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That sucks. The song sucks, the video sucks, Avril sucks. I hate it. I'm cured!

Now I just need to avoid the temptation to watch the \"Complicated\" video and get sucked back in."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Politics","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/","slug":"politics"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:729","displayName":"Matthew Yglesias","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/matthew-yglesias/","biography":{"default":"Matthew Yglesias is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","slug":"matthew-yglesias"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/05/thank-god/42508/","title":"Thank God","seoTitle":"Thank God","dateModified":"2010-05-03T20:03:20Z","datePublished":"2007-05-09T03:05:43Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Politics","__typename":"Channel","slug":"politics"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"Thank God","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/42508/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/05/thank-god/42508/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"politics","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["Avril Lavigne","embarrassing affection","video","Complicated","temptation","problems","song"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"thank-god","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","neg_fx","gt_mixed","neg_apple_1","neg_mastercard_2","neg_mastercard_keyword-exclusion","neg_hbo","neg_att","gt_negative_dislike","an_apple_negative","neg_microsoft","neg_apple_2","gt_positive_like","gt_positive_love","gb_safe","pos_alcohol","pos_chasemarriott","pos_citibank","pos_creditcard","pos_disasters","pos_diseases","pos_disney_fxfargo","pos_ey","pos_facebook_safety","pos_hermes","pos_ibm","pos_jpmc","pos_mastercard","pos_mobkoi","pos_septembereleven","pos_toyota_fy23","gt_negative_shame","an_bankofamerica_negative","an_facebook_safe","an_jpmc_safe","an_ms_safe","ap_alfaromeo_safe","ap_bankofamerica_safe","ap_citi_banking_safe","ap_citi_hurricanes","ap_citi_injury","ap_citi_naacp_safe","ap_citi_sex_safe","ap_citi_transportation_safe","ap_facebook_infeed_safe","ap_facebook_safe","ap_fidelity_safe","ap_gwp","ap_jpmc_safe","ap_ms_safe","ap_netflix_israeli_safe","ap_texas_shooting_safe","general_safe_gv","gs_health","gs_health_misc","an_saudiaramco","neg_chasemariott-negativekeywords","coronavirus","gs_entertain","gs_entertain_music"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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