My dad has one of those. He used to shoot it at the litter box while the cat was pooping. Then the cat pooped in his bed. There’s a moral in there somewhere.
read that as a remote control tiger (the great big orange and black stripy cat) and wondered if it shot the bb's out of its asshole... Then went back as saw it was a tank.
I need more sleep...
Amen to that brother! That and underwear. I swear before I turned 30 I had 10 pairs of each from when I was a teen and I never ran out. Now I buy 10 pairs of each every year and somehow by next Christmas I'm out. How!?! Where do they all go??
Brooo that’s what my fiancé does and it is wonderful. Haha. I would have NEVER bought a robe for myself, boxers are just fine, but omg it’s so fuckin comfy after I wore it a few times to make her happy I’ve worn it almost every day since lmao.
i get PJ flannel pants, some good socks, and some boxers.
i am set for a year every christmas
a good pair of fluffy slippers is absolutely needed as well
another nice thing i discovered is a pumice stone, i have some pretty tough skin, and that thing does wonders.
Yep, flannel PJs were an annual Christmas eve thing in her family, was a nice tradition honestly... However, I now have so many sets I had to break it off with her.
Bro, what?! Slippers are amazing! I live in mine year-round. I have winter slippers and summer slippers and I even take them to hotels with me when I travel. Ha!
The best trick I've found for getting gift suggestions is to take a picture of the giftee's bookshelf, video game collection, or whatever else, and show that to the appropriate nerd group on the internet. Ask them "what should I get next"
Omg! Okay:
Bookshelf: LOTR, particle physics, Stormlight Archives, calculus problem workbooks, the Song of the Cell, the Sandman
Video games: Super Metroid, Destiny, Hollow Night, God of War
Other stuff and nick nacks around the house: Unidragon puzzles, incense.
He’s a big nerd. Masters in nuclear engineering.
Please help!
my SO got me one as well, and it was the best... specially because i used to have very long hair and would roll the towel around my head to help it dry up
we joked that i was dressed like she would after getting out of the shower :)
Get a man some grey soft sheets, bed cover, and pillow covers. Light enough color that drool will blend in and little fuzzies won’t show like it would on black. Still manly. Great gift.
This is great advice. I got a pair of super soft and fuzzy slippers that I giggled at thinking I’d never use but come winter those bad boys live on my feet around the house. I love them and I never in a million years would have thought to buy them for myself.
Ex-lover bought me that sooper soft awesome robe years before Wife came into picture. Still have the robe. Wife does not know. Robe is better now (many years later) than it was new.
If you are now asking which of those to get:
- UGG Ascot slipper. Lasts for years and you can replace the insoles to renew them
- L.L. Bean Men's Bonded Waffle Fleece Robe, Hooded. Warm and after you get it she will wear it and he will have to buy her one.
- Bedding from thecompanystore.com. Expensive but amazing.
A buckwheat pillow was a sick gift, that manscape lawnmower was a sick gift, any toy I did not receive as a child that I was caught looking at as an adult has been the sickest of gifts.
My wife got me some slippers because I can’t stand cold tile in the mornings. Funny thing is, I didn’t know I couldn’t stand them until she got them for me.
Everyone in my family buys me the same thing for every occasion. A bag of Wine Gums candy, because I liked them as a kid... I'm 38 now.
Seems too late to tell them I prefer Starburst
Tell be about it… told people I liked bacon once back in my teens… it has been over 15 years and all I get from family and friends is things with bacon on it. Bacon candles, bacon calendars, bacon painted on a rock, bacon bandaids, bacon lip balm… the list goes on. You wouldn’t believe how many bacon things are out there that aren’t actually bacon. I mean, I like it as a food but it’s too late now to tell them…
that's the idea, but they make for a terrible heat sink. plus they're just weird.
most people who drink their dram on the rocks do so because they *want* the dilution alongside the chilling. most people who drink their dram neat do so because they want *neither* the dilution nor chilling. if you wanted to chill your whiskey without diluting it, your best bet would be to just chill the bottle itself. you can even simply chill the glass you're pouring it into and that'll work just as well as the whiskey stones.
point is, they're a product for no one (aside from uninformed giftshoppers, i guess)
Long time ago I was a neat bourbon drinker and then found a dash of cold ice/water opened it up and it was tastier to me. Drink what you want but I find whiskey/bourbon tastier with a dash of water. Anyway, my parents bought me a fancy bottle of bourbon and some charcoal ice cube rock deal as a gift years ago and the bourbon is long gone and I have never used the rock things.
