Woohoo!
Actually pertaining to the OP, anyway–I hate flip-flops, almost entirely, I am sure, because I can rarely find a pair that are comfortable to my feet. However, I don’t care if other people wear them. I have mellowed with age (heh) and that’s not one of the things that really bugs me anymore.
Yes, let’s go back to the 50s! Back when people conformed if they knew what was good for 'em, those damn uppity negroes and women knew their proper places, and anyone who didn’t love America was a commie bastard!
Clothing is superficial. Wearing slacks and a tie doesn’t make you competent. Wearing sweatpants doesn’t make you a stoner.
I dont share your need to separate men into ‘real’ and ‘fake’ categories, but I think your classification is a little messed up.
A ‘real man’ would be tougher than a regular man, right? So surely it’d be the guy that doesn’t wuss out and wear socks and full-on shoes in slightly chilly weather?
Maybe it’s you who needs to change your footwear…
You can have my thongs when you pry them from my cold, dead feet!
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Underclass Aussie joke:
Bloke walking down the road with one thong (flip-flop) and one bare foot.
“Lost a thong, mate?”
“Naah. Found one!”
Why do people care about what type of shoes other people are wearing?
I don’t like flip flops or sandals on guys. I’m not crazy about them on women unless she has a nice pedicure. There are few fashion faux pas worse than bare feet with unruly nails and callouses. I would never say anything, but I do have an internal fashion police force that notices these things.
However, it really only bothers me to the extent that I would not date a flip flop wearing guy. I wouldn’t be interested in a sweatpants-wearing guy either (they are usually the same guy). Some girls like it or don’t mind the ultra-casual look, but I’m not one of them. I think a man should wear real shoes and real clothes (yes, my idea of real), anything else looks ridiculous.
We had this cute temp last summer and he was great except that he wore flip flops every day, no matter the pants. I could never take him seriously because of that, all I could think is that he was going home to jam out to some Dave Matthews and burn one. Lol., he probably was, and he probably had a cute flip flop wearing chica to burn one with him. Still, I would have loved to see him in some Doc Martens. The image he projected with the flops was just not one I could get on board with.
Ummm, I did kind of come out and SAY they were fine if you were wearing them around a body of water. Then, they are useful and appropriate foot gear. Otherwise, they are not shoes and shouldn’t be worn elsewhere, IMO.
Aside from the fact that they look stoooopid, and many people have hideous feet that should not see the light of day, it’s the “swish/flop” sound they make when people walk in them that I hate. It’s very obnxious. I try to wear shoes that don’t make annoying sounds, why can’t you?
This seems rather appropriate.