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Low budget gift suggestions? (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago by Mothra@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've been searching online for some trinket/budget gifts but couldn't find anything interesting. The person I have in mind for the gift is in his 60's, into tech and a geek, although the gift doesn't necessarily need to cater to his geeky side.

I'm just dropping the question here since Lemmy has a solid geek/tech userbase, and maybe some of you have better ideas than me.

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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 5 points 1 week ago

a fake analog clock (AliExpress)
a silly door note like "behold, engineers in their natural habitat"
a set of hex wrenches
an empty box, but there's a game gift code on the inside, or an envelope :p
a pack of sticky notes labelled "floppy storage medium" or "offline, airgapped, ultra reliable, infinite battery.. password manager"
fancy coffee (for those late night coding sessions)

.. and every time I have to think of a gift, I can't :p

I'e got more ideas but this post is getting long