Was in high school when this came out. This movie and .38 Special's song was what originally inspired me to become a teacher. Then Dead Poet's Society came out and clinched it for me. Still at it today, 27 years later...
Glad it inspired you to make a career choice in your life. I got into Dead Poets Society years ago. Never thought much of the song when it first came out, or saw the movie. I had just graduated and never cared about school the whole time, but all these years later the lyrics are a lot more meaningful, and totally on point. For those still in school, if you're reading this, get as much education, get as much out of school as you can.
God Bless the Common Sense Teacher's 🙏 when I went in 1979, most teachers helped you find your purpose in life. They also helped shape us into Responsible Adults. That helps you turn into a Patriotic American Citizen. I just said I miss school. But I don't know if I could take it. I would probably be a troublemaker in office every day, arguing using my Common Sense 😂
It was on this day 35 years ago, June 20, 1987, that I graduated High School. That last verse where they sing about the best years of your life really gets to me now. Looking back, with the benefit of hindsight, perhaps they truly were.
I remember sitting in the high school auditorium on the first day of freshman year with all the other incoming freshmen. The Principal told us these would be the best years of our lives. While I can't say they necessarily were, it was still quite memorable and enjoyable enough that I wouldn't mind doing it all over again.
Estuve buscando por buen tiempo esta canción y por fin la encontré,volver a escucharla es ingresar al túnel del tiempo de los 80´s y volver a ser un adolescente feliz ... Chiclayo-Peru
In my opinion most of these 80's movies owed a lot of their successes to MTV for playing the videos which wound up being extended trailers for the movies. This was a great movie- one of the better high school 80's films.
I taught global history for first year college students. I played this song on first day of class as we talked about expectations for me and them in the class. They voiced the same as the song lyrics. Plus they wanted to be respected. I nearly always thought about these lyrics and student request for relevance before I walked into the classroom each day.
Wow. This brings back memories. I was around the age of thirteen when this movie was released. I remember seeing it in the theaters. It was filmed at Central High School in downtown Columbus, Ohio, about six miles from my house. The school in the movie hasn't been a school for quite some time but now resides as COSI.
I'm 44, and I spent most of my childhood watching a lot of MTV. For some reason, this video/song slipped under my radar or I just don't remember it, but I heard it recently at Gun Lake Casino and I've had it stuck in my head ever since. It's on my Spotify playlist now. I just love that 80's sound/production. Great song!
I was 12 when i first heard this soundtrack, and my Dad was a teacher, so whenever i hear this song ... i dont have words to express myself at the moment... just, bless you, 38 Special.
Hello , just to let you Beautiful American Friends know that us Canadian's love your Southern rock bands from the 60's , 70's , 80's you know who they are thanks again ,,,, ,,,, have a Beauty Summer and always remember the 80's ......from Ontario Canada ,,
The Van Zant brothers have a lot of talent. Ronnie was in Skynyrd until the plane crash. Johnnie was in the Johnnie Van Zant band and is now in Skynyrd. Donnie was in 38 Special. Great brothers!! Great music!!
I have done my share , probably more , of following this band and always trying to get up front , close to them .Does anyone remember seeing them at the "Silver Bullet " ( later Charlie Goodnights) , 1982 ??? This was in downtown Raleigh,NC . I was , am and will always be a Wild Eyed Southern Girl !!!
They take the best years of your life how true I just told my Granddaughter who is entering high school this fall that she is heading into the best years of her life and not waste them. Teachers was a decent movie.
The OTHER Cobra Kai movie Ralf Machio was in, too bad so few know either this great song or really good movie. I loved both when they came out and still do. Too bad it's so hard to find quality copies of either! Thanks for posting!
THIS! This came out in 1984 too but The Karate Kid went supernova and this other movie Ralph M was in got overlooked. I came back because a) this is a damn fine rock song from a great year and b). I’m tripping on Macchio all over again because Cobra Kai is blowing up online
I was just amazed at how LITTLE this band sold out in the 1980s, as it was so hard for other bands that came out of the 70s to find an identity in the plastic, hair cut, synthesized world of the 1980s. Styx, REO, Journey and even Rush all sold out to the synthesizer. These guys never did!
