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By: Joon

I’ve found that the best gifts aren’t those that you wanted, but gifts that you never knew you would want. Anyone can buy things they always wanted with cash, only your true friends can surprise with a...

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By: Sisyphus

I think commenters have largely hit on what gift-giving is about, but have not put it together. It seems like gift-giving is a signal both that you can predict what will make a person happy, based on...

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By: aaron

The idea is that you should get a thoughtful gift they will enjoy that they wouldn’t get for themselves. It should reflect both your and their personality.

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By: DK

IMHO, gifts primarily signal creativity, taste, and wealth, like most other forms of signaling. Anyone can give cash. Only someone hipper than you can give you a great album or book that you hadn’t...

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My gf asked me what I wanted for Xmas. I replied a set of race tires (for my motorcycle) plus two track-days (days where a club, e.g., http://www.nesba.com, rents a racetrack–each person pays b/w $150...

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“Maybe it’s just me, but whenever people have attempted to follow this theory in giving me gifts, I end up with things I have no interest in or use for (or which, when tried, turn out to be less...

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Oh, you are so overthinking this. Fact is, we were trained as children to expect toys as presents, and we still expect toys.

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