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Instant Karma

Date: Dec 16 2008

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Karma is the idea that what goes around comes around. If you do something bad, something bad will happen to you. Instant karma is the idea that if you even think an evil thought, something bad will happen to you immediately.

It seems that Jason has started to catch on to the idea that Devan likes him. Maybe someone told him. Marni hinted at it a couple of episodes back, and Jason said he’d think about it, but now the truth comes out. Listen to Jason tell Mason why he doesn’t want to be with Devan…and watch what happens to him right after!

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Dialog

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Jason

Mason

Jason: How the ladies treatin’ ya’?

Jason: Good. Yeah. The ladies always treat me well, Mason.

Mason: Do they, playa.

Jason: No. I like to think positive, you know.

Mason: I have to live vicariously through you now, you know.

Jason: Right.

Mason: I’ve got the old ball and chain.

Jason: Fair enough.

Mason: So, uh…Seriously, give me the juice. It’s been a while.

Jason: Well, word on the street is that Devan is into me. And we have a lot of fun.

Mason: Really?

Jason: We go wig shopping.

Mason: Into you now?

Jason: Yeah.

Mason: Huh.

Jason: Well, I mean it makes sense.

Mason: Well, good!

Jason: It was like a slow build, but I don’t know. I don’t really feel attracted to her.

Mason: Why not, man? Devan’s cute.

Jason: Yeah. She’s cute. Um, I don’t know.

Mason: What’s goin’ on? I mean, is something, like, wrong with her…I mean, her proportions? Are you like…

Jason: No.

Mason: Too pale for you?

Jason: No. She’s shapely, but, uh, you know…Yeah. And I like the fair skin.

Mason: Is it, like, a fashion thing? You don’t like, you know, like, the hipster look? Want something a little more conservative?

Jason: It’s the hair. I can’t deal with the no hair thing.

Mason: Whoa! That’s cold, man.

Jason: I know. I know.

Mason: That’s like a cancer thing.

Jason: I mean, just between me and you. I mean, obviously don’t tell anyone else that, but, like, that’s…I mean, what can I say? I mean, I can’t help the way that I feel, if I’m attracted to somebody or not.

Mason: Chemistry’s chemistry, man, but, like, that’s..The hair thing is not her fault, dude. That’s…Yeah. You gotta keep that one close to the vest.

Jason: Yeah. I don’t know. I don’t know what to tell you, but…Whoa!

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Discussion

Mason tries to guess why Jason might not like Devan, but then Jason finally cracks and says it’s the fact that she has no hair. It’s a really bad thing to say since the only reason she has no hair is because she has cancer.

Around this time, Jason finishes eating his banana. He puts the peel on the floor. But as he takes a step forward, he falls backward down the stairs! Is OK? Is he alive? It’s hard to tell…