OT: 108th Obsequious Banter Thread: Nine dozen eggs and not one broken

[FLYguy3911]

Who the hell buys $300 for a pair of shoes?!

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Who the hell buys $300 for a pair of shoes?!

Good shoes and work boots are not cheap, but if you spend more upfront, you can just get them resoled and they’ll last for life.

 

[ajgoal]

I can’t do that because those stupid TSA-approved plastic buckle versions have ruined the entire concept. Every time I fly, I feel like I’m saying I can’t dress myself.

Oh, are those actually a thing? I assumed it was just bif being bif and he was referring to one of these:

 

[Lord Defect]

Good shoes and work boots are not cheap, but if you spend more upfront, you can just get them resoled and they’ll last for life.

I spend $250 for work boots every year. Work boots are miles ahead of basketball shoes and the reasonability to spend large portions of money on.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Most Nike retros are not built for comfort, fyi.

I figured as much, hense the hesitation. A damn shame. It was like walking on air I the most comfortable pair of slippers, but you're also ready for a pick up game.

Who the hell buys $300 for a pair of shoes?!


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I would never spend that on shoes, but to answer your question, it would be the people who buy them to put on wall and rarely wear them.

 

[Starat327]

I used to have a staunch no sweatpants in public rule. I would always switch over to jeans/pants if I had to run out somewhere. Then covid hit, then the second kid came, then I started working from home full time. I will now wear respectable looking sweatpants outside the house, because I have been worn down to a fine powder at this point and don't give a shit what anyone thinks anymore.

Joggers to the store = ok. Jnco style sweatpants are not ok in public though.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I spend $250 for work boots every year. Work boots are miles ahead of basketball shoes and the reasonability to spend large portions of money on.

You buy a new pair every year?! Just get them resoled! For example, Red Wing charges $115 for a resole and $140 for the full rebuild.

 

[FLYguy3911]

I figured as much, hense the hesitation. A damn shame. It was like walking on air I the most comfortable pair of slippers, but you're also ready for a pick up game.

I’m sure you can find insoles to make them comfortable, but it won’t be natural in all likelihood. NBA guys play in these things after all.

I bought a pair of retro air maxes last month and it’s like walking on blocks of wood lol.

 

[Lord Defect]

I figured as much, hense the hesitation. A damn shame. It was like walking on air I the most comfortable pair of slippers, but you're also ready for a pick up game.



I would never spend that on shoes, but to answer your question, it would be the people who buy them to put on wall and rarely wear them.

That I “get”. I don’t understand it but I get it. I don’t get spending $300 on sneakers to wear about.

 

[Beef Invictus]

This is hfboards history. This post needs to be dipped on bronze and hung from a car mirror


If it’s not on you, you might as well not have it. I do not get that craze.

I forget when you said you left the Corps, but my brother-in-law was in right as the "boogaloo" thing started taking off. Where they'd all embrace all this wacky stuff as a joke, go online pumping it up as awesome, and laugh about it. He and all his veteran buddies own a ton of this stuff. The only time they wear it is when they all get together and they collectively dress as tacticool as possible, for their camping trips or vet benefit marches. Tactical wallets! Tactical backpacks! Multiple tactical fannypacks! Tactical baseball caps! One dude has a cap with cutouts to prevent his sunglasses from hitting the brim (what?), with a concealed knife (too small and badly designed to use in any way) in the brim, and velcro for nightvision stuff; that's a big hit.

But the problem was that a lot of dudes (both in service, and especially civilians online) didn't realize all these guys are being sarcastic as hell for all this goofy stuff. They see a Marine pumping up how they'd have never survived their tour in Afghanistan without their tactical flashlight and so they want to buy it. Then they do, and guys like my BIL and his friends crack up at them for actually doing it. He has one of those holster chest fannypacks actually; he wears it to carry his tactical wallet. When he rarely carries, it's on his hip, because the pack is apparently useless.

I love watching it from the outside. They're so happy with their idiotic joke gadgets, and even happier seeing people wearing them seriously.

 

[Lord Defect]

You buy a new pair every year?! Just get them resoled! For example, Red Wing charges $115 for a resole and $140 for the full rebuild.

My company doesn’t pay to have them resoled. I asked and they refused. So instead of buying me a pair of boots every few years at $250 and half that to fix them, they have the privilege of buying me a new pair each year.
I never said it was my money that I spend on boots.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I can’t do that because those stupid TSA-approved plastic buckle versions have ruined the entire concept. Every time I fly, I feel like I’m saying I can’t dress myself.

Well you've gotta get the metal versions.

