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Notes



Estimated reading time — 4 minutes

All this shit started when I found that little note.

On a square piece of paper I found at the bottom of a box I was moving out of my basement, it read, “HELLO? PLEASE RESPOND”. I had no idea how long the paper had been there, those boxes had sat in my basement since I moved in. I ignored it until the next morning, when I opened my coffee maker to throw out the grounds, and inside was a sopping wet piece of paper that read “PLEASE RESPOND! PLEASE HELP”. I figured it must have been put inside my coffee maker by whoever was pulling this pointless prank, because it wasn’t there when I put my coffee grounds in.

I found more notes, under my mousepad, inside my computer tower while I was putting in some new RAM, between the layers of tissue of my toilet paper roll, under my DVD player’s disc tray. Places that no one would ever look, places you’d never think of putting a note, places you knew no one would ever look and it would be foolish to put a note, because who knew when they would see it?

But it kept happening, and they all said the same thing every time, begging me to respond and help them. Being the retard I am, one day I just got fed up when I found one inside a cup in my dishwasher (right after I had run it – the paper was dry) I wrote on the back of it “HELLO. I’M RESPONDING. PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR SITUATION!” and slid it under a crack in my bath-fitted tub.

No sooner had I left my bathroom did I find another piece of paper, floating on the surface tension on the surface of my glass of sprite I had in the living room.

I carefully picked it out of my drink, it read “THANK YOU.” and in larger letters, “I’M TRAPPED”.

I waved it around to dry it off a bit, and wrote on the back of it again, “where are you trapped? how are you sending me notes?” and, not creative enough to think of where to put it, I just threw it behind my couch. I waited and looked, but I didn’t see any other notes for the rest of that day.

The next day I checked my mail, inside of some spam letter was the next note, “IN THE SECOND DIMENSION. BELOW YOU”. I wasted no time in responding “whoever you are, this prank is retarded. give it a rest” and threw it outside, the wind blew it away.

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The next note I got was still in obnoxious capital letters, though it was much longer than before and the last sentence seemed to have been squeezed into the remaining space. I think it was a passage from some encyclopedia or textbook. “The first dimension is a defined point in space. The second dimension (this was underlined) is anything that exists with height and width, while the third adds on length. The fourth includes time, the and the fifth is the past: time that has already occurred and is solidified in timespace.” Everything beyond that was too squished in to read. I rolled my eyes and responded again, “How can you read this if you’re in the second dimension? How can you even exist??” I slipped this note into the space in my toaster between the element and the metal casing.

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My reply came when I brushed it out of my hair the next morning before I took a shower. “WRITING IS 2D. VISION IS 2D- TWO 2D IMAGES SUPERIMPOSED.”

That didn’t really get to the point of how I was supposed to “rescue” this person, which I defined in my next note that I flushed down my toilet.

“MAKE ME 3D” was all that was on the new slip of paper I found inside of a chocolate bar I unwrapped, later on. How the idiot was putting these inside sealed products was beyond me but at this point I decided to play along, maybe it was some kind of TV show thing.

“How?” was all I wrote for my reply. I remember exactly where I put it, because it was the last thing I wrote for a long time. I put it in a crack between my length mirror, and it’s wooden backing. As soon as I let go it slid out of sight and I didn’t see any papers again for a year and a half.

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Getting dressed one morning for work, I went into my room and adjusted my tie and shirt in my mirror, the same one, only it was now on the opposite side of my room. Looking into it, I noticed a square behind me on the wall. Turning around, there was none. In the instant before I turned around again I thought it must have fallen off, but in the mirror it was still there, still suck to the wall. I touched my mirror thinking maybe it was some sort of warping or optical illusion, but it wasn’t.

I lifted my heavy mirror up from the ground and slowly walked backwards with it, nearing myself to the opposite wall on which the paper was stuck. The closer I got, the clearer the message on it became, until I stopped, sandwiched between the heavy mirror and the wall, looking at the paper immediately over my shoulder: “MAKE YOU 2D” it said.

I moved the fuck out of that house as soon as I could. After bunking at my girlfriend’s for a while, I got the fuck rid of the mirror, the toaster, everything. My heart still skips a beat when I see any perfectly square piece of paper, sitting on the floor, all alone. I still live in fear of some day I’ll open up a book or look in the inner lining of a jacket, and a piece of paper will flop out.

