I agree. It's kind of weird seeing grown ass people (who presumably have jobs) beg for a membership that isn't that expensive in the first place.
Literally every other service I'm subscribed to (for example, movie or music streaming services) is more expensive than GAF Gold. In many cases, much more expensive. So for me it was easy to buy my own Gold because it's relatively cheap, and more importantly I also believe in what GAF is about.
But hey, the fact that we have people willing to gift Gold is awesome, so I won't hate on that