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-**Warning:** Recreational use of the Python standard library for HTTP may result in dangerous side-effects,
-including: security vulnerabilities, verbose code, reinventing the wheel,
-constantly reading documentation, depression, headaches, or even death.
-
 Behold, the power of Requests:
 
 .. code-block:: python