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Worst birthday/christmas gift you received?

The Pleasure

The Pleasure

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Last year my friend got me a Shake Weight and a copy of Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar movie for my birthday. What the hell? I don't know if it's a joke or if it has any deeper meaning, but almost a year later and I still have that shit sealed.

I'm still wondering if this is a way to break off a friendship or if he thought the dollar store was a great place for birthday fun as he told me he found a hundred copies of Tim and Eric's billion dollar movie there. Seriously I still feel like it's a what the fuck moment in my life. I hit 36 and I was given a shake weight for my birthday along with a movie that I know will have no laughs unless I'm high as fuck.
 
nush

nush

Gold Member
I asked my parents for a color Tv for my birthday. On that morning a wrapped box was presented to me a similar size to a 14" TV.

I opened the package excitedly and what was inside?

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Almost exactly this but with Koala Bears printed on it. Exactly what a teenage boy wanted, as my mum said "You can store things in it". Me being pissed for the rest of the day as only a teenage boy can be who intentionally or not got trolled by his parents.
 
Catphish

Catphish

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When I was like 12, my godfather gave me a weighted, stuffed (american) football. Which was weird enough, but then I see that the football has something attached to it. It's a long fabric sleeve with pockets. Apparently, the pockets were to hold a remote control and a tv-guide (which was still a thing when i was 12). So the weighted football was designed to sit on the arm of a recliner, so a lazy ass old man could have easy access to their remote and tv-guide.

And I'm like, wtf m8. I'm 12. :messenger_angry:
 
gimmmick

gimmmick

Member
A virtua boy and a sega 32x the year later. Bless my mom for trying though. Just a huge failure that both neither my brother nor myself enjoyed.
 
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InfiniteCombo

InfiniteCombo

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I don't even remember what it was, I remember it being pretty awful, though. One thing I do remember about it is the "AS SEEN ON TV!" label on the box.

That should give you an idea of how bad this thing was.

😂
 
bigsnack

bigsnack

Member
My dad once bought my cousins husband a carton of cigarettes for Christmas. I was embarrassed and ashamed even though I had nothing to do with the purchase of that gift. I watched him open it too and I’ll never forget it.
 
Tschumi

Tschumi

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nush said:
Me being pissed for the rest of the day as only a teenage boy can be who intentionally or not got trolled by his parents.
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*sniff* the beauty of heredity :p

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In like 2002 in Berlin my friends all banded together (or, their parents*) and bought me a gameboy advance... But they didn't spring for a fucking game lol, I just got lent a Golden Sun copy and was asked to please give it back about 2 days later. In the end, over the next year or so I got Advance Wars and Sonic Generations, I think, and uh maybe one or two bargain bin games that were utterly forgettable... And that's it lol... Happily by the end of my time there my mum had finally caved and bought a gamecube on sale and the rest is gaming history~

As a bonus, during this time we lived in Germany my parents thought a swell Christmas present would be to drive us for the entirety of christmas day to random faraway places... They did this two years in a row... First year we went to the 'Hartz Mountains', some east german ersatz holiday place... All I remember about it was a closed Indian restaurant and out of date chocolates on the hotel pillows...

I tell you, when I get my kids, if I ever drive them across the country against their will I'm sure as hell gonna fucking give them a PS Vita or something to keep them occupied, rather than expecting them to find a way to sleep in the back seat of a Mitsubishi Spacewagon without letting them take their seatbelts off. I pity young me so hard.

Next year we went to Hamburg, and like I shit you not our christmas dinner was Burger King and the hotel my parents booked was in the middle of the (internationally regarded) red light district. That was a glitzy walk home form the B-King...
 
Can't decide

Can't decide

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I'm still not sure if I'm an ungrateful ass, but on my 18th birthday (the legal age for drinking and much more here), one of my close family member's one and only gift was an expensive fountain pen with my name engraved on it.

Not alcohol, not porn, not a day of gambling, a fucking pen. What more could an 18 year old want?
 
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Yeah I got this turd gifted by a friend of mine, one which I played games with and knew my taste. I distinctly remember being very confused upon unwrapping and seeing his face painted with a expression like he gave me the new Zelda or something. I felt like I was being trolled.. Had to act excided while processing my lingering confusion at the same time... Not ungrateful at all, just confused lol. Then again I'm terrible at gifs, giving or on the receiving end.. So awkward most of the time...
 
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Spaceman292

Spaceman292

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Can't decide said:
I'm still not sure if I'm an ungrateful ass, but on my 18th birthday (the legal age for drinking and much more here), one of my close family member's one and only gift was an expensive fountain pen with my name engraved on it.

Not alcohol, not porn, not a day of gambling, a fucking pen. What more could an 18 year old want?
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But that's really cool. Maybe they were just trying to delay your inevitable dive into alcoholism.
 
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Dazrael

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My dad is notoriously terrible at gifting presents, one time he got me a tow rope for my car. He then followed that up with a frying pan.

At least they were practical I guess.
 
Aesius

Aesius

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I got really into dinosaurs after Jurassic Park came out so all I wanted for Christmas that year was dinosaur stuff. A few months later I grew out of that phase and was super regretful that I didn’t get any new video games and was stuck with dumb dinosaur toys.
 