Great song!...Like many others from 38 Special!... Great movie also, one of best roles Nick Nolte ever played!.... I heard that the school wear this movie was filmed was abandon prior to the movie and demolished soon after the movie was made.
This was Columbus, Ohio's Central High School. After the movie it hosted the Son of Heaven art exhibit from China, sat vacant for a while, then has become the Center for Science and Industry. It now has an IMAX 3D cinema and many science and technology exhibits. Neat place.
looking forward to seeing these guys at Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls , Jan 18 ...cause what I need at the Blackjack table is a "TEACHER TEACHER"..lol
in 1983 my dad was a principle and a teacher in a small town in oklahoma. By then he already was a detention teacher and a vice principle. He taught two famous people. One played for the seattle seahawks and one became a prowrestler
@@fireball0762 HA HA! In my school district it takes a year to even attempt to fire a teacher. The only thing they can do is suspend them or have them teach at lousy schools.
One day while teaching English in Korea, I found the words to this song online, and printed them to post over my desk in the classroom. Two exceptionally bright little eight year old girls noticed it one day after class. They stood there eagerly sounding out all these English words that may not have meant a thing to them, but which suddenly took on a whole new meaning for me after hearing them in those eager little voices. One of my more humbling experiences on the other side of that desk.
Saw .38 Special in concert they knew how to rock and roll. :) I didn't see the movie ya'll are talking about. My favorite line is... "the joke's on those who believe the system's fair." The older I get the more relevant this line seems.
4 great things one i remember this movie very well,#2 a great video and # 3most of all it came from the best era of music the awsome 80's baby #4 is when MTV played music videos back in the day
My parents took me to this movie when I was 12 years old ... during the ride home, we stopped at Baskin-Robbins, and I chose "Pumpkin Pie" ice cream (it must have been near October), and my dad bought a copy of Playboy at the cigar store next door to the ice cream place. Sitting in the back seat of a 1976 Cadillac Coup de Ville, eating ice cream and peeking over the seat as my step-mom was thumbing through a "nudie" book ... ... THAT memory, and THIS song, is all I remember from that movie!
I finished the U.S. public school system in Southern California in 1983. It was NOT bad at all. It was good. Yea it was not perfect but almost ALL my teachers were very committed to their jobs and really did care about us!
I remember seeing the movie TEACHERS the year after I finished High School in 1983. The movie actually offended me at that time because it tried to portray High School back then as as chaotic and undisciplined which in fact IT WAS NOT. However the music was good.
Yeah Dean, Bryan Adams, Phil Collins, Neil Diamond & a lot of others wrote songs for other performers that most people don't even have a clue of......very talented artists are those that perform & WRITE, especially hits for themselves AND hits for others......EXTREMELY TALENTED !!!!!!!!!!
@@srtamplification well part of Survivor Fame yes also the founder of the Ides of March who still go on to this day also your. He wrote heavy metal with Sammy Hagar. Jim's a whole lot more than Survivor thanks..had the pleasure of meeting him many times still lives in the Chicago area still at Chicago born-and-bred native never did the LA life very active around Chicago and the music scene and the social scene Jim and his wife are great great ambassadors of the city..he's also very active still through the years of helping young artists and mentoring many
Many teachers in my life were my personal role models and heros. They deserved my most urgent questions and answers during those turning point years of 1988 and 1989. Were they right in all their statements when using their 80s minds? Was I completely wrong on my 80s teenager consciousness? ... only time will tell... In the meantime, I just keep good memories of my high school teachers... by now all retired or death.
Today's teenagers are "dumbed down" by technology... in effect it's making all of us dumber. At least back then we were way smarter than the millennials of today and the current youth of today as well. We didn't rely on technology as much back then as we do now with the smart phone, tablet PCs, computers, video game systems like the PS4 and Xbox One... and in the future Virtual Reality gaming systems. Humanity is doomed as a species... and history forgotten will repeat itself.
I get carried away. Mania , I think . I hope you are okay . Have a good night. Sometimes I see more in people than is really there. My dad was a perfectionist when it came to work. And I worked for him a long time. You have nothing but my admiration for what you’ve built. 🧠👏❤
Was in high school when this came out. This movie and .38 Special's song was what originally inspired me to become a teacher. Then Dead Poet's Society came out and clinched it for me. Still at it today, 27 years later...
