In America, it has a meme-y reputation as being a stereotypical "millennial hipster" food.
Taylor Lorenz once had some $22 avocado toast delivered to her and then complained about its appearance on Twitter, where people mocked her for being dumb & out-of-touch.
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(Seamless = DoorDash competitor)
Of course, TayTay likes to blow this out-of-proportion and claim that this minor drama is the main reason why people
ridicule "harass" her, even in the present day. It's a nice way for her to ignore the valid criticism people have with her shoddy journalism, doxing LibsOfTikTok's family, being a hysterical Covid cultist, etc...