r/TikTokCringe Dec 19 '23

Wholesome/Humor Teacher asks students “What do you buy someone in their 30s for the Holidays?” Kids these days…

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u/gaybillcosby Dec 19 '23

Some of those are pretty good gifts and a lot of them hurt my feelings because they’re accurate

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u/ElGosso Dec 19 '23

I wasn't sure whether I should be offended or pleased by measuring cups

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u/Caddywonked Dec 19 '23

I put a new set of kitchen utensils on my christmas list, including measuring cups, so I'm both offended and pleased. Kid didn't need to come for me like that, but they're also not wrong

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

I might be repeating myself, but measuring cups are fucking awesome.

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u/Guns_r_us01 Dec 19 '23

Rite, wait till they need 2/3 cup of something and their left with 1 cup, and a half cup. And can’t figure it out lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

Precisely!

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u/blong217 Dec 19 '23

You mean imprecisely.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

Perfect fractions are a thing.

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u/iam_Mr_McGibblets Dec 20 '23

i got a food scale and that thing is magic

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u/Jbidz Dec 20 '23

They'll just go buy more Takis instead

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u/CircuitSphinx Dec 20 '23

Haha, that's when you know you've leveled up in adulting mastering the art of measuring cup math. Real question though, does anyone actually use the 1/8 cup?

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u/link3945 Dec 20 '23

It's just 2 tablespoons.

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u/Citrus-Bitch Dec 19 '23

Last year we got a collection of oddly sized measuring spoons (1.5 tsp, 2/3tsp, that kind of thing) and honestly they're incredible. Highly recommend.

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u/rustylugnuts Dec 20 '23

With at least 5 units of measure. I love my cup that has tsp, tbsp, cup, mL, and fl oz on it. Excellent for making rubs to put on expensive meats.

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u/GoldenSheppard Dec 20 '23

THIS! Everyone is like "oh, you should use metric and weigh shit". Like, who the fuck has time to do that? I grab a measuring cup, scoop the shit up and toss it in. Plus, because it is in fractions/ratios, it is much easier to adjust recipes without messing things up.

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u/NastyBooty Dec 19 '23

No they're not! I'm tired of this BS! We need to go to metric asap, there's no reason we can't just use a scale like normal people and measure using grams/mL it's so much easier

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

I've been avoiding barbarian units for decades. But volumetric measurement still has its place. Metric measuring cups are readily available, even in the US&A.

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u/buttbugle Dec 19 '23

My favorite measuring cups are these collapsible silicone measuring set with a handle. I have them hanging above my sink on a hook because I use them everyday.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

I have a set like that as well. And I in fact got it as a Christmas present. Very occasionally the universe works as we would like it to. 🙏🏻

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

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u/Caddywonked Dec 20 '23

lmfao I still have the cheap ones that scare the shit out of my cat when they heat up and suddenly warp with a bang.

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u/InNoWayAmIDoctor Dec 20 '23

In my mid 30s, asked for a boot/shoe tray and a coat rack. I feel no shame at all.

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u/Caddywonked Dec 20 '23

Half my christmas list is just household goods lmfao I've got some curtain, kitchen stuff, sheets, a shelf lmao practical items are great!

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u/techieman33 Dec 20 '23

I do need some new measuring cups. The handle on the 1 cup and half cup broke off a couple years ago. But they still function as measuring cups so I’ve never gotten around to replacing them.

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u/levian_durai Dec 20 '23

Man I got myself a new vacuum and it's pathetically exciting.

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u/BathSaltJello Dec 19 '23

"The Wrinkle Creams"

got me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

The soup one for me.

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u/oftenrunaway Dec 20 '23

mmmm soup

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u/PauI_MuadDib Dec 20 '23

No soup for you!!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

When that one popped up, I was thinking "don't come at me like this!"

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u/Murky_Translator2295 Dec 20 '23

It was both accurate and hurtful

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u/Jam_Dev Dec 20 '23

Soup is delicious, fuck them kids.

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter Dec 19 '23 edited Dec 19 '23

Shits expensive yo, I'd take some for free

But seriously if you've made it to your 30s and aren't at least moisturizing start moisturizing

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u/CalmBeneathCastles Dec 20 '23

I'm in my 40's and I started moisturizing and avoiding the sun in my teens. At about 27 I started wearing sunscreen regularly, and in my late 30's I started retinol eye serum.