I check all my things, now. Constantly. I also don’t drink coffee anymore.

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147 thoughts on “Notes”

  1. Grizzly Pistolero

    It was his 2D reflection trying to take over his 3D body.
    In order to make himself “2D” he’d have to look at himself in the mirror,
    Then his reflection was going to trade places with him.

  2. Not the most refined rhetoric, and the protagonist is a supreme bonehead for only being mildly annoyed by all this until the end. Cool idea though.

  3. This story isn’t creepy at all, but it made me smile more than once, especially for the weird places where notes where put and/or found. :-)

  4. I thought the character was quite stupid. How long could you really believe that someone was pranking you by putting notes in wrapped packages. I think the guy lived alone.

  5. I would like to contact the writer of this story? I’m in high school and I want to make this script into a movie for my Media Arts class. I just need your permission.

    1. Assuming your movie is non-commercial, and given that the story is (and presumably always was) circulated anonymously, you can probably go ahead and adapt it. Just mention the story was found on the Internet. That’s what we’re doing when we eventually make it.

      1. I’d be careful. Not all authors are okay with their work being used in various ways. In my view, it’s better to try and get the author’s permission – and if you cannot, leave it be.

  6. 2D in this case made me think of the shadow that one casts. The shadow would be two dimensional, and capable of placing the notes anywhere the character went, thus the reason the character kept finding them in places no one would ever think to place them. The shadow would know where the character is going to be looking next, and simply put the note in place. Creepy as hell when you think about it.

  7. Wow. That was actually pretty impressive. Excellent climax, totally chilling despite how mild the rest of the story had been. Hell the final message itself is not even explictly scary yet I’m sure, for everyone who enjoyed it, those words sent a shiver.

  8. This was a very interesting idea, so good i want more!
    Such a yummy pasta, esp. the dimension concept, this should be like an extended short story or something

    kudos to the author, hope to read more pastas like this!!!!

    :D

  9. My take on it is that Mr 2D is his shadow. “IN THE SECOND DIMENSION. BELOW YOU”. Well now, what’s flat (yes it gets warped over odd surfaces, but it doesn’t happen of its own accord, it’s still flat against the ground) and beneath you.

  10. The 0th dimension in a dot, the 1st dimension is a line, the 2nd dimension is a square, and the 3rd dimension is a cube. Get it? It doesn’t have too be complicated. Also, I believe it would have been scarier if tha narrator had to push his face up against the mirror in order to make out the note.

    Fear the Darkness

    -Nex

  11. God, I usually enjoy reading the comments because of some people making wacky ones but I just gave up for this one. Too much flame.

    As for the pasta, I freakin’ loved it. I think it was written just right. He’s not some scientist or some writer, he’s an average guy who one day starts finding weird square pieces of paper everywhere. His language use fits his character, is all i’m saying.

    Some annoymous person left the comment that it was the previous owner of the apartment/house who made the mistake of replying too much and became 2D so is now trying to become 3D again. That’s a pretty cool add-on, in my opinion.

    This story is going into one of my favourites :]

  12. Thanks to me reading the comments, I now have a new element added tot he story. I agree, after thinking about it, it does make sense for it to be the reflection. And if he was sandwiched between the wall and the mirror, he would become the reflection, and the reflection would become him…I don’t trust my reflection…she keeps flipping me off. >_>

    (I love the comments on these stories. ^_^)

  13. Damn.. Another reason to hate mirrors..

    Delicious pasta, my good man/madam.
    Well-written. Kudos to you.

  14. What’s there to understand about “MAKE YOU 2D”?

    It first said “MAKE ME 3D”, he said “How?” It replies, “[I will] MAKE YOU 2D”.

  15. The mirror theory can be supported by the fact that the notes are being left all over HIS apartment and no where else. It is a full length mirror and could possibly reflect everything in a specific room and in Harry Potter style the deity moves from reflective surface to reflective surface, thus able to place it in very odd places.
    Odd side note: The 2D writer seems to be limited to what he can say and could not transpose his message (which possibly went on to the sixth and seventh and whatever dimensions) over two notes which suggests he has some limits or rules set in place by some ruling force that set this game in motion.

