{"id":10478,"date":"2014-08-16T19:32:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T03:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=10478"},"modified":"2014-08-16T19:32:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T03:32:57","slug":"the-solace-of-the-worlds-ugliest-jeans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/the-solace-of-the-worlds-ugliest-jeans\/","title":{"rendered":"The Solace Of The World&#8217;s Ugliest Jeans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m watching the life feed from Ferguson tonight, like I did last night.<\/p>\n<p>Ebola is &#8220;vastly&#8221; worse than reported. tribal slaughter in Iraq and Syria, Israel vs Gaza,\u00a0 Nigeria kidnappings, drones on Yemen, Robin Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Let us look to these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopbop.com\/dundee-pants-one-teaspoon\/vp\/v=1\/1526728141.htm?folderID=2534374302029428&amp;fm=other-shopbysize-viewall&amp;colorId=49043\" target=\"_blank\">jeans<\/a> for salvation. They are the ugliest jeans I&#8217;ve ever seen in my whole life, I&#8217;m pretty sure. There is something magnificent in such ugliness, you can feel the artistic striving for an indelible statement. A statement that transcends all the horror of current events.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ugliest-jeans-ever.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10479\" alt=\"ugliest jeans ever\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ugliest-jeans-ever.jpg?resize=440%2C596\" width=\"440\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ugliest-jeans-ever.jpg?w=440&amp;ssl=1 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ugliest-jeans-ever.jpg?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>These long-rise One Teaspoon pants have an exaggerated, slouchy fit. Heavy fading adds lived-in charm. Hidden elastic bands cinch the waist and ankles.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ugliest-jeans-ever-rear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10481\" alt=\"ugliest jeans ever rear\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ugliest-jeans-ever-rear.jpg?resize=438%2C598\" width=\"438\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ugliest-jeans-ever-rear.jpg?w=438&amp;ssl=1 438w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ugliest-jeans-ever-rear.jpg?resize=219%2C300&amp;ssl=1 219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And with open-toe stiletto heeled booties, no less.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you find yourself filled with existential dread or sorrow, look at these jeans. That is my RX for mankind this evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m watching the life feed from Ferguson tonight, like I did last night. Ebola is &#8220;vastly&#8221; worse than reported. tribal slaughter in Iraq and Syria, Israel vs Gaza,\u00a0 Nigeria kidnappings, drones on Yemen, Robin Williams. Let us look to these &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/godammit.com\/the-solace-of-the-worlds-ugliest-jeans\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2,376,8],"tags":[166,644],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7t44M-2J0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}