{"id":1224,"date":"2008-07-23T17:19:08","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2008-07-23T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2008-07-23T21:19:08","slug":"the-story-of-the-black-crayons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/07\/23\/the-story-of-the-black-crayons\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of the Black Crayons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another shining example of people over-reacting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Basically, it is noticed that a child is always drawing with black crayons. Rather than ask “why” the child is always drawing in black, it’s immediately assumed that there must be some terrible psychological problem that needs to be addressed by calling in the parent and maybe prescribing some drugs.<\/p>\n

Of course, the real reason the child was drawing with black crayons… well, I won’t spoil the story for you. Go read it yourself and find out<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another shining example of people over-reacting. Basically, it is noticed that a child is always drawing with black crayons. Rather than ask “why” the child is always drawing in black, it’s immediately assumed that there must be some terrible psychological problem that needs to be addressed by calling in the parent and maybe prescribing some… Continue reading The Story of the Black Crayons<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-1224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society","tag-over-reacting","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-jK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":899,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2007\/06\/18\/over-reacting\/","url_meta":{"origin":1224,"position":0},"title":"Over-reacting","author":"Keith Survell","date":"June 18, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Terrorism is a real threat, and one that needs to be addressed by appropriate means. 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