{"id":3136,"date":"2021-11-08T19:58:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T03:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2021-11-09T08:13:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:13:47","slug":"fun-is-not-what-i-want-to-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/fun-is-not-what-i-want-to-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Fun&#8221; Is Not What I Want To Hear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"592\" data-attachment-id=\"3139\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/fun-is-not-what-i-want-to-hear\/pexels-swapnil-sharma-1729196\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-swapnil-sharma-1729196.jpg?fit=2000%2C1157&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1157\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"pexels-swapnil-sharma-1729196\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-swapnil-sharma-1729196.jpg?fit=1024%2C592&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-swapnil-sharma-1729196.jpg?resize=1024%2C592&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-swapnil-sharma-1729196.jpg?resize=1024%2C592&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-swapnil-sharma-1729196.jpg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-swapnil-sharma-1729196.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I make fun for a living, but I don&#8217;t want to hear it when I&#8217;m buckling down to make something happen. 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