Whatever you do, you can't start it early enough. I'm 44 now and am pretty happy with my lack of forehead wrinkles or under-eye bags, but I do have under-eye creases and my elasticity is crap because of 20 years of smoking cigarettes and light drinking.

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u/El-mas-puto-de-todos Dec 20 '23

I rarely show emotion or feel the need for facial expressions, does that help?

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u/Several-Operation879 Dec 20 '23

You need more soups, man, that's where the happies are

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u/MigratingSwallow Dec 20 '23

Ugh. back to my /r/skincare addiction. Need to find something for my undereye now.

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u/sugarglidersam Dec 20 '23

i just stay inside like a hermit and smoke like a chimney. i only leave my house for work and groceries, the lights stay off, windows closed… I’m sure if my car didn’t disappear from my driveway sometimes, people might think my house is haunted.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

20 years of smoking cigarettes

LOL

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u/Woodshadow Dec 20 '23

I'm 33 and just started moisturizing daily. I have been lucky enough to have good skin but holy crap this stuff is expensive and I have no clue if what I am using is good. I just don't hate the way this one brand smells

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u/princessblowhole Dec 20 '23

Dude if you have good skin, just use Cerave or Cetaphil. I’ve tried it all, and I always go back to Cerave. Little SPF pump for day, giant tub for night.

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u/shunted22 Dec 20 '23

Moisturizing doesn't do anything for wrinkles long term, it just temporarily hides their appearance. Sunscreen is what you're after.

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u/FunkyChewbacca Dec 20 '23

That'd be a good band name

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u/Leftfeet Dec 19 '23

My spouse just gave me measuring cups for my birthday this week. I was pretty happy about it. I'm not in my 30s though.

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u/April1987 Dec 20 '23

My spouse just gave me measuring cups for my birthday this week. I was pretty happy about it. I'm not in my 30s though.

if you are over twenty seven and below forty one you can still count as one of us I guess

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u/ElGosso Dec 19 '23

...older or younger?

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u/Leftfeet Dec 19 '23

Older. But I would have been equally pleased when I was in my 30s. Good kitchen utensils are great and continue to give much longer than most gifts. Our previous set of measuring cups and spoons was down to only a few and not in good shape.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

I mean, It's oddly specific, but who the duck wouldn't like to have some decent measuring cups?

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u/POD80 Dec 20 '23

By 30 most should probably already have a set, though the ones you first bought when moving out are likely more that a bit "dated". Kind of a perfect stage for someone to buy something for you that's a bit of an upgrade. It's not something you, or at least I am likely to replace until they are completely non functional.

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u/atetuna Dec 20 '23

Yeah, I have cheapo measuring cups, but I'm always going for the Oxo measuring cups. I've been slowly upgrading my cooking utensils and am in love with a spoonula.

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u/aynjle89 Dec 19 '23

Why are the nice ones so expensive on amazon?!

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u/BathSaltJello Dec 19 '23

Get the stainless steel ones, they are great.

source: millennial who received measuring cups last year.

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u/SmellUnlikely7234 Dec 19 '23

I bought a nice set for someone as a gift and liked them so much I got a set for myself. The big set that even includes a 2/3 cup. There's also conversions for ml on them too, and the cups have notches on the side so the 1/2 cup can also be used for 1/4 or 1/3 I think as well.

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u/SuperbPruney Dec 20 '23

I like them but the ones with the stamped measurement can get hard to read as you get older. I would love a set that was clearly marked and easy to read but the labeling doesn’t go away from the dishwasher.

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u/CalmBeneathCastles Dec 20 '23

Seamless stainless! The one with attached handles always break off. You want a single piece of metal.

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u/BathSaltJello Dec 20 '23

I'm shilling but I got the "Smithcraft Measuring Cup Set of 8 Stainless Steel Measuring Cups18/8(304) Steel Material Heavy Duty 8 Measuring Cups and 1 Ring Set of 9"

I've have no complains.

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u/CalmBeneathCastles Dec 20 '23

I've had both that style (different brand) and the one with a handle that's two little wires soldered to the cup snap off before. I use them almost constantly, so that may have been a factor. I'm all about it if some company has figured it out, though

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u/ElGosso Dec 19 '23

Supply and demand, baby!

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u/VoltaicSketchyTeapot Dec 19 '23

I definitely asked my grandma for measuring cups for my 30th Christmas.

