TBH, same. The only people I know who still have them are in a particular social class where many things are superficial, expensive, and unnecessary. If someone genuinely enjoys this stuff more power to them, but IMO they also seem outdated and to be blunt, gauche.

No. This is 100% right and true. Pear forever!

I’m in my mid 30s so I might not be the target audience anyway, but I’ve been trying to care more about the ingredients in the things I buy as well as where they come from and how they’re made (basically just more thoughtful/ethical/healthy or effective shopping), and these things don’t seem to be relevant to this…

I just created a burner to tell you thank you for sharing this!