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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) | ''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) | ||
*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) | *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) | ||
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| + | Might the title also be a reference to Matcel Mauss' classical text "The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies" ? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.9|162.158.238.9]] 09:43, 15 December 2021 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 09:43, 15 December 2021
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. 172.69.35.244 17:57, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
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)?
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.
- 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. --162.158.75.39 04:42, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
white elephant gift exchange? We call it Evil Santa a play on Secret Santa 108.162.249.15 09:00, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
- Oh, I now see that there are a number of listed variants on the Secret Santa page 108.162.249.107 09:05, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
Might the title also be a reference to Matcel Mauss' classical text "The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies" ? 162.158.238.9 09:43, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
