100

What's the best way to insult someone with a gift? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Maven@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

66 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The gift needs to be able to come off as a genuine gift so there's some plausible deniability...

Edit: Just so it's clear, this is purely hypothetical. I just thought of the idea and thought it would be funny to see what a random person on Lemmy might think. This isn't a serious request and none of the suggestions will ever actually be used.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 10 points 2 weeks ago

At one workplace secret Santa (which I always declined to participate in), one recipient got an empty spherical clamshell with cardboard retainer on which was printed the word "Nothing", visible through the clamshell. The joke being that it was supposed to be "I didn't know what to get you, so I got you nothing."

This was not intended as an insult by the secret Santa, but was taken as one by the recipient who must have spent significantly more on whatever their recipient got.

Only you can judge how your recipient would take such a gift, but if this seems like a good idea to you you can probably find them on sale somewhere. (NB: I accept no responsibility if you choose this course of action.)

If I remember correctly, one of the recipients of a better gift thought it was funny so swapped their gift with it to cheer up the unhappy recipient. I am not sure if the swapper was their secret Santa or not.

There had been much offence, pouting and sulking... from a grown man.

[-] neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 weeks ago

I did a thing once where everyone brought a gift and some game was played and if you won your round you got to pick the gift you got, or something like that.

The person who picked before me got 2 crisp $100 bills, the person after me got airpods. I got... A painted rock, I was so excited. It was the only gift that someone put actual effort into and wasn't just a quick buy.

Not that I would've been upset with $200 but I still have that rock sitting in my garden

[-] sem 5 points 1 week ago

Dang that's crazy, someone put a lot of effort into earning $200 and giving it away as well.

this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2024

100 points (100.0% liked)

Ask Lemmy

27210 readers

1103 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Rules: (interactive)

1) Be nice and; have fun

Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them

2) All posts must end with a '?'

This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?

3) No spam

Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.

4) NSFW is okay, within reason

Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].

5) This is not a support community.

It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

6) No US Politics.

Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.