Do you feel like the Digital Age has ruined gift giving?

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    jamin

    Member since 09/24/2013.

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    2 years ago 07/22/2021 9:44pm EDT

    Giving gifts for adults for birthdays and Christmases is a real pain these days.

    Movie, Music -> Obsolete due to everyone having personal Spotify, Netflix, etc.

    Books -> People don't read books anymore, not enough time and/or attention span

    Something unique you can only get at some store -> Doesn't exist because anything can be bought online, even botique shops have online store

    Calendars -> Used to be a cool gift when they were a physical item, not too long ago

    Tickets to concert, sporting event, etc. -> Too expensive of a gift because the interwebs created too much Demand that ran up prices and then ran them up even more with ridiculous service fees that 2x the price

    Homemade commemorative craft like a framed photo, book of memories you saved, etc. -> Cool idea but makes no sense

    Cool stamps or those personalized return address stickers -> No sense

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    Sham 69

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    2 years ago 07/22/2021 9:46pm EDT
    re: jamin

    Yes.

  • elementtt

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    2 years ago 07/22/2021 9:46pm EDT
    re: jamin

    it's definitely not as authentic or fun but i wouldn't say so. I do remember physically going to the mall from store to store to find a gift, which I still do but online has made things easier. Even if the feeling of giving the gift isn't the same the feeling you get when you see the person's happiness is still the same.

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    knox harrington

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    2 years ago 07/22/2021 9:51pm EDT
    re: jamin

    jamin wrote:Calendars -> Used to be a cool gift when they were a physical item, not too long ago

    What

  • French Dawg

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    2 years ago 07/22/2021 9:52pm EDT
    re: jamin

    jamin wrote:

    Giving gifts for adults for birthdays and Christmases is a real pain these days.

    Movie, Music -> Obsolete due to everyone having personal Spotify, Netflix, etc.

    Books -> People don't read books anymore, not enough time and/or attention span

    Something unique you can only get at some store -> Doesn't exist because anything can be bought online, even botique shops have online store

    Calendars -> Used to be a cool gift when they were a physical item, not too long ago

    Tickets to concert, sporting event, etc. -> Too expensive of a gift because the interwebs created too much Demand that ran up prices and then ran them up even more with ridiculous service fees that 2x the price

    Homemade commemorative craft like a framed photo, book of memories you saved, etc. -> Cool idea but makes no sense

    Cool stamps or those personalized return address stickers -> No sense

    *Names two thoughtful and nice gifts at the end*

    *discards those as legitimate gifts because it serves to disprove your point*

    What?

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    jamin

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    2 years ago 07/22/2021 10:11pm EDT
    re: knox harrington

    knox harrington wrote:

    jamin wrote:Calendars -> Used to be a cool gift when they were a physical item, not too long ago

    What

    There used to be these paperback things where each page had a Miami Dolphins cheerleader on the back side and a month and boxes for days on the front side. You'd hang it on the wall by the desk and could write in the day boxes to remember what you had planned, or you could just use it to remember what day # it is or what day of the week a future date falls on.

  • Dog Trainer Elite

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    2 years ago 07/22/2021 10:15pm EDT
    re: jamin

    You seem like the kind of man that would give his wife a vacuum cleaner as an anniversary gift and then wonder why she is pissed off about such a practical gift.

  • tiny pony

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    2 years ago 07/23/2021 4:08am EDT
    re: jamin

    I got a pigeon calendar for Christmas.

  • ubeu

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    2 years ago 07/23/2021 6:30am EDT
    re: Dog Trainer Elite

    Dog Trainer Elite wrote:

    You seem like the kind of man that would give his wife a vacuum cleaner as an anniversary gift and then wonder why she is pissed off about such a practical gift.

    She keeps saying she hates vacuuming so assumed she was hinting that she needed a better vacuum.

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    rohandavid

    Member since 07/23/2021.

    3 posts. Last post 2 years ago.
    2 years ago 07/23/2021 6:37am EDT
    re: jamin

    This is a debatable topic. we may can't say that digital age has completely ruined everything, I believe there are perks as well.

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    Josh439

    Member since 01/29/2021.

    725 posts. Last post 15 hours ago.
    2 years ago 07/23/2021 7:05am EDT
    re: jamin

    No, gift giving for adults has always been obsolete. If an adult wants something they just buy it. Any gifts they receive will probably just be junk they throw away later. Gift giving is for kids.

  • tdaniels

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    2 years ago 07/23/2021 7:39am EDT
    re: jamin

    Jamin

    I'll give you a gift. Now get down on your knees.

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    Ackley

    Member since 10/16/2015.

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    2 years ago 07/23/2021 7:47am EDT
    re: jamin

    The music one is spot on.

    My brother and I are both now in our fifties.

    For 35+ years we always bought each other an album (LPs then CDs) for each other's birthdays. As teens, it was all we could afford and as adults it was a nice token. It slowly died away.

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    Sham 69

    Member since 09/08/2020.

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    2 years ago 07/23/2021 10:45am EDT
    re: tdaniels

    tdaniels wrote:

    Jamin

    I'll give you a gift. Now get down on your knees.

    Me too!

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