  16. cayla is in your house

    holy crap i love pasta like this containing dementions and what not… A plus, but you could have added a better ending, perhaps

  17. Sounds like Super Paper Mario, where you save this dude who’s trapped in 3D by flipping him back.

    He should’ve done that.

  18. 0th dimension is a point that represents a location in a system. The 1st connects 2 zero-dimensional points, forming length. Width connects to the length line in the second dimension, forming width. Dimension really means “degree of freedom”, or simply, directions available in which to move.
    We experience 3rd dimensional cross-sections of our 4th dimensional selves as we move through time, from moment to moment. Beyond that, theory gets very suspect, some claiming 6 extra spatial dimension (the Calabi-Yau model of String and M theory), others say they are dimensions of time and possibility, like branches of a tree, each higher dimension revealing more of the entire picture. Look on YouTube for “Imagining the 10th Dimension”.

  19. pretty interesting story. i hate to be the douche but, a bit flawed. the whole ‘its another dimension, so he can access any object by some sort of transcendence of our coordinate system’ would only work for 4d objects. a 2d object would actually be confined to a 2d plane.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KT4M7kiSw. this story vaguely reminds me of the mathematical prose, Flatland. Carl sagan, here on youtube, gives a good discussion about it.

  20. I have to agree with an earlier comment (I’d tell which, but too much e-drama has made me too lazy to scroll back up) I think it was his shadow because one of the notes said “in the second dimension underneath you” or something to that effect.

    On the whole though, it was a little chilling and very fulfilling (fucking rhyming!)

  21. Oh God damn people.

    We are NOT 3D!

    We see in 3D, we are in fact 4D creatures.

    To be technical we are all dimensional creatures as well.

    Fuck sake.

    2D would also mean that the person trapped has only 2 sides. Front and back with a non-existent sides and top/bottom.

    Or vis versa and versa vis.

  22. @crimson: You plagiarist!

    One of the very best short stories I’ve ever read. Not all that creepy, but solid, and satisfying. Props to the author.

  23. i would like to be 2d, think about all the good games that are side scrollers. also we live in the 4th with time, and if he was 2d and wanted to be 3, we would be third also, but stuck in time
    also, WHO WAS COFFEE MAKER?

  24. I love how the piece of paper is floating on the surface tension of the sprite. Is that not the weirdest, most creative spot for the author to think of?

  25. Oh lawd!
    this was creepy but made me laugh too.
    I believe that it was the smame man but, in a different dimension. You know that theory where theres another you in every dimension. But he had to switch places with him because its impossible for thier to be more than one in a single dimension. *blinks* I think thats right.

    ~Peace n’ Love
    Bagel-chan

    P.S.
    @ DJLoona and ALL the people fighting
    Sorry for sticking my nose in your business but, you probably shouldn’t fight with random people on the internet. Sorry its a peeve of mine. ^^; Its just that there’s a very small chance that you’ll ever actually meet them.
    And bad spelling on the internet is usual, because it was made for the internet and texting. It bothers me too though but, i dont say anything about it. Its thier choice. =])
    BTW @ME (#52)
    D: What was that about? No offense but… Grr…
    @ NYX (#95)
    I WUB CHOO!
    Awesome comment ^^

  26. sNaZzY cHeDdAfAcE

    ITS OBVIOUS
    mr weird 2d man wanted good guy to make him 3d. When he didn’t 2D man got crabby and attempted to squeeze good guy between the mirror and the wall until he became 2d, when evil 2d man would become 3d and take his place

    dur….

  27. “MAKE YOU 2D” obviously means that whoever was writing the notes wanted to make the guy the lead singer of a popular British experimental band.

    Too bad, guy. You missed out.

  28. Wow… I agree with Leita… That does make it WAY creepier.

    And I think that the 2D person meant that the 3D person needed to take his place…

  29. The person 2D must have been the dudes reflection, because every time he got a note, it was near or in something reflective.

  30. Your Fondest Nightmare

    Great story. Well written. Well thought out. I think it’s funny that some people don’t get the “Make you 2D” scphele.

