true, i'm not a ghetto person.

"ghetto people"

flag checks out

you are living in personality poverty

Culturally starved

what does that mean

https://farm8.static.flickr.com/7084/6958456784_f144383759_b.jpg

Has attitude, you can rock those and do just fine. I don't hate them

Damn that’s not borderline racist or anything

So...yeah anyway these are my favorite I own, nothing special but they're so weird and unique with the fur on the back. I like them

Here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5uYCWVfuPQ

https://www.vans.co.uk/shop/en-gb/vans-gb/vans-x-a-tribe-called-quest-old-skool-shoes-va38g1q4b#banner=WK14.OldSkoolTribal.Image.LPATribeCalledQuest

imagine spending over 100 dollars on shoes

lmao, might as well tape the bills to your feet instead

I gotchu

teamfortress.tv user "dot_", circa 2010

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I think my favorites are a pair of nike skateboarding something, 12 years old, and the rubber sole dried so bad the whole thing is filled with cracks lol
I used to like sneakers as a stylish thing, but then I noticed how fast the glue between sole and main part would die all the time, and how it was impossible to repair them. It makes me sad. Also we all wear off a specific part of the sole faster due to how we walk, and with sneakers, even with shoe goo, these things are fucking hard to repair.
I'd rather spend 2x more for a pair of repairable things nowadays.

look at vlad's link and talk to me how racist i am for not wanting to support these companies that exploit the third world.

u fucking get em sac

alright boys enough of the foreplay, it's time to discuss ethical consumption under capitalism

that internet anonymity always has u gassed up, doesnt it?

the ppl in this thread

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im from pacoima fool... come over there and make you my bitch ehhh..

https://i.imgur.com/wHrlivx.jpg

You people are weirdos...
(in no order):
1.) All white Chuck highs.
2.) Yeezy Powerphase (grey)
3.) Game Royal 1s

I’m not talking about that I’m talking about how ur just bashing an entire demographic for something they like regardless of how materialistic it is

‘Ghetto people who sperg out about shoes’

Brodie u might as well say every black/hispanic person age 18-24 in an inner city environment

Don't try to frame this into some racial issue by not mentioning the fact that there are just as many white and asian poor inner city people doing the same, please. Let's not go there. There have been a lot of studies proving branding and marketing has been very effective into enticing people to buy something thats really expensive but still can be done, and that people who come from a poor background will value people more highly if they have these things.
In the words of Kanye the shoe designer himself:

We buy our way out of jail, but we can’t buy freedom; We’ll buy a lot of clothes when we don’t really need em; Things we buy to cover up what’s inside; Cause they make us hate ourself and love they wealth.
Drug dealer buys Jordans, crackhead buys crack.
And the white man get paid off of all of that

Hey what do i know, im just a broke retard bitter racist bitch for bringing this up right.

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i think the starving children in sweatshops in indonesia would argue that the people enabling this are the ones being dicks, but i guess you're right because you made a meme

Oh shit people starting to actually post about shoes

I mean I realize there are sweatshops in indonesia and in my ethnic homeland (China) but I don't go around foolishly trying to convince people to not buy shoes to save kids working in sweatshops, you're delusional if you think that people will stop buying shoes bc of that (also that won't even help bc even if you eliminate shoe sweatshops, there are still a shit ton of sweatshops working for much bigger industries so what next are you gonna do? protest electronics? lmao). Also if ur white, im like 95% sure u dont actually give a fuck about people of color, you people have colonized darker skin people for a long time on the excuse that you're "helping" them, dont act like you care now.

if you care about asian kids in sweatshops so much, stop buying all electronics but we both know you'll never do that

dont be mad people care about shoes, let people do what they want. if you think it's dumb to spend money on good shoes than good for you buddy, dont be a dick to people that like stuff you don't

Patently untrue, the "inner city" essentially refers to primarily black areas of cities. If you think there isn't a significant racial wealth gap in the US, (the most relevant country in this discussion due to its buying power) then you're being willfully ignorant. Of course, there are poor white and asian people in the "inner city," I even used to be one. But to say there are just as many is disingenuous.

Also, it's worth mentioning that sneakers have a resale value, sometimes much more than the original purchase price, so buying sneakers isn't just a waste of money. There are people who treat it like an investment.

you're retarded