Wow.
What an utter piece of human garbage who’s doing what he can at the end of his privileged life to harm others.
In a shocking turn of events, a business executive is scum.
He sells a running shoe. A shoe folks. Now he thinks he has the ability to shape the worlds future because of all the money he made exploiting the producers of the shoes and gouging the customers of the shoe. What a fucking stretch. What is with these “too much money” guys?
“a guy who exploits vulnerable workers in 3rd world countries to sell boujee sports wear to Americans makes a truly outrageous donation to ensure he can further inflict harm on the world without having to pay his fair share.”
Fixed the headline
They have severe OCD Hoarding Disorder, and they have a serious compulsion to hoard money, even when they have far more than they or their descendents can ever spend.
If this was someone hoarding anything else at that level, cats, rusty cars, newspapers, junk, etc., the government would step in, remove their treasure, and get that person the mental help they require. We should do the same with Financial Hoarders - detain them and get them the mental health care they require, and remove their hoard that is making life difficult for their neighbors. If they were hoarding cats, we’d put them up for adoption, so their financial hoard should be redistributed to the citizens.
Got it. Brand is dead to me.
Been dead for decades with their quality and child labor abuse.
Psssttt…Nike replicas are so good now that they sometimes use medical scanning devices to try to tell them apart. They look identical down to the correct boxes, security tags, etc…
Imagine what these replica brands could achieve if they made their own stuff and people weren’t married to the brands
The people i know who wear nike, only wear nike. It’s like a weird cult. I met two women this year who said they would NEVER wear anything else.
A cult…for Nike? Sounds classical
That joke is hella nice
The weird, cultlike pseudo-romantic obsession people develop with brands is, frankly, deserving of medication for their mental derrangement.
Nike isnt even that good!
The last time I owned a pair of Nikes, they literally fell apart and were ruined by getting caught one time in the rain.
So you are saying that you need medical scanning devices to make sure that a person wearing what looks like Nikes is not a fascist.
Some people buy products without looking too closely at the politics of the manufacturer. I would say that’s how most people buy things.
We all have to exist in this system whether we like it or not, and unless you’re living 100% off grid in a hovel in the woods, you’re contributing to the slow ascent of fascism in one way or another. Turn your justifiably angry energy upwards, not at your fellow working class brothers and sisters.
Do you seriously believe that anybody would be crazy enough to check other peoples clothes with a medical scanning device? Thank you.
We all have to exist in this system whether we like it or not, and unless you’re living 100% off grid in a hovel in the woods, you’re contributing to the slow ascent of fascism in one way or another.
When you know that an action supports fascism you do not do it and you warn others about it. Pretending to support fasism, is at least in this case really stupid.
So Nike sells limited edition sneakers that sell for far above retail in after market sales. That’s where medical device imaging is coming in. It’s weird but no weirder than like, beanie babies were. If you didn’t know that now you do.
You also catastrophically missed the point. Getting pissy because you see somebody wearing any particular brand is pretty ridiculous. All of them are supporting the regime in one way or another, you are, simply by existing and contributing labor to society. You can’t pinpoint a fascist by their Nike’s anymore than you could pinpoint one by literally any other shoe. Unless they happen to be police tactical boots (which are often made by Under Armor).
Holy crap do I really need to use the /s behind the first comment. I thought it was so bloody obvious, that it did not need to happen. The idea to walk around town, scan people sneakers and if they are legit Nike call them fascists. To me that idea is just so insane that it is funny.
At the same time, there are companies, which are worse and it is worth boycotting them. If you do so, then stand by that and do not buy some fakes. Seriously imagine trying to convince some guy that Nike sucks, while wearing full fake Nike gear. That is again a funny idea to me.
You didn’t take away the point SippyCup (I think) wanted to make.
Most of us live in a world where we have to go to a grocery store and buy food. I cannot possibly be expected to research the CEO of every product I buy and even if I did, my choices are limited to what is available in my store(s).
When I learn of a company doing bad things, I shun them. But there are also conglomerates like nestle that own half the brands in my local store and I can’t really avoid them. I “have to exist in this system whether [I] like it or not.”
Sippy was not supporting buying nike or supporting fascism, but was instead telling you to not blame your peers in the “lower classes” for the issue – those who might buy a shoe without knowing the CEO is fascist, or in some cases still buying crackers from a company they do know is fascist because they have no choice.
Instead, be mad at the fucking fascists. “Turn your justifiably angry energy upwards…” is the part of the quote above that you seem to have missed.
No, I’m saying if you like the look of the shoes, but don’t want to give money to a shitty company, pirate them via illegitimate copies.
Again
Prohibit billionaires
Cap all netwoths at 10-20 million dollars per person, tops.
Companies should not be worth more than 1 billion dollars, cap it.
Anything over that has automatically 100% go to taxes
Well end up with -instead of one trillion dollar compant- tens of thousands of centillion dollar worth companies, you know, those that aren’t too big to fail and that won’t need bailouts
Well end up with a government that gets so much tax income that it can afford free education, free healthcare, hell, UBI even.
Noone will be super rich and or powerful ever again, no one will be able to usurp all resources for themselves.
