Editing 2012-05-25

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	| number    = 2621
	| date      = May 25, 2012
	| title     = 2012-05-25
	| image     = 20120525.gif
	| votey     = 20120525after.gif
	| titletext = 2012-05-25
}}
==Explanation==
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==Transcript==
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:Daddy, what'd you get me for christmas?
:Son,
:Come on now. You're better
:Than that. Christmas isn't about gifts.
:Gifts are just
:A medium people use
:To express feelings.
:Like this year I got mommy's mommy a holiday emblem that isn't compatible with her religious views. It's not just a gift- it's a sign of contempt and an expression
:Of the fact that I and mommy will run this family however we damn well please.
:I also got my boss a sixty
:Dollar gift certificate. I don't
:Care if she enjoys it. I just
:Want her to think I like
:Her so she doesn't see me
:As a career threat until
:It's too late.
:Oh! And I'm getting you an expensive video game set, even though it'll hurt your grades, I want other kids to see it and tell their parents how wealthy I am, thus increasing my status
:In the community.
:Bobby christmas shouldn't be about materialism. It should be about status consciousness and money-shame.
:Later
:A fire truck.
:What did your father say to you?
:What do you want
:From me,
:Mother?
==Votey Transcript==
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:The firetruck, being a common gift, indicates that you aren't special
:John
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