{"id":6608,"date":"2025-03-13T14:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?page_id=6608"},"modified":"2025-04-09T16:20:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:20:57","slug":"rob-gardener","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?page_id=6608","title":{"rendered":"Rob Gardener"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6608\" class=\"elementor elementor-6608\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ea23b54 elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ea23b54\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-632054a7\" data-id=\"632054a7\" 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-cac0943 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cac0943\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rob Gardner<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e909bcf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2e909bcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58422b20 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58422b20\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-350abff2\" data-id=\"350abff2\" 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-67055d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67055d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is that thing and are we sure it's alive?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6425f8b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6425f8b7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\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-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7145bd19\" data-id=\"7145bd19\" 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-569a7c8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"569a7c8e\" 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<p>Rob began life in the rough end of America in a town where, if the country had an enema, the place where they\u2019d be sticking the hose. This suited him fine, of course, because he\u2019s as classy as heating up pizzas on an electric radiator.<\/p><p>After a successful career in the media as an extra on various zombie movies, he joined Americas armed forces, where he served as something for the enemy to shoot at. Specialising in engineering, he still failed to learn how to drive anything with a manual gearbox, although the many times he crashed into cows in random fields suggest he wasn\u2019t much good at driving anything without one either.<\/p><p>Some time between his military service and his more honest work as a drug-dealer he developed an interest in current affairs. His research led him to set up various Youtube channels which were shadow-banned due to him flying dangerously close to the truth and had nothing whatsoever to do with him posting softcore porn. Nothing. Absolutely nothing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-633b4aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"633b4aa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-719102db\" data-id=\"719102db\" 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-69fd8cbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69fd8cbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rantz.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6883\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rantz.png 1140w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rantz-300x132.png 300w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rantz-1024x449.png 1024w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rantz-768x337.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cfebe8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cfebe8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ddb1549\" data-id=\"1ddb1549\" 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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d0d53b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d0d53b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\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-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f7fb817\" data-id=\"5f7fb817\" 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-1ca3221f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ca3221f\" 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<p>He now works as a full time English teacher, which is hilarious, as well as writing vindictive articles about how much he hates pretty much everything. He is a big fan of Cyberpunk, porn, wasting his life playing video-games, accidentally getting women pregnant and moaning about how shit Star Wars has now become.<\/p><p>(Spoilers \u2013 It\u2019s really shit.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc3634c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6bc3634c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2459f553 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"2459f553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6608 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"2459f553\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"There was a time when Rob was young and full of spunk\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjYyNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvZWRnZXZlcnNlLm9yZ1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL1doYXRzQXBwLUltYWdlLTIwMjUtMDMtMTQtYXQtMDkuMTQuMzUuanBlZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjI0NTlmNTUzIn0%3D\" href='http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.14.35.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.14.35-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.14.35-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.14.35-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.14.35.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"2459f553\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"The years have not been kind...\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjYyOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvZWRnZXZlcnNlLm9yZ1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL1doYXRzQXBwLUltYWdlLTIwMjUtMDMtMTQtYXQtMDkuMTkuMjYtMS5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMjQ1OWY1NTMifQ%3D%3D\" href='http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.19.26-1.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.19.26-1-224x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.19.26-1-224x300.jpeg 224w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.19.26-1-765x1024.jpeg 765w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.19.26-1-768x1028.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.19.26-1.jpeg 956w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"2459f553\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Is this a romantic picture or a crime-scene photo? It&#039;s a fine line...\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjYyOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvZWRnZXZlcnNlLm9yZ1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL1doYXRzQXBwLUltYWdlLTIwMjUtMDMtMTQtYXQtMDkuMTQuMjkuanBlZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjI0NTlmNTUzIn0%3D\" href='http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.14.29.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.14.29-169x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.14.29-169x300.jpeg 169w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.14.29-576x1024.jpeg 576w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.14.29.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a441301 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a441301\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\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-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf00c91\" data-id=\"bf00c91\" 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-2832a464 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2832a464\" 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<p>Fortunately, Rob will do basically anything for a dollar so we hired him to work for us. He has extensive literary experience, including signing birthday cards, reading the first two lines of eye-charts and searching through the index sections of websites for \u2018special-interest\u2019 content.<\/p><p>While not writing sharp and insightful content, he can be found wandering through the back alleys of the Cambodian capitol, picking fights with tuk-tuk drivers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bdfa16 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1bdfa16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-639bd65b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"639bd65b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\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-35443815\" data-id=\"35443815\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Gardner What is that thing and are we sure it&#8217;s alive? 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