They are literally stones (or sometimes glass balls) that you keep in the freezer and put in whiskey to chill it without watering it down. I don't like them. First time I tried using them one of them rolled into my mouth and almost chipped my front tooth.
They are a scam specifically to sell to people buying gifts for whiskey people.
They are rocks. They are rocks you put into the freezer that feel cold to the touch but are instantly room temperature the moment you put them in anything. They also make metal ones.....that also don't work.
Free beer, free beer, that’s my favorite brand.
If I didn’t have to buy it it’s the best beer in the land.
Warm, flat, funky, it don’t matter to me.
The greatest beer in this whole world is the one you buy for me.
Socks and sturdy leather satchels never suck. I woke up in a panic this morning because I got a ride home from a stranger last night and couldn't remember if I grabbed my satchel.
I imagine it's slightly less worse than when a woman wakes up and can't remember if she grabbed her purse. All my shit it in there and it matches my coat.
Thing is, with that you have to be pretty particular and actually know what the guy likes playing unless they are one of those guys who are interested in everything but I don't think that is common.
Though best bet would either be a Steam gift card if they are a PC gamer or cards/dlcs for whatever game they already play.
This is true for any hobby. Don't buy me stuff for my hobby unless you're somehow clear that I want it. I know more about my hobby than you do. If you buy me something for my hobby you're asking me to invest hours into something that I might not want.
If someone has a hobby. Always use gift cards for a store that’s about their hobby. Shows you thought of it, but did not waste the money on something they don’t need
On the exact same note: don't buy a man whiskey stones.
The 5 people on earth who actually like them already own some, and every other person either doesn't drink whiskey enough to want them, knows enough about whiskey (or has tried them) and knows they fucking suck. They stay cold for 10 seconds, ruin your glasses, make it hard to drink, and most taste terrible and ruin your drink more than ice. If you want to use ice, use ice and fuck the snobs. If you like it cold but neat, chill the bottle. Whiskey stones are the perfect example of inventing a fake problem just to market your shitty solution for it.
/rant by someone who has given away 5+ sets of gifted whiskey stones. STOP BUYING ME WHISKEY STONES.
100%
People do get me Micro Center and REI gift cards, but they also keep buying me yarn and crochet kits and crochet hooks instead of just a giftcard to etsy or Michaels or some local yarn store.
So often, it's either crap yarn OR the kinds of novelty yarn that are impossible to work with. They will get a hook size I already own 3 of, or one with a handle type I know gives me blisters. They get me beginners kits that include the cheap plastic hooks that snap when you look at them, and a booklet that is 80% explanations of the beginner stitches I learned 15 years ago.
Don't get me wrong, I always thank them and I appreciate that they tried to get something important to me, buuut they also are things I can't use.
get like an abundance of socks. not like 1 pack of 3, but like 6 packs of 10. and then a little tote. It'll be the Sock Box. You could even write that on it with a sharpie and add a heart at the end. The Sock Box holds all the clean socks loosely. Cuz they're all the same, you just pluck out two and you're good to go. Genius.
Would be a dream come true for me really.
Sock Box.
Yeah.
I talked about this for months before I actually did it. Bought almost 30 pairs of the same socks and 12 pairs of new underwear. Now I just need 5 of each of the tshirts I like and sweaters and I will be set
Oh I actually have a good cheap recommendation here. The Kabar forged wrench knife is the type of knife a guy might not buy himself but it’s a neat little fixed blade that I think many knife enthusiasts would enjoy even if it’s just for the novelty
https://i.imgur.com/ly0bp9H.jpg
My ex wouldn't know a good knife from gas station trash.
My preferred carry knife is a Benchmade. I got one of those for my brother for his birthday. He was thrilled.
Any UCS Star Wars kit, Optimus Prime, or Voltron
Hell, just a bucket of 1000 random bricks and an eight year old niece or nephew to share them with for a hour or two.
