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A 2003 panel from Partially Clips\u2014A Webcomic for Grownups. Click to embiggen if necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-1235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-polytheism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-jV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":984,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=984","url_meta":{"origin":1235,"position":0},"title":"Seizing Symbols of Love","author":"Chas S. 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