May 14th, 2018 6:55 PM
Author: Histrionic Lodge Digit Ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36050284)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:04 PM
Author: Clear Associate

Trendash for life. What the fuck?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641323)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: Histrionic Lodge Digit Ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641327)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: Sticky Trip Kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641346)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: aqua messiness abode

This literally does not exist in the English language. I have no idea what you are talking about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641347)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:07 PM
Author: Histrionic Lodge Digit Ratio

(non-peer graduate; non-peer practitioner; non-peer farmers market goer)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641352)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:10 PM
Author: aqua messiness abode

I'm open to hearing an explanation. But I consider myself a punctuation hardliner and literally have no idea what you are talking about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641383)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:14 PM
Author: Twinkling Milk

Check out Eats, Shoots, and Trendashes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641427)



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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:55 PM
Author: Supple step-uncle's house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35645264)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:07 PM
Author: Contagious lettuce university



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641354)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:08 PM
Author: Thriller talking forum



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641366)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:10 PM
Author: Supple step-uncle's house



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:12 PM
Author: Big Mauve Shrine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641406)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: Talented Magenta Sandwich

Is this flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641326)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: laughsome bossy mexican mental disorder

Square apostrophes are the worst. I mean, show a little effort.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641333)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:12 PM
Author: Sooty Fortuitous Meteor

Real pain in the ass in patent cases because you can’t just replace all

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641407)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:16 PM
Author: aqua messiness abode

You know what is really fucking insane is when people point the apostrophe the wrong way in patent cases. You see this all the time. Probably greater than 50% of the time, a biglaw firm will write about the 999 patent and have the apostrophe at the beginning pointing the wrong way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641435)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:03 PM
Author: orchid embarrassed to the bone electric furnace brunch

cr, huge patent prole tell

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641765)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 12:17 PM
Author: aqua messiness abode



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35652523)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM
Author: Twinkling Milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641869)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 12:18 AM
Author: bearded greedy therapy station

i correct every goddamn one. the founding fathers talked about patents in the goddamn constitution for fucks sake show a little respect

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35658723)



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Date: May 12th, 2018 9:01 PM
Author: aqua messiness abode

Good job man. We’d be friends.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36038907)



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Date: May 12th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: Crusty party of the first part idiot

This is a little known fact: the CAFC shreds your brief if they see a straight or backwards quote.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36038931)



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Date: May 12th, 2018 9:07 PM
Author: aqua messiness abode

Btw, why can’t you use the replace function in patent cases??? I’d like an explanation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36038946)



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Date: May 14th, 2018 6:54 PM
Author: Crusty party of the first part idiot

It flips them all so they curl away from the number.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36050278)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: chestnut up-to-no-good resort

two hyphens all day, fuck trying to find the button for em bash all the time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641336)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: Histrionic Lodge Digit Ratio

you can typically just use a voice command ime

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641345)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: Vigorous range

Using hyphens instead of en dashes to save a line when faced with a page limit: decadent or shrewd?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641343)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:09 PM
Author: aqua messiness abode

Honestly the one situation where I have been tempted to use a hyphen instead of an en dash (and, on occasion, have succumbed) is when faced with a strict word limit. If you use an en dash, Microsoft Word records the range as two words whereas it records a single word if you use a hyphen. But it is incorrect usage and I've always been tempted to call people out for violating the word count where they hit it exactly while employing 50 hyphens in the place of en dashes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641372)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:10 PM
Author: Talented Magenta Sandwich

You could have avoided all this just by doing better in HS calculus

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641379)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:11 PM
Author: Histrionic Lodge Digit Ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641390)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:13 PM
Author: smoky exhilarant hospital persian

Most lawyers did just fine in HS math.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641414)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:11 PM
Author: Onyx School Cafeteria Incel

The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641395)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:15 PM
Author: smoky exhilarant hospital persian

Amateur!

Increase the font scale setting to increase the hyphen to 300%.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641430)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:18 PM
Author: aqua messiness abode

This is conscious rules flouting and robs you of your plausible deniability. Many jurisdictions, for example Delaware, now require briefs to be filed in Word format.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641456)



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Date: May 14th, 2018 6:59 PM
Author: smoky exhilarant hospital persian

Very TTT.

But who's going to check?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36050314)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:33 PM
Author: chestnut up-to-no-good resort

People who care about this are what make biglaw miserable, fyi

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641582)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:34 PM
Author: Twinkling Milk

"bake?" oh shit, I just proved your point. Bake me away, toys.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641586)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:36 PM
Author: chestnut up-to-no-good resort

Damn you're fast

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641601)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:02 PM
Author: Twinkling Milk

That took several hours per my notebook of billables.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641760)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM
Author: chestnut up-to-no-good resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641859)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:00 PM
Author: Vigorous range

Brother, clients pay $620 an hour for us to care about this so we can maintain credibility and prestige with judges.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641748)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:01 PM
Author: Onyx School Cafeteria Incel

Judge: Well, I was going to rule in defendant's favor, but then I noticed inconsistent em-dashes. Summary judgment for the plaintiff!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641758)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM
Author: chestnut up-to-no-good resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641861)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM
Author: chestnut up-to-no-good resort

nobody whose time has any value gives one solitary fuck about this. its all dipshit mid level associates one upping each other.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641868)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:01 PM
Author: irradiated center new version

*BEEP BEEP BEEP*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641759)



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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:49 PM
Author: Naked site

killself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35645224)



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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:51 PM
Author: outnumbered location multi-billionaire

alt 0151

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35645233)



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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:54 PM
Author: racy generalized bond

transhyphenist non bigot here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35645255)



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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:56 PM
Author: Electric Fuchsia Old Irish Cottage Private Investor

I see even the most elite firms -- literally Wachtell and Cravath and Kellog and other top places -- file briefs using hyphens instead of en dashes and using en dashes or -- god forbid -- two hyphens for em dashes. get it together motherfuckers.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35645274)



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Date: May 12th, 2018 9:02 PM
Author: Adulterous National

This is — the credited criticism — so say I.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36038917)



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Date: May 12th, 2018 10:43 PM
Author: Crusty party of the first part idiot

The SGs office is the last bastion of good writing in the profession. Their punctuation is always on point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36039460)



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Date: May 14th, 2018 7:39 PM
Author: insanely creepy ladyboy voyeur

Worrying about this is the ultimate no book of business tell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36050530)