How to buy a good present.
1. Try and get inside the persons head
2. Ask everyone what they're getting so you don't get the same thing
3. Figure out what they need
4. Figure out what they want
5. Get them something useful
6. Get them something entertaining
7. Get them a cat
8. Get them something for their hobbies
9. Buy them a laptop
10. Screw all the rules and buy them something they hate and you like then keep going to their house to use it, they feel loved AND you get to buy yourself a present without looking crazy.