# Crocs with socks? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 24, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003 "2007-07-24T20:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/1 "2007-07-24T20:39:00Z")
I couldn’t hate Crocs more if they were made by skinning puppies alive and curing their hides in dolphin fat. They top the all-time list of hideous footwear, and that is before the advent of Croc socks. More on that in a minute. I think it’s time for a review: Vans: Who would have thought that skate punks would think they looked cool in flamboyant loafers that would have made a teenage Liberace weep with longing. Birkenstocks: When you are an ultra-crunchy wad of granola, and are afraid your greasy hair isn’t telling your story loud enough, Birkenstocks announce to the world that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Enjoy transcendence into equally crunchy geekdom by adding socks. Air Jordans: What would you do for the pleasure of sweating buckets into leather high-tops, featuring a $100 premium for Nike’s poorly designed ,bubble-filled insoles? If you said, “gun down some kids with my gat,” then Air Jordans are for you. Crocs: Ventilation holes or not, who wouldn’t enjoy a summer day with their feet crammed into waterproof, air-tight, zero arch support, colorful chunks of hard rubber? This beats making shoes out of duck tape and hockey pucks by at least 25%. Don’t just _tell_ the world that you’d be just as happy riding the short bus to Taco Bell, _ **show them that you mean it** _ with pink rubber clogs. And now… Croc is making socks. I’m not talking about looking like any ordinary asshole with Crocs and socks, I’m talking about the blessed assholiness of wearing Crocs with Croc Socks. It is fads like this that make me long for the next ice age. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/2 "2007-07-24T20:40:36Z")
You will move through life with greater comfort when you remove the stick from your ass. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/3 "2007-07-24T20:45:57Z")
I like my Crocs. I bought them years ago for 30 bucks, and wear them about 3 seasons out if the year. Sometimes with socks. They are hands down the best value in footwear I have ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/4 "2007-07-24T20:47:22Z")
You will get my Birkenstock clogs when you pry them from my cold, dead feet. They give my ingrown-toenail-prone feet plenty of room, protect my toes from further injury, and last forever. I don’t give a rat’s ass what anybody thinks my shoes say (including that I must be a lesbian to wear them, hardy har har). They’re comfortable and I like them. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/5 "2007-07-24T20:57:04Z")
[QUOTE=gazpacho] You will move through life with greater comfort when you remove the stick from your ass. [/QUOTE] Some perverse part of me finds it greatly humorous that Crocs and other goofy footwear could be right up there with obesity, guns, and Macs as the most contentious SDMB topics. I haven’t felt an ominous vibe like this since I suggested that most 20-somethings nowadays would rather be underemployed and complain than have to really work hard for success. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/6 "2007-07-24T20:59:33Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] I don’t give a rat’s ass what anybody thinks my shoes say (including that I must be a lesbian to wear them, hardy har har). [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t say that… but I also wouldn’t be surprised if you had a well used Melissa Etheridge CD in your car. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/7 "2007-07-24T21:01:57Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] Some perverse part of me finds it greatly humorous that Crocs and other goofy footwear could be right up there with obesity, guns, and Macs as the most contentious SDMB topics. I haven’t felt an ominous vibe like this since I suggested that most 20-somethings nowadays would rather be underemployed and complain than have to really work hard for success. [/QUOTE] Ominous vibe? Contentious? You’re getting this from the _three_ replies so far, two of which simply stated that they like their Crocs/Birks? Hardly an avalanche of condemnation, there. Also, I like my Birkenstocks. They’re comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/8 "2007-07-24T21:05:05Z")
I have no idea what Crocs are, but I’m suddenly craving Taco Bell. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/9 "2007-07-24T21:05:17Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] Some perverse part of me finds it greatly humorous that Crocs and other goofy footwear could be right up there with obesity, guns, and Macs as the most contentious SDMB topics. I haven’t felt an ominous vibe like this since I suggested that most 20-somethings nowadays would rather be underemployed and complain than have to really work hard for success. [/QUOTE] Crocs are hot as HELL!! Jeebus Almighty, I couldn’t agree more. I bought them for a pair of summer shoes, but shite, I’d have done better to wrap my feet in foam insulation. Also, I’ve blown through enough pairs of birks to put the lie to the notion of indestructability (and yes, I used the cork glue, got the soles tapped, etc. Face it, they wear out). Ironically, socks is the only real way to keep your birks from smelling like complete ass. It’s on the Nike Air that we part ways. I don’t wear high tops, but I find the Air Max 180+ to be the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever owned. Worth every penny. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/10 "2007-07-24T21:09:51Z")
[QUOTE=whole bean] find the Air Max 180+ to be the most comfortable shows I’ve ever owned. [/QUOTE] I loved my 360’s until 50 miles per week blew out the air soles… kinda lame since this was after only about a month and I weigh a meager 165lbs. But I was referring to Air Jordans, which on top of everything else, originally came with about 2cc’s of air built into the insole, not the lower. ---
