would u wear unbranded/unauthorized shoes

[IkeTheGeneric]

I only care if it's a name brand that means quality. I'm looking to buy red wing boots for work and you can't really buy stuffty work boots unless you legitimately hate yourself

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[Toxicology]

just copped some timbs

[startacker]

I love me some Dans

[d]

They're loving shoes. You wear them, and that's it. 80% of people never stop to look at someone else's shoes. Sneakerheads are the Apple sheeple of shoes.

[Tezuni 2.0]

you people don't even make your own shoes??

[Akio-]

you people don't even make your own shoes??

i do

[Donnies Catch]

i wouldn't

[YounqD]

i wear whatever I think looks cool. if you care about brand name you are a tool

But what if what I like are those name brand things and I don't mind spending the money on it?

[grunterdb1951]

I don't bother with brand names cause I live on a farm where there's a 90% chance if I walk outside the house I'll go right into mud, horse stuff, and/or both with the potential to be attacked by a raccoon with mange.

[Perry]

its ironic how the type of people to say "why do you buy expensive shoes they get dirty they're a waste of money ugh" are also the same type of people to create copious amounts of "look at my battlestation" and "check out my new car" threads

people with that mindset are just finding things to rant about and clearly can't appreciate the value an object brings to other individuals. its kind of the hobby elitist who just goes on and on about how other hobbies are worthless and when it comes time to their own hobby they act all showy and telly

[Insert Name Here²]

Except shoes do not have the same usefullness as a high-end pc or a car

Which is more of a waste of money, 500 dollar sneakers that you'll never wear out of paranoia, or a reasonably priced car / a high end pc that has 100x the usefulness of shoes

We're not saying a hobby is a waste of money, we're saying the shoes are

[Perry]

We're not saying a hobby is a waste of money, we're saying the shoes are

However, collecting shoes is still a hobby. I own like 5 pairs of jordans because they look good and feel good to collect. I don't spend lots of money on cars because I don't see the value in it, but I see the value in shoes. There are people who deck out the outside of their PC to look like an alien power generator, but it makes no difference on the speed of the computer or how it runs. There are also people who mod the rims of their car and stuff so that it looks really cool. Whichever way you look at it, hobby shaming is hypocritical and pretty shameful in itself.

Sure shoes cost as much as a computer does. However, it's not a waste as long as the buyer sees value in it. It may seem like a waste to you but to us it's an asset. The whole argument of 'they're a waste' is blatantly incorrect. 'they're a waste to me' is a better way of putting it

[Refticus]

i wear solid gold shoes
heavy af and scratch easily. the scratches can be solved by buying new solid gold shoes

i'm in serious financial trouble and the mafia is threatening to chop off my fingers if i don't repay them

[Perry]

If you feel comfortable investing 20$ in a stuffty pair of cleets and funneling thousands into a historic coin collection, thats perfectly fine. If you feel like investing a lot of money in a good looking car with a lot of speed and MPG then that's also fine. It should also be just as fine to invest 400$ into the new pair of yeezys

[Insert Name Here²]

We're not saying a hobby is a waste of money, we're saying the shoes are

did you miss this on purpose or what

We are NOT saying the hobby is a waste, we are saying the products are a waste. There is a difference.