Noel King

I'm a couple years older than you.

I'm in my absurdly early 40s, let's call it.

And my impression of Botox, which I haven't tried but definitely would, is that it is something we do in the shadows.

It is not something that we tell our friend who is a literal reporter for The Atlantic about.

Can I tell you my theory based off of what you just said?

Yeah.

I think we are doing and seeing too much in daylight.

Half of my life used to happen after dark.

Too much is being done with good lighting.

We need to return to the days of poor lighting, going out late at night, having drinks at dusk.

Everything gets blurry anyway.

I mean, also, like we have to mention the rise of the ring light, right?

Oh, my God.

I have mine on right now.

And I'm furious about it right now.

How many of the youths are treating this as a regular?

How common is this?

How are younger women doing this when there's also rent to pay and inflation running around the grocery store?

Like, where's the money coming from?

Okay, so a couple hundred bucks twice a year.