• mightymaxx@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I bought a pair of ones with no holes for wet or colder weather. Was tired of snow and wet grass soaking my house shoes. I now want another pair with the air holes for summer. I wear socks with them. I’m happily married with a kid. What you think of my shoes is completely irrelevant to my life. People really need to mind their own business. My work banned cargo pants cause the owner had a unreasonable hatred for them. Jeans or slacks only and I hate it. I used to be able to a small screwdriver and a flashlight in my pockets as that’s all my job often needed. Now I carry a backpack around for them, which is dumb.

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      1 year ago

      People are always up in arms and here I am using them to take out the garbage and do shit that I’d rather not go full shoe for.

      Crocs are purely utilitarian for me and they’re great for my use case. They’re convenient as hell and comfy too.

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    1 year ago

    They are excellent, versatile footwear. Comfortable. Great for stepping out back to grill, to get the mail, heading to a friends pool party, fishing, the beach or anything wet, or running out for the day.

    Top tier shoes.

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      1 year ago

      The offer ZERO ankle support and often don’t fit snuggly enough to support anything really. Unless you wear flip flops, don’t wear these. Easy way to end up with constant foot, ankle, and knee problems.

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        1 year ago

        I’d still rather wear slippers lol, you can actually get some decent pairs that are comfy and look less ridiculous than Crocs

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    1 year ago

    They are excellent, versatile footwear. Comfortable. Great for stepping out back to grill, to get the mail, heading to a friends pool party, fishing, the beach or anything wet, or running out for the day.

    Top tier shoes.

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    1 year ago

    Croc user for like 12 years here. I don’t have smelly feet. Maybe the trick is to freak out people even more and wear socks with them. 😎

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      1 year ago

      Shoes that are breathable with holes like Crocs and dont retain smell (like with fabric) won’t make your feet smelly. If anything, closed shoes with no holes and no breathing will smell terrible after a work day (like high heeled type womens shoes)

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        1 year ago

        People that say they make feet smell are 1000% telling on themselves for having poor hygiene lol

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          yeah it’s weird, because open shoes actually wouldn’t create more smell, it reduces it. i guess they mean they want smells enclosed and only when they get home and open their smelly closed shoes. And this is from someone who thought crocs were dumb in the 90s and 00s.

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    I got the Sketchers version I think its basically the same, they have holes in the top, but no holes under. They’re just comfortable, easy, and the strap at the back you can move it to the front so you have more freedom or to the back so you have more support is kinda cool. I also am getting older and don’t care if I look cool or not. function over fashion. have never worn crocs though, they don’t sell them here.

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      1 year ago

      Working from home has made me dead set against wearing uncomfortable clothes ever again. If they’re clean and not wildly silly looking what does it matter? Anyone that stresses how anyone else dresses after highschool seriously needs to take a long hard look at their life and fix themselves/mind their own business. You’ll pry crocs, tshirts, and sweatpants out of my cold dead hands.

      Also, if people complain that crocs make their feet smell they’re telling on themselves and their poor hygiene. Their unwashed stanky fungus feet have just been masked by absorbent socks or unchallenged by totally open flipflops. Wash your feet you nasties.

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      1 year ago

      Doubt.

      Most popular footwear in Hosiptals are birkenstocks.

      Crocks are popular with young kids and people in the south of the US.

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        This is what happens when you have a bias and then just find a search result to match it instead of caring about actual facts

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        This seems like you googled that and took the sponsored link as gospel. Every article I’ve seen mentions Crocs and tons of other brands over birks. I’m not even an advocate of Crocs, was just curious as I didn’t believe the birks comment and have looked in to shoes a ton over the years. Birks and toe drop are a real thing and a pain

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    They never fell out of style amongst people who work on their feet all day. I’m guessing you don’t need them while riding a desk, try walking 10mi a day through a warehouse and see how your loafers do.

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      People who work on their feet all day don’t use crocs. You’d use TreadSafes that have actual support and fit, or you’d use an actual work shoe like Keen. Crocs absolutely will not hold up in a warehouse and will provide zero support or protection for your feet.

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        1 year ago

        Lol ok.

        -A guy who walks 10mi a day through a warehouse in crocs, while seeing all my coworkers also wearing crocs, who used to have a shitton of foot pain but hasn’t since switching to the crocs.

        Sorry but I think I’ll take my own word over yours on this one.

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          And I walk 12-14 miles a day in Keens. My last assistant refused to wear anything but Crocs. Guess who was out every other week with foot problems? Not me.

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            Was your coworker an old man with gout? Foot problems from an unrelated soccer injury? Just lying to you and you’re buying it?

            10mi/day for about 2 years on the same crocs, I haven’t even had to buy a new pair yet, no foot pain since the switch. Again, I’m forced to trust my feet over your anecdote.