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Gifts Ideas For 'Non-Geek' Types?

Posted by Cliff on from the what-gift-ideas-are-you-tossing-about dept.

BRock97 asks: "There is no better activity which sheds light on 'Geek/Non-Geek' interaction than Christmas shopping. As I try and browse Target's online store looking for the perfect gift, I can't help be gravitate back to ThinkGeek in hopes I will find something that the receiver of the gift will find useful AND also remind them of the person who gave it. I was curious as to what other /.'ers were planning on getting their friends and loved ones (parents/grandparents) who live the 'non-geek' lifestyle." We've already told Santa what we'd like for Christmas, now what about the non-geeks in our lives?

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  1. convert them to geek by theMerovingian · · Score: 3, Funny

    with a digital camera, ipod, or an xbox w/ halo.

    It's like cocaine, you just have to get them started...

    --
    "If you think you have things under control, you're not going fast enough." --Mario Andretti
  2. I *BZZT* LOVE YOU *BZZZT* by !3ren · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing says I love you, even though you're a reanimated corpse, like Tesla coils

  3. other things... by ghettoreb · · Score: 5, Funny
    i found out in college that non-geeky people enjoy weird things, like:
    • love,
    • friendships,
    • memories (that are not measured in MB's or pixels)
    • getting away from the computer
    • sunshine (one *not* coming from the monitor)
    • fresh clothes
    • mountains/beaches -- these things in LotR:RotK actually exist!
    I was so startled by thier weird tastes that i say kudos to anyone who claims to have mastered their weird ways.
  4. Re:Food (friends) and Pictures (parents) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Normally I wouldn't encourage you to trust a guy called "Acidic Diarrhea" as a food critic, but $30 for a box of cookies that are inferior to Pepperidge Farms also doesn't strike me as worthwhile...

  5. One thing you won't be getting... by Rainier+Wolfecastle · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you're shopping at Target for presents, the one thing you won't be getting for xmas is laid.

  6. Re:ObUHF by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 2, Funny

    At Home Depot, all power tools purchased in December come with a free first aid kit, uselful in the unlikely event she wanted something else.

  7. What I got for my family by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    - 1 month's supply of Pantoloc a PPI drug (for heartburn)

    - 1 big jar of tums

    - 1 Case of beer

    - 1 pack of smokes (malboro)

    - 1 case of Jack Daniels

    They all have heartburn and this stuff makes it better and worse.

  8. Re:gifts for the non-geek by larry+bagina · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm pretty sure sexual preference can be associated with sticking your cock up another man's asshole, too.

    --
    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  9. Re:It's Simple Really... Anything Alcoholic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    my mum wanted a puzzle

    Give her a Windows XP PC, and challenge her to (without your assistance) connect it to the internet and make it secure.

    That ought to keep her busy for a while.