37. Having A NutriBullet and A Veggie Spiralizer
NutriBullets are blenders that are marketed to health-conscious people who have some expendable income to spend on health fads. They can’t do anything that a regular blender cannot do, except that the blender cups are single-serving that you can drink out of it right away. The premium price tag means that the NutriBullet saves you from having to perform the arduous task of pulling out a cup and pouring the contents of the blender into it. The smoothies that you make in a NutriBullet are not any more nutritious than those that you would make out of a secondhand blender from a thrift store, but people who are middle class are much more willing to spend hundreds of dollars on the NutriBullet.
However, the real problem is that since NutriBullet blenders are just a status symbol for many people, they are not using these appliances. The same goes with veggie spiralizers, which can turn vegetables like zucchini and squash into noodles. Vegetable-based noodles are much healthier than noodles made from wheat, but having a veggie spiralizer does not mean that you are using it to make these noodles. It’s often a status symbol for people in the middle class. They are buying things to flaunt their wealth even though they have no intention of using these.