Oh Captain my Captain
Glad it inspired you to make a career choice in your life. I got into Dead Poets Society years ago. Never thought much of the song when it first came out, or saw the movie. I had just graduated and never cared about school the whole time, but all these years later the lyrics are a lot more meaningful, and totally on point. For those still in school, if you're reading this, get as much education, get as much out of school as you can.
@Bilbo baggins I don’t endorse that crap. I try to teach them how to think for themselves and not parrot the crowds.
Nice man!!
God Bless the Common Sense Teacher's 🙏 when I went in 1979, most teachers helped you find your purpose in life. They also helped shape us into Responsible Adults.
That helps you turn into a Patriotic American Citizen. I just said I miss school. But I don't know if I could take it. I would probably be a troublemaker in office every day, arguing using my Common Sense 😂
I graduated high school 40 yrs ago when this film came out that summer of 1984. Still a good film.
Very underrated film. Saw it in theaters in '84 and feel lucky that I did. Those were the days!!
Howard Beale-an awesome name from an awesome movie!
110% Agreed. Great song/soundtrack and a seriously underrated movie.
I wish I had seen it. Not available on streaming. October 2024, forty years old. This song was on the charts then.
Ahh, THE 80'S. THE BEST 10 YEAR'S OF MY LIFE. IF I COULD FIND A TIME MACHINE, I'D BE GONE IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Hang in there, I'm working on one.
Ooh yea buddy soo fxxxing true! I know I was there!!!
Heck. my sister says I only last 5 seconds...um, but that's for something else.
If you had a time machine, 5 minutes would exist...
Can you make it big enough ?
Haven't heard this song in 36 yrs. Still great after all these years. My favorite 38 Special song!!
I agree Billy..great song
holly cow. which cave have you been in? ^^
@@vjQUA My favorite song too
Whoever edited this video did an absolutely brilliant job. It's one of those few videos that makes an already-good song even better.
This song was in the soundtrack to the movie
Teachers. It's an underrated 80's movie in my humble opinion.@@SingleTax
38 Special is one of the greatest bands on earth.The music and sound is timeless 🤘👍.I grew up listening to these guys..
Right on!
Excelente musicon clásico d las dcs d los 80
Great song written by Bryan Adams!
@@johnosier1 ohio boy here, I love Southern Rock and 38 special is one of the best!!
Great song and Richard Mulligan as the “history teacher” was wonderful. The type of teacher that you loved to be in their class.
It was on this day 35 years ago, June 20, 1987, that I graduated High School. That last verse where they sing about the best years of your life really gets to me now. Looking back, with the benefit of hindsight, perhaps they truly were.
I remember sitting in the high school auditorium on the first day of freshman year with all the other incoming freshmen. The Principal told us these would be the best years of our lives. While I can't say they necessarily were, it was still quite memorable and enjoyable enough that I wouldn't mind doing it all over again.
May of 87 for me.
1983 freshman year here
1988. I was 22 and had a summer for the ages!!!
just saw them in concert a few hrs ago..they still sound exactly like this,,AWESOME!
Estuve buscando por buen tiempo esta canción y por fin la encontré,volver a escucharla es ingresar al túnel del tiempo de los 80´s y volver a ser un adolescente feliz ... Chiclayo-Peru
In my opinion most of these 80's movies owed a lot of their successes to MTV for playing the videos which wound up being extended trailers for the movies. This was a great movie- one of the better high school 80's films.
I miss good soundtracks.
How great is MTV. Disney forever. Orlando. Rodriguez.
fr, it's my comfort movie
What movie is this from?
@@LindyandDevin teachers
I taught global history for first year college students. I played this song on first day of class as we talked about expectations for me and them in the class. They voiced the same as the song lyrics. Plus they wanted to be respected. I nearly always thought about these lyrics and student request for relevance before I walked into the classroom each day.
Opp
Another great rock classic by 38 Special still rocking this in 19
Saw them twice in Germany 1980-84 two drumbers and sounded damn good...LIVE....
Loved Richard Mulligan in this movie. Always wanted a teacher like that!
Live this song. And film. Richard Milligan was a very outstanding actor. He also played Gen. Custard in "Little Big Man". Rip Richard. You r missed
we have to keep these classics alive, starting to sound like musicians are going the way of magazines!