    But whatever. This is way up there on my list of favorite creepypastas. -smacks lips-

  31. DJ Loona,

    I have one request to make. I understand that you feel attacked, but by constantly responding and complaining about how people hate you for your “opinions” in almost every post you make lately, you’re not doing anything but prolonging/inciting more of this stupid comment drama. I’m kind of sick and tired of reading it all (I have to read it all because of how the comment moderation is set up), and you’re pretty much the only one with the power to put a stop to it (barring my suddenly censoring posts, which I don’t want to do).

    Would you mind dropping this, out of respect for me & the other readers who AREN’T interested in this e-drama and just want to read discussions of the pastas, not your spelling habits?

  32. @ TLB
    i’m an excellent speller.
    i just have a bad habit when i’m online
    i get lazy and i over use the ellipses. soz
    and i’m a target? for my bad habits with spelling on the internet? how silly [not at you, the people ‘targeting’ me]

    @ shortys
    thank you =]

  33. @Phone & shortys:
    Never let anyone in your house see anything you do. EVER. Otherwise you’ll hear a tapping on your window, which will gradually get louder…no, shit, that’s if you buy a hotdog from this one place… At any rate, multiple tabs and regular history clears are your friends, shortys.

    @DJ:
    Unfortunately, you’re making yourself a target by posting without proper speelign nda “gramor…!? Use punctuation and firefox’s spellcheck, and people will take you more seriously.

    @Others:
    loldrama

    @Thread:
    Pretty cool, but no brix.

    @@:
    Who does that inanimate character think it is, anyway? It’s just some damn ‘a’ with a circle around it, but it totally sold out. Emails start using it, and suddenly it’s all high and mighty! What happened to you, @? You used to be COOL.

  34. Tell your sister to grow up. Who tells on people for cussing in the COMMENTS of a website that they read? It’s not like you’re the one doing it. Your sister may need to get a life and realize that most people hate the kind of person who constantly gossips about/tells on other people =)

    But sorry kiddo, I promised to let all comments through, so that includes ones with cussing. I empathize, though – my mom was super strict and heavily monitored my TV/internet habits all the way until I moved out for college :/

  35. shortys roc my sox

    @ Uncle Anon

    sorry bout being Hippocratic but at least i’m not being rude to the other people comenting and if i am i’m not tryin to be and sorry for being rude right now i just don’t want this site to be a bad site because some of the stories r good but if my sister reads the coments some people post she’ll tell my dad and i won’t be able to read these stories any more and i enjoy reading them

  36. freedom of speech…
    from now on everyone that attacks me is going to be ignored.
    i have no idea why i’m being attacked for my opinion any way…and i’m basically the only one.
    i don’t know any of you people, so stop trying to make me feel bad for no reason by swearing at me and calling me annoying.
    and the purpose is to comment on the pasta not on other people.
    =[

  37. @ kite…true very true.

    @ dru…it’s not like i write like a retard and spell like i’m in the 2nd grade. disrespect?! wtf? get over yourself…and i can be on any site i want and hate anything i want as well. if i hate 10 out of 10 pastas that’s my prerogative.

  38. DJLoONa, you are annoying. Not having any concern for the people reading your messages, not having the respect to take half a second and hit a bloody shift key and spell correctly shows you have no respect for anyone. So why should anyone be any less disrespectful back at you?

    And really…. why are you here? 9 out of 10 times you don’t like the pastas. Why read something you’re most likely just going to complain about?

  39. Also, obligatory creepypasta-opinion: I liked it. It wasn’t really, pant-wettingly creepy, but it did have a sort of nightmarish quality in its simplistic language and its seemingly mundane setting.

  40. Loona- I’m afraid that’s what happens on the internet. One person makes a rude (if justified- people WILL make more of an effort to take you seriously if you spell and punctuate correctly) comment, and others rush in hoping to start a flame war because they want to feel special.

    Don’t make a target of yourself by responding.

  41. @ uncle anon
    i don’t care if you find me annoying.
    i can spell however i want online, it’s not some kind of spelling bee or a test of some sort.

    realise i was never rude to you?!
    you’re really bloody rude!!!
    and i don’t have to love what you love…that’s why it’s called an opinion!!! get a life and stop attacking me you jerk!

    thank you shortys roc my sox

  42. )’: m’supa sowwie, internet stwanger. Its just that bad spelling and complete, utter arrogance gets on my nerves. And Shorty roc my sox, practice what you preach.

