"report to me your findings on the magic of friendship, when and only when you happen to discover them."this really gives more leeway, perhaps not every episode will require a friendship lesson?
or we will just never see Twilight have another meltdown related to this subject.
holy stuff, I just realized something.

this is a tease to bronies
all the male fans enjoying the pony dolls and whatnot
there was no reason for Big Mac to randomly pick up that doll otherwise.