And you need to assert your dominance over TSA. Become ungovernable.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Well you've gotta get the metal versions.

And you need to assert your dominance over TSA. Become ungovernable.

Truth. Then walk past, pat the TSA agent on the ass and say, "You're the bomb."

 

[Beef Invictus]

Oh, are those actually a thing? I assumed it was just bif being bif and he was referring to one of these:

Amazon.com : Ratchet Belt Buckle

 

[Lord Defect]

I forget when you said you left the Corps, but my brother-in-law was in right as the "boogaloo" thing started taking off. Where they'd all embrace all this wacky stuff as a joke, go online pumping it up as awesome, and laugh about it. He and all his veteran buddies own a ton of this stuff. The only time they wear it is when they all get together and they collectively dress as tacticool as possible, for their camping trips or vet benefit marches. Tactical wallets! Tactical backpacks! Multiple tactical fannypacks! Tactical baseball caps! One dude has a cap with cutouts to prevent his sunglasses from hitting the brim (what?), with a concealed knife (too small and badly designed to use in any way) in the brim, and velcro for nightvision stuff; that's a big hit.

But the problem was that a lot of dudes (both in service, and especially civilians online) didn't realize all these guys are being sarcastic as hell for all this goofy stuff. They see a Marine pumping up how they'd have never survived their tour in Afghanistan without their tactical flashlight and so they want to buy it. Then they do, and guys like my BIL and his friends crack up at them for actually doing it. He has one of those holster chest fannypacks actually; he wears it to carry his tactical wallet. When he rarely carries, it's on his hip, because the pack is apparently useless.

I love watching it from the outside. They're so happy with their idiotic joke gadgets, and even happier seeing people wearing them seriously.

That’s either people who have too much money or too little intelligence.
All that shit still is in “fashion?” At the moment. Normal Fanny packs will most likely become a thing again, at least in that community. There’s a company online that makes some really damn good gear that has been pestered to release some in specific patterns and due to that they have.
Fashion over form is idiotic.
The people that dress like that at the range are the ones you more often than not need to watch for negligent discharges. They know their gear more than they know their firearms, but still somehow they don’t know how to properly use their gear. Or wear it. Or where to wear it on their body.

 

[Beef Invictus]

That’s either people who have too much money or too little intelligence.
All that shit still is in “fashion?” At the moment. Normal Fanny packs will most likely become a thing again, at least in that community. There’s a company online that makes some really damn good gear that has been pestered to release some in specific patterns and due to that they have.
Fashion over form is idiotic.
The people that dress like that at the range are the ones you more often than not need to watch for negligent discharges. They know their gear more than they know their firearms, but still somehow they don’t know how to properly use their gear. Or wear it. Or where to wear it on their body.

A lot of those fannypack holsters are kinda hard to get the pistol out of compared to other options, which is a great way to end up shooting yourself or others on accident. Since nobody seems to do revolvers anymore. I guess those aren't cool enough. It's usually always obvious what they're for too, which seems to be announcing "steal this bag for free gun." Like any fanny pack they're held on by regular clips, and I don't know how many times I've heard reports of fannypacks being stolen right off tourists around the Mall in DC.

 

[Lord Defect]

A lot of those fannypack holsters are kinda hard to get the pistol out of compared to other options, which is a great way to end up shooting yourself or others on accident. Since nobody seems to do revolvers anymore. I guess those aren't cool enough. It's usually always obvious what they're for too, which seems to be announcing "steal this bag for free gun." Like any fanny pack they're held on by regular clips, and I don't know how many times I've heard reports of fannypacks being stolen right off tourists around the Mall in DC.

A ton of conceal carriers might have their guns concealed but their attire screams “I’m carrying”.

 

[kudymen]

Truth. Then walk past, pat the TSA agent on the ass and say, "You're the bomb."

I can’t possibly “like” this post because my esta / visa application would get rejected regularly for the next ten years

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Good shoes and work boots are not cheap, but if you spend more upfront, you can just get them resoled and they’ll last for life.

Aka the ‘Boots’ theory.

Boots theory - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[DancingPanther]

Aka the ‘Boots’ theory.

Boots theory - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Capitalism baby

 

[swami24]

Life is so much easier in a nudist colony.

Expect when you drip hot soup on yourself

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

It's pretty obvious that some people here have never lived in Maine. Shorts are 4-season casual wear.

I live close enough to Maine, less than a hour from the border. My old ass doesn’t wear shorts year round.

 

[Danko]

All Quiet On The Western Front - really enjoyed it. 7.5/10

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

"Yoda seducing Elon Musk"

I'm so sorry.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

LOCKED.

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