{"id":416,"date":"2011-03-17T11:58:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T18:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?page_id=416"},"modified":"2016-02-25T08:58:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T16:58:26","slug":"comments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">D<\/span>ue to the large amount of commercial advertising masquerading as comments that this site receives (i.e. spam), all comments will be screened.<\/p>\n<p>It may take a day or two for your comment to be approved. <strong>Do not panic<\/strong>.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spam-300x300.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/comments\/spam-300x300\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spam-300x300.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"spam-300&amp;#215;300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spam-300x300.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spam-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" title=\"spam-300x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spam-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spam-300x300.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, all posts are automatically closed for comments after 60 days. 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