{"id":2172,"date":"2020-11-08T12:48:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T11:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2024-04-19T22:18:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:18:01","slug":"sign-of-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/08\/sign-of-the-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign of the times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I came across this mask vending machine on a very rare errand of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped is-style-rectangular wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" data-attachment-id=\"2176\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/20201020_125528\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201020_125528.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20201020_125528\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mask vending machine&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201020_125528-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201020_125528-768x1024.jpg\" data-id=\"2176\" src=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201020_125528.jpg\" alt=\"Mask vending machine\" class=\"wp-image-2176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201020_125528.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201020_125528-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201020_125528-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this mask vending machine on a very rare errand of 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"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":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1j9q5-z2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5202,"url":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/11\/beyond-words\/","url_meta":{"origin":2172,"position":0},"title":"Beyond words","author":"Eddy Young","date":"11 January 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been four months now since P and I arrived back in England after our three-week trip to China. 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