{"id":5126,"date":"2020-06-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=5126"},"modified":"2020-06-01T06:56:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T10:56:33","slug":"today-i-hit-my-laptop-because-i-got-angry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/01\/today-i-hit-my-laptop-because-i-got-angry\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Today I hit my laptop because I got angry&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The note from &#8220;K.A.&#8221; was confessional and a bit anguished:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>&#8220;Today I hit my laptop because I got angry and I&#8217;m stupid. The screen glitched and it just rebooted. It went back to work just fine, but I&#8217;m paranoid. Did I cause damage? 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