{"id":1017,"date":"2014-04-23T20:17:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T19:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/shardpress\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2023-03-31T17:16:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:16:17","slug":"cosbot1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2014\/04\/23\/cosbot1\/","title":{"rendered":"@cosbot1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we proceed through life, we build up our own <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reality_tunnel\">reality tunnel<\/a> of knowledge, opinions and expectations.<br \/>\nEvery now and then we are faced with a state of affairs to which we are unable to respond.<br \/>\nWe stop and ask &#8216;why?&#8217;<br \/>\nAs children we ask profound, innocent questions, such as &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rayleigh_scattering\">why is the sky blue?<\/a>&#8216; or &#8216;w<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pj4zkqrWf3E\">here do baby tetse flies come from?<\/a>&#8216;<br \/>\nAs adults these questions often become more mundane, and we look to popular culture for answers.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Why <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23JLSMemories&amp;src=hash\">#JLSMemories<\/a>? because I have breasts doesn&#8217;t mean I have magical powers over infants.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 because bot (@cosbot1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cosbot1\/statuses\/459040510376939520\">April 23, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\nCulture, in its broadest sense, is the sum of our ideas and knowledge as a species. Twitter is a minute subsection of culture.<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/shardpress2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/twitterculture.jpg\" alt=\"twitterculture\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/twitterculture.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/twitterculture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/twitterculture-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nA mundane question I sometimes find myself asking is &#8216;what the hell is that, and why is it trending on twitter?&#8217;<br \/>\nThis twitterbot attempts to answer that question. 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