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m "Ehehe. Yuri did something really funny once."

m "We were all in the clubroom and just relaxing, as usual..."

m "And out of nowhere, Yuri just pulled out a small bottle of wine."

m "I'm not even kidding!"

m "She was just like 'Would anybody like some wine?'"

m "Natsuki laughed out loud, and Sayori started yelling at her."

m "I actually felt kind of bad, because she was at least trying to be nice..."

m "I think it just made her feel even more reserved in the clubroom."

m "Though I think Natsuki was secretly a bit curious to try it..."

m "...and to be completely honest, I kind of was, too."

m "It actually could have been kinda fun!"

m "But you know, being President and everything, there was no way I could let that happen."

m "Maybe if we all met up outside of school, but we never bonded enough to get to that point..."

m "...Gosh, what am I talking about this for?"

m "I don't condone underage drinking!"

m "I mean, I've never drank or anything, so...yeah."

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Feelings of Sadness

y "Imagine coming home after a rough day, from work, school, wherever, the world's got you down, but as soon as you open the door..."

y "There I am! Greeting you with a big hug and a kiss on the cheek, offering you my hand, which you gladly accept!"

y "Then, I'd bring you to the dining room, the table nicely decorated with candles, flowers, and other things."

y "And... there'd be two plates... one for me, one for you... We'd share a nice steak dinner, with some wine on the side!"

y "Mmm... Maybe I could even write a nice poem for you, one that tells you how much I love you..."

y "And I'd give it to you afterwards, for you to carry around in your wallet wherever you go, a reminder of my love for you."

y "And when that's all said and done, we'd snuggle up on the couch, with me lying on your chest, gently running my fingers down it."

y "Due to the wine we drank, we'd both feel a little tired, and with one last confession of our love for each other, we'd both fall asleep together!"

y "I hope that made you feel a little bit better, [player]."

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"Do you happen to know what the gift that keeps on giving is?"

Yes.

"Really?"

What is it?

"Something with continuing consequences. Apparently."

No.

"Some might say it's the feeling that you get from receiving one."

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⮞ The Philosophy of Gift Giving.

The gift is primarily about the relationships being transacted, about the people involved in these transactions rather than the ceremonial giving and receiving of things
When you give gifts, you are giving something willingly without wanting something in return. Making someone feel special is more than enough reason to make you give more. It tells the receiver that you were thinking about them.

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📁 What is this?

"It's a holiday sprite set! Basically...a gift!"
"Among the files included in the issue is the .psd format for the sprites."

Anyone is welcome to attempt to polish or edit the sprite for the re-purposing for JY potential use and the effort is appreciated. Thanks! ☝️

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"You can't. Whatever it is it's stuck in Limbo."

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⮞ Would you say the greatest gift one could receive is one that comes from the heart? 💜

I have a saying about hope. 🔽

Hope is the Page of the Future.

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Gift Giving

1.) The Philosophy of Gift Giving

In order for us to take an in depth look at the idea of gift giving and the relationships involved in such a ceremonial transaction we must first look at the people that are involved in the transaction. Not only must we look that the people but we must also focus on the affiliation between people and the actual object itself. Carrier himself states in his essay; “Gifts and Commodities” that “Clearly there is much more in our relationship to objects than sheer utility” (Carrier, 1995. 1), and thus proving to us that there we have a much more intimate relationship with material objects than we first imagined. This bond is deep enough that we even need material objects to define who we are sometimes, for example if a punk rocker claims to be a punk rocker he must dress according to the social image of a punk rocker and from there we can assume that person’s identity and personality as a punk rocker. Carrier says himself that “The corollary is that objects signify status identity and so constitute a claim to status-group membership on the part of those who have them” (Carrier, 1995. 2). Another major concept that is involved with both the relationship between humans and material objects and with the ceremonial act of gift giving is reciprocity. It shows us and defines to us the strength of the bond between people and material objects.