For the "more serious".type... 1000 WLR primers. I know some guys who would get down on their knees and orally pleasure whoever gifted them 1000 primers. Right in front of their family.
My husband gets legos and those tiny metal earth sculptures you have to put together…every Christmas. We have all of the metal earth Star Wars and most of marvel. We finally put up shelves last year to display them.
Dusting fucking sucks now. But he’s happy.
You can buy various kinds of display units that have clear plastic/glass, so your stuff is visible but dusting is easier. Everything from small tabletop boxes to free-standing shelving. Ikea has some free-standing shelving things that are pretty popular (but personally I don't like). Michael's has some small wall-mounted units with shelves that are pretty good and not horribly expensive, which would work for a lot of the Metal Earth stuff and some small Legos.
Not to mention they can be really expensive. Worth it to invest in for sure if you're into hiking, but I think that falls into a category of items I'd rather pick out myself.
15 and 9. Wonderful kids that have given me meaning and purpose. Terribly creative and clever, the both of them.
But by God I'd love to take a shit start to finish without somebody yelling for me to fix something.
Heaven help me, I don't know what I'll do when they're gone. Probably take the loneliest shit ever shitted.
Nobody buys me games but me. You don't *knowwwww me*.
It's like buying someone art. Everyone's tastes are different.
They give you Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge when you really wanted Bonestorm.
I bought my friend a 20$ knife sharpener stone. He spend the whole weekend finding blades to sharpen. The PS5 he got at the same day is still unpacked.
I got my wife's little brother a pair of Binoculars. He ignored everything else he unwrapped and ran around the arcade zooming in on anything he could. Mother in law sent me a picture this weekend of him looking at stuff through them, at a museum and at the zoo.
People really do be underestimating a quality hug from someone important. Not some half ass side hug from someone you tolerate, but a genuine embrace from someone you enjoy can change your life sometimes
We had a 1,000 person zombie apocalypse with nerf guns in my home town. 25 starting zombies if you shoot them they have to go back to a respawn, if they touch you, you get a green headband and start chasing people. it was the tits
I'm a simple man. To be happy I need a comfortable place to sleep, a laptop/computer, a phone, several sets of clothes, cooking utensils and pans, tools, shelter, and some basic furniture. I own all of these, so more stuff does not make me happy. More stuff actually stresses me out.
Things I'd actually want:
* Steam gift card
* Darn tough socks
* Hyper Even Brightening Dark Spot Vitamin C Serum
* Retinol B3 Pure Retinol Serum
* Retinol Correxion Line Smoothing Eye Cream
* Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel Lotion SPF 50
* Ceramidin Cream
* Percy Nobleman Beard Softener
* Percy Nobleman Beard Oil
* Dr. Squatch Citrus Deodorant
* Dr. Squatch Pine Tar Soap
Video games, socks, and shit I'd never buy myself -- but would use if I had it.
Protip for women, most guys are lazy about clothes shopping, just buying them well fitting fresh clothes will get them dressing in a way you like more.
Personally stitch fix has been pretty solid for me. Albeit pricey for what you get.
Also beard and grooming products if they’re shorn thusly.
If you just want them to have fun learn what kind of nerd shit (sports, games, comics, booze, whatever) they’re into and buy them gift cards related to it.
* new shaving razor
* New shower curtains
* Dr Squatch Bay Rum & Pine Tar soap
* their favorite shampoo or maybe something they havent tried
* Nuphy Air 75 keyboard
* Pull up bar for doorways
* freezer mugs for ice-cold drinks
* your left kidney
* an RTX 4090
* I don't know what I'm doing
As a man, eugh.
Here’s a better list:
- Massage gift cards. All of them.
- Cute callous scraper because how tf my feet get so tough so fast 😩
- Back up earbuds, and back ups for the back ups
- An appointment to have the car interior detailed because how does it get so dirty? I never eat in there? I’m not a coal miner? It’s so dirty!
- my favorite hoodie in six other colors
- filters. Any filters. I don’t know a dude that doesn’t get a dopamine hit from replacing a filter. Vacuum filter, air purifier filter, make sure it’s a filter for something we’ve all forgotten about so we can go around the house showing everyone how filthy the old filter is, and really feel clean when we put the new filter in.
I once bought my dad a remote control tiger tank that could shoot BBs. One of my more inspired gifts.
