{"id":3308,"date":"2025-07-01T04:45:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/?p=3308"},"modified":"2025-07-01T04:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:45:46","slug":"please-stand-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/2025\/07\/01\/please-stand-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Please Stand By."},"content":{"rendered":"

On top of everything else, I am now dealing with catastrophic hardware failure. I can no longer use Photoshop thanks to my laptop’s mysterious “full hard drive with no files” problem. I’m going to lie down for a while. I have been dealing with Adobe and Dell support literally all day. Again, this is a problem that wouldn’t exist if I could have bought the fucking program in the first place, but since Photoshop is subscription-only, I am fucked because it just stopped working. Thank you for your understanding, patience and support. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On top of everything else, I am now dealing with catastrophic hardware failure. I can no longer use Photoshop thanks to my laptop’s mysterious “full hard drive with no files” problem. I’m going to lie down for a while. I have been dealing with Adobe and Dell support literally all day. Again, this is a … <\/p>\n

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