{"id":6685,"date":"2023-10-31T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T22:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/732711139030564864-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:54:15","slug":"732711139030564864-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/732711139030564864-2\/","title":{"rendered":"732711139030564864"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1128\" data-orig-width=\"1588\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr\/media\/026e3e0fd1bf899e8c5a4e4e4af1efed2890acd9.png\" data-orig-height=\"1128\" data-orig-width=\"1588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/4f41b395b218fb41582ea8be280a115e\/65ad511b84f5adcc-73\/s75x75_c1\/340c9ff713172a284f04e61ff20108b4e6b0df02.png 75w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/4f41b395b218fb41582ea8be280a115e\/65ad511b84f5adcc-73\/s100x200\/23a8c5c48d453cc6324267f072e3cb3f7bbe3ac8.png 100w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/4f41b395b218fb41582ea8be280a115e\/65ad511b84f5adcc-73\/s250x400\/a6566079e1f02e5dd0a785feb575e573123fbf64.png 250w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/4f41b395b218fb41582ea8be280a115e\/65ad511b84f5adcc-73\/s400x600\/c00f05dd5a13a9c776a0085f4a0b14566cb688f0.png 400w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/4f41b395b218fb41582ea8be280a115e\/65ad511b84f5adcc-73\/s500x750\/ce785d3836b3ea178fd83994a925d3fcaa600fd7.png 500w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/4f41b395b218fb41582ea8be280a115e\/65ad511b84f5adcc-73\/s540x810\/315937137e2b77812eb65d62a919bdc5c81a6fbb.png 540w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/4f41b395b218fb41582ea8be280a115e\/65ad511b84f5adcc-73\/s640x960\/026e3e0fd1bf899e8c5a4e4e4af1efed2890acd9.png 640w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/4f41b395b218fb41582ea8be280a115e\/65ad511b84f5adcc-73\/s1280x1920\/c5bf25b11625ca19b7258fbf4b0627339dde40c4.png 1280w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/4f41b395b218fb41582ea8be280a115e\/65ad511b84f5adcc-73\/s2048x3072\/840808fd96541dfe82c0c9f910a3f12896850af3.png 1588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI made something that I wanted to make and then people wanted it. 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