Wow. This brings back memories. I was around the age of thirteen when this movie was released. I remember seeing it in the theaters. It was filmed at Central High School in downtown Columbus, Ohio, about six miles from my house. The school in the movie hasn't been a school for quite some time but now resides as COSI.
I was in Columbus ohio last year by accident.
Steve Mandl lol lol
I was 22
I was 18 Fresh outta High School!
It was broadcast on THIS-TV last week. I saw it and was reminded of what a great movie it was. This was one of Nick Nolte's finest performances!
Forgot about this awesome song. Was playing while in the supermarket. I was singing along out load, did not care who was watching me.
I'm 44, and I spent most of my childhood watching a lot of MTV. For some reason, this video/song slipped under my radar or I just don't remember it, but I heard it recently at Gun Lake Casino and I've had it stuck in my head ever since. It's on my Spotify playlist now. I just love that 80's sound/production. Great song!
Just seen 38 Special in concert this past weekend in Anderson IN. They rocked the house.
You know what ?
I am now 50 years old.....and there really was more going than met my eye.
Myself as well @ 52, Rock Steady Roll Easy................
Mr. Yeg we had no idea, brother...
I love this song and video!!! Only .38 Special can get away with 2 lead singers and 2 drummers!!!
I was 12 when i first heard this soundtrack, and my Dad was a teacher, so whenever i hear this song ... i dont have words to express myself at the moment... just, bless you, 38 Special.
Just rediscovered this. Wow, took me back to HS and watching MTV. Thanks for posting.
Yo tenia 16 años cuando sonaba esta cancion y todavia estaba en la secundaria😢
Que año ?
Teacher, Teacher really honored that profession in 1984. Who is willing to do the same in 2024? Great rock classic indeed!
Hello , just to let you Beautiful American Friends know that us Canadian's love your Southern rock bands from the 60's , 70's , 80's you know who they are thanks again ,,,, ,,,, have a Beauty Summer and always remember the 80's ......from Ontario Canada ,,
Man... I'd totally forgotten about this Awesome video... Thank You so much for bringing it back to ..Mr Dilly!!!🙏👍🎸😎❤️
The Van Zant brothers have a lot of talent. Ronnie was in Skynyrd until the plane crash. Johnnie was in the Johnnie Van Zant band and is now in Skynyrd. Donnie was in 38 Special. Great brothers!! Great music!!
Quisiera regresar el tiempo y estar en uno de sus conciertos😢
Wow this was 37yrs ago great movies great cast great song!!!!!
Grew up partyin y ass off to this .38 Special wild eyed southern boys I'm 56 n still rock with em!! Ms.M
wow. ...Don Barnes has a beast of a voice. ...tip top. .........😆😆😆😆😆
The looks of Jesus with a heavenly voice!
I knew that back in the late 70s.
@@timhoovermusicman now you just sit around.. AND do what????
@@johnnydavis8351 ask your woman...
@@timhoovermusicman you mean your kid sister... ???.. FUCK off shit bag 🖕🖕🖕😅😅😅
God Bless .38 special! They opened for Huey Lewis and the news in 1984, New Haven Civic Center. I was there!
I have done my share , probably more , of following this band and always trying to get up front , close to them .Does anyone remember seeing them at the "Silver Bullet " ( later Charlie Goodnights) , 1982 ??? This was in downtown Raleigh,NC . I was , am and will always be a Wild Eyed Southern Girl !!!
It's 2024 and I have no clue as to why I just thought of this song. Blowing my mind. Still great listening to it to this day. 🎉
I’m here for the song and for Ralph Macchio.
‘No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher’. - Mr. Miyagi, in The Karate Kid (1984)
Cool reference 😎
Yo reconocí a Ralph Maccio y a Nick Nolte también.
They take the best years of your life how true I just told my Granddaughter who is entering high school this fall that she is heading into the best years of her life and not waste them. Teachers was a decent movie.
This brings back such good memories. Thank you for posting!
NIck Nolte was a great actor on many movies back in the 80's, remember Down N out in Beverly Hills, 48hours, Another 48 Hours
I look back at all the teachers I ever had a couple really stand out
One of my No.1 Band in my list , 38 Special ! Rock On !!
