{"id":225,"date":"2017-09-18T08:34:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T08:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=225"},"modified":"2017-09-18T12:50:58","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T12:50:58","slug":"the-stickiness-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=225","title":{"rendered":"The Stickiness Cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/stickiness.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"226\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?attachment_id=226\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/stickiness.jpg?fit=1775%2C2250&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1775,2250\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"stickiness\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#8217;s really only been one bit of stickiness in all of history; it simply keeps getting passed around. Just like how there&amp;#8217;s really only one fruitcake.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/stickiness.jpg?fit=660%2C836&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-226\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/stickiness-808x1024.jpg?resize=660%2C836\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/stickiness.jpg?resize=808%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 808w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/stickiness.jpg?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/stickiness.jpg?resize=768%2C974&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/stickiness.jpg?w=1775&amp;ssl=1 1775w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/stickiness.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There&#8217;s really only been one bit of stickiness in all of history; it simply keeps getting passed around. Just like how there&#8217;s really only one fruitcake in the whole world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!-- OpenDoorComics --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9581540985996689\" data-ad-slot=\"4540459023\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-alleged-humor","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jh90-3D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1166,"url":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=1166","url_meta":{"origin":225,"position":0},"title":"The Commode-In-Chief","author":"Jon Maki","date":"February 3, 2026","format":"image","excerpt":"Make America Gag Again For over a decade, I've been unable to create a caricature of Trump that I'm happy with. 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