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It goes without a doubt that humans have a natural affiliation with objects as we all have a material need and it is through these objects that we can control these needs. Carrier states in his essay; “Gifts and Commodities” that “Humans do have material needs, and objects can satisfy them” (Carrier, 1995. 1). As I stated earlier we need material objects for a variety of reasons, one of which is for them help define and show our society both our identity and our personality. It is for this reason that we have such a deep connection with material objects, because as long as society continues to exist so will the need for material objects. However this essay, nor is Carrier’s essay, about the connection between people, identity and material objects but instead, as Carrier puts it, we are going to “investigate the ways that objects are implicated in personal relationships, rather than seeing them in mass structures of meaning and identity” (Carrier, 1995. 10). In order to get a full understanding of such a topic we must first take a look at what is known as reciprocity, reciprocity is a term used to describe the exchange of goods and labour. It was separated into a few separate terms know as, generalized reciprocity, balanced or Symmetrical reciprocity and negative reciprocity. The term which most applies to the ceremony of gift giving is generalized reciprocity as it is described as the event of giving or sharing. It is defined as when a certain individual shares his expertise with another individual in his society who is in need of his goods or labour without expecting anything in return. However this does not define the event as “reciprocal” as the giver expects nothing in return, but this interaction is indeed “reciprocal” as the individual who gives his goods is overcome by such satisfaction in giving his services, and the fact that it creates a social bond between the giver and the receiver and that is what he attains in return for his goods or services. In modern day society this seems to occur mainly between parents and children or within married couples as there seems to be a certain amount of trust and social interaction involved between the people within the event. It is through these transactions with other people that also help define our identity, not just that material object itself. Carrier himself says that; “Indeed, in some ways transaction creates the very identities of those involved in it.” (Carrier. 1995. 35) These, reciprocal events help define our relationships with other people, as I said before through these events we can gain social bonds with people but we also need certain amount of social interaction with that same person before we can involve ourselves in such a transaction.

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What is also interesting about these transactions, and indeed very much present in the generalized reciprocity that I defined earlier, is that we are indeed a selfish race. We only give gifts so that we may receive something in return. In the context of generalized reciprocity we only give our goods and labour so that it can be returned in the feeling of gratitude and the formation of a social bond. Marcel Mauss states in his essay; “The Gift” that gifts are never “free” and as a selfish race we will always expect something in return as we only give so that we may receive. Mauss’ probably most famous question raised by his essay “The Gift” was; “What power resides in the object given that causes its recipient to pay it back?”, (Mauss, 1990. 3) an the answer seems to be simple enough. The Power lies not with the object itself but rather with the unspoken contract that it creates with the people involved in the transaction. The giver does not only give away some material abject but also gives away a part of themselves with that object; this creates a strong bond between the giver and the item he gave away. Mauss himself says that “the objects are never completely separated from the men who exchange them” (Mauss, 1990. 31). Because of this bond between the gift and the giver the receiver has a certain obligation to return the favour to the giver in the form of a gift of the same, if not better value. Although the receiver is not under any law to return in such a manner and it is solely up to him if he returns the favour, the failure to reciprocate often results in the loss of social status and trust amongst his peers. Mauss describes an even greater consequence to the failure of the act of reciprocation, in Polynesia that failure to abide by the obligations of reciprocity results in the loss of “mana” which is a person’s spiritual energy and source of power and wealth. Mauss breaks down the ceremonial event of gift giving into three separate stages and obligations; giving, receiving and reciprocating. Giving is the step that is needed to maintain a social relationship, receiving is the act of acknowledging and accepting that social relationship and failure to accept results in the rejection of that relationship, and last is reciprocating as it shows ones honour and social status within the society. We can see this throughout the ethnography of the Kula ring and the Kula shells, whereby giving the shells away is just as important as receiving them for they are not meant to kept forever but instead passed on.

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Quotes that keep on giving...

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” ― Mary Oliver
“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.” ― Marian Anderson
“My friends & loved ones gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, they believed in me.”
“Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.” ― Anthony Robbins
“Even when you’d lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free.” ― Jenny Valentine, Broken Soup
“A gift. A gift from a queen who had seen another woman in hell and thought to reach back a hand. With no thought of it ever being returned. A moment of kindness, a tug on a thread.” ― Sarah J. Maas, Tower of Dawn
“Breath is the finest gift of nature. Be grateful for this wonderful gift.” ― Amit Ray, Beautify your Breath - Beautify your Life
“Being gifted doesn’t mean you’ve been given something. It means, you have something to give.” ― pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You
“There are souls in this world who have the gift of finding joy everywhere, and leaving it behind them when they go.” ― Frederick William Faber
“Memory was a curse, yes, they thought, but it was also the greatest gift. Because if you lost memory you lost everything.” ― Anne Rice, Blood And Gold
“A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment. This is the most precious gift true love offers - the experience of knowing we always belong.” ― Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions
“The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.” ― Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni
“The worst gift I was given is when I got out of rehab that Christmas; a bottle of wine. It was delicious.” ― Craig Ferguson

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from subprocess import call

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