it can be done artfully!
ask @eigenrobot about the 18k puzzle he surprised me with because I mentioned in passing that I would like one someday :P
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Replying to @theorangealt @selentelechia
she once mentioned she liked puzzles with no broader implication whatsoever and I thought to myself: here is a good way for me to delight here and more importantly fluster her in a way she did not in the least bit expect
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so i bought her an 18000 piece puzzle it had exactly the intended effect!
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common failure modes: 1. absurd gestures get to be expected by recipient rather than a source of novel joy 2. person making the gesture isn't good at identifying what the recipient wants 3. person making the gesture obviously attaching strings
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i’ve gotten into trouble with like... i guess you could call it subtly, even unconsciously, attaching strings. it’s rough shit to work throuh
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yeah its tricky
have to somehow intuit when an obnoxious gift is appropriate
im not sure how to explain this apart from "git gud" 
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