Hobbes: Our poster didn’t win?
Calvin: I still can’t believe it.
Calvin: What a miscarriage of justice! This contest was a joke! Obviously the judges were biased against us from the start!
Hobbes: Well, the important thing is that we tried our best.
Calvin: The important thing is that we lost!
Hobbes: (rolls eyes) Oops, I forgot that the purpose of competition is to divide people into winners and losers.
Calvin: What’s the point of trying if you can’t be a winner?
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