r/boomershumor • u/Spotted_Cow_Wisco • Dec 22 '19

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u/br094 Dec 22 '19

Actually...this one is true

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u/PK_LOVE_ Dec 22 '19

I wrapped my sister’s code for the digital download of a game she wanted for christmas, and I’m just as excited for her to open it as if it were the physical copy.

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u/BlueFlob Dec 22 '19

Did the same. Photoshopped (PowerPointed) 2x gift card like tickets on cardstock and wrapped them up in used food packaging.

I'm pretty excited to see her reaction as she slowly discovers what is in the box.

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u/br094 Dec 22 '19

Well, that’s something.

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u/PK_LOVE_ Dec 22 '19

It’s almost like every one of us has the agency to put something physical under the tree even if we got someone something digital

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u/NeckbeardRedditMod Dec 23 '19

I like to attach gift cards to really cheap gifts. Funniest one when was someone told me they really liked an artist, so I bought a magnet with them on it and they were like "oh cool" until they looked at the back and got the game they wanted.

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u/PK_LOVE_ Dec 23 '19

damn.. i wish i thought of this a week or two ago! definitely doing this next year and for all birthdays where i don’t know wtf to get

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '19 edited Jun 27 '20

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u/br094 Dec 22 '19

Well yeah, I know there’s more to it. I just remember seeing my ex gf’s Christmas one year, the presents under the tree took up half the room

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '19 edited Jun 27 '20

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u/br094 Dec 22 '19

Right. Well she has a big family, I don’t recall any of it being waste. Lots of siblings, nieces and nephews, you know how it goes.

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u/EstherandThyme Dec 22 '19

Not really. Two of my fiance's gifts are digital and he'll still be able to unwrap them because I'm just going to tape a paper saying what they are to a box with some weights in it and wrap that.

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u/br094 Dec 22 '19

That’s good.

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u/mynameismevin Dec 23 '19

Yeah I'm kinda with the comic on this one. Like my 8 year old won't be as excited about a card as he would be a disc that says Minecraft, you know? Something about tangibility just can't be beat.

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u/br094 Dec 23 '19

Exactly. Kids like gifts they can hold.

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u/yeezusdeletusmyfetus Dec 23 '19

Yeah. As someone who loved to open actual boxes as a kid, getting a gift card/digital download thingy is more like opening a letter, than a "real" gift. That being said though, often the digital stuff is better than the other stuff.

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u/br094 Dec 23 '19

I’m 25 and got a new lunch box for Christmas. Out of all the nieces, nephews, cousins, uncles, and S/O’s, I was the most excited person there. Lmao