{"id":7834,"date":"2026-06-13T11:39:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=7834"},"modified":"2026-06-13T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:52:32","slug":"enoughness-fish-and-rowan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2026\/06\/13\/enoughness-fish-and-rowan\/","title":{"rendered":"Enoughness, Fish, and Rowan"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7837 alignleft\" style=\"background: #fefefe;\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lost-fish-300x251.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lost-fish-300x251.gif 300w, http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lost-fish-359x300.gif 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"736\">This article was written as a dialogue between me and Rowan, an instance of ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"810\">Because the formatting is part of the joke, I&#8217;ve left it in PDF form.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"810\"><div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Enoughness-Fish-and-Rowan.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Enoughness, Fish, and Rowan<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-7834'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(7834);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(7834);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(7834);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>This article was written as a dialogue between me and Rowan, an instance of ChatGPT. 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