“Why yes, my overpriced fake leather nostolgiabait shoes that have nothing in it, dont come in wide, and gives people pla tar fasciitis is muxh better than the other overpriced fake leather hipsterbait shoe!!!”

And then kids will literally screech in the damn store if they dont get their shitty nike shoe, becayse its about the NAME of the BRAND!!!

FUCK OFF SNEAKERHEADS YOU ALL SUCK!!!

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It’s just Funko pops for a different demographic, maybe worse because shoes have a use and are destined to sit on a shelf as a speculative asset.

Just get into magic the gathering and use the cards in a tournament smh

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A collectible sneaker game.

Draws a shoebox from the pile

ties two blue shoelaces together

”I cast Air Jordan 1 on your Air Balance 990, it goes straight to the scuffed pile”!

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At least the 990s are functional shoes

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I have no clue, I had to google a list of sneakers to fill in the nouns for the joke lol.

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maybe worse because shoes have a use and are destined to sit on a shelf as a speculative asset.

On the other hand, maybe better because the shoes have a use and someone at some time might actually wear them?

Idk, interesting to think about.

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yeah i could steal shoes and wear them, you can’t do anything with stolen funko pops.

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Fucking hate hate hate hate sneakerheads.

Sorry I grew up with a single mother and we could only afford Payless shoes and then getting teased by idiots throughout my school years for wearing no-name shoe brands.

I can count on one or two fingers the amount of times I’ve looked at someone’s shoes and cared about the style or brand.

Fuck Phil Knight and Michael Jordan.

“Republicans buy shoes too” a quote from Jordan.

I don’t care what he did on the basketball court, he’s lucky he won between the competitive 80s and dodged the big centers of the 90s. Give me Kareem or LeBron as GOATs in the basketball conversation for not being total knobs.

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he’s lucky he won between the competitive 80s and dodged the big centers of the 90s.

???

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Bird and Magic ruled the 80’s. In the 90’s Mutumbo, Hakeem, Robinson, Barkley, Malone, Kemp, and other bigs played in the Western conference while the East had Ewing, Mourning and young Shaq.

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How did he dodge them when he won 6 championships in the early and late 90s and had a winning record against teams with dominant centers with Bill Cartwright then Luc Longley as a starters.

MJ averaged 28 / 6 / 4 against Seattle in '96, which had far more to do with Gary Payton’s defense than Shawn Kemp.

MJ dropped four 40+ games in a row against Barkley, including getting 55 in game 4.

MJ averaged 33 pts against the Jazz in the '97 and '98 finals and dropped 45 in his final game 6 in '98.

MJ averaged 31 / 5 / 4 against Mutumbo. Mutumbo average just over 10 points against MJ.

MJ averaged 31 / 5 / 4 against Olajuwon dating back to 1984 and going through the wizards era (where he dropped 21 / 4 / 3 on Hakeem). Hakeem, for his part, averaged 22 / 11 / 3 blocks against MJ teams.

Also dismissing “young Shaq” is wild. The Bulls championships well into Shaq’s career.

Like MJ is a piece of shit no doubt but this is just silly

edited with stats

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So I am an autistic person and really love wearing stuff with pikachu on it. Like obsessively. Most of the shoes with them on it are super expensive short runs that are like a billion dollars on ebay. Which super bums me out! There is one exception to this and its crocs which also happen to be comfy.

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Could you apply Pikachu to your own shoes? Like a sticker or an applique or something?

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Thanks for replying to my comment with such a thoughtful idea! I have tried that before and I dont like the looks of DIY stuff sadly. I am also not that creative as a person which does not help at all. My skills are more towards setting up networks and managing arrays of server. The other issue is I am also downright abusive to anything I own. I wish this was not the case but clothing really does not last long with me shoes included.

EDIT: Now that I look at these applique things you talked about they might work! Like I should have checked that out before commenting. Thanks again!

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There’s stuff like print-out iron-on transfers too, might be a pain to do on a shoe but you might be able to make it work on like a canvas shoe.

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I imagine the problem with that would be wear and tear - the sticker in particular. A native solution is just more durable, and often higher quality.

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My partner owns like 8 pairs of crocs

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I actually just got into them because of a recent collab with pokemon. If I knew about them before and how comfy they were I would have bought them and decked them out before this.

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whyyyyyy

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She and her mom have the same shoe size, so tgey kinda joint own them atm

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I’ve become croc-pilled recently. Or at least knock-off $5-$10 Croc pilled.

They’re a lot better than slides, and they have an optional back strap so you can walk fast without worrying about them slipping off.

Plus they’re super wide at the toes so they’re comfy. And easily washable when muddy. They’re the perfect camping/garden shoe. If they had a real running-shoe sole they’d be great for everywhere, but because of that I don’t really like wearing them walking around normally on pavement

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ok that rocks

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I have a tangential bone to pick with people who worship brands like Nike and get their magnifying glass out if they suspect something is a “knockoff” or whatever.

If you have to inspect it that closely, count the stitches or whatever the fuck. It just is literally the same shoe my guy.
I don’t care who made it it’s a gucci nike whatever.

If you argue with me about this you’re admitting that there’s literally nothing special about (brand) products. It’s so blatantly classist that at no point it occurs to them that if it takes that level of investigation to figure it out, they’re the same shoe in any meaningful way.

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I do like Nikes because they have some cool looking shoes. Don’t care much for AJ1s or their Jordan lineup in general, but they have more experimental techwear stuff which is cool. But outdoor wear companies like North Face and Arcteryx are also making them now. Expensive as hell, but as long as they look cool

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