# Soleless Atheists vs. the USPS **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220 "2013-04-09T13:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220/41 "2013-04-11T02:36:22Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > I think I’m going to pass. My cats are both tutored, and I don’t want to get banned from the humane society I volunteer at for molesting kittens. ‘I just wanted to see how soft there were, really!’ Both my male cats are neutered and orange. You owe it to science to start feeling kitten testicles, and report on the softness, and especially grade the softness according to age and color of kitten. I’ll chip in for your Betadine and bandage fund, because if you start feeling up kittens, at least one of them is going to think it’s playtime. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220/42 "2013-04-11T05:14:06Z")
For the next experiment I also recommend some packing tape that says “USPS Sucks!” or “USPS employees are government leeches!” or “FUCK THE USPS” just to see how lucky the Atheist brand tape has it 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220/43 "2013-04-11T13:26:17Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Both my male cats are neutered and orange. You owe it to science to start feeling kitten testicles, and report on the softness, and especially grade the softness according to age and color of kitten. Well, as long as it’s for science. I’m going to need some grant money and a few grad students. Also lots of untutored kittens. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220/44 "2013-04-11T13:28:52Z")
So All God’s Children Got Shoes faster? ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220/45 "2013-04-11T13:29:12Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Well, as long as it’s for science. I’m going to need some grant money and a few grad students. Also lots of untutored kittens. I still want to know where to find a tutor for kittens. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220/46 "2013-04-11T14:47:26Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I didn’t call them “cheap shoes” nor did I say they looked poorly constructed. > > I said they look cheap to make: they all have the same thin rubber sole made from the same last and the same patterned upper which is 3 or 4 cuts of what looks like suede. There aren’t even eyelets for the laces, just holes punched in the fabric. Profit margin must be huge per pair. Considering that they’re a tiny company making the shoes themselves and raised capital via Kickstarter just last year, I’d be surprised if they DO have a huge profit margin. They also donate 10% of “any money [they] make” to secular charities to help combat the belief that atheists have no moral code since they don’t believe in god. Generally huge profit margins come with economies of scale and I don’t think this company is established enough or large enough to really be there (and I doubt they _want_ to be there, since the goal was to hand-make shoes). ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220/47 "2013-04-17T21:56:11Z")
Another thing they should try is putting shock stickers in the boxes. Who would take my bet that more of the atheist labelled boxes would get thrown around? Having said that, this whole thing screams “publicity stunt” to me. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220/48 "2013-04-18T16:11:50Z")
> [@Atheist shoes](#): > > After having run a series of control in Germany and Europe, which demonstrate no such bias, the problem appears to lie in the USA, and is likely explained by the differential handling of packages by the employees of the US Postal Service. Sounds like they did a number of experiments, not just one, and eliminated other sources of interference. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220/49 "2013-04-18T16:17:59Z")
> [@Atheist shoes](#): > > After having run a series of control in Germany and Europe, which demonstrate no such bias, the problem appears to lie in the USA, and is likely explained by the differential handling of packages by the employees of the US Postal Service. Sounds like they did a number of experiments, not just one, and eliminated other sources of interference. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220/50 "2013-04-19T00:39:55Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Sounds like they did a number of experiments, not just one, and eliminated other sources of interference. I wonder if there’s some way if they could figure out if the problem is actually with the USPS, or maybe it’s being held up in Customs? Maybe tag the boxes with GPS and see where the delays occur? ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220/51 "2013-04-19T01:01:35Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > I still want to know where to find a tutor for kittens. If you can’t find one in your neighborhood, that means that there is a market opportunity! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220.md?page=2)