{"id":895,"date":"2015-09-14T12:02:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T16:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=895"},"modified":"2015-09-14T11:34:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T15:34:48","slug":"how-we-cleared-ourselves-of-dianetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/how-we-cleared-ourselves-of-dianetics\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Cleared Ourselves of Dianetics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve listened to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-30-dianetics\">our Dianetics episode<\/a>, you&#8217;ll know we found it a very painful read. Also, we resented having to purchase copies of the book, since it was either unavailable from our local libraries or we were too embarrassed to check it out from our place of work.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what happened next.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/sigridellis\">Sigrid<\/a> fed her copy to gerbils.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114511447.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-896 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114511447-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gerbils\" width=\"500\" height=\"889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114511447-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114511447-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114505402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-897 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114505402-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gerbils\" width=\"500\" height=\"889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114505402-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114505402-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114518879.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-898 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114518879-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gerbils\" width=\"500\" height=\"889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114518879-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150907_114518879-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Renata took her copy camping, where it made useful tinder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-902 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn0-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Goodbye\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn0-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn0-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn0-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn0.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-903 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Goodbye\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/burn.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2-qwVCGEFMw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kait channeled her feelings into some moving blackout poetry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-904 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Blackout Poetry\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-905 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Blackout Poetry\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-906 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Blackout Poetry\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnamed-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Note: We at Worst Bestsellers do not generally advocate for the destruction of books, particularly not library books! But if they are books you purchased yourself that were really upsetting&#8230; well, do what you want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve listened to our Dianetics episode, you&#8217;ll know we found it a very painful read. Also, we resented having to purchase copies of the book, since it was either unavailable from our local libraries or we were too embarrassed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/how-we-cleared-ourselves-of-dianetics\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[236],"tags":[414,415],"class_list":["post-895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extras","tag-dianetics","tag-l-ron-hubbard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":910,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions\/910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}