Having issues with the Serial Monitor needing to be opened for my entire code to work

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i deleted the

while (!Serial) {
    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB port only

but it gives the error message;

new_simple:49:3: error: 'strip' does not name a type
strip.begin();
^~~~~
new_simple:50:3: error: 'strip2' does not name a type
strip2.begin();
^~~~~~
new_simple:51:3: error: 'strip' does not name a type
strip.show();
^~~~~
new_simple:52:3: error: 'strip2' does not name a type
strip2.show();
^~~~~~
new_simple:54:10: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token
pinMode(LED_PIN, OUTPUT);
^
new_simple:55:10: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token
pinMode(LED_PIN2, OUTPUT);
^
new_simple:56:10: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token
pinMode(bPin, INPUT);
^
new_simple:57:10: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token
pinMode(sPin, OUTPUT);
^
new_simple:58:1: error: expected declaration before '}' token
}
^
exit status 1
'strip' does not name a type