  43. shortys roc my sox

    @ DJLo0Na it doesn’t matter how you spell on a computer i don’t c y ppl care bout spelling errors at a spelling b i spelt CAT K.A.T.T
    (but yes i knew i spelt that wrong i was trying 2 b stupid :)

  44. Ok, maybe he/she meant was, draw yourself on a piece of paper.
    and shiz.

    I got the fuck rid of the mirror?
    LMAO

    good story.

  45. @ sylvirr…oh, i’ll try and be articulate and type properly then [even though i don’t see why i have to]
    lack of direction you say?
    how so?
    i don’t get why i’m being attacked by people -_-

  46. Wait, I Am Phone is a chick? I thought it was a guy…oh well.

    Interesting read.

    ” I put it in a crack between my length mirror, and it’s wooden backing. As soon as I let go it slid out of sight and I didn’t see any papers again for a year and a half.”

    I think that’s the key to let us know, this thing is IN the mirror. Which is why that the thing uses the reflection to respond. Had the dude replied back, he probably would’ve ended up 2D. idk. It would’ve been interesting to find out HOW he would’ve been made 2D.

  47. a great read. i thought it was more cute than creepy how you left notes in all these random spots & got them back in even randomer spots. the mirror part was probably what freaked me out a bit though

  48. a great read. i thought it was more cute than creepy how you left notes in all these random spots & got them back in even randomer spots. the mirror part was probably what freaked me out a bit though

  49. I think the MAKE YOU 2D thing was refering to having the guy switch places with the trapped 2D person, possibly through being pulled through that mirror or something to that effect.

  50. ME – Fuck off, asshat. She’s providing a free service by posting a new one every day. She owes you jack shit. However, you owe her a little respect for doing all these nice things, in her free time, free of charge to you. Quit making yourself look more like an ass.

  51. Actually loona, I believe he’s referring to the lack of proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, the over-use of netspeak and the excessive amount of complete and total lack of direction.
    Sorry Phone. I hope everything gets better, I’m sorry for your loss and I know how random deaths feel. Obama and mccain–fucking quit it. You don’t know wether or not people will find it offensive. AS FOR THE ACTUAL PASTA, Which is what this place REALLY should be about, I enjoy a bit of paradox. It make you think, and even has some scintific-based stuff in it, which could serve to make it more believable. Fun.

  52. Hmm….this story kind of reminds me of a lyric in a Nine Inch Nails song:

    i’m writing on a little piece of paper
    i’m hoping someday you might find
    i’ll hide it behind something
    they don’t look behind
    i am still inside here
    a little bit comes bleeding through
    i wish this could have been any
    otherway
    i just don’t know what else i can do

  53. ha that bitch wont even let my comments thru anymore but she obviously has time to let u peoples thru and thanks sam p.s. my dad died 12 years ago on september 10th so dont be such an ass

  54. NO RLY????

    Quality Pasta, scared the crap outta me bcuz my comp is right beside a mirror and i was constantly checking it bcuz it has a tendency to show a slightly askew image. Is that bad?
    Is that possible?

  55. @ WHO WAS PHONE? :
    I dont think ME really knew about your relatives death (which I am very sorry about by the way)

    Also, maybe you should get someone to help you out, but make it an IRL friend.

    Or Mr. Welldone ;)

  56. Alright, i think the 2-D person was his shadow or his reflection. When he looked into the mirror, the 2-D person might have swapped places with him or something of the like. It’s rather difficult but a good pasta regardless!

  57. Anonymous of Belarus

    I really shouldn’t…
    But eh,fuck it.

    THEN WHO WAS NOTE?

    Seriously though,jesus fuck.

    This one is seriously creepy. The details could use a little polish,but the way it ratchets up the suspense towards the end and afterwards is great. I mean,I’d shit brix if I saw that note.

  58. Remember me, Im still coming for you, but i would like to tell you how great this story is, its a great story to tell around the camp fire, same with all your other stories. Excellant Job!

