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Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
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#2Mac Mini Pro and 27” 5k standalone VESA mount Apple monitor.
I literally have a stack of cash here waiting for that to exist.
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#3One of the benefits of being old is you get to indulge yourself and buy your presents early, so I got an N scale train set. Now I'm figuring how to fit a layout table into my room somehow and planning an arduino based control panel for 2 or 3 simultaneous running lines.
The cats find it far more entertaining than Factorio.
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#4Purpose
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#5Wanting to be given things for Christmas is a little silly when you're an adult, I think. I anticipate my parents will buy me the clothing I never bother to buy for myself because I just couldn't care less about clothes.
I'm pretty weird about gifts though I guess. I feel like the concept of giving gifts on certain days is largely a product of cultural manipulation by the wider corporate sphere, so I just don't ever feel obligated, and make it clear to others that they not feel obligated, to give gifts on Christmas or birthdays. I buy gifts for people when they need something and won't or can't buy it themselves regardless of the time of year. Or sometimes just if I know they'll like it. I'm privileged enough to have more money than I need, so I don't really need or expect others to buy me anything.
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#6Truly enjoyable recreation and downtime.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#7Wanting to be given things for Christmas is a little silly when you're an adult, I think. I anticipate my parents will buy me the clothing I never bother to buy for myself because I just couldn't care less about clothes. I'm pretty weird about gifts though I guess. I feel like the concept of giving gifts on certain days is largely a product of cultural manipulation by the wider corporate sphere, so I just don't ever…
I almost decided to preface this with "for those of you who can just buy what you want..."
Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#8An affordable home to raise 2-3 kids in with space to enjoy the outdoors that isn’t an hour or more from my job.
A job that pays well, has good benefits and health insurance, that doesn’t make me work nights, early mornings, holidays, snow days, or weekends, so I can have that priceless time with my family.
Normal desires that are increasingly becoming the privilege of the landed elite.
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#9Nothing. I have way too much stuff and don't need more!
Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#10Less stuff and more sleep.