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Doug's Mail Order Mania

posted 9 years ago by rarewarethewin
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If you thought episodes like "Doug Clobbers Patti" or "Doug's Babysitter" were the worst of Nick's Doug, you haven't seen anything yet. The worst episode IMO is... "Doug's Mail-Order Mania". Why? Because poor Doug sacrificed his savings bond for a stupid contest that promises so much but doesn't deliver. Poor Doug. I know that this is just a cartoon, but ask yourself this question: You're in a contest that promises so much, but doesn't deliver, you give up all your money and/or savings bond, but you convinced yourself that they will deliver, and they never go back on their word, and after the deadline where they supposedly deliver your end of the bargain, but the mail-man/mail-woman says that: "Sorry, no mail from the contest; just you and lots of others sacrifice their money for this contest that swindles suckers for money. I feel sorry for whoever got swindled by scams like that." Then he/she walks back to the mail-truck to drive to the next mailbox. I know if I gave away my savings bond for a stupid contest like that, I'd be kicking myself every day to the point where my butt is 50 shades of black & blue, because I just gave up my ticket that will get me into a good college/university where I could get a good education, and make something of myself to make my family proud, but I blew that chance sky-high because of my bumbling naivete in my youth of sacrificing my hard-earned cash to a scam that promises so much, but doesn't deliver in the slightest.

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[–] jptf2 9 years ago

So because Doug learns from a naive mistake with a mail scam, rather than getting rich from it, this makes the episode bad? You're an idiotic nutjob.

And learn how to use line breaks for a change.

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[–] rarewarethewin 9 years ago

No, because he gave up that bond for that stupid contest, and he'll never get it back. Now who's the idiotic nutjob?

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[–] jptf2 9 years ago

Yeah, he gave up the bond for that stupid contest because he was being naive. That's called character-driven story. I don't understand how you can possibly be this dumb. You've somehow managed to turn on the computer and type a bunch of sentences, yet you think that a character making a mistake and learning from it means an episode is bad.

I mean, just imagine how much better the episode would have been if Doug opened the scam and said, "this is a scam," and then threw it away and studied the rest of the day. That just sounds like such a great episode. </sarcasm>

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[–] rarewarethewin 9 years ago

You're missing the point. I don't know how you're that thick. He's going to be kick himself for relinquishing his bond for that stupid scam in his teen years when he graduates from high school big-time. You gotta admit that you would be kicking yourself if you did something like that in your youth, right?

What would make this episode better if Doug decided not to relinquish his bond to the mailmen; not that you care.

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[–] jptf2 9 years ago

It was a $50 bond. It wasn't going to pay for college. Get a grip.

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[–] rarewarethewin 9 years ago

You do know how bonds work, right? The amount would've increased during the years.

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[–] jptf2 9 years ago

Yes...to about $100 by the time he was 25, if he was lucky.

I doubt when Doug was older he was going to go, "damn, if only I hadn't cashed that bond on that stupid contest scam. I'd be able to pay for this month's electric bill with it!"

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[–] rarewarethewin 9 years ago

I guess...?

Well, we both know Doug can be smart. Was that supposed to be a joke?

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[–] jptf2 9 years ago

The joke is that you think it's a huge deal Doug spent a $50 savings bond on a dumb contest. Even a homeless person wouldn't care that much.

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[–] rarewarethewin 9 years ago

Unless if that homeless person was that desperate, which I doubt.

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[–] andylaureles 9 years ago

My aunt almost fell for something similar to this. After seeing this episode I warned her not to fall for a scam. If I receive mail like Doug did I may go along with it but if they ask me for a fee I would never pay I would just send them a note saying "nice try losers, next time just work for money instead of swindling people".

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[–] andylaureles 9 years ago

If the contest were real there should be a rule stating you have to be 18 or over. Doug was obviously a preteen.

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[–] rarewarethewin 9 years ago

Then why didn't he get his money, since the contest was "real"?

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[–] andylaureles 9 years ago

I didn't say it was real I just said "if" it were real it should say you have to over 18 which the ponzi puzzle never stated.

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