I found myself staring at polka dots. Blue ones. On star-shaped metal snaps. I was in a business meeting. The boss was pointing at Excel charts, and I was wondering if these polka dot things actually stay put during a quick bicycle ride to the coffee shop.
My daughter calls this "doomscrolling adjacent." You start with important topics, then somehow end up with 90s hair accessories in your cart. Ten pieces. Non-slip, allegedly. For side bangs at parties.
The metal catches light like shrapnel.
I bought them during a FLASH DEAL, capital letters screaming urgency, as if bangs styling were time-sensitive diplomacy.
She wears them to school now. Claims they help her focus on algebra.
I claim nothing.
Just watch the news cycle spin while small blue stars hold back her hair, doing absolutely nothing about the crazy world around us. But holding everything in place for (Typically retails around *US dollars) 1.41 plus whatever we pay in attention span.
