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HTML

<ul>
	<li>hello, world!!</li>
	<li>fuck the world</li>
	<li>fuck everything</li>
	<li>69</li>
	<li>187</li>
  <li>666</li>
</ul>

CSS

li {
  padding-left: 30px;
}
li:first-child,
li:last-child {
  padding-left: unset;
}



li:not(:first-child, :last-child) {
  color: red;
}



li:not(:first-child):not(:last-child) {
  font-size: 2em;
}