• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      Try em they’re great. Everyone seriously avoiding them because they’re godawful ugly are just denying themselves pleasure. Don’t be a weenie, have fun with life.

    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 months ago

      Comfort isn’t the main selling point. In no particular order:

      • Versatile: indoor, outdoor, dry, wet,…
      • Easy to clean
      • Easy to take on or off
      • Inexpensive (when on sale)
      • Relatively durable/reliable
      • Protects toes (unlike sandals)
      • Many colors, styles, and patterns

      I also used to hate how they looked, and I thought other people were just falling for the fad. But I bought some after literally being indoctrinated by my other coworkers at a summer camp, and never looked back. They are just such useful shoes that it really changes how you perceive them once they’ve worked for you.

      P.S. Just in case you were wondering, there are still people at summer camp that continue to hate crocs, but they’re aware they’re in the minority :p

    • hOrni@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      That’s the point. They aren’t just a comfortable shoe. They are a statement. A statement, that You value Your own comfort above what other people think.

    • Zozano@lemy.lolEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Ditto.

      Crocs are a fashion crime.

      I guess they’re pretty good foot fetishist deterrents though? If I was so inclined, I would rather get a footjob from a cassowary.

    • TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I stopped giving a fuck and wear brightly colored Crocs as a fat hairy guy. I’ve never been more comfortable after a long day at work than after I started wearing Crocs daily

      • TheBest@midwest.socialEnglish
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        10 months ago

        this is a man of the people. They’re garish but I can slip em on without bending over so that’s all that matters.

  • Ashyr@sh.itjust.works
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    10 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.

  • Martin@feddit.nu
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    10 months ago

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

      • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldM
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        10 months ago

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

  • suction@lemmy.world
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    10 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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    10 months ago

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

  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 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.

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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      10 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??

    • apocalypticat@lemmy.world
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      10 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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        10 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

  • ArgyBargy@lemmy.world
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    10 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

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      I’ve never liked those. I think the thong part chafes too much. Sandals > flip flops