• EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 months ago

    I’m not saying what kind of shoes I wear, but most of the shoes I wear are similar to crocs…Well I only have like two pairs of shoes because I’m a straight guy.

    • apocalypticat@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      1 pair dress shoes, 1 pair walking shoes. Okay I hear you there. What do you wear to work? How about work out shoes? Walking, hiking, running shoes? Casual date shoes? Comfortable shoes for working around the house and doing messy yard work? What about if you just want to take the trash out really quick, no flip flops for you? How about seasonal shoes? Are you freezing your feet off in the winter, or sweating them off in the summer? No boots? Are you wearing any house slippers during winter?

      • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 months ago

        1 pair dress shoes, 1 pair walking shoes

        No, just two pairs of normal shoes.

        What do you wear to work?

        I’m disabled and can’t work

        How about work out shoes?

        My normal walking shoes

        Walking, hiking, running shoes? Casual date shoes? Comfortable shoes for working around the house and doing messy yard work?

        My normal walking shoes

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      Well I only have like two pairs of shoes because I’m a straight guy.

      Pfft. How can you even call yourself a straight guy if you don’t at least have military boots, dress shoes, cowboy boots, wellies and safety shoes??

  • Ashyr@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    It could be worse. You could fall in love with someone, get married and, after years of happiness together, that person discovers Crocs and loves them to death.

    My poor wife. She did say for better or worse, however.

  • numberfour002@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Distaste for crocs just strikes me as a stupid fad and I don’t even wear regular crocs. I do like the crocs flip flops that are single piece construction because they last an order of magnitude longer than standard flip flops and the plastic material they are made of of is easy to clean and doesn’t hold odor like so many other types of materials that flip flops and sandals are made of.

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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      3 months ago

      I think it’s just a reactionary backlash to their popularity. It’s the fact they suddenly showed up everywhere all at once, were something new that departed sufficiently from older flip flop designs and created a divide in taste. I fell into that trap myself but we buy them for our kid and they’re awesome! My next flip flops when my current ones die will probably be crocs. I wouldn’t wear them anywhere I wouldn’t wear flip flops though.

      • atx_aquarian@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        I had some and couldn’t stand them. The material would pull my foot hair, and they reminded me of orange peanut candy. And the squishiness didn’t feel foot-shaped, to me. It just felt like mush. I need arch support and a firm platform. So I hate on them because they strike me as foam toys rather than shoes.

        • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          3 months ago

          It sounds like you don’t prefer wearing them but you don’t have a problem with other people wearing them

        • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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          3 months ago

          But what if you don’t compare them to shoes but just to flip flops?

          • atx_aquarian@lemmy.world
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            3 months ago

            Fair point, I actually mainly wore flip flops and preferred Reef and now Ulukai Olukai. Those checked almost all my boxes, though none of those give a firm enough platform compared to good walking shoes, so I shouldn’t hold that point against Crocs.

            Edit: I mixed up Olukai shoes with Ukla Uukha archery gear, oops.

            Edit 2: I mixed up Uukha with Ookla. /facepalm

  • suction@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I think Crocs can be fucking cool but it depends on the situation and the wearer. And they’re the most comfortable footwear ever invented anyway.

  • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 months ago

    If you can’t handle me in my crocs you don’t deserve me in my socks…and crocs

  • Martin@feddit.nu
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    3 months ago

    My wife seems to think Crocs are suitable safety shoes when working with machinery in the garden.

      • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        When bits of sky blue foam and blood start flying everywhere, that’s when you know to turn the machine off.

  • Mabel [She/Fae/Its]@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Being queer is amazing because you often don’t have to care about a lot of I suppose “bureaucracy” around sex and love. My favorite exception is that fact that I’m welcomed for having Crocs. And that, when I slip on a dress, fancy makeup, scarf, leggings, and coat. All to look like im modling something, I can top it off with crocs.

    Here’s the pair I’ve been wearing for the last year to every fancy occasion I can

  • J'Pol @lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    I love how crocs are cheap and durable. I hate how they make it feel like your feet are constantly being stabbed hundreds of times and have no clue how someone could find that comfortable in any meaningful way.

  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Crocs (or well fake ones since nobody buys the actual brand ones) can be really damn comfy. Best summer cabin shoes

    • hOrni@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I bought the brand ones. They are absolutely worth it. The fake ones don’t even compare to that level of comfort.

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        I’m tried them and while I didn’t notice a big difference I can believe that there’s a difference. I personally don’t consider it worth it though when Crocs start at 30€ and generic clogs can be less than 5€. But with those quality varies a lot, so buyer beware. I’ve just very rarely seen people buy the branded ones is what I meant with my original post