Humanity spent 2000 years on perfecting the “0.1% must get as Uber rich as possible” and we got it down to an art to concentrate as much wealth as possible with as little people as possible. It is NOT normal, it is NOT acceptable, ajf it has to stop NOW! It’s destroying our world, literally, as these assholes are the main drivers behind climate change.
Here I am making sure to use as little water as possible and all of my life long work gets thrown into he garbage because miss multimillionaire needs to do grocery shopping with her fucking private jet.
While on this bandwagon, ban all private jets, even for politicians. Maybe maybe we can keep a few as a sort of air ambulance or something z that should be fine, but all the rest, BAN IT. Same for theega yachts, outright world wide ban.
It is bizarre to me that most people just act as if all this is perfectly fine and acceptable. There is no right, no reason why anyone should have a higher net worth than (say) 10 million, so why do we allow this to happen in the first place?
Haven’t we learned anything?
This is exactly why we shouldn’t have billionaires. It’s literally impossible to spend a billion dollars on things for yourself, so what’s left but to spend it on manipulating other people.
They could spend it on bettering the world, but that would never occur to them.
“I don’t want to live in a world where my company isn’t the one company making the world better”
Meh. This is Oregon. That kind of money may get 1 or 2 more republicans in the legislature. Probably moderate republicans even. But it isn’t going to change much for the state. I don’t happen to buy anything Nike anyway. But overall, we got bigger fish to fry right now.
Nikes are bar none the worst shoes people try to have me repair. They are made from shitty criminally overpriced plastic and foam that decomposes and falls apart in the box let alone after someone wears them
What shoes do you recommend? Looking to get a new pair soon.
From my point of view athletic shoes aren’t really a thing that can be effectively repaired because even the nice ones use plastics that aren’t easy to work with after they’ve been worn. I can usually do something but its sentiment that keeps them going not quality. But really the lesson I try to teach people is to not give a fuck about the name on the shoe. It vastly more important to know how a shoe is supposed to fit on your foot and that it feels comfortable long term.
Edit: I will add a few names to avoid pretty much entirely though. Post-1988 Cole Haan (owned by Nike), Louis Vuitton and Ecco
To elaborate on the “go for the fit, not the name”, there’s a common belief that shoes need some time to break in before they feel comfortable. This is only true if you get shoes that don’t really fit your foot. There’s more to feet variations than just the length. I learned that the first time I got lucky and one of the few shoes I was trying on in my mad dash to get shoes and go do something else asap fit my foot properly. It immediately made me realize that I need patience when getting shoes and to never buy a shoe that doesn’t feel great right away.
If you’re going for a designer shoe, I bet the odds of it perfectly fitting your foot are low, unless maybe you have the same foot type as Michael Jordan or whichever athlete’s name they are putting on the shoe, assuming that athlete’s foot was even part of the design at all. For all we know, they rip those shoes off as soon as the cameras aren’t watching because it was purely a marketing thing.
Why Ecco? I’ve been wearing the same pair of sneakers by them for a decade now and they’re still holding up well. Have they gotten worse in recent times?
The ones I see coming into the shop are usually about a year or two old and the soles are turning into a sticky powder-like consistency. That in and of itself isnt the problem but because the uppers are attached to the insole by a thin very exposed thread that has been melted into the now crumbling sole I can’t remove enough of the old material to get any suitable adhesives to stick without cutting that structurally fundamental stitch.
The sneakers might hold up better but must just not hold up well enough for folks to bring them to me
Good to know. I have a pair I bought early this year and have been wearing them almost daily. If they come apart in that time frame, that’s gonna suck, because they weren’t cheap.
The quality of the man-made materials has diminished. People have complained that the plastics literally flake off and crack after about 6 months of wear and tear. The stitching is pretty weak, too.
Source: Sneakerhead friend.
Disappointing to hear. They’ve been my go-to for years. I have a pair I bought this year and wear almost daily.
The chemicals that went into making plastics and related polymeric materials last longer and be more flexible were found to be horrible for people and the environment. Basically a long list of cancer causing forever chems.
I have a pair of redwings I’ve had repaired 3x over the last 14 years. They’re expensive, but worth adding to the list.
No one is cross shopping Nike sneakers and red wing boots. That’s apples to oranges.
Lemmy try not to give incredibly out of touch fashion advice challenge: impossible
About once every few weeks, I’ll go visit my local blacksmith and he’ll nail a new pair of pair of shoes right on to my giant toenail. Or maybe he repairs the old ones. I’m not too sure, he doesn’t really tell me much. He just stands in places that make it really hard to kick him, and I only really wanted to do that the first time because I thought he was trying to steal my feet.
Sir, this is not a place for horses.
Correct. One product is meant to be sold, and one is meant to be worn.
I wouldn’t expect any sneaker to be repairable. I switched to OnCloud and love them, Hoka is another solid brand.
For repairable shoes, leather Goodyear welt is where to start. Best entry level brand is Thursday Boot company, but Redwing is super popular too.
Seconding Thursday boots; I love the fit and style. I wanted a leather daily driver I wouldn’t feel too bad about getting some damage on. Hurt a lot for awhile, but no regrets obviously.
