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Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?

by gravy on 12/18/21, 9:21 PM with 10 comments

  • by Red_Leaves_Flyy on 12/18/21, 11:38 PM

    An affordable home to raise 2-3 kids in with space to enjoy the outdoors that isn’t an hour or more from my job.

    A job that pays well, has good benefits and health insurance, that doesn’t make me work nights, early mornings, holidays, snow days, or weekends, so I can have that priceless time with my family.

    Normal desires that are increasingly becoming the privilege of the landed elite.

  • by AnIdiotOnTheNet on 12/18/21, 10:21 PM

    Wanting to be given things for Christmas is a little silly when you're an adult, I think. I anticipate my parents will buy me the clothing I never bother to buy for myself because I just couldn't care less about clothes.

    I'm pretty weird about gifts though I guess. I feel like the concept of giving gifts on certain days is largely a product of cultural manipulation by the wider corporate sphere, so I just don't ever feel obligated, and make it clear to others that they not feel obligated, to give gifts on Christmas or birthdays. I buy gifts for people when they need something and won't or can't buy it themselves regardless of the time of year. Or sometimes just if I know they'll like it. I'm privileged enough to have more money than I need, so I don't really need or expect others to buy me anything.

  • by h2odragon on 12/18/21, 9:44 PM

    One of the benefits of being old is you get to indulge yourself and buy your presents early, so I got an N scale train set. Now I'm figuring how to fit a layout table into my room somehow and planning an arduino based control panel for 2 or 3 simultaneous running lines.

    The cats find it far more entertaining than Factorio.

  • by ggfgg on 12/18/21, 9:41 PM

    Mac Mini Pro and 27” 5k standalone VESA mount Apple monitor.

    I literally have a stack of cash here waiting for that to exist.

  • by replete on 12/18/21, 9:51 PM

    Purpose

  • by t-3 on 12/18/21, 11:56 PM

    Nothing. I have way too much stuff and don't need more!

  • by musicale on 12/18/21, 10:31 PM

    Truly enjoyable recreation and downtime.

  • by zyemuzu on 12/19/21, 12:33 AM

    Less stuff and more sleep.