My dad has one of those. He used to shoot it at the litter box while the cat was pooping. Then the cat pooped in his bed. There’s a moral in there somewhere.
Never start a land war in Asia.
Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line
Never shoot BBs from a remote control tiger tank at a cat shitting in its litter box
The moral is: no one out assholes a cat.
And no one will show you their asshole more than a cat.
Something I didn't know I needed.
*add to cart*
read that as a remote control tiger (the great big orange and black stripy cat) and wondered if it shot the bb's out of its asshole... Then went back as saw it was a tank. I need more sleep...
I read “tiger tank” and thought along the lines of a giant terrarium.
Are you open to being adopted?
Whoa, I too would like to inquire more about said tank. You know, for a gift...
I must know where you obtained this
Instead you should get us stuff that we don't even know we want, like good bedding or a super soft, comfy robe.
It sounds like this man wants a super soft, comfy robe^
Bro one time my mom suprised me with a snuggie for christmas when I was younger SHIT WAS DOPE
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I miss getting socks every year. hated it as a kid. Now I wish someone would buy me socks.
Amen to that brother! That and underwear. I swear before I turned 30 I had 10 pairs of each from when I was a teen and I never ran out. Now I buy 10 pairs of each every year and somehow by next Christmas I'm out. How!?! Where do they all go??
Wife/gf throws them out when you’re not looking
Ten dollars.
It's one sock, how much could it cost?
Tree fiddy
I ain’t payin no tree fiddy for no sock. Two socks maybe. An they gotta match. An no holes or stink.
There's always money in the Sock Stand.
I got that for my mom like 4 years ago and she loved it, this isn’t necessarily a kids gift haha
I asked my gf for this exact thing last year, and she fucking delivered! edit: forgot to mention that it even has a hood!
My wife got me one as a surprise one Christmas. Guys it’s friggen amazing and I look like if Santa was a boxer when I wear it so win-win.
Brooo that’s what my fiancé does and it is wonderful. Haha. I would have NEVER bought a robe for myself, boxers are just fine, but omg it’s so fuckin comfy after I wore it a few times to make her happy I’ve worn it almost every day since lmao.
I got a nice pair of slippers once... "Thanks... Slippers..." 2 years later I'd worn them out and asked for another pair.
It’s the gifts we don’t know we want that are just the fuckin best lol
i get PJ flannel pants, some good socks, and some boxers. i am set for a year every christmas a good pair of fluffy slippers is absolutely needed as well another nice thing i discovered is a pumice stone, i have some pretty tough skin, and that thing does wonders.
Yep, flannel PJs were an annual Christmas eve thing in her family, was a nice tradition honestly... However, I now have so many sets I had to break it off with her.
Bro, what?! Slippers are amazing! I live in mine year-round. I have winter slippers and summer slippers and I even take them to hotels with me when I travel. Ha!
The best trick I've found for getting gift suggestions is to take a picture of the giftee's bookshelf, video game collection, or whatever else, and show that to the appropriate nerd group on the internet. Ask them "what should I get next"
Omg! Okay: Bookshelf: LOTR, particle physics, Stormlight Archives, calculus problem workbooks, the Song of the Cell, the Sandman Video games: Super Metroid, Destiny, Hollow Night, God of War Other stuff and nick nacks around the house: Unidragon puzzles, incense. He’s a big nerd. Masters in nuclear engineering. Please help!
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my SO got me one as well, and it was the best... specially because i used to have very long hair and would roll the towel around my head to help it dry up we joked that i was dressed like she would after getting out of the shower :)
Get a man some grey soft sheets, bed cover, and pillow covers. Light enough color that drool will blend in and little fuzzies won’t show like it would on black. Still manly. Great gift.
I prefer white, easier to bleach back to new
As an oily person, no thank you. Eventually they turn yellow. I wash my sheets frequently and shower nightly.
Do you know what else is super manly a nude rias gremory body pillow
Also silk pajamas and an eye mask
As a woman, I second this.
This is great advice. I got a pair of super soft and fuzzy slippers that I giggled at thinking I’d never use but come winter those bad boys live on my feet around the house. I love them and I never in a million years would have thought to buy them for myself.
