{"id":2031,"date":"2025-02-17T13:25:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T04:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T04:26:22","slug":"get-away-from-that-payphone-you-bitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/get-away-from-that-payphone-you-bitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Get away from that payphone, you bitch!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e011bd0acda&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Alien-talk-to-the-manager.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Alien-talk-to-the-manager.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Alien-talk-to-the-manager-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An old meme I made several years ago. The SD Alien Queen is from a toy set Mayu got for me for Christmas one year at Suncoast Motion Picture Company (back when shopping malls were interesting in America). The NTT payphone is from a gachapon set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An old meme I made several years ago. The SD Alien Queen is from a toy set Mayu got for me for Christmas one year at Suncoast Motion Picture Company (back when shopping malls were interesting in America). The NTT payphone is from a gachapon set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,3],"tags":[199,251,250],"class_list":["post-2031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-science-fiction","tag-alien","tag-gachapon","tag-meme"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1448,"url":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/famicom-gachapon-at-mandai\/","url_meta":{"origin":2031,"position":0},"title":"Famicom gachapon at Mandai","date":"2024-04-28","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mandai Shoten store in Maebashi has a Famicom gachapon machine. 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