Why are old republicans so fuck weird looking.
While Knight is generally reluctant to give interviews, he spoke with the New York Times in October 2022 regarding his support for Republican candidates. He argued Oregon’s government had drifted too far to the left and described himself as “more conservative than Nike,” responding to criticism of him backing an anti-abortion candidate which apparently contrasted with the company’s image of supporting progressive social justice causes.[109] Nike itself donated $75,000 to Drazan and Johnson’s Democratic opponent, Tina Kotek, the eventual winner of the election. - WIKIPEDIA
Phil isn’t even on the board of directors anymore. Most Nike employees are pretty progressive.
Because otherwise there would be a small risk that money would go to taxes instead and help people who need it.
Yeah, f-him and I have not purchased a Nike product in over 20 years. Onitsuka, Asics, Brooks, Astra and Puma are the ones I choose from.
Nikes are bar none the worst shoes people try to have me repair. They are made from shitty criminally overpriced plastic and foam that decomposes and falls apart in the box let alone after someone wears them
What shoes do you recommend? Looking to get a new pair soon.
I wouldn’t expect any sneaker to be repairable. I switched to OnCloud and love them, Hoka is another solid brand.
For repairable shoes, leather Goodyear welt is where to start. Best entry level brand is Thursday Boot company, but Redwing is super popular too.
I have a pair of redwings I’ve had repaired 3x over the last 14 years. They’re expensive, but worth adding to the list.
No one is cross shopping Nike sneakers and red wing boots. That’s apples to oranges.
Lemmy try not to give incredibly out of touch fashion advice challenge: impossible
If you’re talking about easily available running shoes, there are still select New Balances that are union made in the US (as of a couple of years ago).
If you’re looking for just sneakers, there are a ton made in Europe you can get shipped to north america! I have Vegas at the moment
Oof. Missed this. Thanks, good to know!
At least when it comes to running shoes, I’m of the opinion that the shoe chooses you. Go to a running store and try on a few brands, find the one that feels the best. Buy one pair from that store; every subsequent time you buy running shoes you know the band and model and can buy it wherever is cheaper.
Solomon are hands down my favorite shoe brand. The perfect blend of comfort and ruggedness.
I don’t repair shoes, but I work in a place that sells them and I know exactly what you mean. They’re shit. Adidas are the better of the big 2 brands.
How does Puma rate in comparison?
IMO Puma do the best quality gear out of the major sportswear brands, and they’re usually amongst the cheapest. I find most of their shoes a bit ugly, but I do like the Palermos.
Pumas last forever in my experience.
I also like to get them over Adidas since that was the one of the two brothers who was not a literal Nazi
Anecdotal, but I just replaced my favorite pair of Pumas, which were at least 12 years old. Granted I didn’t wear them every single day, but at least 2 or 3 days a week for 12 years is pretty good in my book. I’ve had to replace Adidas sooner than that with less wear, but they still last pretty long and I’ll confidently buy both brands. I’d never buy Nike (and wouldn’t wear most Nikes either honestly, just not my personal taste in style)
For some reference, here’s a picture of maybe 2/3 of my shoes, many of which are Pumas. There’s also a couple pairs of Keds in there, but they’re more recent and I don’t know yet how they hold up long term comparatively
Hey, I am also a fan of rotating my shoes. They do seem to last longer that way and are more useful over a longer period of time. I still have Pumas from years ago. They start as my indoor workout shoes, then they are the outdoor casuals, then the outdoor workers. I move them to dirtier duty over time. My oldest pair (~15yrs) are on dog-poop duty and now never come inside, but they are about to retire permanently. The hole in the side is now letting in too much moisture so my sock gets soaked. They’ve been good pooper troopers!
Huh, I would have never thought to ask about most mass produced shoes. I guess my redwing boots are fairly mass produced, and ive gotten those resolved, but even my merril boots I dont think of as being repairable.
I used to work as a bike mechanic in my teens, and it was pretty standard for shops to have a ‘no department store’ policy for repairs. We’d chance a tube, but trying true a wheel, or properly set breaks and gear on those soft metal, low presicision components just wasnt worth it.
Oh look, yet another example of why we should tax wealth and not work.
Welp, won’t be hard for me to buy Nike shoes ever again. Is uhhh the Adidas founder just as shit too or can I buy those or Puma? I just want some low profile shoes like converse, but that you can actually walk around in all day. I used to wear converse, but those killed my feet and def aren’t shoes for winter either lol.
Just buy some quality shoes. They’ll last. Poor people buy cheap shoes that don’t last long. Hence they have to buy more shoes, thus staying poor because they need do keep buying shoes. Simple economics
Republican are the ones that burned Nikes for sponsoring Colin Kaepernick…
Imagine how many copies this sold
Like, four?
They’re not well known for buying books.
Reading them, no. But fuckers love buying them and handing them out. Nothing a conservative uncle loves more than sliding a copy of Atlas Shrugged across the table and saying “Read this if you want to learn about Real Communism, kid”.
Ew what is that font? Gross.
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Yep, they were the wokiest of the woke before woke was woke.
I can’t boycott no harder, we haven’t purchased a name brand in weeks!
Time for a good old fashioned shoe burning!
Lmao. I wish I was Conservative. Life must be so much simpler being oblivious and hateful.
He looks exactly how you would think.
This is the guy who invented asian labor exploitation and hid it behind Michael Jordan.
Nazi.
Doesn’t sound like a donation. More like buying into politics to shape the Country in a way they want it. Democracy is broken
Hoka, On, and any other brand it is.
Bribe. That’s called a bribe. Also in an actual developed world, it would be called blatant corruption and treasonous.
