{"id":456,"date":"2005-01-14T07:21:48","date_gmt":"2005-01-14T12:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=456"},"modified":"2005-12-05T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2005-12-05T19:32:05","slug":"you-say-inbreeding-can-lead-to-retardation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/you-say-inbreeding-can-lead-to-retardation","title":{"rendered":"You say inbreeding can lead to retardation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people complain that America exports too much of its culture (TV and movies) to foreign countries. 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After all, if Harry had just watched enough South Park, he would&#8217;ve understood &#8220;Dressing like Hitler isn&#8217;t cool.&#8221; And it&#8217;s certainly not badass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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-456","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-7m","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9647,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-168-harry-katz","url_meta":{"origin":456,"position":0},"title":"Episode 168 &#8211; Harry Katz","author":"Gil","date":"May 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show #168: Harry Katz \"What connected Levine and Herblock was the fire in the belly, the outrage against people try to impose their power over the powerless, who try to disenfranchise people, who try to manipulate the laws for personal gain or prestige.\" Harry L. 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