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The comedians say “cash: the gift card you can use anywhere!”
It's so bizarre to me that gift cards don't come at a discount. Buying a gift card is so clearly an unfair transaction to the benefit of the merchant.
Well, if any of you want to buy me a gift, I am really into bass fishing. And collecting hand tools. And power tools.. And test equipment...
I’ve given friends sets of Wera tools. Many people really appreciate high quality screwdrivers or hex keys.
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people who write for The New Yorker definitely do use the word dreadful. I am impossible to buy for and I'm happy that way; I just tell people they don't need to get me anything.
See, just from that statement I would know exactly what snarky coffee mugs to buy you.
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I am "that coffee friend", and I disagree. I appreciate the coffee anyone might get me. It doesn't have to be fancy, it may be fantastic or it may not be - but it's very thoughtful, and I always appreciate it. Generally people shouldn't get me coffee gear - as that could lead to disappointment. But the beans themself? always well received.
I think it's easier for consumables. I'm into tea and I'd say the same. You could get me any tea and one way or another I'd find a way to enjoy, since I enjoy non-fancy teas and enjoy trying new teas I haven't seen before. I'm also into photography, and any kind of photography gear you get me is likely to be incompatible with my setups or the types of work I do. Same with cooking. Someone got me a frying pan once for…
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Indeed. IMO the article draws the exact opposite conclusion from what they should get their expert friend, something that is not which they likely know little about.
The coffee friend appreciates the thought that went into the naïve gift, even if it’s not exactly what they would have picked out themselves.
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> people like being considered easy to buy for and don't resent it. Not the question. The resentment comes from being expected to pretend you appreciate "gifts" that are nothing but chaff in the gears of your life. Ask me how I know (actually don't, you can guess, right?). > people grow into whatever they end up with a collection of What? No. I don't know about you or the people you've been hanging around with, but s…
Oh seriously, if someone buys you a gift you don't want, appreciate the gesture and throw it away if it's "meaningless chaff". Or if you like it, adopt it. Like I adopted the llama cufflinks I got from my girlfriend for no discernable reason. But for God's sake stop bitching about how people buying you shit you don't need is the horrible burden of capitalism. Go live in a van with 6 pairs of underwear like I did for…
And then you come in telling me I'm an asshole for having independent taste, and telling me I should just mold my personality to whatever nonsense other people decide to give me, and really I don't have my own taste after all and it's normal to submerge myself in the crap other people saddle me with. You come in telling me, and everyone else in this thread with the same position, that you know better than we do about our personality on the basis of exactly zero personal acquaintance. Just because you're cool with your llama cufflinks doesn't mean everyone else needs to be cool with the arbitrary bullshit that gets flung at us. Fuck off with that shit.
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You should probably migrate out of Google Keep, Google might decide to kill it.
Any suggestions for alternatives?
* Level 0 is: use a physical notebook or agenda and ditch the digital space. It's actually not that bad. Setup: seconds. Privacy and ownership: great. Not as convenient as a digital thingie. No CTRL-F. * Level 0 is using something that you already have. Send emails to yourself, use keywords in the title and use filters to keep the "notes" organized. Time to set up: 10 minutes. Privacy and ownership: 0 (unless you are your own email provider, in that case you are done) * Level 1 is using a note-taking app which provides the backend. Evernote and the evernote-likes. Setup is minutes, privacy and ownership is also 0. * Level 2 is markdown file, or a hierarchy of files inside a folder, and then using something like dropbox for editing and synching. It is only slightly better than the previous one in that you can move away quickly if you want, and you can have local copies of your stuff. It is easy to set up, some ownership, no privacy. * Level 3 is self-hosting an evernote or dropbox-like and using that. That's possibly years of "fun", with high privacy and ownership.
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It's so bizarre to me that gift cards don't come at a discount. Buying a gift card is so clearly an unfair transaction to the benefit of the merchant.
They do on the secondary market.
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This "too cool for stuff" sounds like US culture. I never experienced that kind of thing in EU. We each had our own friend groups, and didn't really care what the other groups were into. I once heard an artist say (can't remember which one), that they loved playing in Europe, since everyone at a festival is there to have fun. While in US, everyone is there to look cool.
I also grew up in the EU, but without knowing anything, my first guess is that this might be generational, and I assume you are a decade or so younger than GP (unproven hypothesis). GP's experience feels extremely familiar to mine, even including the later realizations, and this from growing up across the pond.
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Oh seriously, if someone buys you a gift you don't want, appreciate the gesture and throw it away if it's "meaningless chaff". Or if you like it, adopt it. Like I adopted the llama cufflinks I got from my girlfriend for no discernable reason. But for God's sake stop bitching about how people buying you shit you don't need is the horrible burden of capitalism. Go live in a van with 6 pairs of underwear like I did for…
You're projecting a lot of other people's nonsense onto me. Throwing away a gift that you do, in fact, know someone gave you in earnest still feels like shit. So you wind up in a no-win situation. At least if you're a nice person. And then you come in telling me I'm an asshole for having independent taste, and telling me I should just mold my personality to whatever nonsense other people decide to give me, and really…