{"id":1390,"date":"2020-08-05T14:48:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T21:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2020-08-15T08:29:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T15:29:37","slug":"the-dirty-secret-of-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-dirty-secret-of-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dirty Secret of Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" data-attachment-id=\"1393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-dirty-secret-of-entertainment\/pexels-polina-zimmerman-3747139\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pexels-polina-zimmerman-3747139.jpg?fit=2000%2C1337&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1337\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-polina-zimmerman-3747139\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pexels-polina-zimmerman-3747139.jpg?fit=1024%2C685&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pexels-polina-zimmerman-3747139.jpg?resize=1024%2C685&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pexels-polina-zimmerman-3747139.jpg?resize=1024%2C685&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pexels-polina-zimmerman-3747139.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pexels-polina-zimmerman-3747139.jpg?resize=1536%2C1027&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pexels-polina-zimmerman-3747139.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-facebook\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scotnery\/videos\/317941225925283\/\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Ruggiero joins me to talk about the thing we often don&#8217;t want to talk about. Creators are often most comfortable tearing everything apart and starting over instead of being consistent. Repeating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Being redundant may be the thing your audience is awaiting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Ruggiero joins me to talk about the thing we often don&#8217;t want to talk about. Creators are often most comfortable tearing everything apart and starting over instead of being consistent. Repeating. 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