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SuchFriendsAreDangerous 02.13.2008 10:06 PM

Target Converse One Stars?
 
are a disaster.

these are one stars:

 


these are one stars with a shell toe

 



and these silly things come from target:

 

uhler 02.14.2008 03:22 AM

fucking awful. i love target though. i even have a target credit card. i also rebought syd barrett's second album from target yesterday.

✌➬ 02.14.2008 03:24 AM

My next shoes.

m1rr0r dash 02.14.2008 03:43 AM

converse come in a bazillion different flavors...

i have a pair of john varvatos converse

 


and a hemp pair...

 



...it's not surprising in the slightest that you can get a $12 pair at target.











[my converse.... let me show you them.]

HaydenAsche 02.14.2008 10:45 AM

I don't care. I think Converses are mad plaid out anyways. Target is the shit. Hooray for corporate America!

afterthefact 02.14.2008 10:58 AM

How are those so bad? They don't look any different than converse, except the star and the fact that they look like they are probably made better.

floatingslowly 02.14.2008 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HaydenAsche
I think Converses are mad plaid


you mean like this?

 

HaydenAsche 02.14.2008 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floatingslowly
you mean like this?



 



Shit. Spelling error. I meant mad played.

Converses haven't been cool for years.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 02.14.2008 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uhler
fucking awful. i love target though. i even have a target credit card. i also rebought syd barrett's second album from target yesterday.


I own no less then four grateful dead t shirts that came from target, my beef is with the ugly shoes themselves, not the franchise, though target has about as much heart as
 

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 02.14.2008 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by afterthefact
How are those so bad? They don't look any different than converse, except the star and the fact that they look like they are probably made better.


I have owned about eight pairs of original one stars, the whole damn point of the shoe is that they DONT have the shell toe like the others.

afterthefact 02.14.2008 05:28 PM

Haha, the way you said that, it would almost make somebody think it was important :)

EMMAh 02.14.2008 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash
and a hemp pair...





 



These are sick.
I have two pairs, one that I love and are full of holes (some holes that I patched) and another that I don't like but have kept because shoes are shoes and someday I'll wear them. I'll probably bring them on my trip instead of my boots.
EDIT: Mine aren't hemp though, cause I'm not that cool.

gmku 02.14.2008 06:05 PM

Oh, come on. They're just shoes.

!@#$%! 02.14.2008 06:10 PM

so much fuzz about some fucking sneakers

time for a nap

m1rr0r dash 02.14.2008 06:24 PM

lol. i'm wearing camo target one stars right now.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 02.14.2008 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmku
Oh, come on. They're just shoes.


not necessarily, converse are universally complained as being uncomfortable for long durations, and so most peope dont wear them perpetually or exclusively. Of course, if you break through this concept, and force your feet to adjust, similar in method to Shaolin, then you will find that converse turn into your feet themselves. You have to relearn how to walk, and if you already had, then you begint to take these shoes very seriously. the onestars serve as a fashionable version of such shoes, which are more of a meditation then footwear.

EMMAh 02.14.2008 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
not necessarily, converse are universally complained as being uncomfortable for long durations, and so most peope dont wear them perpetually or exclusively. Of course, if you break through this concept, and force your feet to adjust, similar in method to Shaolin, then you will find that converse turn into your feet themselves. You have to relearn how to walk, and if you already had, then you begint to take these shoes very seriously. the onestars serve as a fashionable version of such shoes, which are more of a meditation then footwear.


They do turn into feet. When I stopped wearing them I kept tripping because I was used to my Converse.

HaydenAsche 02.14.2008 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
not necessarily, converse are universally complained as being uncomfortable for long durations, and so most peope dont wear them perpetually or exclusively. Of course, if you break through this concept, and force your feet to adjust, similar in method to Shaolin, then you will find that converse turn into your feet themselves. You have to relearn how to walk, and if you already had, then you begint to take these shoes very seriously. the onestars serve as a fashionable version of such shoes, which are more of a meditation then footwear.


Oh, fuck off.

afterthefact 02.15.2008 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
not necessarily, converse are universally complained as being uncomfortable for long durations, and so most peope dont wear them perpetually or exclusively. Of course, if you break through this concept, and force your feet to adjust, similar in method to Shaolin, then you will find that converse turn into your feet themselves. You have to relearn how to walk, and if you already had, then you begint to take these shoes very seriously. the onestars serve as a fashionable version of such shoes, which are more of a meditation then footwear.


