Okay so like, I'm genuinely trying to figure out why this is even a THING for me, but I have this weird compulsion to buy EVERYTHING this one lifestyle vlogger recommends. Like, every single serum, every eye cream, even the stupid collagen powder she shills, and I don't even HAVE wrinkles yet—I'm 31, ffs—it's like I'm performing some kind of vicarious financial support? I guess it's almost like an enacted transference, you know, seeing her as this surrogate grandkid who needs my patronage, and it feels... good? But also, like, why? My ACTUAL grandma is fine, she doesn't need my Sephora receipts, but I keep doing it, and my credit card statement is getting WILD.

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