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

TechRepublic ^ | November 27, 2019 | By James Sanders

[Swordmaker]

If talking politics at Thanksgiving is not enough to get you removed from the guest list for holidays in December, here's some gift ideas that will ensure you won't get invited back next year.

Ever find yourself in a position to need to buy a gift for someone you just don't like? Perhaps an in-law, or obstinate niece or nephew? Or, just looking to avoid terrible gifts? TechRepublic assembled the worst possible gift ideas—products that you can give to people that serve as the holiday equivalent of "Here, it's your problem now." In other words, the digital equivalent of buying a drum set for your nephew to irritate your brother.

1. Wired 3.5mm headphones

2. Android tablets

3. The wrong smart assistant device (or, realistically, any)

4. The Facebook Portal

5. Basically any Fitbit or WearOS smartwatch

6. Apple Watch for Android users

7. Expired Chromebooks

8. The Xbox One X All-Digital Edition

[gibsonguy]

Make that: burned in channel guide map

[knarf]

[Eddie01]

A stone polisher.

Noisy, runs 24/7.

Good for a boy.

Parents lose mind.

Return to store.

[dhs12345]

For when the Internet goes down which seems to be frequent. Then switch to old school.

[Swordmaker]

Good one, does it come with a burned channel guide map?

Isn’t that required? Along with burned out pixels. . .

[Savage Beast]

You can also give their children drums, toy trumpets, water guns, or kittens.

[gnickgnack2]

And now that it’s owned by Google, they’ll have even more info about you..

.bonus!!!

[Big Red Badger]

VHS tapes or
Audio Cassettes,
Oh Yes!

[CodeToad]

Yep, anything not Apple is hateful. Wow, talk about cults.

[TexasGator]

“For when the Internet goes down which seems to be frequent. Then switch to old school.”

4K UHD BluRay is NOT old school.

[rockrr]

I was given an i-pad after complementing someones. Turned out that although it looked contemporary it was too old and wouldn’t accept installs or upgrades. Thanks!

[dayglored]

Holiday gift ideas ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to Swordmaker for the ping!

[HonkyTonkMan]

FR’s mission is to reduce govt largess, not advocate for a single corporation. The Apple-fest threads will always be antithetical on FR.

[Atticus]

How about a VHS tape rewinder?

[CodeToad]

“The Apple-fest threads will always be antithetical on FR.”

Yep. Detraction.

[wally_bert]

I have a couple of quad videotapes.

Someone could use them as weights.

They are 60 minute ones.

[immadashell]

16GB ipads

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

How about this oldie from early in the web history;

http://origamiboulder.com/

[HangnJudge]

Add 8-track player