8 holiday tech gifts for people you secretly hate (yes, seriously)

TechRepublic ^ | November 27, 2019 | By James Sanders

[wally_bert]

I have a couple of quad videotapes.

Someone could use them as weights.

They are 60 minute ones.

[Big Red Badger]

I just threw out
A rewinder in the
shape of a
Corvette Stingray,
Damn.

[Big Red Badger]

Did someone say;
“Wet Blanket?”
.
I got put in the
Dog House for
“White Elephant” gifts
Last Year,
Think I’ll turn it
Into a “Tradition!”

[Big Red Badger]

And
Lighten Up,FRANCIS!

[Big Red Badger]

I had a 8 Track
That Rocked
Steppenwolf
and
Quadrophenia
In My
1965 Mustang,
Good Times.

[Fresh Wind]

Those Corvette rewinders are readily available on eBay for under 20 bucks. No big loss.

[Fresh Wind]

Wired headphones have uses and appeal beyond the impossibility of plugging them into a jackless device.

I would always welcome a nice set as a gift.

[dhs12345]

Yup. TG. Hope that you have a nice Thanksgiving. :)

[roadcat]

VHS tapes or Audio Cassettes, Oh Yes!

Brother-in-law wanted a portable recorder. I’m thinking SD card or blue-tooth capable. No, he wanted cassette. Asked him to look on my computer and scan Internet offerings. He chose a cassette/DVD portable with mono mic so he can record to cassette. He’s 69 and old school. So we got him one. Some people don’t want hi-tech. He still uses a flip-phone.

[KarlInOhio]

Almost as useful as a DVD rewinder.

[hanamizu]

How about a VHS tape rewinder?

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A DVD/BluRay rewinder is always appreciated.

[cyberstoic]

“Love my FitBit. One of the best investments I ever made.”

Until Google bought them. Now it is a surveillance tool. Enjoy sharing your health data with google.

[hanamizu]

Great minds...

[Salamander]

Great.

So today I discover that my Toshiba Chromebook I bought years is “expired”.

WTF, Google.
Why was I not told that when I bought the thing?

I just turned it on.
It’s still works, thank God.

[conservative98]

At least I will have my health unlike a lot of people out there.

[polymuser]

Banana phone

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Wired headphones” — LOL. That cracks me up!

How fast they have disappeared from the scene! I’m still using my old 6 Plus which still works great. It has the old audio socket, but I switched to Beats wireless headphones which work really well.

[Silentgypsy]

Lol!