to be honest i’m not sure why this is considered a lower-effort gift or piece of decor for yourself. i buy fake flowers and plants often for my room bc i absolutely cannot be entrusted w taking care of real plants and having to deal w their decay is both sad and a technical mess. i fear i am in fact part of the “why buy real ones, they die” camp - but at least i don’t use that as an excuse to not get flowers at all. that to me is even stranger…arguably flowers (as a gift/not decor) last even longer when they’re artificial so that’s even MORE of a reason to get some…