Stop Asking Me To Buy This Stuff
Been seeing WAY TOO MUCH of you lately.
Spring is usually the most tempting time of year for me to buy things. The feeling of possibility and new growth on the trees calls to me: “A new you, a new life!” And how will we get there? Stuff!
Tempting— but deep down I know it’s not true.
Here's some stuff I'd like to stop being pushed to buy1—the items peddlers are peddling extra hard these days. Are you seeing some of these same things? What's currently being pushed on you?
Warby Parker Glasses
Lately, it feels like every other influencer is giving me a soulless stare from behind a pair of Warby Parkers. I want to tell them to blink three times if there's someone offscreen holding a Warby Parker-branded gun to their heads. The influencers look exhausted, begging for your clicks, while the Warby marketing budget is going up in flames.
Warby Parker isn't new—they've been around for quite a while. I was recently in one of their stores, helping my mom pick out some cute frames. The selection was fine, but it feels like they're trying rea…