They’re Gore-Tex, Jerry!
I like to point to Idiocracy (a movie you couldn’t make today but I saw for the first time in 2024; I think it was good) which Crocs are used as shoes for the future because they were not widely available and the costume designer said “There's no way people will wear them.”
I stand vindicated that Crocs are idiotic.
Fuck brands... But as far as the general concept of a durable, washable house slipper goes, they are great. Also wear low cut socks.
If you're in your house then why are you wearing shoes? Just wear socks or go barefoot. Maybe they're useful if you need to step outside for a minute to take out the trash when it's cold outside. In my experience, regular slippers tend to fall apart if you wear them outside
Well, I have pets who drag toys into walkways where it's easy to step on. I also have atypical proportions and it's a challenge not to accidentally kick a table or chair leg dodging said pets or their toys.
Furthermore, I don't want to make people look at my feet and just socks wears down the socks/can be slippery. Socks also don't shield my feet from spills or things being dropped on them.
Makes sense. They're still not for me but, from that perspective, I can see why someone might like them
You can get socks with rubber bits on the bottom to help with the slippery part, but that would not help with the rest.
Cold hard floors?
If you’re in your house then why are you wearing shoes?
Plantar fasciitis - I can't even make it across a room barefoot without severe pain, so I wear slippers with orthotic inserts at home. That being said, I would amputate my own feet before wearing crocs.
Dog slobber. We have two dogs. One loves to take a big mouthful of water and run up to my wife and me with it, splashing drool water everywhere on the way. The other has recently learned this trick from him and now we have double dog drool. We don't go barefoot much anymore.
Not everyone has underfloor heating
I'm still waiting for buttfuckers to open their first store, should be any day now.
Every now and then I get the feeling there might be something about them. Are they like supremely comfortable? Everyone I see wearing them nowadays seems chill and makes it look like they're comfy.
Either that or the country has fully devolved into Walmart as Idiocracy foretold.
They're comfy, they're easy to clean, they're water proof, they float, they can be worn like slippers with the straps up or can be more comfortable for walking around with the straps down, you can regularly find them for $30.
What are the negatives again?
I think I've always equated them with the horrendous water shoes I remember as a kid. That, and the look just never said comfort to me. But I've felt some fomo in recent years lol
I hated those water shoes too, but I do actually really like my Crocs...
My GF got a pair of Crocs clogs for work. She works for a vet so she needed something easy to clean and comfortable, and they're definitely both. She was a doubter just like you until she got a pair.
Granted, they're not the ones with the strap on the back and holes so they don't look terrible, or at least as terrible as a pair of clogs. But she understands why all the nurses wear them.
I love them for in the garden and shop. They're hideous, but I don't have to bother with socks or taking the miniscule amount of effort it requires to put on shoes.
I was surprised it was made back then.
Feet are the back-killer. Back pain is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my feet. I permit them to pass under me. And when they have gone past I will turn the inner eye to see their path. Where the feet have gone there will be nothing. Only my back will remain.
...crocs need ventilation holes or your bare feet will sweat and the shoes will get nasty...
All the juice runs out if there's holes; this will let a good amount collect.
Don't say JUICE
They’re my weapon of choice
Muadib.
for a second I thought it's some kind of bad dragon toy
It isn’t?
honestly not sure
My feet started sweating just looking at the photo.
My feet started sweating
How else will your stillsuit reclaim your water?
I can almost imagine that one guy wearing them bare foot
that one guy
Dude, I’m right here!
Are you not supposed to?
It's a free country
I kind of like them 😅
Same, if I had to buy crocs I'd go with these.
But then again, I do love foam runners so I don't know if that take is surprising.
Sure, that catches on, but not the nipple-windows.
"Interesting... you're wearing your crocs in the desert style, like a Fremen. Who taught you to do this?"
"It just seemed to make sense..."
"He is the Lisan al Gaib!"
I dunno... Those look better than normal crocks, at least.
I really hate shoes in general. Men's styles fucking suck, women's sizes don't fit, and if I ever do find a good looking shoe that fits my foot, it ends up being the most uncomfortable fucking thing ever. 😮💨
This has nothing to do with Crocs but shoes in general. I recently got a pair online that advertised "super squishy" soles. Almost like memory foam but really really soft. They felt great for about 20 minutes then the super squishy, squished out to the sides and in weird places around my foot. They were horrible. If you've ever gotten sand inside the fabric of your shoe lining, its a lot like that. I should have returned them, but the pair I was replacing were literally falling apart and i needed shoes. 0/10 would not recommend.
It's like they're pathologically adverse to normal-looking shoes.
They look like the stuff the characters from Concord would wear
Maybe it is a metabolic issue.
Those have incel fuckboi energy
Whatever the fuck that is
Looks like a sex toy
Where do the croc charms go? smh
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