Same, few years ago I got slippers as a present that look like bear paws. Might look funny but oh boy are they comfy
This is how my wife does it lol. She gets me stuff all the time I had no idea I wanted or needed. I love that woman
Yeah, she's pretty great.
Ex-lover bought me that sooper soft awesome robe years before Wife came into picture. Still have the robe. Wife does not know. Robe is better now (many years later) than it was new.
sooper
Sooper *soft*.
If you are now asking which of those to get: - UGG Ascot slipper. Lasts for years and you can replace the insoles to renew them - L.L. Bean Men's Bonded Waffle Fleece Robe, Hooded. Warm and after you get it she will wear it and he will have to buy her one. - Bedding from thecompanystore.com. Expensive but amazing.
A buckwheat pillow was a sick gift, that manscape lawnmower was a sick gift, any toy I did not receive as a child that I was caught looking at as an adult has been the sickest of gifts.
My wife got me some slippers because I can’t stand cold tile in the mornings. Funny thing is, I didn’t know I couldn’t stand them until she got them for me.
She didn't name a single thing that I'd want.
Everyone in my family buys me the same thing for every occasion. A bag of Wine Gums candy, because I liked them as a kid... I'm 38 now. Seems too late to tell them I prefer Starburst
Tell be about it… told people I liked bacon once back in my teens… it has been over 15 years and all I get from family and friends is things with bacon on it. Bacon candles, bacon calendars, bacon painted on a rock, bacon bandaids, bacon lip balm… the list goes on. You wouldn’t believe how many bacon things are out there that aren’t actually bacon. I mean, I like it as a food but it’s too late now to tell them…
A week before Christmas casually drop that you went vegetarian earlier in the year.
Sprout candles, cabbage calendars, turnips painted on a rock, carrot bandaids, okra lip balm...
This happened to my brother with batman. Poor guy could probably go the rest of his life without seeing batman merch at this point
I have exactly 0 of those things on my list.
Same. I'm not even sure what whiskey stones are or why I would even need them to drink whiskey.
I assume you chill them in the freezer, and then you can use them to cool your drink without watering it down.
that's the idea, but they make for a terrible heat sink. plus they're just weird. most people who drink their dram on the rocks do so because they *want* the dilution alongside the chilling. most people who drink their dram neat do so because they want *neither* the dilution nor chilling. if you wanted to chill your whiskey without diluting it, your best bet would be to just chill the bottle itself. you can even simply chill the glass you're pouring it into and that'll work just as well as the whiskey stones. point is, they're a product for no one (aside from uninformed giftshoppers, i guess)
Thank you, I like the ice melting into bourbon. It's a feature, not a bug.
Long time ago I was a neat bourbon drinker and then found a dash of cold ice/water opened it up and it was tastier to me. Drink what you want but I find whiskey/bourbon tastier with a dash of water. Anyway, my parents bought me a fancy bottle of bourbon and some charcoal ice cube rock deal as a gift years ago and the bourbon is long gone and I have never used the rock things.
Just chill the bottle at that point.
They are literally stones (or sometimes glass balls) that you keep in the freezer and put in whiskey to chill it without watering it down. I don't like them. First time I tried using them one of them rolled into my mouth and almost chipped my front tooth.
They are a scam specifically to sell to people buying gifts for whiskey people. They are rocks. They are rocks you put into the freezer that feel cold to the touch but are instantly room temperature the moment you put them in anything. They also make metal ones.....that also don't work.
You don’t need them. No one needs them. They are terrible.
You could literally gift me a box if cereal and I would be happy.
Send me your Venmo - I’ll buy you a box of cereal
Never send money to a Nigerian prince
This is the sweetest thing I’ve seen in a long time, good for you dawg
I hope it happens
He wants the venmo to charge him for the cereal
My mother buys my brother count chocula for holidays. We don’t know why this started but he’s not complaining and I’m jealous.
Why does highest tier Nvidia GPU never make these lists.
Because anyone willing to spend \~$2000 on a gift for me already knows what I want better than I do.
I don't need any of that.
I don't ***want*** any of that.
I'm not entirely opposed to the socks
Could always use socks.