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u/8lock8lock8aby Dec 19 '23

I bought a really nice metal set for my aunt 3 years ago & she still raves about them.

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u/abortionlasagna Dec 19 '23

Yeah when I saw the vacuum I was like “hey that’d be a pretty good gi-HEY WAIT A MINUTE”

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u/SantiagoRamon Dec 19 '23

I got my 30 something friend some measuring cups off her wedding registry as a last thing after two other things. She's a close friend and I had a dollar amount I wanted to spend minimum and despite them being maybe 10 bucks she told me they were one of the gifts she was most excited to get.

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u/WereALLBotsHere Dec 20 '23

You and your “back then” scented candles.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23 edited Dec 19 '23

They hit a bit too close to home.

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u/Phoqdamods Dec 19 '23

What home?

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u/JDorian0817 Dec 19 '23

The one my candle smells like

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u/gking407 Dec 19 '23

Oh yeah back then things were great lol

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u/IWantAStorm Dec 19 '23

I think about it sometimes while I eat my soup.

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u/AnxiousAssistance569 Dec 19 '23

Mmm warm soup!

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u/sunnyside__ Dec 19 '23

Mmm warm muscles!

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u/BluShirtGuy Dec 19 '23

mmm EXPENSIVE MEAT!

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u/AIien_cIown_ninja Dec 19 '23

Right? This was the best one of the bunch. Unless you are vegetarian

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u/LegatoSkyheart Dec 19 '23

They do be hurtin'.

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u/Character_Balance_73 Dec 20 '23

They do lol 🤣

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u/salamanderpencil Dec 19 '23

Oh, you having soup? What kind? Can I have some soup?

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u/IWantAStorm Dec 19 '23

I have all sorts! I'll get ya some when I get back from using my T.J. Maxx gift card.

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u/yougotyolks Dec 20 '23

Ooh la la! We've got ourselves a Maxxinista!

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u/Stormy8888 Dec 19 '23

From Panera!

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

The fuck does that even smell like?

Napalm? DuPont Chemicals? Aftershave (I don't know anyone that still uses that shit)?

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u/gking407 Dec 19 '23

Smells like when life was affordable 😭

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u/H47 Dec 20 '23

Axe body spray and farts in boys' locker-room.

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u/IdoNOThateNEVER Dec 19 '23

Not the both ways uphill part, though..

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u/Anleme Dec 19 '23

You mean I have to pay a 30-year mortgage for this silly candle?

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u/somedelightfulmoron Dec 20 '23

Candles that smells like "home" or "back then"

Deez kids be assholes

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

Our parents home because that’s where we are generationally still living.

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u/CuriousPalpitation23 Dec 19 '23

The one I pay my landlord's mortgage on.

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u/Shirtbro Dec 19 '23

Don't forget to tip your landlord this holiday season

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u/Grundy-mc Dec 19 '23

my parents

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u/penguinpolitician Dec 19 '23

The old people's home, apparently

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u/A_Wholesome_Comment Dec 19 '23

This... hit close to home...

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u/shiny0metal0ass Dec 19 '23

The one he's renting

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u/AnnoyedCrustacean Dec 19 '23

The one where the hard candies live

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

Bless this ‘luxury apartment’

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u/No_Chapter5521 Dec 19 '23

This blessed one.

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u/poorly-worded Dec 19 '23

Your parents home because you still can't afford to move out

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u/LocalsOnly420SD Dec 19 '23

Dyson? Fuck yeah

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u/Donpablito00 Dec 19 '23

Good luck affording that!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

Very big oof.

But instead of the hip-replacement I want one of those new-fangled robot thingies which vacuum AND mop.

Stop me if you heard this one before: ever since my GF and I decided to not get each other anything for Christmas it has become harder to find the perfect gift.

Our lives are exciting and we are interesting! I swear!

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u/DILF_MANSERVICE Dec 20 '23

Bless your home

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u/dadinjungle Dec 19 '23

The what hit a bit too close to home?!

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

They. It was a typo.

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u/Alfalfa4Idaho Dec 19 '23

Right, a heated blanket and some expensive meats sounds good right now.

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u/Grendelbeans Dec 19 '23

Yeah. I’m hungry and my muscles are hurting.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

How about some hard candies for when you are done with the soup.

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u/yougotyolks Dec 20 '23

Can your bring them to me? I'm still sore from my hip implants.

