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Smart glasses are deeply creepy. Why are celebrities like Kylie Jenner endorsing them?
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2026
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because they get paid...?
Is it hard to understand for some people that "influencer" is a job title that actually hides very little of the day to day business they do.
We already had a word for them: "shill."
"Vapid greedhead" would also work.
yeah, but now we have a new word for it, and it's "influencer".