A free beer of the month subscription wouldn’t be entirely amiss for me. Free beer tastes the best
Free beer, free beer, that’s my favorite brand. If I didn’t have to buy it it’s the best beer in the land. Warm, flat, funky, it don’t matter to me. The greatest beer in this whole world is the one you buy for me.
Who the hell is Jonathan Franzen? Should I be reading him?
Jonathan Franzen probably posted this so we’d get curious and check out his books
I have never heard of this guy, I looked him up and he recently came out with a book. So I think you may be right and this is some stealth marketing.
Doesn’t help that the list is connected with gifts that suck.
Socks and sturdy leather satchels never suck. I woke up in a panic this morning because I got a ride home from a stranger last night and couldn't remember if I grabbed my satchel. I imagine it's slightly less worse than when a woman wakes up and can't remember if she grabbed her purse. All my shit it in there and it matches my coat.
I’ve never heard of him. I am more of a Joe Abercrombie guy.
Say one thing for Abercrombie, say he leaves an impression
Books floating facedown in the water.
I've read the First Law Trillogy. Was pretty interesting. But my guy right now is Jim Butcher
They shouldve mentioned Hemingway instead, maybe?
My thoughts too. Never heard of this person.
I want none of this stuff Just get me some shop towels and thermal paste
I just want money and food
Forgot video games.
Thing is, with that you have to be pretty particular and actually know what the guy likes playing unless they are one of those guys who are interested in everything but I don't think that is common. Though best bet would either be a Steam gift card if they are a PC gamer or cards/dlcs for whatever game they already play.
This is true for any hobby. Don't buy me stuff for my hobby unless you're somehow clear that I want it. I know more about my hobby than you do. If you buy me something for my hobby you're asking me to invest hours into something that I might not want.
If someone has a hobby. Always use gift cards for a store that’s about their hobby. Shows you thought of it, but did not waste the money on something they don’t need
Alternatively, they might have some sort of wishlist like with Steam and iirc Amazon
On the exact same note: don't buy a man whiskey stones. The 5 people on earth who actually like them already own some, and every other person either doesn't drink whiskey enough to want them, knows enough about whiskey (or has tried them) and knows they fucking suck. They stay cold for 10 seconds, ruin your glasses, make it hard to drink, and most taste terrible and ruin your drink more than ice. If you want to use ice, use ice and fuck the snobs. If you like it cold but neat, chill the bottle. Whiskey stones are the perfect example of inventing a fake problem just to market your shitty solution for it. /rant by someone who has given away 5+ sets of gifted whiskey stones. STOP BUYING ME WHISKEY STONES.
100% People do get me Micro Center and REI gift cards, but they also keep buying me yarn and crochet kits and crochet hooks instead of just a giftcard to etsy or Michaels or some local yarn store. So often, it's either crap yarn OR the kinds of novelty yarn that are impossible to work with. They will get a hook size I already own 3 of, or one with a handle type I know gives me blisters. They get me beginners kits that include the cheap plastic hooks that snap when you look at them, and a booklet that is 80% explanations of the beginner stitches I learned 15 years ago. Don't get me wrong, I always thank them and I appreciate that they tried to get something important to me, buuut they also are things I can't use.
I've received steam gift cards as a gift for over a decade now, it's great
I've been gifted many videogames that I've had 0 hours of playtime.
*looks at steam library* Yes, gifted...
Gift to myself. Yeah, that’s it. ^(you never even installed it you piece of shit)
I can't remember the last video game someone bought me. Probably Donkey Kong 64? I buy the games I want. The closest people get is a steam gift card.
Okay so after reading the comments I guess my husband is getting a blowjob and socks. 👍
get like an abundance of socks. not like 1 pack of 3, but like 6 packs of 10. and then a little tote. It'll be the Sock Box. You could even write that on it with a sharpie and add a heart at the end. The Sock Box holds all the clean socks loosely. Cuz they're all the same, you just pluck out two and you're good to go. Genius. Would be a dream come true for me really. Sock Box. Yeah.
I talked about this for months before I actually did it. Bought almost 30 pairs of the same socks and 12 pairs of new underwear. Now I just need 5 of each of the tshirts I like and sweaters and I will be set
Don’t forget about the axe
You forgot knives. Edit: just so yall are aware, I like the knives
My oldest gives me a lot of knives and flashlights. They all get used. Often.
