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Re:Employee gift ideas that make people feel bad by bryanrasmussen on Thursday November 03, 2022 @04:30AM (#33448404)
You should consider the communicative value of gifts, a communicative gift is one where someone likes something and believes that the receiver will also like it, this is not just I like TinTin comics so I will give the big book of TinTin to receiver because how could someone not love TinTin? I love TinTin so he's great!

A communicative gift is I know they won't like TinTin the way I do but given that they are a lesbian that wants to read lesbian focused literature maybe give them the Locas: Maggie and Hopey stories and they will get that you considered them in choosing what to get, but also to introduce something to them that you like that you value and that you hope they will value as well.

Re:Employee gift ideas that make people feel bad by n4r9 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @05:46AM (#33448885)
That's similar to how I see it. My niece recently turned 16 and in a recent conversation I discovered she's into fantasy but hasn't heard of the Discworld novels. I looked up which book is commonly considered the best intro to the series (Small Gods) and bought her that. It might spark a real interest, or it might turn out that Discworld is too dated and unappealing to teenagers these days, but that bit of thought makes the odds better than random.
Re:Employee gift ideas that make people feel bad by devilbunny on Thursday November 03, 2022 @10:23AM (#33451463)
> Small Gods

You chose well.