{"id":19109,"date":"2026-10-22T20:41:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/?p=19109"},"modified":"2026-10-22T20:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:41:58","slug":"the-customer-is-always-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/10\/22\/the-customer-is-always-right\/","title":{"rendered":"The customer is always right."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19109\" class=\"elementor elementor-19109\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ff562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ff562\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61b14b6\" data-id=\"61b14b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0e8c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0e8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>I drew this cartoon to point out how much social media is manipulating the thoughts of its users, channelling us in directions that we aren\u2019t even aware that we are being channelled. 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