  59. no need to be rude there missy i too have had a recent death of a close friend who killed herself and my dad when i was little and my friends mom so dont try to make everyone feel bad for you because SHIT HAPPENS

  60. My greatest apologies, ME. I’ll be sure to tell my relatives not to die suddenly for your sake.

    I won’t really have the time to be at the computer for the next few days because of the aforementioned death. And Loona, there’s no way in hell I’d trust my website to some random internet stranger who can’t even spell, sorry.

  61. I think the 2D guy was a reflection and that’s why all the notes were in places that reflections are cast! Which would mean that I agree with the person formerly known as ‘Noneya’ which would mean i have no original thoughts >->’

  62. @”ME”

    No, I’m just not logged on 24/7 to approve every single comment. I’m not sure if it’s a WordPress quirk or what, but people’s comments seem to appear for a few minutes and then go into the moderation queue to wait for me to actually approve them (I have to manually approve all comments otherwise we’d be overrun with spam). I suspect that comments appear for a few moments so the author knows that they did go through, but that’s just a guess on my part.

    But yeah, I don’t censor comments, I’m just NOT ALWAYS AT MY COMPUTER. I’m a real person with a real life, not some virtual intelligence =P

  63. that is totally creepy before i posted some1 had posted there name was fund or something and right as i posted their post vanished

  64. wait whats with the whole coffee thing is that where he found the first note or something? oh well i guess it was good not that scary though

  65. hmm, a bit confusing. here’s my take – the previous apartment dweller also discovered this “MAKE YOU 2D”, did it, realized he made a huge mistake, and is now trying to get mr 3d to take his place…

  66. btw…i just had a cup of coffee…and i’m gonna hav another 1…there better not b n e strange notes wen i get back ><

  67. aaaaaw sowee the person formerly known as ‘Noneya’

    i agree with u too comment leaver…

    4 1 2 b 3D the other wud have to be 2D…perhaps it was him all along in a parallel universe of some sort…mmm

  68. The Violet Nurse

    Y’know what? I really liked this one. It was interesting, and was a good example of how gore isn’t totally necessary to make a good pasta.

    Comment Leaver: That was my understanding as well.

  69. I think the MAKE YOU 2D thing was impling that he’d have tot ake the place of the person he was going to rescue.

  70. I think the point of “MAKE YOU 2D” was that the 2D being took a year and a half to figure out that to become 3D the man had to become 2D. That’s my theory anyway.

  71. I wasn’t too fond of this pasta to be quite honest

    It’s just, at the end there were too many questions unanswered

    I would love to know how he was supposed to make himself 2D though

    1. That’s the scary part to me, the mystery of not knowing what that process is like. Is it painful? Doesn’t matter, because in the end he’s trapped all by himself in a void of two-dimensional space for the rest of his life

  72. The person formerly known as 'Noneya'

    Also, this reminds me of that one creepy pasta located in the ‘Uncategorized’ section. The one with you reflection trying to save you, only opposite.

  73. The person formerly known as 'Noneya'

    Alrighty. This is now my favorite.

    @;DJ LoOna, AWW YA BEAT ME!

    @ the people who dont get ‘make you 2D. The whole thing was someone(I suspect the mirror reflection, presonally) wanting to come into our dimension and be all three dee like we are. You know, with the depth and all. The only way it could happen though would be for the narrorator to swich places, meaning be squished, interstellarly transported into a new dimension, and most probably die or live in misery trapped forever in a universe that resembles a flat geometric plane.

  74. I believe “Make you 2D” is meant for him to squish himself between the wall and the mirror for not helping making the other guy 3D, I guess Mr.2D got pissed.

  75. Personally, I thought “MAKE YOU 2D” was referring to perhaps squishing the narrator with the mirror, since he noted how heavy it was…

    I liked this pasta. It’s interesting, but to me, not scary… which earns it points in my case.

  76. Clever! I like this one a lot. It could have been better-written, but otherwise it’s really good.

    Also, the fifth dimension is possibility, not past time. Past time is included in the fourth. The fifth exists in infinite potential.

  77. corrosive nutsack

    I don’t understand the line “MAKE YOU 2D”

    But I thought that this was a very good pasta. Delicious

    1. Well, it was instructing him to become 2D so the thing could be 3D. How this would help make it 3D, I don’t know, but that’s basically what it means.

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