The OTHER Cobra Kai movie Ralf Machio was in, too bad so few know either this great song or really good movie. I loved both when they came out and still do. Too bad it's so hard to find quality copies of either!
Thanks for posting!
THIS! This came out in 1984 too but The Karate Kid went supernova and this other movie Ralph M was in got overlooked. I came back because a) this is a damn fine rock song from a great year and b). I’m tripping on Macchio all over again because Cobra Kai is blowing up online
I am here because they just played this on '80s on 8 on Sirius XM and I had never heard it before my life. And I'm a teacher. Haha!
Just a great underrated song
I was just amazed at how LITTLE this band sold out in the 1980s, as it was so hard for other bands that came out of the 70s to find an identity in the plastic, hair cut, synthesized world of the 1980s. Styx, REO, Journey and even Rush all sold out to the synthesizer. These guys never did!
Love the song and love the movie. Great job Nick Nolte and .38 Special!
38 Specail love them see them lots one of the greatest southern rock bands
Great song!...Like many others from 38 Special!... Great movie also, one of best roles Nick Nolte ever played!.... I heard that the school wear this movie was filmed was abandon prior to the movie and demolished soon after the movie was made.
This was Columbus, Ohio's Central High School. After the movie it hosted the Son of Heaven art exhibit from China, sat vacant for a while, then has become the Center for Science and Industry. It now has an IMAX 3D cinema and many science and technology exhibits. Neat place.
been to Columbus ohio by accident hours after the ohio st Michigan game last year.
Regan Lane Smith, my hero, my elder brother. The sole voice of decency in a deteriorating world.
He and Vallance also wrote 'Edge of a Dream' (sung by Joe Cocker) off of the movie soundtrack as well. A very underrated song.
looking forward to seeing these guys at Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls , Jan 18 ...cause what I need at the Blackjack table is a "TEACHER TEACHER"..lol
Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin on guitar/lead vocals.
Saw them in concert in Niagara Falls, Ontario a few years ago! Great show!
I love them. And that movie.....
I saw these guys in concert twice, they are awesome.
in 1983 my dad was a principle and a teacher in a small town in oklahoma. By then he already was a detention teacher and a vice principle. He taught two famous people. One played for the seattle seahawks and one became a prowrestler
Great band and a awesome song!!
Remember when most teachers weren't full of bureaucratic nonsense and made good role models?
You mean like the gym teacher having sex with a student?
Ok boo.... nevermind
now days they are afraid of getting fired if they say the wrong thing
@@fireball0762 HA HA! In my school district it takes a year to even attempt to fire a teacher. The only thing they can do is suspend them or have them teach at lousy schools.
@@andybeard6825 Ha ha that was Art Metrano who played Mauser in Police Academy 2 and 3
My favorite 38 Special song and I don't think it appears on any of their studio albums, just the movie soundtrack.
David Walton I believe it's on their "best of" album Flashback.
You are correct.
Totally kick ass song from the best and last good era in America and I saw and loved every moment of it.
wow one of my favs by this band
Love this song! Love 80´s
One day while teaching English in Korea, I found the words to this song online, and printed them to post over my desk in the classroom. Two exceptionally bright little eight year old girls noticed it one day after class. They stood there eagerly sounding out all these English words that may not have meant a thing to them, but which suddenly took on a whole new meaning for me after hearing them in those eager little voices.
One of my more humbling experiences on the other side of that desk.
Great Song & Movie "Teachers" Nick Nolte, Ralph Macchio ( Karate Kid and Kobra Kai ) , Crispin Clover ( Back to the Future ). The 80's Rock!
Saw .38 Special in concert they knew how to rock and roll. :) I didn't see the movie ya'll are talking about. My favorite line is... "the joke's on those who believe the system's fair." The older I get the more relevant this line seems.
great movie,definitely worth seeing.
4 great things one i remember this movie very well,#2 a great video and # 3most of all it came from the best era of music the awsome 80's baby #4 is when MTV played music videos back in the day
One of the greatest movies ever done
My parents took me to this movie when I was 12 years old ... during the ride home, we stopped at Baskin-Robbins, and I chose "Pumpkin Pie" ice cream (it must have been near October), and my dad bought a copy of Playboy at the cigar store next door to the ice cream place.
Sitting in the back seat of a 1976 Cadillac Coup de Ville, eating ice cream and peeking over the seat as my step-mom was thumbing through a "nudie" book ...
