{"id":2893,"date":"2016-05-17T14:46:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T19:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=2893"},"modified":"2016-05-17T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T21:08:35","slug":"no-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=2893","title":{"rendered":"Not ok."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DarkSouls-02_zpsc90ba4d8.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2894\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?attachment_id=2894\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DarkSouls-02_zpsc90ba4d8.jpg?fit=640%2C198\" data-orig-size=\"640,198\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DarkSouls-02_zpsc90ba4d8\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DarkSouls-02_zpsc90ba4d8.jpg?fit=300%2C93\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DarkSouls-02_zpsc90ba4d8.jpg?fit=640%2C198\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2894 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DarkSouls-02_zpsc90ba4d8.jpg?resize=300%2C93\" alt=\"DarkSouls-02_zpsc90ba4d8\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DarkSouls-02_zpsc90ba4d8.jpg?resize=300%2C93 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DarkSouls-02_zpsc90ba4d8.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-KF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1104,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=1104","url_meta":{"origin":2893,"position":0},"title":"I get it. 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