{"id":3864,"date":"2015-06-01T09:42:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T14:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/?p=3864"},"modified":"2015-06-01T09:42:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T14:42:06","slug":"and-now-something-for-the-giant-robots-debating-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/01\/and-now-something-for-the-giant-robots-debating-society\/","title":{"rendered":"And now, something for the Giant Robots’ Debating Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Dissenting\n

In arguments, as in most things in life, there’s a decided advantage to being a Giant Robot.<\/p>

I don’t claim that this is fair.<\/p>

Some of us, despite our rigorous attention to logic and rhetoric; despite our faithful attendance at the debate club; completely without reference to our careful preparation and well-reasoned arguments, were simply not born with gigantic cannons mounted in our chests. Through no fault (or merit) of our own, our fists are not<\/em> five hundred pound mallets made for mayhem.<\/p>

It’s not a level playing field, in other words.<\/p>

All I can say is: buck up, keep a stiff upper lip, and be prepared to run through the streets while you shriek like the teakettle of doom.<\/p>\n\n

I nearly didn’t complete this one because it could <\/em>be too true to be funny. <\/p>\n

But I did complete it, possibly to make sure that even argumentative Giant Robots can have their day, their t-shirt, and their poster. And since Giant Robots come in every size, shape, and disposition, there are shirts for men<\/a>, women<\/a>, and kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please remember, though, that even if you have<\/em> fists like five hundred pound mallets made for mayhem… you don’t have to use<\/em> them.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In arguments, as in most things in life, there’s a decided advantage to being a Giant Robot.<\/p>\n

I don’t claim that this is fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-works-in-progress"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}