**Author:** ![recessiveMeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@recessiveMeme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/recessiveMeme)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/11 "2007-07-24T21:20:14Z")
Surely you’ve some vitriol left for [Tevas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teva_Sport_Sandals)? I mean, they must be just as bad as Birkenstocks or Crocs, right? And don’t forget [Converse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converse)! Just for the record:[ul][li]I never owned Vans, but my [Airwalks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airwalk) were quite comfortable.[_]Naturally, Air Jordans were crap. I wore [Pumps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reebok_Pump) and was ever so much cooler for it.[_]I never got into Birkenstocks because of aforementioned Tevas, but I’ve heard they are quite comfortable.[\*]The sight of neon Crocs fills me with anger, but I’m not particularly offended by the blander colors. Just don’t stand next to me please-- your feet stink.[/ul]…make of that what you will. I was either dangerously fashionable or completely clueless. It’s so hard to tell where footwear is concerned.[/li] Incidentally, what’s a “Croc Sock”? Is there a new trend for me to either be cooler than or avoid altogether? ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/12 "2007-07-24T21:26:33Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] Ominous vibe? Contentious? You’re getting this from the _three_ replies so far, two of which simply stated that they like their Crocs/Birks? Hardly an avalanche of condemnation, there. Also, I like my Birkenstocks. They’re comfortable. [/QUOTE] Is there official Mod guidance on when one can feel surprised that their ritious and well deserved pitting has hit resistance? Maybe it’s the hyperbole that confused you, if that… eh fuck it. Suck my Birkencock. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/13 "2007-07-24T21:27:47Z")
I crossed over to the Croc side just this summer. No arch support, my ass. I have rediculously high arches and these are the most comfortable shoes I have ever owned. My feet don’t get sweaty, they don’t smell, they keep me supported through all weekend house and yard work. I still hate the hot pink or neon green ones, not for the shoe, but because of the throwback to that neon colored phase of the 80s. I have a pair of blue and black ones, and I’ll agree with **Scarlett67** , I don’t give a fuck what you think of my shoes. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/14 "2007-07-24T21:31:45Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] Also, I like my Birkenstocks. They’re comfortable. [/QUOTE] Ah, go save a whale, ya fuckin’ hippie! ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/15 "2007-07-24T21:37:50Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] I couldn’t hate Crocs more if they were made by skinning puppies alive and curing their hides in dolphin fat. [/QUOTE] [Bush Endorses Crocs With Socks](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/06/22/bush-endoreses-crocs_n_53388.html) > [@](#): > > George W. Bush was photographed recently in a pair of black Crocs – Cayman style, $29.99 – > …bike socks imprinted with the presidential seal ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/16 "2007-07-24T21:41:46Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] [Bush Endorses Crocs With Socks](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/06/22/bush-endoreses-crocs_n_53388.html) [/QUOTE] You are my fucking hero! There couldn’t be more compelling evidence of the vileness of Crocs with socks. I wish I had a uterus so that I could bear a lovechild for you. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/17 "2007-07-24T21:48:29Z")
My name is Bobo, I carry a gun and I wear Crocs (sometimes with white socks), but I’m the only person I know that thinks they are uncomfortable. This is primarily due to my destroyed arches that generally require $250 insoles that provide all the comfort of having a walnut in your shoe but without the searing pain of other shoes. Crocs are slightly better than those other off the shelf shoes, and normal people seem to adore them. Warning! The [Croc people](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377479) recommend you do not eat, nor attempt to eat, your Crocs. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/18 "2007-07-24T21:53:09Z")
The first time I saw a pair of Crocs, on a dear friend, I thought they were breathtakingly ugly. But she explained to me that they were in fact quite comfortable, economical, and stylish. Then I started seeing more and more people wearing them. Now, it seems like all my friends have them, in a rainbow of cheerful colors. I still think that they’re the most aggressively unattractive shoes I’ve ever seen. In fact, now that I’m surrounded by them, I hate them much more. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/19 "2007-07-24T21:58:21Z")
Praise the bumfuck backwater that is my existence, I’ve never seen a pair of Crocs that I am aware of. Or Birkenstocks. And I ain’t paying $100 for any Air nothing. And I can’t even find a store in town that has Vans. My favorite comfortable shoes are $29 Dr. Scholl’s “Matrix” in black, but fucking Wally World evidently only had one pair of them so I don’t know what I’ll be wearing next time I need shoes. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003/20 "2007-07-24T22:02:46Z")
Bush looks very comfortable in that picture. I have never seen the man look so natural, regardless of footwear. It’s kind of informative. He was born to goof off. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003.md?page=2)