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 - [ ] General, Typos, Misc. & Meta (everything else, typos, general stuff and meta files in the repository - e.g. the issue template)
 
 ## Guidelines
-- [ ] I pinky swear that I have read the guidelines in the [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/30-seconds/30-seconds-of-code/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) document, meaning that I know what I am doing and not wasting the maintainers' time. 
+- [ ] I have read the guidelines in the [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/30-seconds/30-seconds-of-code/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) document.