Winter John

Winter John

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On my 16th my old man pulled me aside actin all conspiratorial and handed me a wooden box. I opened it up not knowing what to expect. Turned out it was a gun. Back then it wasn’t unusual for kids to get little BB guns, but I never heard of anyone whose dad gave them a Ruger. I would’ve understood if it had been his old service gun or somethin, but this was just some random thing he probably won in a card game. Luckily I had enough sense to throw it in the Hudson before it got me into real trouble
 
AJUMP23

AJUMP23

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I don't care for some of the clothes I got as a gift, I got a box of range golf balls once.
 
lem0n

lem0n

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The Pleasure said:
Last year my friend got me a Shake Weight and a copy of Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar movie for my birthday. What the hell? I don't know if it's a joke or if it has any deeper meaning, but almost a year later and I still have that shit sealed.

I'm still wondering if this is a way to break off a friendship or if he thought the dollar store was a great place for birthday fun as he told me he found a hundred copies of Tim and Eric's billion dollar movie there. Seriously I still feel like it's a what the fuck moment in my life. I hit 36 and I was given a shake weight for my birthday along with a movie that I know will have no laughs unless I'm high as fuck.
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I don't know your relationship to this friend and how strong/old it is, but this sounds like the kind of shit I'd buy for one of my good friends that I knew would get a kick out how stupid and random the items were. I suspect this friend was hoping for more of a good laugh from you.
 
The Pleasure

The Pleasure

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lem0n said:
I don't know your relationship to this friend and how strong/old it is, but this sounds like the kind of shit I'd buy for one of my good friends that I knew would get a kick out how stupid and random the items were. I suspect this friend was hoping for more of a good laugh from you.
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We laughed at the tim and eric thing as we both wonder why adult swim keeps funding this stuff but the shake weight still has me confused.
 
Halo is Back

Halo is Back

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I got some lego cop game on the 3DS from my ex. It was nice that she wanted to get a video game for me since she knew I loved them but she totally missed the mark on what games I like.
 
Werewolf Jones

Werewolf Jones

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Listen, I don't wanna be an ungrateful cunt but I asked for Hercules toys for Christmas (I meant Disney's Hercules) and my parents got me Hercules the Legendary Journey toys instead. I was disappointed NGL.
 
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OneMoreDay

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Halo is Dead said:
I got some lego cop game on the 3DS from my ex. It was nice that she wanted to get a video game for me since she knew I loved them but she totally missed the mark on what games I like.
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Finding a gift related to someone's favorite media when you're not into that kind of media yourself will always lead to tragedy. My aunt knew I read a lot of fantasy, so one Christmas she gave me the fifth book in The Chronicles of Narnia.
 
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Rival

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Catphish said:
When I was like 12, my godfather gave me a weighted, stuffed (american) football. Which was weird enough, but then I see that the football has something attached to it. It's a long fabric sleeve with pockets. Apparently, the pockets were to hold a remote control and a tv-guide (which was still a thing when i was 12). So the weighted football was designed to sit on the arm of a recliner, so a lazy ass old man could have easy access to their remote and tv-guide.

And I'm like, wtf m8. I'm 12. :messenger_angry:
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Lol I got the exact same thing when I was about 10. I used to keep my game boy in it.
 
AJUMP23

AJUMP23

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Werewolf Jones said:
Listen, I don't wanna be an ungrateful cunt but I asked for Hercules toys for Christmas (I meant Disney's Hercules) and my parents got me Hercules the Legendary Journey toys instead. I was disappointed NGL.
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Your parents got you the right toys.
 
Ionian

Ionian

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Nitty_Grimes said:
Christmas.

Wanting the Batman Amiga 500 pack, getting an Atari ST.
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Haha, similar. Asked for years for a C64, once they started slowly dying off I asked santa for a NES instead.

Got a C64 instead.

Tototally worth it though after being annoyed. Still follow it to this day and loved it to bits.

The worst was getting star wars toys (new ones) and so many had ship parts missing, was bizzare.
 
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GymWolf

GymWolf

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Werewolf Jones said:
Listen, I don't wanna be an ungrateful cunt but I asked for Hercules toys for Christmas (I meant Disney's Hercules) and my parents got me Hercules the Legendary Journey toys instead. I was disappointed NGL.
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This reminds me of a friend who asked for the disney hercules game on ps1 and his parents gifted this to him

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catvonpee

catvonpee

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I haven't received a birthday gift in several years. The denim only member of my family I have anything to do with is my mom and I tell her to spend the money on herself. We exchange small Christmas gifts but nothing crazy.

I have a high paying job and I buy whatever I want anyway.
 
rofif

rofif

Can’t Git Gud
I don't mean to be rude. It is still a wonderful gift but I love the disproportion here.
I've got my wife this very nice coffee maker and I did a lot of research on it (I don't drink coffee and even researched what beans to get)
And she got me an oven pizza stone.... well and she made me like 3 amazing pizzas that tasted amazing.... oh I love her but she can't think of gifts for shit :p I've allured so much to Legos for months lol and she still didn't catch it :p
Well I do understand her. It is very tough to come up with a gift for me since I buy everything I want... aside from fucking lego :p
 
Northeastmonk

Northeastmonk

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It was my birthday when I was 12 or 13 and my mom and sister got me FaceOff for PS1 and Oliver the musical on VHS. I thought I was a stranger living in that house. I never alluded to wanting sports games or a musical. The second worst gift was when I asked for Mortal Kombat 3 and got Batman Forever on SNES instead. That was disappointing more than anything. Even as an adult I would rather pick my present than have someone pick something for me. I remember one time my mom bought me the .hack DvD collection and she looked at me and said, “should I return that?”. An overpriced anime for a RPG series I didn’t quite get into.
 
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