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The gift needs to be able to come off as a genuine gift so there's some plausible deniability...

Edit: Just so it's clear, this is purely hypothetical. I just thought of the idea and thought it would be funny to see what a random person on Lemmy might think. This isn't a serious request and none of the suggestions will ever actually be used.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_ 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

A gym membership. Implies overweight.

Makeover service. Implies not looking so good.

If you know a right-wing prepper, get them a subscription to Mother Earth News, a magazine that touts self-sufficiency and off-grid living with occasional ads that lean to conspiracy theories like “free energy”. It’s full of food saving and growing ideas. It’s also liberal AF.

Charitable donation in their name to an organization they likely oppose, but not “in your face”. Like if they’re republican, don’t donate to a blatantly liberal org, donate to one that teaches kids critical thinking skills and welcomes lgbtq or something like that. They get the tax writeoff, a real benefit, but would have to be visibly hateful of they rejected where the money went. Edit: how about a LGBTQ shooting camp. That’d take some mental gymnastics.

Gift tickets to a nice cultural event to someone that is anti-lgbtq. Local city playhouse has an Opera with lots of men in tights.

Any subscription or service that makes potential commentary on personal appearance or personal beliefs would be effective.

[–] BreadOven 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ArtVandelay 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] BreadOven 2 points 1 week ago

Are you doing the importing or exporting? (Amazing username)

[–] Agent641 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know an arborist (he cuts down trees) and as a joke, each year I get him a charity donation certificate for trees planted in his name.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 2 points 1 week ago

That’s a pretty funny joke.