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I assumed this comic was saying that political scientists ''like'' looking at the data from "surveys". And "it's complicated" reminds me of a survey option. The title text seems to be about survey ratings, which are from a 1-5 or 1-10 scale. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.244|172.69.35.244]] 17:57, 13 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Shouldn't someone mention that this comic came out a few weeks before Christmas, when it is customary for people in certain Christian countries to give gifts to each other (citation needed)?<br />
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I thought that the point was that Ponytail was being given the present of having to organise the fair gift exchange, not that she was giving her family a gift of it.<br />
*Ponytail says "Ugh" at the start, implying that ''she'' doesn't want to organize the exchange, but since Cueball in this strip is a political scientist, she's offering him the gift of getting to organize it. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.39|162.158.75.39]] 04:42, 15 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
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''white elephant gift exchange''? We call it ''Evil Santa'' a play on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Santa Secret Santa]'' [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.15|108.162.249.15]] 09:00, 15 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
*Oh, I now see that there are a number of listed variants on the Secret Santa page [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.107|108.162.249.107]] 09:05, 15 December 2021 (UTC)</div>108.162.249.107https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2554:_Gift_Exchange&diff=222595Talk:2554: Gift Exchange2021-12-15T09:04:35Z<p>108.162.249.107: </p>
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I assumed this comic was saying that political scientists ''like'' looking at the data from "surveys". And "it's complicated" reminds me of a survey option. The title text seems to be about survey ratings, which are from a 1-5 or 1-10 scale. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.244|172.69.35.244]] 17:57, 13 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Shouldn't someone mention that this comic came out a few weeks before Christmas, when it is customary for people in certain Christian countries to give gifts to each other (citation needed)?<br />
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I thought that the point was that Ponytail was being given the present of having to organise the fair gift exchange, not that she was giving her family a gift of it.<br />
*Ponytail says "Ugh" at the start, implying that ''she'' doesn't want to organize the exchange, but since Cueball in this strip is a political scientist, she's offering him the gift of getting to organize it. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.39|162.158.75.39]] 04:42, 15 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
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''white elephant gift exchange''? We call it ''Evil Santa'' a play on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Santa Secret Santa]'' [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.15|108.162.249.15]] 09:00, 15 December 2021 (UTC)</div>108.162.249.107