... THAT memory, and THIS song, is all I remember from that movie!
I remember seeing this movie in the theater and loving this song, even though I was only 7.
I literally haven't heard this since the mid-80's... wow.
Awesome movie and outstanding song!
I love this song. 38rocks
Bringing back some memories, luv the 80's
I wish the 80s were back great years that flew by .
Que bellos recuerdos de mi juventud yo tenía 14 años.😢
Thank God Christ. I love them and the movie. Perfect
Love this track! Epic! What talented musicians. The drums though…
I think of this song of life,,,as a lesson of learning.....love it........ya know it’s a jungle out there
Late 1984, at the height of a completely materialistic time, this tune defined a precise -yet specific- moment of my life
Great Film!
I was in HS at the time this move and video came out!
I finished the U.S. public school system in Southern California in 1983. It was NOT bad at all. It was good. Yea it was not perfect but almost ALL my teachers were very committed to their jobs and really did care about us!
I remember seeing the movie TEACHERS the year after I finished High School in 1983. The movie actually offended me at that time because it tried to portray High School back then as as chaotic and undisciplined which in fact IT WAS NOT. However the music was good.
Another great tune written by Bryan Adams
I love this song and the movie😊😊
Jo Beth Williams, Laura Dern, Nic Nolte, Ralph Machio
Written by Bryan Adams ... believe it or not.
In a better world, there are multiple album's worth of Bryan Adam's written 38 Special/Don Barnes collaborations
Yeah Dean, Bryan Adams, Phil Collins, Neil Diamond & a lot of others wrote songs for other performers that most people don't even have a clue of......very talented artists are those that perform & WRITE, especially hits for themselves AND hits for others......EXTREMELY TALENTED !!!!!!!!!!
Well Brandon and Bo the early 38Special tunes were written by Jim Peterik Google Jimmy some time just saying
@@truckerkevthepaidtourist Of Survivor fame.
@@srtamplification well part of Survivor Fame yes also the founder of the Ides of March who still go on to this day also your. He wrote heavy metal with Sammy Hagar. Jim's a whole lot more than Survivor thanks..had the pleasure of meeting him many times still lives in the Chicago area still at Chicago born-and-bred native never did the LA life very active around Chicago and the music scene and the social scene Jim and his wife are great great ambassadors of the city..he's also very active still through the years of helping young artists and mentoring many
Back when good music was as easy as turning your radio on. Those days are gone. Also, Mtv actually played MUSIC.
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My dad was a teacher from 72 to 94 and I remember watching this movie with him and my mom in like the early 80s on HBO
Nothing could compare to his fabulous voice!!!!!!!
Many teachers in my life were my personal role models and heros. They deserved my most urgent questions and answers during those turning point years of 1988 and 1989. Were they right in all their statements when using their 80s minds? Was I completely wrong on my 80s teenager consciousness? ... only time will tell... In the meantime, I just keep good memories of my high school teachers... by now all retired or death.
What you just said was very profound. Particualarly about the mindsets everyone had in that decade.
vxy357 yep, today's teenagers are not 80s teenagers.
+Ferruccio Guicciardi so what
Today's teenagers are "dumbed down" by technology... in effect it's making all of us dumber. At least back then we were way smarter than the millennials of today and the current youth of today as well. We didn't rely on technology as much back then as we do now with the smart phone, tablet PCs, computers, video game systems like the PS4 and Xbox One... and in the future Virtual Reality gaming systems. Humanity is doomed as a species... and history forgotten will repeat itself.
who cares
this was a great movie!!
timeless...iconic....love their sound
Heard this first time in FM radio Kolkata.
Great rock band 🎸 of its time 🕰️ 😊
Mr. Dirk Kilgore of NLMS, this song is for you, one of the good teachers. RIP, we miss you.
That takes me back to when Mtv was still relatively young...remember this vidoe well...god tune...good post!!!!!
great, very under-rated movie
I get carried away. Mania , I think . I hope you are okay . Have a good night. Sometimes I see more in people than is really there. My dad was a perfectionist when it came to work. And I worked for him a long time. You have nothing but my admiration for what you’ve built. 🧠👏❤
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My friends often wish I had an OFF button I think. lol