{"id":559,"date":"2021-01-15T07:12:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T07:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/?p=559"},"modified":"2021-01-15T07:12:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T07:12:40","slug":"you-played-yourself-pt-4-too-good-to-be-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"You Played Yourself pt.4: Too Good To Be True"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parked in front of the desk tinkering around on the Internet,<br>That work-related spreadsheet minimized, mindless surfing\u2019s therapy for the mind,<br>Five minutes later playtime was over, but a little something caught you at the last minute, <br>There it was, flashing across the screen, bright colors surrounding huge block letters,<br>A feast for the eyes and primal urges they were offering, and it was free to boot,<br>For the first month, anyway, \u2018twas too good to be true,<br>Jumped on it like a hungry lion, all manner of reason and common sense thrown away,<br>Locked the door \u2018lest the missus found out, now it\u2019s time for serious play,<br>\u2018Credit card details, please,\u2019 that free offer won\u2019t be forever,<br>\u2018No problem,\u2019 says you, \u2018I\u2019ll be out before they ask for my dollars.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bodies grinding and sweating for your viewing pleasure, time seemed to stand still,<br>Eyes fixed on the screen, seemed an eternity since you last blinked,<br>Feeling like a teen again watching filth on the sly,<br>Worth the transaction, though, a break from day to day life,<br>One month went by in a blur, sixty minutes of ecstacy per day,<br>A quick dopamine fix guaranteed to keep the doctor away,<br>In and out your den of iniquity, the missus and the kids none the wiser,<br>But you\u2019re setting yourself up for a haymaker right on the kisser,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D-Day finally arrived, gotta part ways with that free membership,<br>It\u2019s been a wild ride, but time to move on, it\u2019ll surely be missed,<br>Logged into the website, reluctance setting in, unaware that things are about to go to shit.<br>Looks like you ain\u2019t getting off easy, should have read the fine print,<br>You gave \u2018em your credit card details, too, now you\u2019re in for it,<br>One month is up, now you gotta start paying, been living in sin now time to take penance,<br>That\u2019s money out the bank, you thought it would be one month of free wanks,<br>Now you\u2019re on the phone crying, demanding to get that money back,<br>Costs money to make calls overseas, though, and they\u2019ve left you hanging,<br>Left out in the cold with no shelter while that money keeps draining,<br>Only a matter of time before strange shit shows up in those credit card statements,<br>No amount of explaining and grovelling will minimize the damage,<br>Cancellation\u2019s impossible, gotta \u2018fess up to your missus,<br>Call your in-laws for assistance, their background in I.T\u2019s good for this,<br>So much for that secret mission, thought you\u2019d get out unscathed,<br>But there\u2019s always a catch, Friend, look in the mirror if you want someone to blame,<br>Now your missus is pissed at you, you should have known better,<br>Your kids are laughing at you, their respect for you temporarily shattered,<br>Thought with your dick rather than that brain, immaturity reigns even at the cusp of middle age,<br>Always keep that guard up, you had to learn the hard way,<br>You played yourself. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parked in front of the desk tinkering around on the Internet,That work-related spreadsheet minimized, mindless surfing\u2019s therapy for the mind,Five minutes later playtime was over, but a little something caught you at the last minute, There it was, flashing across the screen, bright colors surrounding huge block letters,A feast for the eyes and primal urges &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/?p=559\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You Played Yourself pt.4: Too Good To Be True&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}