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Let’s Piss Even More People Off.

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I know that yesterday’s post was a bit polarizing. While I didn’t get any negative feedback I know that there are readers and friends that have opposing political views that might have been pissed off by what I wrote and that’s okay. I’m just one guy and when it comes down to it my blog doesn’t really affect any change. World keeps spinning.



So as long as I’m saying things people may not like I’m going to throw this out there. I think you should be able to wear socks with sandals.



The horror!





I’ve held this opinion for a long time. I’ve only shared it with a few people because for some reason the image of a foot wearing both a sock and sandal brings out the deepest hatred in most people.



Kill it! Kill it with fire!




I don’t wear socks with sandals. I’d like to but I’m afraid I’ll get lynched by an angry mob. It’s just not worth the risk for me.



[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7En0z2A38c&w=560&h=315]



I know people have their reasons. On the rare occasion where I feel safe enough to tell somebody that I think it’s okay to wear socks with sandals I’m met with utter contempt. The weirdest thing is that the biggest offense people point out to me is not that it looks stupid (and I’ll admit it kind of looks stupid) but that it defeats the purpose. “If it’s too hot for shoes then it’s too hot for socks as well”. That’s like saying if it’s too hot for jackets then it’s also too hot for shirts.



Hate me all you want, America. I’m only speaking from the heart and standing up for what I believe in.



Here’s something the mainstream media won’t tell you about socks with sandals. It’s comfortable.



Think about it. Just put away your prejudice away for a second and hear me out. Have you ever worn sandals all day? Maybe you go to a street festival or outdoor concert? It’s hot as hell (which is why you’re wearing sandals), your feet sweat and rub against the straps and now you’ve got a scrape on the top of your foot. It sucks and now you can’t wear sandals again until it’s healed because it’ll just make it worse otherwise. That wouldn’t have happened if you were wearing socks.



Why do you think old people and Europeans wear socks with sandals? Because they fucking know it’s comfortable and doesn’t care what society has to say. Nobody under the age of 60 in America will go out in public with socks and sandals because they fear the ridicule. It’s bullying. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.



Come on! Who’s with me?



…anybody?



Shit. Fine. I don’t need your support. History will absolve me.



VIVA!

With a Chain on My Legs an Adidas at My Feet.

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Just in time for Juneteenth: The Adidas slave shoe!

the chains are there… in case your shoes fall off?





That right there is the Adidas Roundhouse Trainer shoe. It was set to be released this summer but Adidas announced they were cancelling the project because… Well because the cuff and chain look like slave shackles. Adidas shoes are popular with African Americans but references to slavery are not so popular. Kind of a pet peeve for African Americans, really. The whole slavery thing.



Jeremy Scott, the designer of the shoe, maintains that he was not trying for the whole “slave” look when making the shoe. His inspirations have always came from toys in his childhood. When I read that I wondered what kind of weird shit this guy was into as a kid when shackles were involved but then I read that the particular inspiration for this shoe was the plush toy “My Pet Monster”.



My pet forced laborer.





So okay. Maybe he wasn’t going for a whole slave motif but that imagery stirs strong feelings in people about a horrible chapter of our history. On top of that it looks really stupid.



I mean, if you’re wearing those with long pants are you supposed to put the cuffs under the pants? Then nobody sees them. Do you put them over the pants or maybe roll up your pant legs like there was a flood coming? That would just look weird.



Also, fastening the cuffs is just another step in putting on shoes and I’m lazy. When I found out that I needed loafers for a job several years back I didn’t buy tennis shoes for three years just because I didn’t want to tie laces. Now I’ve got to tie my shoes and fasten the cuffs? I don’t even tie my shoes sometimes. The cuffs would probably just drag behind my heels and some jerk would step on them and make me trip.



Adidas also announced they’d be cancelling plans for their new “Three Fifths” sandal.

We’re Here! We’re Making Millions for Wearing Weird Clothes! Get Used to it!

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MSNBC reports that fashion models are organizing a rights group called “Model Alliance” to fight back against an industry that treats them like… objects you put clothes on.


Seriously, though. The article reveals that the fashion industry is like only two degrees less skeezy than porn. Models usually start at a really young age, get paid in clothes instead of cash, get sexually harassed and sometimes even assaulted by photographers and designers. There’s also an incredibly but unsurprising rate of depression among models (that can happen when you’re 5’10, 105 pounds and some french guy with a camera is throwing things at you and making pig noises).


The formation of this…union? Team? Activist group? I don’t know what to call it. Whatever. The formation of Model Alliance, while obviously overdue is surprising to a lot of people who normally don’t think of routine abuse and emotional scarring when it comes to the fashion industry. Really, most people think of models as these lucky beautiful women who make millions of dollars for walking down runways in outfits that nobody but Lady Gaga would ever buy –

Wait. Those are clothes? Like, you can buy that in a store and wear it and go places? Really?




I just wonder if this is going to be enough? The article talks about how the alliance formed because so many models are afraid to speak up when mistreated because they’re so easily replaced (turns out it’s an entry level job) so can a union really work in such an environment? For the safety of these women I think we should just retool the whole business completely. Do away with human models. I know that the job of the model is pretty complicated but with advances in modern robotics we can actually have machines do a model’s job with 100% efficiency. I present to you: The Mannequin –

The latest in high tech model replacement.




The mannequin has been designed to do every task a model has including:

*wear clothes


Unlike the model, however, the mannequin has several advantages such as:

*cannot become addicted to heroin

*can be as thin as designer wishes without adverse effects to health

*cannot be raped

*unable to try to transition into acting career

From the director of oh wait he didn't direct anything else.




This would leave a lot of women out of a job but it’s the only way to be safe. All those impossibly beautiful women will just have to become marine biologists or whatever it is hot chicks say they want to do these days.