Why would I ever want to relearn how to walk? It took me months to do it the first time, and my mind was developing at a much faster rate then, so who knows how long that would take now. And like gmku said, they are just shoes. Sure, if my feet got cut off it a terrible accident I would be willing to relearn how to walk, but not so I could wrap a piece of canvas around my foot.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 02.15.2008 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by afterthefact
Why would I ever want to relearn how to walk? It took me months to do it the first time, and my mind was developing at a much faster rate then, so who knows how long that would take now. .


maybe you learned to walk wrong? or perhaps there are just better ways to walk then the way you already learned? Thats like saying, why learn a new language, i have been speaking the one just fine?

afterthefact 02.17.2008 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
maybe you learned to walk wrong? or perhaps there are just better ways to walk then the way you already learned? Thats like saying, why learn a new language, i have been speaking the one just fine?


But that's completely different; if you learn a new language you can actually use it, when travelling, for a job, whatever. You can actually communicate with people whom you could not before. Would I learn another language if it meant nothing more than practicing something with no worthwhile result in the end? Nope.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 02.17.2008 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by afterthefact
But that's completely different; if you learn a new language you can actually use it, when travelling, for a job, whatever. You can actually communicate with people whom you could not before. Would I learn another language if it meant nothing more than practicing something with no worthwhile result in the end? Nope.


who said different modes of walking, different gaits, leyu akkahed in amharic, was useless?

ALIEN ANAL 02.17.2008 06:33 PM

what the heck is this shit about learning to walk again
walking hasnt changed for me

m1rr0r dash 02.17.2008 06:38 PM

he's saying walking, running, jogging, hopping, skipping... are all gaits, like a horse has a gallop, trot or canter. so converse are maybe like a tennessee walk?



heels = prancing?

we all learn to walk about 18 different ways by the time we're in high school.

 

ALIEN ANAL 02.17.2008 07:10 PM

describe this walk for me pleaseee

m1rr0r dash 02.17.2008 07:12 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoKbDNY0Zwg

ALIEN ANAL 02.17.2008 07:21 PM

oh so walking like a penguin?
i dont think i walk like that when wearing those shoes.

m1rr0r dash 02.17.2008 07:24 PM

yr doing it wrong.

afterthefact 02.18.2008 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
who said different modes of walking, different gaits, leyu akkahed in amharic, was useless?

me.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 09.24.2009 09:21 PM

crazy shit! Target came through for me! Since those One-Star monstrosities were dropped at target I always check to see if some OG ones sneak in under the radar. Converse does not make One-Stars anymore, they sold the brand to Target, and the target ones as posted above, are hideous. So alas, I lost my TM shoe for nearly two years and then surprise surprise!

I occassionaly see these brown onestars at target when I check, but they never have my size, and I went in today to see if they had them cuz I needed them for work (to look dressy-casual)




then to my luck I found these in my size!





 



my TM is back! I missed looking at my feet with these kicks, its been two years!

static-harmony 09.24.2009 11:14 PM

Sell out.

Satan 09.24.2009 11:36 PM

rockin them hi tops yes sir

alteredcourse 09.24.2009 11:41 PM

I like all black.

dale_gribble 09.24.2009 11:44 PM

i usually buy nikes, just cause they have the blood of children soaked into them.

atsonicpark 09.25.2009 12:49 AM

One Stars are the only shoes that matter.

atsonicpark 09.25.2009 12:51 AM

I wear these with black laces:
 



Actually, I really like Sauconies too..

 


So cool!

atsonicpark 09.25.2009 12:51 AM

The first shoes I ever bought for myself were a brand new pair (well, they looked and felt brand new) of black one stars, froma thrift store, for $1. $50 shoes for a dollar. I wore them for 6 years.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 09.25.2009 01:58 AM

Chucks are freaking uncomfortable anyways.

Satan 09.25.2009 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dale_gribble
i usually buy nikes, just cause they have the blood of children soaked into them.

yo sucka



 

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 09.25.2009 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dale_gribble
i usually buy nikes, just cause they have the blood of children soaked into them.


you were aware that converse is owned by Nike correct?


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