I hate Christmas

[Infiniti2000]

Holy Freakin' Smokes! This thread is outta control!

I imagine your family would just be astounded by your display of humanity, caring, and thoughtfullness behind this statement.

What humanity and caring? Storm Raven's an attorney.

 

[PowerWordDumb]

For my Christmas good deed, let me know when you're going to ship it, and I'll pay the shipping on the pen, if you send it to d20Dwarf.

We can use UPS or FedEx, your choice.

After all, it's on his list, and you don't want it.

For my Christmas good deed, I'll pay shipping.

Hey, PWD, you want to pony up insurance?

Lol - I would, let me check on how the plastic's doing after Xmas shopping and humane society endowments.

 

[Eternalknight]

Here is the amazing, hard to figure out way that I avoid that:

1. I ask him what he wants for Christmas, and he makes a list.
2. I get him something from his list.

Wow. That's hard.

Ok, let's all take a deep breath and look at this:

Storm Raven: you are have been getting things for xmas for years that you do not want. You are miffed that this is occuring, because it seems to you (and, yes, it SEEMS TO YOU - it may or may not be true) that they are putting little thought into it. On the first page, you also mentioned that you would prefer them not to waste their money by buying you something that you did not want.

Me: If the only reason you were complaining was because of the wasting money thing, I would call you a noble fellow for thinking of your family, especially because they are buying you expensive things you do not want. But you have been calling them thoughtless and insulting, which I cannot agree with. In fact, the only other thing I disagree with is the way you are going about this; as I stated, it just comes of as shallow and snobbish, a view that others also share. You may not be a shallow and snobbish person; but what you wrote gives people that impression.

My advice: Don;t send the email. Reword it. Please. Say something like: "Although you have the best of intentions, please do not waste money on expensive gifts for me this year, unless it is something on my list. I would not want you wasting money on things that I really do not want or need, so please save your money. If you insist on not getting me something on the list, please make it small and inexpensive."

Can we agree on that compromise?

 

[PowerWordDumb]

How about a short and simple letter stating "Just send all your gifts driectly to d20Dwarf, since I won't like any of them"?

Cut out the middle man completely.

 

[buzzard]

You can send one on my behalf, but use your own name. It won't help me up here in Canada anyhow, and I do support at least the gun safety education efforts of the NRA, if not their rabid lobbying.

edit: spelling is good

Actually I'm going with people who can get the receipt. If I am going to make a point, I'd rather be able to have it verfied. I don't want people thinking I'm blowing smoke up nether regions.

Just got my last taker.

The donations will be to the NRA Foundation. After some looking that is the place which directly funds the educational efforts. The NRA is the largest provider of gun safety training in the U.S.

recipients are:
Kanegrundar
Warlord Ralts
D20 Dwarf
marshmallow
reveal

once I have their addresses, the donations will be sent.

buzzard

 

[reveal]

Actually I'm going with people who can get the receipt. If I am going to make a point, I'd rather be able to have it verfied. I don't want people thinking I'm blowing smoke up nether regions.

Just got my last taker.

The donations will be to the NRA Foundation. After some looking that is the place which directly funds the educational efforts. The NRA is the largest provider of gun safety training in the U.S.

recipients are:
Kanegrundar
Warlord Ralts
D20 Dwarf
marshmallow
reveal

once I have their addresses, the donations will be sent.

buzzard

You need mailing addresses or e-mail addresses?

 

[buzzard]

You need mailing addresses or e-mail addresses?

If you want a tax receipt, I'll need your snail mail address.

buzzard

 

[Dingleberry]

Actually I'm going with people who can get the receipt. If I am going to make a point, I'd rather be able to have it verfied. I don't want people thinking I'm blowing smoke up nether regions.

Of course, "to make a point" is a slightly different motivation for the gift than you originally proposed ("to make for a better world").

 

[PowerWordDumb]

Of course, "to make a point" is a slightly different motivation for the gift than you originally proposed ("to make for a better world").

Without any points, the world would just be round, and roll all over the place...

 

[buzzard]

Of course, "to make a point" is a slightly different motivation for the gift than you originally proposed ("to make for a better world").

My point being that I don't lie or make things up.

Of course maybe you didn't see it that way. Or maybe the fact that it is a gift to a worthy cause is irrelevant because you don't like why I did it. Do you think, objectively, gun safety doesn't make for a better world?

buzzard