When did cleaning get cool?

I don't know when it happened, but it did. Cleaning is cool. Opponents of the "slippery-slope" theory take note of my Willy-nilly slide. It starts off innocently enough. As a huge nerd - I need to obsess over things like this:

It might not surprise you that robotic vacuum cleaners caught my eye.


It didn't stop there though. The Roomba is a gateway drug. I soon found myself buying this
and these

and hanging out with this guy on the weekend.