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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 14 Mar 2013

    Do you people even know what Red Envelope is?? There are a lot of men who apparently want to buy hostess gifts + elephantshaped ring holders

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      2. Aaron‏ @RNAaron 14 Mar 2013
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame Does it matter? I thought the point was the random compliment. The card was tertiary. #makingsomeonesmileisbetterthancurrency

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      3. Anna Geeks‏ @AnnaGeeks 14 Mar 2013
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        @RNAaron @avantgame This man has a point. Intrinsic rewards are better than extrinsic, right? ;-D

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      1. Santi Angiletta‏ @Santi07AKD 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame hey dont jugde us... i dnt know what is that but its free :D

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      1. Anna Geeks‏ @AnnaGeeks 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame Red Envolope means it's a Howler. You know, for when your wizarding parents are mad at you for something... ;-D

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      1. Stephan H. Wissel‏ @notessensei 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame Red envelope originally was and is the Chinese tradition of giving at Chinese New Year. The married give to the young.

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      1. Jeff Fitzsimmons‏ @rarebluemonkey 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame Red Envelope is how I know it's from Netflix, right?

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      1. Phil Nolan (フィル)‏ @PhilNolan3D 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame *given out, not of.

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      1. Phil Nolan (フィル)‏ @PhilNolan3D 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame red is considered good luck and red envelopes of money are given of during Chinese New Year.

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      1. Adrienne Jones‏ @babytoolkit 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame Men can be polite to hostesses- and not wear rings.

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      1. space octopus‏ @OhMeadhbh 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame and all this time i thought it was about giving people DVD rentals.

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      1. Gina Lujan‏ @GinaLujan 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame or they just want to randomly compliment you :)

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      1. Summer Plum‏ @summerplum 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame I do! I actually bought a couple gifts from them about a decade ago.

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      1. Clarice Meadows‏ @embereye 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame hahaha! amazing.

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      1. Matt L.A. Schneider‏ @mattlaschneider 14 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame Some of us just like giving out compliments at the slightest prompting.

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