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If the internet is so goddamned smart, then why hasn’t someone mashed up this<\/p>\n

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with this?<\/p>\n

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If the internet is so goddamned smart, then why hasn’t someone mashed up this with this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-vz","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":154,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/mom-and-pop-they-will-f-you-up","url_meta":{"origin":1957,"position":0},"title":"“Mom and Pop, They Will F— You Up”","author":"Gil","date":"February 3, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"So I was at Home Despot this evening, looking for a timer for my hall lamp and a spud bar. 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