• Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    He invited everyone and left his wife to do all the work while he toiled away on his vanity projects! I really sympathized with her.

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      He was chasing status no matter what, something that is a common thread throughout most of the Vacation movies. Him hosting for Christmas is part of that status chasing.

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      also in that movie, the joke is that his neighbors are yuppies or something. So they aren’t bothering him or do anything that warrants revving a chainsaw threateningly at them :)