No guys, we can't escape the inevitable. If you have not yet bought Christmas gifts, a good 80% of you will be reduced to December 24th, all the others will go around the shops getting an idea and then, in any case, buy everything at 19pm on Christmas Eve. What a wonderful cliché! It always works and makes all lovers of poor quality memes laugh. If you are laughing right now, look inside yourself and feel unspeakable shame. Do not thank me! ?
Well, you understand that today I am particularly sweet and kind and for this very reason I want to touch on a subject that further thins the line between a fake smile and a first degree murder charge. Let's talk about gifts! No, I don't want to give you any idea for what to give to your other half or your grandmother (the dress of the sugary beauty guru of the web is tight on my hips and crushes my breasts). Instead, I want to shoot at zero on those gifts that are completely wrong, those received either from grandmothers or aunts who are a little too old in age, or from unwise friends who try to match our tastes but fail dramatically. Let's face it, despite the fact that in recent years the geek culture has depopulated indecently, our friends and relatives have not yet understood the difference between a video game console and an ugly clone that gives off a bad smell of Chinese shops.
And here it is the three most wrong gifts, at least in my opinion.
# 01 - “You like TV series, right? So I thought ... "
In my opinion, one of the simplest things to give are gadgets from our TV series. Mugs, t-shirts, sweatshirts, pens, doormats, heaters. Anything as long as it relates to the show we love most. I write it in bold: that we love most. So if I dream of David Tennant at night asking for my hand or if I just repeat the phrase “Hello IT. Have you tried turning off and on again? " even if apparently out of any possible context, why would you give me a cup of The Big Bang Theory ?! I can't stand that series! "Eh no but why are you nerd so ..." So what? Eclipse!
But in reality this is perhaps the least worst, also because there is a very common practice but never openly revealed: recycling. It's good for your wallet and saves many lives. Something a bit "dirty"? Probably, but at least I will be able to give that fantastic Game Of Thrones t-shirt to that friend who every night at the pub can't help but exclaim "The wine is out!". If he doesn't, he probably gets an abscess in a tooth, otherwise all this repetition cannot be explained.
# 02 - "It cost 2 euros from GameStop"
I believe that in almost all shopping centers there is that wonderful basket with the yellowed and half-detached sign, which reads "2 Euro Games". It is likely that there are things in there rejected by Satan himself, from sneezing simulators to Giulia Passione Scaccolatrice. In some cases we can find nice titles, if not downright interesting. For example, I recently spotted a couple of episodes of Ace Attorney but I know very well that whoever passes by with the intention of giving me a gift will have no idea what I want and will come up with a buggy abomination that has been out of production for years. I guess that basket is the favorite place of those who either have no idea what we want, or those who simply want to make us suffer. Please, I know that saving is an important thing, but rather than throwing away two euros offer coffee or buy some chocolate. Kinder Maxi are good, you know?
# 03 - "The shopkeeper said there are 99999999 games in here"
It will be trivial, two hundred will have already talked about it, but I have to let off steam. Is it called PolyStation 4 or MegaStation 4 or RavioloStation 4? Here, it is not a PlayStation 4! So it's almost impossible to go wrong, as the name is (almost) completely different. Here there are two cases: either your friends and their various have advanced glaucoma, or they have decided to save money and have remained in that damned gray area called "It's not what you want, but it looks like us". The point is, that's not the case! Do you want to fool me with the fantastigliardo of games inside? So I know it's 20 games multiplied by 1000. But at least look for a decent clone, I will insult you (mentally) a little less. If you don't have the opportunity to give expensive gifts, fall back on anything other than a tarot version of that expensive gift you originally thought of. I repeat, food is always a welcome thing and maybe this time you could even cherish the idea of give money away. No, it is not a boor and a good work. 20 euros is always a good thing.
The wrong Christmas gifts are one of the main causes of creating new Grinches, so you can either abstain or decide to give something that really pleases your friends with "strange" tastes. As for you poor trash victims, if you have to arm yourself with a fake smile because murder is still illegal and, as I mentioned earlier, the wrong gifts may be right for someone else. Recycling is the word!
