Mind. Blown.

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 12/23/2019 at 11:12 • Filed to: christmaslopnik

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punkgoose17 > ttyymmnn 12/23/2019 at 11:18

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Woah! TIL

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 12/23/2019 at 11:18

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Spatial relations were always sort of my forte, so this didn’t surprise me one bit. I actually DIY’d this over 20 years ago as a poor college student, but vowed never to do it again because the end result is so ghetto-fab :)

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 12/23/2019 at 11:21

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I have always had a knack for loading things like car trunks and moving vans. No unused space!

Textured Soy Protein > ttyymmnn 12/23/2019 at 11:37

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I can’t even remember the last time I wrapped a present. My wife and I keep a stash of gift bags and tissue paper in our guest room closet, and we reuse the gift bags a bunch. We end up giving each other a gift, then putting the gift bags right back in the closet where they came from.

Azrek > ttyymmnn 12/23/2019 at 11:40

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Packing can be a lost art. I used to travel alot more than I do now, but I could cram 6 months of stuff in a North Face duffle bag that’d still pass weight restrictions and I’d want for nothing for the time.

It is about clever use of materials and space. My friend uses packing squares now that compress items even further, but that is sometimes excessive. 

user314 > ttyymmnn 12/23/2019 at 11:46

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wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn 12/23/2019 at 11:48

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a Christmas miracle!  

ttyymmnn > Textured Soy Protein 12/23/2019 at 11:50

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I’m old school, and never really adopted the gift bag thing. 

Cash Rewards > ttyymmnn 12/23/2019 at 11:54

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Photoshopped. Can't convince me otherwise

ttyymmnn > Cash Rewards 12/23/2019 at 11:55

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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein 12/23/2019 at 12:07

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Some of family members also keep the gift bags.  I'm giving my sister her gift in the same bag for three years running now.  I like not having to put a new name tag on it.

CalzoneGolem > Textured Soy Protein 12/23/2019 at 12:09

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That is thrifty and environmentally conscious at the same time.

Textured Soy Protein > CalzoneGolem 12/23/2019 at 12:12

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Maybe my wife was thinking of those things when she started accumulating said gift bag stash but I like it for pure laziness reasons.

CalzoneGolem > Textured Soy Protein 12/23/2019 at 12:12

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I’m on board with this.

Xanadu603 > ttyymmnn 12/23/2019 at 13:54

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Herratic!

Urambo Tauro > ttyymmnn 12/23/2019 at 15:34

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I always wrap diagonally because I use newspaper to wrap gifts with, and it looks better (IMO) with the print at an angle. And sure enough, I often find myself folding or cutting the excess paper because of how efficient this method is. Maybe I should adjust my measuring habits instead...

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 12/23/2019 at 18:29

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The ends give me anxiety.

XJDano > ttyymmnn 12/23/2019 at 19:46

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I ordered a thing for my father in law. It was a case of this. (12 pack)

So it already came in a box. So the wrapping I used came from a recycling bin, a box of Kix and since that didn’t cover the whole box, I filled in the gap with part of a zip lock box. And then back into the larger shipping box with the air bags surrounding it. Sealed it back up.

Usually I pull off from the large drawing roll under the kids easel and have them draw on it and use it for wrapping paper.

Last year I cut the center out of a few egg cartons to fit an umbrella in the center of about 6 cartons and got glued them all shut.

Although I’m not Even  a big fan of Christmas.