Class-Action Python-suit

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"You are not the Father."
If you have heard that line before, you have either been on the internet far too long, or you have watched that particular show. For those of you who are familiar with object-oriented programming, the negation of that statement should ring a few bells. Or alarms. Or whatever it is your class does.

For those who aren't familiar with object-oriented programming:
Think of a thing that has a function. Think of a washing machine, a cash register, an ATM, a racehorse. Now, strip away its physical manifestation, leaving only what it does in its stead. A cash register can take in money, money can be taken out of it, money can be exchanged, it's possible to check how much money is in a register.
Now, transform those things into binary, all contained within one grouping of code.

That, is a class. 

Amazing, is it not? 

Rather than toss a load of functions into some file, you can group them together in a class. Although they work like functions, they are referred to as methods when this occurs. If a function requires the use of a class/a classes various arguments of inputs/outputs, then consider transplanting it into the class. This form of structuring code is useful in keeping similar code together and working, allowing for a process dubbed 'inheritance.'
Inheritance allows a class to bestow its methods for use in other, more specialized classes. This way, if you must alter your code in some fundamental aspect, you will not need to go through each class of code that requires the power of the 'father/mother-class.' Unless what you changed was specifically utilized by the child-classes of course. Moreover, because the child-classes have all the attributes of the parent-class, and then some, it is no longer necessary to directly access the parent-class's methods.
Thus, you turn objects--fiction or non-fiction--into lines of code.
For a less concept-focused perspective, the Python Foundation has an extensive explanation on the nuts and bolts of __init__, class(), __repr__, instance variables, and the like.
Thank you for reading.

Post Scriptum:
Zvikaramba, if you're reading this, THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK. And the name's Jameson.
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Jameson.