Since 2010, I have been writing a unique gift guide. It's for people who need to buy a present for someone they loathe. Here's this year's!
https://naomikritzer.com/2024/12/09/gifts-for-people-you-hate-2024/
https://naomikritzer.com/2024/12/09/gifts-for-people-you-hate-2024/
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it's just that, you know, if you give DREADFUL to an incel, they might feel slightly called out by the text 😉
Cc @legalminimum.bsky.social
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRHNL856/?tag=naomikritze0b-20
Matcha powder comes to mind for this. It's labelled tea. Most tea fans will know what it is. But unless you're a matcha (or desert) person, it's not really tea, you know?
Me: OMG I NEED THAT DRAGON THING
Also me: YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT NEED THAT DRAGON THING
Me: BUT JUST LOOK AT IT
Also me: CAN I POINT OUT THE NUMBER OF THINGS IN THIS HOUSE THAT NEED CLEANING LIKE RIGHT NOW
Me: BUT DRAGON THING
"...tea, but the wrong kind..."
STUNNING.
Why do I think all of these are awesome?? Am I super tacky??
Husband: pretends to sleep
Me: *bookmarks this list for later*
And the cow teapot will be the subject of my traditional 'my final gift to you, mother, is that I did *not* buy you this object' picture of something she'd abhor.
Best recommendations list I've seen all year.
...this list works for my purposes also.
because impractical as they clearly are,
I've made jellyfish art for her in the past and she's liked it :-)
Looks like they won't arrive by Christmas, though...
and now Amazon will start showing me more things like them! :-)
(The teapots are truly ghastly. Well spotted.)
(This year we got some donated that still had the Christmas present labels attached!)
Pier one had wicker lobsters that tickled my funny bone. I packed one full of candy so it wasn’t a total dud but his face did NOT know what to do when he opened it. I stand by it.
My wife brought a "Barney the Dinosaur" game as a gift.