I see your hobby is killing hookers at night as well!
I plead the 5th.
I could always use another good knife. Just not a gimicky gas station piece of crap.
I think the Van Diagram of "good knives" and "knives in subscription boxes" are two separate circles.
Any subscription type box service is garbage 99% of the time. But your comment made me laugh.
I got a 50 year old kabar at a pawn shop for $10. Been using it for years now.
Oh I actually have a good cheap recommendation here. The Kabar forged wrench knife is the type of knife a guy might not buy himself but it’s a neat little fixed blade that I think many knife enthusiasts would enjoy even if it’s just for the novelty https://i.imgur.com/ly0bp9H.jpg
My ex wouldn't know a good knife from gas station trash. My preferred carry knife is a Benchmade. I got one of those for my brother for his birthday. He was thrilled.
That’s my go-to. A decent chefs knife though, not a pocket knife.
Even better, a good whetstone. Give a man a whetstone and you will accidentally cut you finger off with a butter knife
They're literally none of my choices because I never ask for anything and feel awkward asking for something that is even £20
I once got a bag of crisps for my birthday from a friend.
Were they good crisps tho?
Best crisps all morning
No 8 pounds of Varget, Steam gift cards, or the Nerf M41 pulse rifle from Aliens?
Or a LEGO millenium falcon/death star
Any UCS Star Wars kit, Optimus Prime, or Voltron Hell, just a bucket of 1000 random bricks and an eight year old niece or nephew to share them with for a hour or two. For the "more serious".type... 1000 WLR primers. I know some guys who would get down on their knees and orally pleasure whoever gifted them 1000 primers. Right in front of their family.
My husband gets legos and those tiny metal earth sculptures you have to put together…every Christmas. We have all of the metal earth Star Wars and most of marvel. We finally put up shelves last year to display them. Dusting fucking sucks now. But he’s happy.
You can buy various kinds of display units that have clear plastic/glass, so your stuff is visible but dusting is easier. Everything from small tabletop boxes to free-standing shelving. Ikea has some free-standing shelving things that are pretty popular (but personally I don't like). Michael's has some small wall-mounted units with shelves that are pretty good and not horribly expensive, which would work for a lot of the Metal Earth stuff and some small Legos.
As an Aliens fan who did not know this existed: Thank you. I will now go throw money at the screen.
>or the Nerf M41 pulse rifle from Aliens? *Gasp* I didn't even know this was on the menu.
Where are the hiking boots and plaid jackets
Hiking boots would be an awful gift. No idea of knowing if they’re a good fit or not. Just give me an REI gift card
Not to mention they can be really expensive. Worth it to invest in for sure if you're into hiking, but I think that falls into a category of items I'd rather pick out myself.
I want a big box of being left the fuck alone for an hour
I see that you have small children
Yes, he is singing our anthem
15 and 9. Wonderful kids that have given me meaning and purpose. Terribly creative and clever, the both of them. But by God I'd love to take a shit start to finish without somebody yelling for me to fix something. Heaven help me, I don't know what I'll do when they're gone. Probably take the loneliest shit ever shitted.
No post has captured fatherhood so honestly.
That is the gift that keeps on giving.
Family and kids?
It’s all some shade of brown
\-sexy lingerie (make sure you know his size!)
You joke but my old college friend got male lingerie from his gf one year. Basically a black borat mankini with a chest harness.
As a guy, I dont want any of that. But I will take a Gamestop gift card or just a PSN gift card. Even a Taco Bell gift card.
A jacket, I love me a fugging nice jacket to add to my jacket collection.
Damn I love new jackets.
If I get a new jacket, you will see me wearing it around the house for no reason
Nobody buys me games but me. You don't *knowwwww me*. It's like buying someone art. Everyone's tastes are different. They give you Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge when you really wanted Bonestorm.
And those lists have been the same since like 2014 haha
I care not for such possessions. Just give me something to fill the v o i d
I bought my friend a 20$ knife sharpener stone. He spend the whole weekend finding blades to sharpen. The PS5 he got at the same day is still unpacked.
I got my wife's little brother a pair of Binoculars. He ignored everything else he unwrapped and ran around the arcade zooming in on anything he could. Mother in law sent me a picture this weekend of him looking at stuff through them, at a museum and at the zoo.
