The Thought, But Nothing More

Greeting cards are a nice gesture, but can also put an unnecessary stress on the recipient. After a few days or weeks, do they throw it away or do they keep it?

Many will throw it away, but will feel a slight pang of guilt. After all, you took the time to send a card (nice thought), but then again it is just a card (not as nice as a real gift*).

To remove this potential stress, greeting cards should automatically dematerialize after a set amount of time. For additional flair, a previously unnoticed recording in the card would play, announcing, dramatically and loudly, "MESSAGE EXPIRED!" -poof- No more card.

*The exception is when cash is included. Then the card is just wrapping paper, throw it away w/o a thought.