Wishlists

A wishlist is simply put it -- a list of stuffs (or events) that you wish you would get or happen. It consists of a list of stuffs/events usually in no particular order you want -- hence the name a wishlist. This is a typical culture in the west where there are festive seasons that are exclusively about this commercialism themed celebration. Everyone is usually obligated to give gifts to those that they are closest with to indicate a feeling of appreciation and endearment. With wishlists, the giver will skip the hassle of having to guess what the recipient might be interesting of having. All they have to do is check the wishlist, look for any items they are interested to get for the said person and they'll be zero risk of the recipient not liking the item. This makes for a more pleasant (and effective) shopping experience. The giver, the recipient; everybody wins.

Now onto the conflict that wishlists might concur -- especially in our community.

1. Perasan - most people that are aware of a person's wishlist might reflect the person as a person that is perasan (I've no idea what that word is in English). They would think of things like "Hey you inconsiderate asswipe. Who in the world would want to give you those things? Who do you think you are? The PM's son?"
2. Materialistic - The person might be reflected as someone who is materialistic -- having to measure people's endearment by stuffs that people give to them. People will think that the subject wants these stuff more than the presence of these people at the first place.
3. Obnoxious - Wishlisters will be applied with both of the properties therefore building up to the ultimate translation of that person is a complete jerk. Usually, people with more than one "morality issues" (usually just 2) will be reflected as "having lots of moral issues" due to the mass generalization that is at large. This will cause the subject to be treated poorly until when-when.

Truth of the being; a wishlist is not something that people (should) shove onto other people's spaces. It should only be made available and accessible to anyone that is interested to give anything at all to the subject without wanting to risk giving something that the subject might not like/already have. It is optional. I repeat, OPTIONAL. No one is forced to look at it and/or even give a flying hot chocolate mousse about the list. It is there for convenience. Just like a lot of other product research that we do, we tend to put stuffs into lists to make it easier and more efficient. The same property applies here. You wanna know, you look at it. You're curious, you look at it. You wanna look at it because you have nothing better to do, go ahead. You are not forced to do anything. But say if the list is just there and not forced to be read (or showed off) but you still judge about how inconsiderate the subject is, then you are currently being very ironic to yourself.

Also, like everything in life that does not interfere with you life directly -- don't be so easy to pass judgement. Be an observer. If you really think the matter at hands should be given extra attention then be courteous and approach with the most effective and non-offensive method possible. Not drop charges like it's hot.

For those of you interested to start a wishlist, visit Wishlistr.

Here's my stupid wishlist.