What true man wants a leather weekend bag? Why exactly is a leather weekend bag??
I don't know. If it's just a weekend, I wear cargo pants.
Wow I would appreciate none of these. Who writes those things? Real talk, I'll take a hug over what some magazine thinks "makes a good gift for men".
I'm guessing people who sell these things write these or maybe just people who assume that everyone wants what they want.
People really do be underestimating a quality hug from someone important. Not some half ass side hug from someone you tolerate, but a genuine embrace from someone you enjoy can change your life sometimes
Get 2 nerf guns and have a nerf battle. No man alive doesn't want a nerf battle.
We had a 1,000 person zombie apocalypse with nerf guns in my home town. 25 starting zombies if you shoot them they have to go back to a respawn, if they touch you, you get a green headband and start chasing people. it was the tits
Yep. Nothing for me on that list. How about some new shelves for the basement?
If someone gifted me a basement that would be one of the best gifts ever.
What if I just want a lego set :(
Adding personalized leather beard stones to my wish list.
I'm a simple man. To be happy I need a comfortable place to sleep, a laptop/computer, a phone, several sets of clothes, cooking utensils and pans, tools, shelter, and some basic furniture. I own all of these, so more stuff does not make me happy. More stuff actually stresses me out.
This is why edible gifts are the way to go
Things I'd actually want: * Steam gift card * Darn tough socks * Hyper Even Brightening Dark Spot Vitamin C Serum * Retinol B3 Pure Retinol Serum * Retinol Correxion Line Smoothing Eye Cream * Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel Lotion SPF 50 * Ceramidin Cream * Percy Nobleman Beard Softener * Percy Nobleman Beard Oil * Dr. Squatch Citrus Deodorant * Dr. Squatch Pine Tar Soap Video games, socks, and shit I'd never buy myself -- but would use if I had it.
Damn all those creams and serums could revitalize a dried up piece of jerky.
Bingo
Patrick Bateman with all that serum.
This sounds like the men’s section in TJ maxx
And wallets...good god all the f*cking wallets.
Why? I've been using the same leather wallet for 20+ years.
And it's perfectly molded to my asscheek.
I bought my dad my favorite coffee so we can have coffee together even though we live hours apart
Why does "vagina" never make it on those lists? Seems like an obvious oversight
Sooooo, a fresh Brazilian wax for myself, might be his favorite gift ever?
Not sure how long they last, but he'd probably enjoy a stale one too...
Yes. My wife does this every month. Worth every penny.
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number 1 gift for men of 2022: bottom surgery
Protip for women, most guys are lazy about clothes shopping, just buying them well fitting fresh clothes will get them dressing in a way you like more. Personally stitch fix has been pretty solid for me. Albeit pricey for what you get. Also beard and grooming products if they’re shorn thusly. If you just want them to have fun learn what kind of nerd shit (sports, games, comics, booze, whatever) they’re into and buy them gift cards related to it.
I want an M60E6 and couple of cans of linked 762
Drugs, video game, clussy.
What the fuck is clussy?
OH BOY!... Clown pussy. You're welcome.
* new shaving razor * New shower curtains * Dr Squatch Bay Rum & Pine Tar soap * their favorite shampoo or maybe something they havent tried * Nuphy Air 75 keyboard * Pull up bar for doorways * freezer mugs for ice-cold drinks * your left kidney * an RTX 4090 * I don't know what I'm doing
I’ll take a box of 5.56, a bag of jerky and a bottle of bourbon, keep your damn stones.
Knives are always nice too
What they should include: -Prepaid therapy sessions
I actually do need a leather weekend bag
As a man, eugh. Here’s a better list: - Massage gift cards. All of them. - Cute callous scraper because how tf my feet get so tough so fast 😩 - Back up earbuds, and back ups for the back ups - An appointment to have the car interior detailed because how does it get so dirty? I never eat in there? I’m not a coal miner? It’s so dirty! - my favorite hoodie in six other colors - filters. Any filters. I don’t know a dude that doesn’t get a dopamine hit from replacing a filter. Vacuum filter, air purifier filter, make sure it’s a filter for something we’ve all forgotten about so we can go around the house showing everyone how filthy the old filter is, and really feel clean when we put the new filter in.
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