{"id":2234,"date":"2012-05-09T14:52:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T14:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2012-05-09T11:44:55","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T15:44:55","slug":"this-commercial-is-so-great-it-makes-me-wish-we-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/this-commercial-is-so-great-it-makes-me-wish-we-a\/","title":{"rendered":"This Commercial is So Great, It Makes Me Wish We A Sonic Anywhere Near Where I Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seriously, why torture us with awesome commercials for awesome food and drinks, if there&#8217;s not a Sonic closer than 500 miles away??<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att\">\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/kotaku\/full\/~3\/xOcxeEQJRQA\/do-classic-sega-arcade-games-make-you-want-to-buy-burgers\" target=\"_blank\">Do Classic Sega Arcade Games Make you Want to Buy Burgers?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-img\" style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/kotaku\/full\/~3\/xOcxeEQJRQA\/do-classic-sega-arcade-games-make-you-want-to-buy-burgers\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&amp;gadget=a&amp;resize_h=100&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.gawkerassets.com%2Fimg%2F17m1nvdgrs9lqjpg%2Foriginal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-txt\">I&#8217;m not American, and I don&#8217;t live in America, so my familiarity with Sonic (apparently a drive-in burger chain) is limited. 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