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I like the idea of giving a very specific trinket or gift to a person based on what I understand of their wants and needs.
If I feel like that is insufficient, then I will also add cash to it, so it's like, I was thinking of you, and I also know you were thinking of yourself, and so this is the perfect combo gift.
Fuck your gift cards, and nobody's getting a gift card.
You get cold card cash, and then something that is meaningful and not onerous or painful.
Like I have one friend that likes guns and reading and anime so I will draw them something as their gift that is anime related and then give them like 50 bucks because they're adults and they don't need the cash but I want them to know I'm thinking of them.
I have another friend that really likes old scary movies, and it's hard to find them, so I just give him cash.
If they spend it on food, or weed, or gas, or whatever, instead of purchasing a gift for themselves, then that's perfectly fine. You know, it is the thought that matters.
This is practical and wholesome AF. Love it.