{"id":21,"date":"2009-01-07T12:32:44","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T17:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/featured\/episode-7-teh-internets\/21\/"},"modified":"2015-11-11T10:31:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T15:31:05","slug":"the-online-episode-teh-internets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/featured\/the-online-episode-teh-internets\/21\/","title":{"rendered":"Teh Internets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Warning<\/strong>: The following video contains mature content. Or immature content, depending on how you look at it. But it is not for kids.<\/p>\n<style>.video-wrap {position: relative;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin-bottom: 1em;} .video-wrap\tiframe {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: hidden;} .video-wrap.no-topbar {padding-bottom: 56.25%;}<\/style><div class=\"video-wrap no-topbar nocontent no-content cf\"><iframe id=\"partnerPlayer\" name=\"partnerPlayer\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"  src=\"\/\/player.pbs.org\/widget\/partnerplayer\/1089149371\/?chapterbar=false&topbar=false&autoplay=false&endscreen=false\" title=\"Embedded Video Player\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>What are &#8220;Teh Internets&#8221;? Urban Dictionary offers a quick explanation (Click here to go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=teh+internets\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Dictionary&#8217;s definition. 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