Solomon are hands down my favorite shoe brand. The perfect blend of comfort and ruggedness.
Solomons are really good, but their hoka styles have been terrible. I bought a pair, and they instantly started delaminating in weeks. The tread also wore away super quickly.
Their traditional running style shoes still offer historic durability and should last longer. I just wish that they were built better for the price.
If you’re talking about easily available running shoes, there are still select New Balances that are union made in the US (as of a couple of years ago).
If you’re looking for just sneakers, there are a ton made in Europe you can get shipped to north america! I have Vegas at the moment
Oof. Missed this. Thanks, good to know!
At least when it comes to running shoes, I’m of the opinion that the shoe chooses you. Go to a running store and try on a few brands, find the one that feels the best. Buy one pair from that store; every subsequent time you buy running shoes you know the band and model and can buy it wherever is cheaper.
I don’t repair shoes, but I work in a place that sells them and I know exactly what you mean. They’re shit. Adidas are the better of the big 2 brands.
How does Puma rate in comparison?
Pumas last forever in my experience.
I also like to get them over Adidas since that was the one of the two brothers who was not a literal Nazi
IMO Puma do the best quality gear out of the major sportswear brands, and they’re usually amongst the cheapest. I find most of their shoes a bit ugly, but I do like the Palermos.
Anecdotal, but I just replaced my favorite pair of Pumas, which were at least 12 years old. Granted I didn’t wear them every single day, but at least 2 or 3 days a week for 12 years is pretty good in my book. I’ve had to replace Adidas sooner than that with less wear, but they still last pretty long and I’ll confidently buy both brands. I’d never buy Nike (and wouldn’t wear most Nikes either honestly, just not my personal taste in style)
For some reference, here’s a picture of maybe 2/3 of my shoes, many of which are Pumas. There’s also a couple pairs of Keds in there, but they’re more recent and I don’t know yet how they hold up long term comparatively
Hey, I am also a fan of rotating my shoes. They do seem to last longer that way and are more useful over a longer period of time. I still have Pumas from years ago. They start as my indoor workout shoes, then they are the outdoor casuals, then outdoor workers. I move them to dirtier duty over time. My oldest pair (~15yrs) are on dog-poop duty and now never come inside, but they are about to retire permanently. The hole in the side is now letting in too much moisture so my sock gets soaked. They’ve been good pooper troopers!
As someone with wide feet, Nike seems to be the only one making shoes that even fit my feet. There’s been numerous Adidas shoes that I wanted to get but the fit is just way too narrow.
Look at Keen or Altra. No idea on the ethicality of either of those though. At this point, I assume all companies are evil unless proven otherwise and try to pay attention and remember when they are evil.
Cool, I’ll check them out. Thanks for the recommendations.
Definitely like Adidas better than most
Nikes - made for children by children.
and the obvious sweatshop, factory labor.
Huh, I would have never thought to ask about most mass produced shoes. I guess my redwing boots are fairly mass produced, and ive gotten those resolved, but even my merril boots I dont think of as being repairable.
I used to work as a bike mechanic in my teens, and it was pretty standard for shops to have a ‘no department store’ policy for repairs. We’d chance a tube, but trying true a wheel, or properly set breaks and gear on those soft metal, low presicision components just wasnt worth it.
I won’t say it’ll always be a good looking repair but it’ll be functional. Always worth it to let one of us take a look
I have never had shoes that fit my feet. Ever.
How hard/expensive would it realistically be to design and build/have built my own shoes?
$500-2000 depends on what sort of shoe, where you buy it and so forth. If you go to a poor country it can be had for a lot less though. It might well be worth to have that vacation and find a shoemaker. You certainly will not exploit them nearly as badly as Nike.
Ha. As if I could afford a vacation.
What a piece of shit
Of course a sweat-shop owner is a republican.
I resolved never to buy or wear Nike back in the late 90s. The companies practices are abominable but I also hated the culture of conspicuous consumption and the way people believed it gave them license to shit on others for not turning themselves into a walking ad. I grew up poor, so I know the feeling of being made to feel less-than because I got Pro Wings on instead of Jordans.
I know you said pro wings what are there any other brands you recommend? Is adidas any better? Been putting off buying new sneakers since Isreals genocide because every brand I looked at seemed to have some sort of ties.
How has that worked out, watching Nike grow and prosper despite everything shitty they do?
Here’s the thing.
Nike might continue to commit attrocious shit, but you know what?
it ain’t his fault
Is it yours? Can we partly blame you? That’s unfortunate.
I don’t think Nike much cares whose fault it is since they remain unaccountable.
I don’t care what Nike thinks. It’s your concience. Are you going to contribute to their efforts and enable them or aren’t you?
You mean like 99% of people?
Just like your downvote ratio.
My down vote is 99% of people? Do you word much?
Are you simping for a company?
Like a pick-me girl, except putting humanity down for the attention of companies.
After the recent election? You can kiss that fucking money goodbye. Have fun losing big.
Maybe he’s also invested in the advertising agencies that the candidates will be spending their money with.
I’m sure Russia will appreciate the income.
Fuck him. I have not and never will support his brand.
