{"id":175,"date":"2020-04-23T23:18:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T23:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopperguy.com\/ThingsYouMustKnow\/?p=175"},"modified":"2020-06-07T18:00:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T18:00:13","slug":"yes-virginia-there-are-assholes-and-this-is-who-they-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopperguy.com\/ThingsYouMustKnow\/yes-virginia-there-are-assholes-and-this-is-who-they-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, Virginia, there are assholes&#8211;and this is who they are"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"175\" class=\"elementor elementor-175\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6de42725 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6de42725\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76653345\" data-id=\"76653345\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1399c90e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1399c90e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>In his book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/13517138-assholes\">Assholes: A Theory<\/a><\/em>, Aaron James defines assholes for us, so that we know who are assholes and we (non-assholes) can try to address their behaviors and effects. 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