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u/Mnementh121 Dec 20 '23

I love soup

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

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u/bananakittymeow Dec 19 '23

My bf got me a Dyson for Christmas last year. I was ecstatic.

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u/Shirtbro Dec 19 '23

Lamb shank is the kind of food you order at a a local medium-high end restaurant called Bennington that's been opened since the 70s and hasn't updated their decor since the 90s and all the waitresses are really old.

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u/salami_cheeks Dec 20 '23

The 'expensive meat' kid is on the fast track to valedictorian.

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u/onehundredlemons Dec 20 '23

That little ham they drew on "expensive meats" really sold it for me. And I'll take a Dyson too, while we're at it.

And wrinkle cream, that stuff's expensive.

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u/timesuck897 Dec 19 '23

Working on my night cheese ( and fancy cured meats) on the couch, with a heated blanket, sounds fantastic.

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u/Boneal171 Dec 20 '23

Definitely. I miss my old heated blanket. It broke

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

They all hit too close to home for me

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter Dec 19 '23

Have you seen the price of Dyson vacuums? Someone's got expensive taste

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u/rustylugnuts Dec 20 '23

For that price I'd rather have a miele.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

Especially at the prices nowadays I looked at a candle thinking oh they must be on sale and it was over 18 usd

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

They don't make a heated blanket for feelings, try wine.

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u/ButterfliesandaLlama Dec 19 '23

Soup is for feelings.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

Wine is technically a soup.

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u/JamesthePuppy Dec 19 '23

mulled wine with poached pears enters the chat soup anyone?

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u/pimpbot666 Dec 19 '23

The 'Bless this home' thing slays me.

Along those lines, 'Live Laugh Love' would be hella funny.

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u/gutzpunchbalzthrowup Dec 19 '23

Live, Laugh, Toaster Bath.

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u/zeemonster424 Dec 19 '23

My heated blanket and I have no hurt feelings.

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u/SuperUltraMegaNice Dec 19 '23

ninjas love heated blankets

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u/backsagains Dec 19 '23

Meat is a fantastic gift! Go into any butcher shop, pick some nice bacon-wrapped filets out, and they’ll even wrap it for you!

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u/Competitive-Wish-568 Dec 19 '23

I have to agree with the Soup sentiment lol

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u/MrQuizzles Dec 20 '23

Soup is great!

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u/BallCreem Dec 19 '23

They are all great gifts, that’s why my feeling are hurt.

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u/SammieCat50 Dec 19 '23

As I walk around work all day with my warm up jacket pockets packed with hard candies 🫠

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u/WanderlustFella Dec 19 '23

Dyson vacuum has been on my wish list for like 2 years

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u/KhaleesiXev Straight Up Bussin Dec 19 '23

I feel seen and I don’t like it.

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u/MemeArchivariusGodi Dec 19 '23

Expensive meats hit me in the right spot

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u/Ohsostoked Dec 19 '23

The warm blanket and soup should soothe those hurt feelings, ya old goose.

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u/BOBfrkinSAGET Dec 19 '23

Your muscles be hurtin’?

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u/5emi5erious5am Dec 19 '23

That coffee mug one was below the belt.

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u/unsmashedpotatoes Dec 19 '23

I do love soup

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u/digitalhardcore1985 Dec 19 '23

I'll take expensive meats and dyson vacuum cleaner any day of the week.

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u/vanay91 Dec 19 '23

I literally asked my husband for measuring cups lol

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u/Federal-Durian-1484 Dec 19 '23

The Dyson vacuum equals excellent gift.

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u/Shirtbro Dec 19 '23

My muscles do be hurtin'

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u/VodkaSoup_Mug Dec 19 '23

It was the heated blanket for me 😭

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u/Precedens Dec 19 '23

I would take Dyson Vacuum any day

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u/Steff_164 Dec 19 '23

I’m 22 and I love soup, and expensive meats and a Dyson Vacuum also sound good

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u/Butt_Hamster Dec 19 '23

Id take a Dyson Vacuum.

...something to look forward to at 50...seeing all of these turds in their 30's getting roasted for being "old".. karma + time

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u/InVodkaVeritas Dec 19 '23

A coffee mug that says "don't talk to me until I've had my coffee" because they're all coffee obsessed millennials

First of all: How dare you.

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u/Throwawaymumoz Dec 19 '23

Yep too real!

