{"id":2094,"date":"2016-02-28T06:56:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T22:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/28\/how-to-fake-your-way-through-the-oscars\/"},"modified":"2016-02-28T06:56:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T22:56:29","slug":"how-to-fake-your-way-through-the-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/28\/how-to-fake-your-way-through-the-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fake your way through the Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oscars\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAyLzI2L2E3L29zY2Fycy5iNTM3Ni5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgk1NzV4MzIzIwplCWpwZw\/d46af011\/874\/oscars.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=How+to+fake+your+way+through+the+Oscars&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F27%2Foscars-lie%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F27%2Foscars-lie%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s impossible to know everything about the Oscars \u2014 but that shouldn\u2019t stop you passing judgment.<\/p>\n<p>Year after year, viewers everywhere are forced to sit in silence through \u2018Animated Shorts\u2019 or \u2018Sound Mixing\u2019 categories and pretend like they care. Many of them then resort to desperate measures \u2014 checking Twitter on their phone, and in extreme cases, talking with their friends. But it shouldn\u2019t be this way. We\u2019re all entitled to our uninformed opinions \u2014 it\u2019s what this country was built on.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/02\/25\/best-oscars-fashion\/\">The 32 best dressed celebrities in Oscars red carpet history<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Don\u2019t know anything about the Oscars? You\u2019re not alone. Here\u2019s our guide for impressing your friends, and pretending like you really do <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/02\/27\/oscars-lie\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/lists\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Lists<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/leonardo-dicaprio\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Leonardo Dicaprio<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/oscars\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Oscars<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/watercooler\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Watercooler<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/oscars-2016\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Oscars 2016<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/AyRcMYGoPR8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s impossible to know everything about the Oscars \u2014 but that shouldn\u2019t stop you passing judgment. Year after year, viewers everywhere are forced to sit in silence through \u2018Animated Shorts\u2019 or \u2018Sound Mixing\u2019 categories and pretend like they care. Many &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/28\/how-to-fake-your-way-through-the-oscars\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[919,1362,1009,1460,735],"class_list":["post-2094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-lists","tag-oscars","tag-oscars-2016","tag-watercooler"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}