Is it rude to visit strangers' islands and give their villagers funny outfits?

[aloherna]

I would be pretty upset about it, I like to leave a lot of my characters in their original clothing and when I do choose to give them outfits I’m very picky about it.

 

[Cethosia]

Note to self: block of Ables when I open my island for others to visit.

 

[SleepyMimeko]

Messing with other people's islands or villagers is really rude. I plan on fencing up my able sister's shop when
people I don't know come to visit. It reminds me of that time my friend put a shirt with 666 in the shop, and all of my nice normals started wearing it. I was so mad that I thought about deleting his house, but I just couldn't do it. He had all of the upgrades except the basement, so I just took it down and deleted the design.

 

[carackobama]

I think if it’s a stranger or someone who’s not in on the joke/idea, it’s pretty rude tbh

 

[Underneath The Stars]

i didn't know you can give them gifts unless it's their birthday?????

 

[aria2232]

Yes, I think it's extremely rude and just an annoying situation to deal with...

 

[jefflomacy]

I actually wasn't aware that they will actually wear or put out furniture given to them by strangers during their birthday. I would be interested in seeing documented (screenshot) evidence that this occurs. Seems pretty crazy to me, given that there is pretty much no way to remove a poor accessory choice (like night blinders) from a villager's accessory inventory. This is also interesting because many of these gift guide sites suggest accessories, but I've definitely learned not to give villagers hats/accessories. I stick to furniture, doorplates and wreaths that match the villager's color preferences. I stick to hybrid wreaths if possible.

You can definitely make someone very irritated by giving a villager a bad accessory. There's no way to reset this action. You might not be welcome back after doing this, so make sure you're okay with that.

 

[wolfie1]

I actually wasn't aware that they will actually wear or put out furniture given to them by strangers during their birthday. I would be interested in seeing documented (screenshot) evidence that this occurs.

I don't have a screenshot to back my factual claims, but my SO has had Cherry and Patty celebrate their respective birthdays and I gave them a black suspenders outfit (Cherry) and a blue dress (Patty, I don't remember the name of the dress, sorry). They've worn it multiple times, both in my presence and when I wasn't there. They've also displayed them at home if they weren't wearing them.
Obviously, we decided what to give them, but I can understand it would be annoying to have some random person drop in and give them crappy outfits.

 

[jefflomacy]

Just confirming, you are not a resident of that island yourself? You were a third party visitor?

 

[wolfie1]

Just confirming, you are not a resident of that island yourself? You were a third party visitor?

Yeah, we have our own Switch systems.