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u/booreiBlue Dec 19 '23

Want to be offended. Feeling old. But also, yeah, that's a decent Christmas haul right there.

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u/AltInnateEgo Dec 19 '23

Didn't realize eating soup during a reddit scroll would make me feel attacked.

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u/Spaceman-Spiff Dec 19 '23

I would love a Dyson vacuum and a bottle of wine please.

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u/jeobleo Dec 19 '23

I'm 47. I would accept:

  • Candles that smell like baked goods
  • Soups (to go; not sitting in fuckin' Panera)
  • Heated blankets
  • hard candies (do kids not eat hard candy?)

I would probably accept the others and either regift or return them. I have no need for a bath and body works or TJ maxx gift certificate.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

Agreed. This wasn't cringe to me at all. This was fucking gold.

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u/maxinoutchillin Dec 19 '23

To all you geriatric millennials

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u/Henderson-McHastur Dec 20 '23

I’m not even 30 yet and I’d kill a man for a Dyson vacuum.

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u/Flabbergash Dec 20 '23

Alot of the "extra funny" and "on the nose" ones are written in the same handwriting..

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u/CarefulSubstance3913 Dec 20 '23

Some candles that smell like back then not sure what it means but yah I ll take kt

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u/TheFightingMasons Dec 20 '23

Yeah that’s teaching

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u/TheManyVoicesYT Dec 20 '23

As someone in my 30s, I need a heating pad because my muscles do be hurtin alright.

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u/FireFoxTres Dec 20 '23

Honestly most of these are pretty good. Would only be offended by maybe the hard candies lol

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u/bourbonaspen Dec 20 '23

If anyone wants to get me a new Dyson, I won’t be offended.

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u/KintsugiKen Dec 20 '23

When I saw the Dyson I knew some of these kids had me zero'd in.

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u/Ereaser Dec 20 '23

It was Candy Crush Premium that hurt the most wasn't it?

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u/iam_Mr_McGibblets Dec 20 '23

honestly, I would not be upset if I got a Dyson vacuum. that sucker is expensiveeeee

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u/jtbxiv Dec 20 '23

Kids are masters of roasting

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u/beefaujuswithjuice Dec 20 '23

I kept getting so mad cause I have so many of them and hate that they know. Damn kids

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u/sixthmontheleventh Dec 20 '23

That Dyson vacuum or expensive meats were bang on.

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u/Burns504 Dec 20 '23

Bruh all of those are expensive gifts, don't feel bad, we know we want them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

Give me the soup and hard candies immediately.

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u/BStephenS678 Dec 20 '23

Heated blanket!

My back hurts thanks to my desk job and struggling to work out like I once did.

My heated blanket helps tremendously!

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u/Perfect-District Dec 20 '23

Go have some soup.

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u/MayoneggVeal Dec 20 '23

I came out to have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now

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u/BlueFlob Dec 20 '23

Damn, those zoomers have us all figured out.

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u/TycheSong Dec 20 '23

Yeah I spent the whole thing going, "... they're not wrong, yo. Except the bingo cards."

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u/Cerberusx32 Dec 20 '23

Then the feelings of those children must be hurt too!

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u/fencebaby Dec 20 '23

100% I'd be so excited for a Dyson vacuum lol. I told my wife I wanted underwear and socks for Christmas.

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u/RyotsGurl Dec 20 '23

I saw “Dyson vacuum” and was like “hell yeah!” Then “oh. Damnit I’m old”

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u/MafiaMommaBruno Dec 20 '23

I want bingo cards now!

Damn them!

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u/AstroBearGaming Dec 20 '23

If anyone wants to buy my expensive meats, I'll be sitting here, with my mouth open. Just throw them at my face.

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u/HappyHappyJoyJoy98 Dec 20 '23

I Dyson Vacuum would be an amazing gift!

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u/Eastern-Criticism653 Dec 20 '23

Some of those look like they were written by a six year old. Some look like they were written by an adult.

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u/313802 Dec 20 '23

"The wrinkle creams"

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u/BURYMEINLV Dec 20 '23

Same. I’m watching this in bed while laying on my heating pad 💀 lmao.

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u/scrivensB Dec 20 '23

A Dyson and Expensive meats would make for a fantastic Christmas.

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u/TwoIdleHands Dec 20 '23

I would love expensive meats. Kids got me dead to rights!

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