after all, what’s the point of a giving someone a bunch of cheap flashy gifts for Christmas (instead of say, socks) either?

As long as we can all pretend they were thoughtful and meaningful, and someone isn’t using AI when making it (or just picking random crap off the shelf, and they removed the price tags) or using AI when reading it (aka making a big show of opening it, and then throwing them in the trash immediately after the person leaves), then we all get along. It even looks like we’re doing a ton of work/spending a ton of money to make the other person happy.

Not that anyone does any of the things I’m describing, just being hypothetical, obviously.

I suspect it will be obvious enough shortly it will go the way of the ‘popcorn bucket’ fad or the like, but for now…