{"id":20932,"date":"2026-04-08T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20932"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:32:36","slug":"pretend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20932","title":{"rendered":"Pretend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"487\" data-attachment-id=\"20933\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=20933\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2134.png?fit=2360%2C1640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2360,1640\" 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=\"IMG_2134\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2134.png?fit=700%2C487&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2134.png?resize=700%2C487&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20933\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4381920272938136;width:500px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2134.png?resize=1024%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2134.png?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2134.png?resize=150%2C104&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2134.png?resize=768%2C534&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2134.png?resize=1536%2C1067&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2134.png?resize=2048%2C1423&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2134.png?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2134.png?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWe are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kurt Vonnegut<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not sure if this is actually true, but Kurt Vonnegut said it so we should at least think about it. 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